Park Yu-hwan

Park Yu-Hwan (born March 9, 1991) is a South Korean actor.[1]

Park Yu-Hwan
Born (1991-03-09) March 9, 1991
Seoul, South Korea
Other namesRicky Park
OccupationActor
Years active2011–2021
FamilyPark Yoo-chun (older brother)
Korean name
Hangul
박유환
Hanja
朴有煥
Revised RomanizationBak Yu-hwan
McCune–ReischauerPak Yuhwan

Early life

On March 9, 1991, Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. His father was a businessman, and he has an older brother, Park Yoo-chun, who is also an actor and singer. His family moved to the United States in 1998. They lived in Fairfax, Virginia. His parents later divorced. In 2008, Park returned to South Korea with his mother. Park's Father died on March 14, 2012.

In November 2021, Park was arrested by Korean police for marijuana use in Bangkok, Thailand [2]

Career

Park Yu-Hwan's career started when he was cast as a supporting character in the 2011 MBC's series Twinkle Twinkle. He played the half-uncle to lead actress Kim Hyun-Joo's character, Han Seo-Woo. While still working on Twinkle Twinkle, Park was cast in a small recurring role as Book-Jo in another MBC's series Gye-Baek. In his next acting project, the 2011 SBS's series A Thousand Days' Promise, Park portrayed Lee Moon-Kwon, the younger brother of lead actress Soo Ae's character. His performance earned him a nomination at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best New Actor.[3]

In 2012, Park Yoo-Hwan landed his first leading role in the Channel A's series K-Pop: The Ultimate Audition, playing Kang Woo-Hyun, the ignorant and bad-tempered leader of boy band M2.[4] He starred opposite Go Eun-Ah, who played a happy-go-lucky girl named Ji Seung-Yeon. In May 2012, Park returned to MBC to star in the new daily drama Can't Live Without You as Kim Min-Do.

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2011 Twinkle Twinkle Han Seo-Woo MBC
Gye-Baek Book-Jo (ep.5-7,12,15) MBC
A Thousand Days' Promise Lee Moon-Kwon SBS
2012 The Strongest K-Pop Survival Kang Woo-Hyun Channel A
Can't Live Without You Kim Min-Do MBC
2014 I Need Romance 3 Lee Woo-Young tvN
2015 She Was Pretty Kim Joon-Woo MBC

Films

Year Title Role
2015 Equals Seth
2016 Musudan Goo Yoon-Gil
2017 One Line Hyuk-Jin

Variety shows

Year Title Network Notes
2016 Law of the JunglePanama SBS Cast member (ep.199-202)

Endorsements

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2011 30th MBC Drama Awards Best New Actor in a Serial Drama Twinkle Twinkle Nominated
2012 48th Paeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor A Thousand Days' Promise Nominated
5th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actor Nominated
2015 34th MBC Drama Awards Best New Actor in a Miniseries She Was Pretty Nominated

References

  1. "About Park Yoo-Hwan" Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine C-JeS.
  2. "Singer-actor Park Yoo-chun drops new album amid brother's marijuana scandal". The Korea Times. 8 November 2021.
  3. Lee, Kyung-Nam (25 April 2012). "Park Yoo-Chun and Park Yoo-Hwan both nominated for Paeksang Arts Award". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  4. Hong, Lucia (16 February 2012). "Park Yoo-Hwan and Go Eun-Ah to become K-pop stars in upcoming TV series". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  5. "Park Yoo-Hwan filmography" C-JeS.
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