Gong Yoo
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| Born | Gong Ji-chul July 10, 1979 Busan, South Korea[1] |
| Education | Kyung Hee University (Theater) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Agent | Management Soop |
| Website | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 공유 |
| Hanja | 孔劉 |
| Revised Romanization | Gong Yu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kong Yu |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 공지철 |
| Hanja | 孔地哲 |
| Revised Romanization | Gong Ji-cheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kong Chi-ch'ŏl |
Gong Ji-chul (Hangul: 공지철; born July 10, 1979), better known by his stage name Gong Yoo (Hangul: 공유), is a South Korean actor.
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Career
Gong graduated with B.A. Theater degree at Kyung Hee University. He started his showbusiness career with small parts in dramas and films. He landed his first lead role in Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy in 2005. His acting talent caught the attention of casting directors and audiences and he has become an actor to watch. His role as Choi Han-Kyul in the MBC romantic comedy The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince solidified his status as a leading man. The popularity of the drama made it one of Korea's most watched dramas of 2007, and made Gong Yoo a hallyu star.
The actor finished his mandatory service in the Korean Armed Forces, which started on January 14, 2008 and ended on December 8, 2009.[2]
Gong Yoo initiated and pursued production of a theatrical adaptation of[3][4][5] Gong Ji-young's novel The Crucible, a gift from his senior as congratulation for his promotion during enlistment. This movie was internationally released under the title Silenced. The film sparked public outrage upon its release on September 22, 2011. This led to a reopening of the investigations into the incidents on which the novel and film are based. Public demand for legislative reform reached the National Assembly, where a revised bill to target sex crimes against minors and the disabled, dubbed the Dogani Bill after the Korean title of the film, was successfully passed in late October 2011.
In 2013, he returned to the big screen after a two-year gap in the movie The Suspect. He played an elite North Korean spy who defects after being betrayed by his country.[6]
On November 2013, Gong Yoo was appointed as a special representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Korea, in conjunction with a celebration of the 24th year since the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted. Following his appointment, he will visit countries around the world to raise awareness of the situation of children in underdeveloped countries.[7]
On July 7, 2014, Gong was named as an ambassador for the National Tax Service, alongside actress Ha Ji-won. For the next two years, they will model for promotional posters and take part in street campaigns that encourage honest tax payment in support of the NTS.[8] [9]
Filmography
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | School 4 | Hwang Tae-young | KBS2 |
| 2002 | Whenever the Heart Beats | Park Chan-ho | KBS2 |
| Hard Love | Seo Kyung-chul | KBS2 | |
| 2003 | 20 Years | Seo Joon | SBS |
| Screen | Kim Joon-pyo | SBS | |
| My Room, Your Room | |||
| 2005 | Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy | Park Tae-in | SBS |
| 2006 | One Fine Day | Seo Gun | MBC |
| 2007 | The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince | Choi Han-kyul | MBC |
| 2012 | Big | Seo Yoon-jae/Kang Kyung-joon | KBS2 |
| 2013 | Dating Agency: Cyrano | Magician (cameo, ep. 9) | tvN |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | My Tutor Friend | Lee Jong-soo | |
| 2004 | Spy Girl | Choi Ko-bong | |
| Superstar Mr. Gam | Park Chul-soo | ||
| S Diary | Yoo-in | ||
| 2005 | She's on Duty | Kang No-young | |
| 2007 | Like a Dragon | Park Chul | Film adaptation of video game Ryu Ga Gotoku |
| 2010 | Finding Mr. Destiny | Han Gi-joon | Film adaptation of stage musical Finding Kim Jong-wook |
| 2011 | Silenced | Kang In-ho | Film adaptation of Gong Ji-young's novel The Crucible |
| 2013 | The Suspect | Ji Dong-chul | |
| 2016 | A Man and a Woman | Ki-hong | |
| Train to Busan | Seok-woo |
Hosting
| Year | Program | Role | Episodes | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Music Camp | MC | 2004.01.10~2004.07.03 | MBC | [10] |
| 2008~2009 (during enlistment) |
Best Music | MC | episodes 155~186 | KFN | [11] |
| G.yoo20 | DJ | 371 episodes | KFN | [12] |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Hard Love | Nominated |
| 2003 | SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award | Screen | Won |
| 2005 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy | Nominated |
| 2006 | MBC Drama Awards | Special Award, Actor in a Miniseries | One Fine Day | Won |
| 2007 | 1st Mnet 20's Choice Awards | Best Style | N/A | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor | Coffee Prince | Won | |
| Popularity Award, Actor | Nominated | |||
| Best Couple Award (with Yoon Eun-hye) | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actor | Silenced | Nominated |
| Popular Star Award | Won | |||
| 2012 | 48th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor (Film) | Nominated | |
| KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Big | Nominated | |
| Best Couple Award (with Lee Min-jung) | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | 8th Seoul International Drama Awards | Outstanding Korean Actor | Nominated | |
| 2014 | 19th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actor | The Suspect | Nominated |
| 48th Taxpayers' Day | Presidential Commendation | N/A | Won | |
| 22nd Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Film | The Suspect | Won |
References
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- ↑ http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/07/08/2014070801250.html
- ↑ http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/04/201_203129.html
- ↑ http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/musiccamp/
- ↑ http://www.dema.mil.kr/web/home/bestmusic
- ↑ http://www.dema.mil.kr/web/home/story20#/
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