Let’s have a closer look at the top 5 Korean Actors of 2022
5. Song Joong-Ki
Born on September 19, 1985, Song Joong-ki is a South Korean actor, who made his debut with a historic movie “A frozen flower” (2008). However, Joong-ki rose to fame when he appeared in another historic coming of age drama “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” (2010) and the hit Korean variety show “Running man” (2010-2011) as one of the original cast members.
Thanks to his luck, Song Joong-ki gained his global fame with 2016’s mega hit drama “Descendants of the sun” where he played the role of Yoo Shi-jin, a young captain of The South Korean special forces, and another hit drama of 2021, called “Vincenzo”, where he played the role of “Vincenzo Cassano” an Italian mafia and lawyer.
Apart from his amazing acting skills and charms, Joong-ki is also known for his marriage and then divorce with his co-star Song Hye-kyo.
4. GONG YOO
Gong Ji-cheol, with his stage name “Gong Yoo” is a South Korean actor. Born on July 10, 1979, Gong yoo is well known for roles in the television dramas Coffee prince (2007), Goblin(2016-2017), and The Silent Sea (2021).
Gong Yoo has also given a lot of super hit movies such as Train to Busan(2016) and silenced (2011), which is considered as his one of the most amazing and best projects ever. The crime-based movie was based on true events and the novel “The Crucible” by Gong Ji-young and, about a school where deaf and disabled students were abused sexually and physically.
The movie is so impactful that the Government of Republic of Korea made many amendments in their constitution for the crime against children. Apart from his roles as main leads, Gong Yoo is also known for making a cameo in 2021’s hit and record-breaking original Netflix series “Squid Game”.
3. Nam Joo-hyuk
Nam Joo-hyuk, born on February 22, 1994, is a South Korean actor and model.
Always dreaming about becoming a professional basketball player, Joo-hyuk made his television debut with the drama “Surplus princess” (2014), before making his debut in the world of modeling with “SONGZIO Homme”.
Nam Joo-hyuk is known for his main roles in hit television dramas such as, “Start-up” 2020, “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo” 2016-17, and “twenty five, twenty-one” 2022.
2. Ji Chang-wook
Ji Chang-wook, born on July 5, 1987, is a South Korean actor. Chang-wook made his debut with “2006 film days”. Although he rose to fame with his notable roles and amazing acting skills in the dramas “Healer” (2014-15) and “K2” (2016).
Some of his prominent works include his main roles in hit television dramas such as “Suspicious partner” 2017, “Melting me softly” 2019, “Backstreet rookie” 2020, “Lovestruck in the city” 2020-2021 and “The Sound of magic” 2022.
1. Park Seo-joon
Topping the list of Top 5 Korean actors of 2022,
Park Seo-joon, born December 16, 1988, is a South Korean actor.
Seo-joon made his television debut with his leading role in “A witch’s love”(2014), although before he also appeared in the drama “Dream high 2” (2012) as a supportive character.
He also hosted the South Korean music variety show “Music Bank” from October 2013 to April 2015.
After a lot of struggle to build his career and get recognition in the entertainment industry, Park Seo-joon finally landed in the 2016’s historic period drama “Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth” as one of the lead characters alongside with Park Hyung-sik, Shinee’s Min ho, BTS’s V and Go A-ra.
In 2017, Seo-joon was successful to getting a role in romance comedy drama “Fight for my way” where he played the role of Ko Dong-man, a former Taekwondo player. He also appeared in many successful dramas such as “What’s wrong with secretary Kim” (2018) and “Itaewon class” (2020).
Park Seo-joon is also known for making a cameo in the Oscar winning movie “Parasite” (2019) starring his best friend Choi Woo-sik. Park Seo-joon’s upcoming projects include, Television drama “Dreams” as main lead opposite of Actress and Singer “IU”, The movie” Concrete Utopia” which is said to be released in the second half of this year. He is also intalks aboutr joining the cast of Marvel”.
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