Park Yong-woo (born March , ) is a South Korean actor.Park Yong-woo's
father was an engineering professor and his mother was a music
teacher. As a child he was shy and expressed himself poorly. Instead,
he nurtured his imagination. When he first chose to become an actor,
Park felt hampered by the fact that he didn't have any childhood or
family trauma to draw from, but later realized that a vivid
imagination was the key to his acting process because it didn't
require him to show his "naked face."Park failed the college entrance
exams twice before he was accepted to the prestigious Theater and Film
department at Chung-Ang University in . He failed twice more when he
joined MBC's actor's auditions, then finally passed in . Park spent a
decade playing minor and supporting roles on television and film,
notably in Shiri (), Ditto () and Age of Warriors (). He later said
those ten years of experience enabled him to have greater freedom and
control with his acting, and that he believes a person is not just
born a good actor, but rather good acting requires much preparation
and work, with some luck thrown in. Park said, "I guess every actor
dreams of playing a main character and I'm not an exception. But for
me, it is more important to become a good actor regardless of how big
my roles are."In , Park drew critical notice with his much-praised
portrayal of the influential son of a paper mill owner in Kim
Dae-seung's period thriller Blood Rain (). He won Best Supporting
Actor honors at the Chunsa Film Art Awards and the Korean Film Awards,
as well as nominations at the Grand Bell Awards and Blue Dragon Film
Awards.
father was an engineering professor and his mother was a music
teacher. As a child he was shy and expressed himself poorly. Instead,
he nurtured his imagination. When he first chose to become an actor,
Park felt hampered by the fact that he didn't have any childhood or
family trauma to draw from, but later realized that a vivid
imagination was the key to his acting process because it didn't
require him to show his "naked face."Park failed the college entrance
exams twice before he was accepted to the prestigious Theater and Film
department at Chung-Ang University in . He failed twice more when he
joined MBC's actor's auditions, then finally passed in . Park spent a
decade playing minor and supporting roles on television and film,
notably in Shiri (), Ditto () and Age of Warriors (). He later said
those ten years of experience enabled him to have greater freedom and
control with his acting, and that he believes a person is not just
born a good actor, but rather good acting requires much preparation
and work, with some luck thrown in. Park said, "I guess every actor
dreams of playing a main character and I'm not an exception. But for
me, it is more important to become a good actor regardless of how big
my roles are."In , Park drew critical notice with his much-praised
portrayal of the influential son of a paper mill owner in Kim
Dae-seung's period thriller Blood Rain (). He won Best Supporting
Actor honors at the Chunsa Film Art Awards and the Korean Film Awards,
as well as nominations at the Grand Bell Awards and Blue Dragon Film
Awards.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.