Yoon Shi-yoon

Yoon Shi-yoon (Hangul: 윤시윤; born Yoon ga-goo on September 26, 1986) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in King of Baking, Kim Takgu and Flower Boys Next Door.

Early life

Yoon Shi-yoon was born as Yoon Dong Goo, a name he used until his agency recommended an official change of name upon his entry into college, in a small town in Suncheon. He is the only child of his family. When he was a little boy he was raised by his grandparents. At the time, while the peer of his age went to kindergarten and learned English, Yoon went to seodang, a traditional school that taught Confucianism and learned Chinese Characters.^[1] Yoon's unique childhood was then unveiled through his song Grandpa's bicycle for Barefooted Friends.^[2][3] He later joined Majoring Art at Kyonggi University

Career

2009: Debut acting and recognition

He had a good start with High Kick Through the Roof with which he won MBC's Best Couple award with Shin Se-kyung and was nominated for Best New Actor in TV for Baeksang Arts Awards. In the sitcom, Yoon played as Jun-hyuk,a semi-rebellious teenage boy. Yoon together with Shin Se-kyung, Hwang Jung-eum and Choi Daniel made a rectangle-love.^[4]

2010: Breakthrough with The King of Baking

The following year, 2010, Yoon was cast as Kim Takgu in the King of Baking, Kim Takgu opposite Joo Won. The drama peaked ratings at 50.8% and is the 25th highest rated Korean Drama at all time.^[5] With an excellent role in the national drama - King of Baking, Kim Takgu, Yoon Shi Yoon really made a breakthrough and catapulted him to immense popularity as well as received much praise from the viewers for his sincere acting. The drama's writer, Kang Eun-kyung, saw Yoon in High Kick Through the Roof and she thought he had the potential for the play. However, Yoon is not actually the first choice as many people were against casting him but since many stars refused to play in King of Baking, Kim Takgu so the drama's director had to take Yoon as a risky choice. In the drama, Yoon played as Kim Tak Gu-the eldest son of Gu Il Jong, the chairmain of Geosung Foods Enterprise(Jun Kwang-ryul), and his mistress, Kim Misun(Jeon Mi-seon). Yoon finally proved that he was the best for the role and won the KBS's Excellent Award, best couple award with Lee Young-ah and many others recognition. Yoon also had his first big screen debut with a leading role, along with Park Ji-yeon, Hwang Jung-eum and Kim Su-ro, in the horror movie Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp.^[6] Yoon was really successful with his first movie since the box office of it reached over 5 million dollars ^[7]

2011-2014: Yoon after The King of Baking

In 2011, Yoon was cast over Kim Jaewon, who suffered dislocated shoulder, in Me Too, Flower! opposite Lee Ji-ah. However, the drama was scored low viewership and had to end early because of poor ratings averaging at only 6.5% nationwide. Yoon was then cast in his first big-screen leading role in Professional Mr. Baek (also titled Mr. Perfect) opposite Yeo Jin-goo. The golf film was released in 2014. In 2012, Yoon had his first Chinese drama too, Happy Noodle, which was later aired in 2013 and had the highest average ratings in China.^[8][9] On December 8, Yoon received Top Ten Asian Star Award hosted by CETV.^[10]

In 2013 he scored a leading role again in a cable drama in the third drama of flower boy series of TVN, Flower Boys Next Door, opposite Park Shin-hye.^[11] In January 28 TVN announced that the drama had become the highest sold cable drama ever to Japan.^[12][13] Yoon also had his first variety show, Barefooted Friends in 2013 along with Kang Ho-dong, Super Junior's Eunhyuk, Kim Hyun-joong, After School's UEE and other Korean celebrities.^[14][15] The show suffered bad ratings and struggled in the ratings battle. On October 22, 2013, Yoon confirmed to join Lee Beom-soo and Girls' Generation's Yoona in a KBS's drama Prime Minister and I,^[16] in which Yoon portrayed Kang In Ho, a top elite government officer.^[17][18][19]

Personal life

Yoon is addicted to books. He has over 2000 books at home.^[20] He even reads books during breaks when filming. Even his co-stars such as Park Shin-hye, Chae Jung-an and Ryu Jin are also impressed by his habit.^[21]

In Barefooted Friends episode 9, Yoon revealed to Kim Hyun-joong that his last girlfriend was not a celebrity.^[22] Yoon once said that he didn't really have a girlfriend.^[23]

On April 28, 2014, Yoon secretly enlisted into the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. Yoon had previously expressed his desire that he wanted to enlist secretly to avoid harming the other soldiers.^[24]

On January 27, 2016 Yoon finally completed his military service.^[25]

Filmography

Television series

Films

Variety Shows

MC

Discography

Soundtrack

Music Video

Endorsements

• Nii (2010)
• TI for Men Suits (2010)
• Vogue (2010)
• Dunkin' Donuts with Yoon Seung-ah (2010)
• KT Tech over Bubi Bubi with T-ara (2010)
• LG Household and Health Care (2010)
• Elastin (2010)
• Omphalos (2011)
• InStyle with Park Shin-hye (2013)
• Men's Health (2013)
• CeCi with Park Shin-hye (2013)
• Vogue (2013)
• Harper's Bazaar (2013)
• Allure(2014)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Taxient Agency Profile (Korean)
• Official Twitter Account (Korean)
• Yoon Shi-yoon at HanCinema
• Yoon Shi-yoon at the Internet Movie Database