Yu Oh-seong (born September 11, 1966) is a South Korean actor. He is
best known for his roles in The Spy (1999), Attack the Gas Station
(1999), and Friend (2001).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.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.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. 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.
best known for his roles in The Spy (1999), Attack the Gas Station
(1999), and Friend (2001).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.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.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. 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.
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