Park Yu-hwan

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Park Yu-Hwan
Born (1991-03-09) March 9, 1991 (age 33)
Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea [1]
Other namesRicky Park
OccupationActor
Years active2011–2021
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]

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Early life

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]

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. [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.

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
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
2012The Strongest K-Pop SurvivalKang Woo-Hyun Channel A
Can't Live Without YouKim Min-Do MBC
2014 I Need Romance 3 Lee Woo-Young tvN
2015 She Was Pretty Kim Joon-Woo MBC

Films

YearTitleRole
2015EqualsSeth
2016MusudanGoo Yoon-Gil
2017 One Line Hyuk-Jin

Variety shows

YearTitleNotes
2016 Law of the JunglePanama Cast member (ep.199-202)

Endorsements

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
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 ActorNominated
2015 34th MBC Drama Awards Best New Actor in a Miniseries She Was Pretty Nominated

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