South Korean actor
Yu Oh-seong
(born September 11, 1966) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in
Beat
(1997),
Attack the Gas Station
(1999),
Friend
(2001) and
Champion
(2002).
Career
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Yu Oh-seong made his stage debut in 1992, and throughout the mid-1990s, he complemented a career in television with minor roles in film. With his success playing a young gangster in the hit movie
Beat
(1997), Yu's face became familiar to a new generation of moviegoers. The year 1999 was somewhat of a breakthrough for Yu, as he took the lead role in
Jang Jin
's acclaimed cult comedy,
The Spy
and also starred in
Kim Sang-jin
's hugely successful
Attack the Gas Station
.
[1]
His career reached its peak in 2001. Appearing as
Jang Dong-gun
's co-star in
Kwak Kyung-taek
's smash hit
Friend
, which sold an unprecedented 8 million tickets, Yu won effusive critical praise for his hard-edged performance as a ruthless gangster and enjoyed a tremendous degree of exposure.
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[2]
This fame would carry over somewhat when he took the lead in director Kwak's fourth feature
Champion
, a 1980s-set
biopic
of boxer
Kim Deuk-gu
, who dominated the Korean boxing scene until his death after the
World Boxing Association
lightweight
championship in 1982. However, even though Yu was praised for his body makeover and acting skills, the film failed to deliver on the high expectations that preceded it.
[1]
Later that year, a series of highly public disagreements with Kwak, believed to stem from money problems, made headlines and served to cool some of the public's interest in the actor.
[3]
Yu's next two films, the melodrama
Star
with actress
Park Jin-hee
and the patriotic/historical drama
Thomas An Jung-geun
about the
titular independence activist
, bombed badly at the box office.
[1]
He returned to television in 2004, headlining his first
historical drama series
(
sageuk
)
Jang Gil-san
. Set in the
Joseon
period during the reign of
King Sukjong
, Jang Gil-san was born of a female servant, raised by gypsies, then rises politically.
[4]
For the contemporary
drama
Invisible Man
in 2006, he played a man in his thirties battling
early-onset Alzheimer's disease
with the support of his loving family (his wife is played by
Chae Shi-ra
).
[5]
Yu said his character Choi Jang-soo was closest to his real-life personality.
[6]
This was followed by a leading role in adultery drama
Dear Lover
(2007) with
Yoon Son-ha
, a
remake
of 1995
Japanese drama
Koibito Yo
.
[7]
In 2009, Yu and
Song Seon-mi
played a gangster and doctor who fall in love in the stage play
Turn Around and Leave
, which was previously dramatized onscreen in the 1998 film
A Promise
and the 2006 TV series
Lovers
.
[8]
Later that year, he played a supporting role in
Potato Symphony
, about a man who moves back to his hometown with his daughter, and faces unresolved conflicts with his old high school friends (the protagonist is played by Jeon Yong-taek, who also wrote, directed and produced the film). Jeon and Yu are close friends in real life, and the film is set in their hometown
Yeongwol County
. Despite winning the Grand Prix at the 4th Festival Franco-Coreen du Film,
Potato Symphony
was little seen domestically.
[9]
After the underwhelming box office and TV ratings of past projects he'd headlined, Yu stuck to supporting roles. He starred opposite
Kim Dong-wook
in buddy comedy
Happy Killers
(2010), in which Kim played a slacker cop assigned to investigate a serial killer case, while Yu played an unemployed man with natural instincts as a detective who gets in the way by trying to catch the killer as well.
[6]
Yu also appeared in action series
Swallow the Sun
(2009) which was filmed in
Las Vegas
,
South Africa
and
Jeju Island
, two horse-based human comedy films --
Lump Sugar
(2006) starring
Im Soo-jung
and
Champ
(2011) starring
Cha Tae-hyun
,
[10]
and the crime drama
Don't Cry Mommy
(2012).
[11]
More recently, he played villains in the 2010 historical drama
Kim Su-ro, The Iron King
, and the 2012 fantasy
Faith
in which he played a fictionalized version of
Empress Gi
's older brother.
[12]
In 2013, Yu reprised his most memorable role in the
sequel
Friend: The Great Legacy
, in which he faces the grown-up son of the friend he'd given orders to be killed (
Kim Woo-bin
), interspersed with scenes of his own father's gangster past in
Busan
(
Joo Jin-mo
).
[13]
Yu made a return to the
sageuk
genre with the 2014 drama series
Gunman in Joseon
, in which he plays the main antagonist. His performance as Choi Won-sin, a villainous and powerful merchant and the archenemy of
Lee Joon-gi
's character, was widely praised and earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the
2014 KBS Drama Awards
.
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Filmography
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Film
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Television series
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Variety show
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Music video
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Year
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Song title
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Artist
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2011
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"Goodbye"
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Seo Yoon
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2013
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"Baby I'm Sorry" (2013)
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[24]
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MY NAME
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Theater
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Year
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Title
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Role
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1992
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Blood
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2005
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Story of an Old Thief
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Tape
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Vince
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2006
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Oedipus
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2009
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Turn Around and Leave
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Gong Sang-du
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Awards and nominations
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References
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"Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema: Yoo Oh-sung"
.
Koreanfilm.org
. kfilm
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
Hwang, Hee-yeon (22 March 2001).
"
Buddies
tells story of lost youth, friendship"
.
The Dong-a Ilbo
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
Hong, Chan-shik (3 November 2002).
"Friends"
.
The Dong-a Ilbo
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
Kim, Sun-woo (4 April 2004).
"Yoo Oh-sung to Star in Drama
Jang Gil-san
"
.
The Dong-a Ilbo
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
Chung, Ah-young (31 July 2006).
"Traditional Dramas Beat Trendy Ones"
.
The Korea Times
via
Hancinema
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
a
b
"All That Star: Genuine Actor, Yu Oh-seong is back with the comedic flick
Happy Killers
, looking more cheerful and easygoing than before"
.
Arirang News
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
"Fresh Japanese Wave Threatens Korean Pop Culture"
.
The Chosun Ilbo
. 26 March 2007
. Retrieved
2013-06-04
.
- ^
"Events Calendar"
.
The Korea Herald
. 7 February 2009
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
"New Films"
.
Korean Film Council
. 1 January 2010
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
"Champ (2011)"
.
The Chosun Ilbo
. 16 September 2011
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
Park, Eun-jee (2 November 2012).
"Three films zero in on the limitations of legal system"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
"Lee Min-ho, Kim Hee-seon unveils teaser for new TV series"
.
10Asia
. 10 July 2012
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
Sunwoo, Carla (8 November 2013).
"12 years later, an iconic
Friend
returns"
.
Korea JoongAng Daily
. Retrieved
2014-02-03
.
- ^
"
'朝鮮 銃잡이' 유오성, 소름 끼치는 두 얼굴?…歷代級 惡役 變身 '눈길'
"
(in Korean). imaeil.com. July 24, 2014.
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'朝鮮銃잡이' 전혜빈, 유오성과 父女 呼吸 "先輩님은 最高의 俳優"
"
.
The Dong-a Ilbo
(in Korean). May 23, 2014.
- ^
Jeon Hyung-hwa (September 16, 2021).
"유오성x장혁 액션 느와르 '江陵' 11月 開封 確定 [公式]"
[Yoo Oh-seong x Jang Hyuk action noir 'Gangneung' confirmed for November release [Official]].
Star News
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
September 16,
2021
– via
Naver
.
- ^
"[單獨] 유오성, '너도 人間이니' 出演…徐康俊과 對立角"
.
JoongAng Ilbo
(in Korean). June 5, 2017.
- ^
Kim Ji-won (June 8, 2021).
"유오성, '검은 太陽' 出演 確定…3年 만의 드라마 復歸 [公式]"
.
Naver
(in Korean). TenAsia
. Retrieved
June 8,
2021
.
- ^
Hwang So-young (January 18, 2022).
"[單獨] 유오성, 넷플릭스 '스위트홈2' 合流…松江·이진욱과 呼吸"
[[Exclusive] Oh-seong Yoo joins Netflix's 'Sweet Home 2'... Breathing with Song Kang and Lee Jin-wook] (in Korean).
JTBC
. Retrieved
January 18,
2022
.
- ^
Kang Hyo-jin (June 15, 2022).
"스위트홈' 시즌2·3 同時製作→松江부터 유오성까지 캐스팅 確定"
[Sweet Home' season 2 and 3 simultaneous production → Casting confirmed from Song Kang to Yoo Oh-seong] (in Korean). spoTV News
. Retrieved
June 15,
2022
– via
Naver
.
- ^
Kim Je-ni (May 18, 2021).
"정글의 法則', 國內 便 마지막 시즌 放送... 유오성→설인아 出擊"
.
Star Daily News
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
May 22,
2021
.
- ^
Jin Joo-hee (May 21, 2021).
"정글의 法則' 유오성·설인아, 華麗한 정글 再入城機[MK★TV컷]"
.
MK Sports
(in Korean)
. Retrieved
May 22,
2021
.
- ^
Hong, Grace Danbi (5 July 2013).
"MYNAME Unveils its Powerful Yet Violent MV for
Baby I'm Sorry
"
.
enewsWorld
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
"This Could Be a Movie: MYNAME Releases Blockbuster
Baby I'm Sorry
MV"
.
Soompi
. 4 July 2013
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
- ^
"Events Calendar"
.
The Korea Herald
. 11 July 2009
. Retrieved
2013-07-06
.
External links
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1970s
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- Yu In-chon
(1974)
- Hyun-Seok (1975)
- Han In-soo (1976)
- Kim Ho-sung and Kim Dong-hyun (1977)
- Lee Won-yong (1978)
- Lim Jeong-ha (1979)
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1980s
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- Kil Yong-woo
(1980)
- Yoon Soo-hong (1982)
- Lim Young-Kyu (1983)
- Choi Sang-hoon (1984)
- Jung Seong-mo (1985)
- Kim Joo-seung (1986)
- Park Chan-hwan (1987)
- Park Sang-won
(1988)
- Moon young-min (1989)
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