Park Seo-joon

Park Seo-joon (Korean: 박서준; born December 16, 1988) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television dramas Kill Me, Heal Me (2015), She Was Pretty (2015), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016–2017), Fight for My Way (2017), What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018), and Itaewon Class (2020); and the films Chronicles of Evil (2015), Midnight Runners (2017), and The Divine Fury (2019).[3]

Park Seo-joon
Park Seo-joon in June 2019
Born	Park Yong-kyu December 16, 1988 Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	Seoul Institute of the Arts[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011–present
Agent	Awesome ENT[2]
Korean name
Hangul	박서준
Hanja	朴敘俊
Revised Romanization	Bak Seo-jun
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Sŏchun

Early life

Park was born in Seoul. He began his mandatory military service in 2008, when he was 19 years old, and was discharged in 2010.[4]

Career

At The Chronicles of Evil stage greeting in Busan, 2015

Park made his entertainment debut in 2011 by appearing in the music video of Bang Yong-guk's single "I Remember."[5] He then appeared in television dramas Dream High 2 (2012),[6][7] Pots of Gold (2013),[1] One Warm Word (2013),[8] and A Witch's Love (2014).[1] From October 2013 to April 2015, he was the host of Music Bank.[9][10]

His breakout roles came in 2015 with the dramas Kill Me, Heal Me and She Was Pretty.[11][12][13][14] The same year, Park featured in thriller film The Chronicles of Evil.[15]

In 2016, Park starred in youth historical drama Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth alongside Go Ara and Park Hyung-sik .[16][17]

Park found success in the 2017 youth romance drama, Fight for My Way alongside Kim Ji-won.[18] The television series was a major hit in South Korea and topped ratings in its time slot.[19] The same year, he played his first big-screen leading role in action comedy Midnight Runners with Kang Ha-neul.[20][21] Park won the Best New Actor award at major film award ceremonies such as the Grand Bell Awards and Korean Association of Film Critics Awards.[22][23]

In tvN's 2018 romantic comedy drama What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, Park starred alongside Park Min-young.[24][25] The series was a hit and Park received positive reviews by critics for his performance, being dubbed the "master of romantic comedy" by Korean press.[26][27][28]

More recently, Park starred in the occult film The Divine Fury (2019).[29][30] The same year Park served as the special juror for the Asiana International Short Film Festival.[31] He also made a guest appearance in the Oscar-winning movie Parasite (2019).[32]

In 2020, Park starred in JTBC's drama Itaewon Class as a restaurant owner, based on the webtoon of the same name.[33][34] The drama was a success, and was praised for its interesting story development and colorful performances.[35] He is also set to star in the sports film Dream as a soccer player turned coach named Yoon Hong-Dae, directed by Lee Byeong-heon.[36]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notlar	Ref.
2011	Perfect Game	Chil-goo		[37]
2015	The Chronicles of Evil	Cha Dong-jae		[15]
	The Beauty Inside	Woo-jin	Cameo	[38]
2017	Midnight Runners	Park Ki-joon		[20]
2018	Be with You	Ji-ho	Cameo	[39]
2019	The Divine Fury	Yong-hoo		[29]
	Parasite	Min-hyuk	Cameo	[40]
2021	Dream	Yoon Hong-dae		[36]
2022	Concrete Utopia	Min Sung		[41]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2012	Dream High 2	Si-woo	KBS2	[7]
	Shut Up Family	Cha Seo-joon		[42]
2013	Pots of Gold	Park Hyun-tae	MBC	[43]
	Drama Festival "Sleeping Witch"	Kim Him-chan		[44]
	One Warm Word	Song Min-soo	SBS	[8]
2014	A Witch's Love	Yoon Dong-ha	tvN	[45]
	Mama	older Han Geu-roo (Cameo)	MBC	[46]
2015	Kill Me, Heal Me	Oh Ri-on		[47]
	She Was Pretty	Ji Sung-joon		[13]
2016–2017	Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth	Moo Myung / Kim Sun-woo	KBS2	[16]
2017	Fight for My Way	Ko Dong-man		[18]
2018	What's Wrong with Secretary Kim	Lee Young-joon	tvN	[25]
2020	Itaewon Class	Park Sae-royi	JTBC	[33]
	Record of Youth	Song Min-soo (Cameo)	tvN	[48]

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2013–2015	Music Bank	KBS2	Host (October 25, 2013 – April 24, 2015) with Yoon Bo-ra	[9]
2014	SBS Drama Awards	SBS	Host with Lee Hwi-jae and Park Shin-hye	[49]
2018	Youn's Kitchen Season 2	tvN	Cast member	[50]
2021	Youn's Stay	tvN	Cast member	[51]

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Ref.
2011	"I Remember"	Bang Yong-guk feat. Yang Yo-seob	[37]
2014	"One Two Three Four"	The One	[52]
2017	"Dream All Day"	Kim Ji-soo	[53]

Discography

Year	Title	Notes
2012	"New Dreaming"	from Dream High 2 OST; duet with JB
2014	"Come into My Heart"	from A Witch's Love OST
2015	"Letting You Go"	from Kill Me, Heal Me OST
2015	"Long Way"	from She Was Pretty OST[54]
2017	"Our Tears"	from Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth OST

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	6th Korea Drama Awards	Best New Actor	Pots of Gold	Won	[55]
	2nd APAN Star Awards			Nominated
	32nd MBC Drama Awards			Nominated
2014	7th Herald Donga Lifestyle Awards	Best Style of the Year	N/A	Won	[56]
	50th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (TV)	One Warm Word	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	New Star Award		Won	[57]
2015	1st Fashionista Awards	Best Fashion in TV	She Was Pretty	Won	[58]
	4th APAN Star Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Kill Me, Heal Me, She Was Pretty	Nominated
	MBC Drama Awards			Won	[59]
		Popularity Award, Actor		Won
		Top 10 Stars Award		Won	[60]
		Best Couple Award with Ji Sung	Kill Me, Heal Me	Won	[59]
	36th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actor	The Chronicles of Evil	Nominated
		Popular Star Award		Won	[61]
	52nd Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
2016	11th Max Movie Awards			Nominated
	21st Chunsa Film Art Awards			Nominated
	52nd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (Film)		Nominated
	1st tvN10 Awards	Romantic-Comedy King	A Witch's Love	Nominated
2017	26th Buil Film Awards	Best New Actor	Midnight Runners	Nominated
	54th Grand Bell Awards			Won	[22]
	37th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards			Won	[23]
	1st The Seoul Awards	Best New Actor (Film)		Nominated	[62]
	6th Korea Film Actors Association Awards	Popular Star Award		Won	[63]
	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Fight for My Way, Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth	Nominated	[64]
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama	Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Fight for My Way	Won
		Netizen Award, Actor		Won
		Best Couple Award with Kim Ji-won		Won
	2nd Asia Artist Awards	Fabulous Award		Won	[65]
		Best Star Award		Won
2018	54th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actor (TV)		Nominated	[66]
	KBS WORLD Global Fan Awards	Best Couple Award with Kim Ji-won		Won	[67]
	13th Seoul International Drama Awards	Outstanding Korean Actor		Won	[68]
	9th KOFRA Film Awards	Best New Actor	Midnight Runners	Won	[69]
	23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards			Nominated	[70]
	11th Korea Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor	What's Wrong with Secretary Kim	Nominated	[71]
	6th APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries		Won	[72]
	2018 Cosmo Beauty Awards	Annual Shining Beauty Idol	N/A	Won	[73]
	8th Korea Tourism Awards	Special Merit Award		Won	[74]
2019	13th Asian Film Awards	AFA Rising Star Award		Won	[75]
2020	56th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actor (TV)	Itaewon Class	Nominated	[76]
		Tiktok Popularity Award (Male)		Nominated	[77]
	7th APAN Star Awards	Popular Star Award, Actor		Nominated	[78]
		Grand Prize (Daesang)		Nominated	[79]

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External links

• Park Seo-joon at HanCinema
• Park Seo-joon at IMDb
• Park Seo-joon at the Korean Movie Database