Yeon Woo-jin

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim. In stage/pen name, the surname is Yeon.
Yeon Woo-jin
Born Kim Bong-hee
July 5, 1984
Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Other names Seo Ji-hoo
Education Sejong University - 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 (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 Family.[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 2012, he was cast as a mysterious villain in the 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][10]

In 2014, Yeon appeared in Missing You, an episode in the five-part omnibus drama Secret Love starring members of the girl group Kara. This was followed by a leading role as a commitment-phobic plastic surgeon in the cable romantic comedy series Marriage, Not Dating.[11][12]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2010 Cinderella's Sister Dong-soo KBS2
All My Love Bang Woo-jin MBC
2011 Ojakgyo Family Hwang Tae-pil KBS2
2012 Drama Special: Just an Ordinary Love Story Han Jae-kwang KBS2
Arang and the Magistrate Joo-wal MBC
2013 When a Man Falls in Love Lee Jae-hee MBC
2014 My Love from the Star Lee Han-kyung
(cameo, episode 18)[13] 		SBS
Secret Love Jang Hyun-jin
(episodes 1-2: "Missing You") 		Dramacube
Marriage, Not Dating Gong Ki-tae tvN
2015 Divorce Lawyer in Love So Jung-woo SBS

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Just Friends? Min-soo short film
2011 We Fly High Seung-gi short film
2014 Tunnel 3D Dong-jun

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012 KBS Drama Awards Best Actor in a One-Act/Short Drama Just an Ordinary Love Story Won
MBC Drama Awards Best New Actor Arang and the Magistrate Nominated
2013 6th Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor When a Man Falls in Love Nominated

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. 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. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  8. ↑ Ho, Stewart (1 August 2012). "Yeon Woo Jin is a Cold Flower Scholar in New Still Cuts". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  9. ↑ Ho, Stewart (29 January 2013). "Yeon Woo Jin Joins MBC's When a Man Falls in Love". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
  10. ↑ "When a Man Falls in Love Yeon Woo Jin on Bed Scene with Shin Se Kyung "I Felt Sorry"". KDramaStars. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  11. ↑ Chung, Joo-won (26 June 2014). "Marriage over Love has both reality and romance: director". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  12. ↑ Kim, Min-jin (26 June 2014). "Yeon Woo-jin and Han Groo reveal each other's charms". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  13. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (19 February 2014). "Yeon Woo Jin Cameos as Park Hae Jin and Shin Sung Rok's Brother in YWCFTS". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-02-21.

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