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Park Yu-Hwan | |
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| Born | March 9, 1991 |
| Other names | Ricky Park |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2011–2021 |
| Family | Park Yoo-chun (older brother) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박유환 |
| Hanja | 朴有煥 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Yu-hwan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Yuhwan |
Park Yu-Hwan (born March 9, 1991) is a South Korean actor. [2]
On March 9, 1991, Park was born in Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. [1] His father was a businessman, and he has an older brother, Park Yoo-chun, who is also an actor and singer.[ citation needed ] His family moved to the United States in 1998. They lived in Fairfax, Virginia.[ citation needed ] His parents later divorced.[ citation needed ] In 2008, Park returned to South Korea with his mother.[ citation needed ] Park's Father died on March 14, 2012.[ citation needed ]
In November 2021, Park was arrested by Korean police for marijuana use in Bangkok, Thailand [3]
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. [4]
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. [5] 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.
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2011 | Twinkle Twinkle | Han Seo-Woo |
| Gye-Baek | Book-Jo (ep.5-7,12,15) | |
| A Thousand Days' Promise | Lee Moon-Kwon | |
| 2012 | The Strongest K-Pop Survival | Kang Woo-Hyun |
| Can't Live Without You | Kim Min-Do | |
| 2014 | I Need Romance 3 | Lee Woo-Young |
| 2015 | She Was Pretty | Kim Joon-Woo |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Equals | Seth |
| 2016 | Musudan | Goo Yoon-Gil |
| 2017 | One Line | Hyuk-Jin |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Law of the Jungle – Panama | Cast member (ep.199-202) |
| 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 |