Park Yu-hwan

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

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Park Yu-Hwan
Born (1991-03-09) March 9, 1991
Seoul, South Korea
Other namesRicky Park
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
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 to a wealthy family. 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. On March 14, 2012, Park's father died of an undisclosed illness.

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.[2]

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.[3] 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 Jungle – Panama
SBS
 Cast member (ep.199-202)

Endorsements
  • HEAD (2011) [4]
  • CHRIS. CHRISTY (2011) [4]
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 'The Lovers' (2011)

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
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References
  1. "About Park Yoo-Hwan" Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine C-JeS.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Park Yoo-Hwan filmography" C-JeS.
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