Shoes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-01-01

Place of Birth

Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea

Yoo Soon-woong

Biography

Yoo Soon-woong (born 1963 in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea) is a South Korean actor and theatre director. He graduated from Unho High School and from Hanshin University, where he majored in Christian Education. He began performing extensively during his university years through madanggeuk, appearing on many stages and becoming known for his strong presence and expressive delivery. His solo play Yeomjaengi Yu-ssi (염쟁이 유씨), created with him as the central performer, premiered in 2004 and has since been staged in multiple long-running seasons. Yu Sun-ung is affiliated with the theatre group Art Factory Dure (예술공장 두레) and is particularly known for playing elderly characters.

Known for

Hope

Hope

In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on the community. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.

Welcome to Samdal-ri

Welcome to Samdal-ri

After suffering a fall from grace, a photographer returns to her hometown and bumps into her childhood friend — rekindling an unfinished romance.

The Wailing

The Wailing

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

Confidence Queen

Confidence Queen

Three con artists with different backgrounds, team up for a daring and adventurous scheme of revenge against the villains of this era.

Destined with You

Destined with You

A lawyer bound by a centuries-old curse becomes entangled with a civil servant who holds the key to his freedom — igniting an unexpected romance.

Scarlet Innocence

Scarlet Innocence

A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.

Youth of May

Youth of May

A budding love story between a medical student and a nurse takes place in May 1980, during a time of civil unrest and military oppression in Gwangju.

When the Weather Is Fine

When the Weather Is Fine

Drained from her life in the city, a young cellist moves to a quiet small town, where she encounters an old friend who helps her heal and remake herself.

Summer Strike

Summer Strike

After getting dumped by her boyfriend and losing her mother in an accident, Yeo-reum decides to move to a small village to do nothing.

If You Wish Upon Me

If You Wish Upon Me

A convict who finds himself staring into the abyss is ordered to work at a facility for the terminally ill. Will the experience help reverse his unhappy destiny?

Cross

Cross

Kang In-Kyu’s father was brutally murdered 13 years ago. To take revenge on those who are responsible for his father’s death, he becomes a doctor. Kang In-Kyu volunteers at a prison medical office where the murderer is imprisoned.

Pawn

Pawn

A debt collector who looks intimidating, but actually has a warm heart, ends up becoming the guardian of a child, who has been left behind as collateral by her illegal immigrant mother.

Masquerade

Masquerade

Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.

Samjin Company English Class

Samjin Company English Class

In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.

Boar Hunt

Boar Hunt

This drama tells a story that happened in an ordinary village in which a missing case occurs on the day of a wild boar hunting and the secrets of the villagers surrounding the case are being unfolded one by one.