Yeon Woo-jin

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Yeon Woo-jin
Born Kim Bong-hee
(1984-07-05) July 5, 1984
Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Other names Seo Ji-hoo
Education Sejong University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Occupation Actor
Years active 2009-present
Korean name
Hangul 연우진
Revised Romanization Yeon U-jin
McCune–Reischauer Yŏn U-chin
Birth name
Hangul 김봉회
Revised Romanization Gim Bong-hui
McCune–Reischauer Kim Bong-hŭi

Yeon Woo-jin (연우진) (born Kim Bong-hee on July 5, 1984) is a South Korean actor.

Career

Kim Bong-hee began his career as a fashion model at the 2007 Seoul Fashion Week and for jeans brand Evisu in 2008. He made his acting debut in the queer coming-of-age film Just Friends? in 2009 under the stage name Seo Ji-hoo. His management agency later changed his stage name to Yeon Woo-jin.[1]

After playing a teacher in 2010 daily drama All My Love, he started to gain recognition as the youngest brother in hit 2011 family drama Ojakgyo Brothers.[2] Then in his first lead role, Yeon's character falls in love with the daughter of his brother's murderer in the 4-episode Drama Special Just an Ordinary Love Story.[3][4][5]

In his most high-profile role to date, he played a mysterious villain in the 2012 period fantasy-romance Arang and the Magistrate.[6][7][8] Yeon reunited with Arang director Kim Sang-ho in 2013, to again play the protagonist's rival in the gangster melodrama When a Man Falls in Love.[9]

Filmography

Television series

Films

Awards

  • 2012 KBS Drama Awards: Best Actor in a One-Act Special (Just an Ordinary Love Story)

References

  1. ↑ Yoon, Hee-seong (14 March 2012). "MY NAME IS: Yeon Woo-jin". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-24. 
  2. ↑ Lee, In-kyung (28 December 2011). "Yeon Woo Jin Nicknamed Extension Man". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2012-11-24. 
  3. ↑ Yoon, Hee-seong (14 March 2012). "Yeon Woo-jin: The original setting wasn't Jeonju". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-24. 
  4. ↑ Yoon, Hee-seong (14 March 2012). "Yeon Woo-jin: It felt like a watercolor painting that used a lot of water". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-24. 
  5. ↑ Yoon, Hee-seong (14 March 2012). "Yeon Woo-jin: I had to show that my lips were smiling while crying with my eyes". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-24. 
  6. ↑ Hong, Lucia (21 April 2012). "Actor Yeon Woo-jin joins Lee Joon-gi's TV series". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-24. 
  7. ↑ Ho, Stewart (27 June 2012). "Yeon Woo Jin Dons Hanbok in Arang and the Magistrate Previews". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2012-11-24. 
  8. ↑ Ho, Stewart (1 August 2012). "Yeon Woo Jin is a Cold Flower Scholar in New Still Cuts". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2012-11-24. 
  9. ↑ Ho, Stewart (29 January 2013). "Yeon Woo Jin Joins MBC's When a Man Falls in Love". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2013-01-29. 

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