Park was born on December 16, 1988 in Seoul as the oldest of three brothers. After graduation from An-Nam high school, he attended Seoul Institute of the Arts and enlisted for mandatory military service in 2008.
Park made his entertainment debut in 2011 by appearing in the music video of Bang Yong-Guk’s single “I Remember.” He has then appeared in television dramas Dream High 2 (2012), Pots of Gold (2013), and Witch’s Romance (2014). From October 2013 to April 2015, he became the host of Music Bank.
His breakout role came in 2015 as the male lead of the television series She was Pretty.
He had a role in Bong Joon-ho’s blockbuster comedy-thriller Parasite (2019).
He is the first Korean actor to achieve the Youtube Golden play button by surpassing 1 million subscribers.
In 2012 and 2013, he played the role of Cha Seo-joon in the KBS2 series Shut Up Family.
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Awards
2019 Asian Film Awards Rising Star Award
2018 Korea Tourism Star Tourism Contributor Award
2018 Cosmo Beauty Awards Shining Beautiful Idol of the Year
2018 6th APAN Star Awards Best Actor in a Mid-length Drama
2018 13th Seoul Drama Awards Hallyu Drama Best Actor
2018 9th Film of the Year Best New Actor
2017 KBS Drama Awards Best Actor, Netizen Award, Best Couple Award
2017 6th Korea Top Star Awards Popular Star Award
2017 2nd Asia Artist Awards Fabulous Award, Best Star Award
2017 37th Korean Film Critics Association Awards Best New Actor
2017 54th Grand Bell Awards Best New
Actor 2015 MBC Drama Awards Best Actor, Teen Star Award, Best Couple Award, Popularity Award
2015 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards Popular Star Award
2014 Herald Donga Lifestyle Awards Best Style of the Year Award
2014 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award
2013 6th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actor Award
Other activities
2017 World Wildlife Fund ‘WWF’ Goodwill Ambassador
2014 Good Library Construction Goodwill Ambassador
TV Drama
2025 JTBC Waiting for Gyeongdo
2024 Netflix Gyeongseong Creature 2
2023 Netflix Gyeongseong Creature
2020 JTBC Itaewon Class
2018 tvN What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim
2017 KBS2 Fight for My Way
2016 KBS2 Hwarang
2015 MBC She Was Pretty
2015 MBC Kill Me, Heal Me
2014 tvN A Witch’s Romance
2013 MBC Drama Festival – Sleeping Witch
2013 SBS A Warm Word
2013 MBC Come Out, Gold
2012 KBS2 Sitcom – Family
2012 KBS2 Dream High 2
Movie
2023 The Marbles
2023 Concrete Utopia
2023 Dream
2019 Lion
2018 Now on the Way to Meet You
2017 Young Police
2015 Beauty Inside
2015 Chronicles of Evil
2011 Perfect Game
M/V
2014 The One ‘One Two Three’
2011 Bang Yongguk ‘I Remember’
entertainment
2024 tvN Seojin’s Family 2
2023 tvN Seojin’s Family
2022 TVING Youth MT
2022 JTBC In the Forest: Friendship Trip
2021 tvN Youn’s Stay
2018 tvN Youn’s Kitchen 2