![]() ![]() In August 2016, he starred in KBS2's historical drama Love in the Moonlight alongside Kim Yoo-jung. Park at an autograph event for Love in the Moonlight, October 2016 Īfter more than a year as Music Bank host, he left the show in June 2016. In February 2016, Park featured in tvN's travel program Youth Over Flowers: Africa. ![]() The role catapulted him to fame in Korea and made him known as an emerging Korean Wave star, with the Top Chinese Music Awards presenting him with Best International Artist Award, the American-based DramaFever Awards giving him the Best Rising Star Award and tvN10 awarding him Asia Star Award. The show was a hit with audience ratings peaking at 18.8% making it the highest rated Korean drama in cable television history that year, and earned Park the nickname " Nation's Little Brother". He then starred as one of the leads in the third installment of the Reply series where he played the genius Go-player Choi Taek in Reply 1988 (2015). The role earned him a nomination for Best New Actor in Film at the Baeksang Arts Awards and won him a Rising Star Award at the 11th MaxMovie Awards. The same year, he featured in Coin Locker Girl which screened at Cannes Film Festival. The portrayal won him the Popularity and Best Supporting Actor awards at the year-end KBS Drama Awards. Ī departure from his previous roles and public image, Park gained rave reviews from audience and critics with his scene-stealing role in crime drama Hello Monster (2015). The press called them one of the best partnerships in the show's history, and Park was awarded the Best Newcomer Award at the KBS Entertainment Awards. They both gained attention for their chemistry as well as singing and hosting skills. In May 2015, Park joined Music Bank as a co-host alongside Red Velvet's Irene. He next featured in box-office hits A Hard Day (2014) which also screened at Cannes Film Festival and The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) which became the highest grossing Korean film at the time. The roles earned Park Best New Actor nominations in both the KBS Drama Awards and APAN Star Awards. In 2014, Park played the teenage version of Lee Seo-jin's character in the melodrama Wonderful Days and played a prodigy cellist in the KBS2'S Naeil's Cantabile, an adaptation of the Japanese manga Nodame Cantabile. 2014–2015: Rising popularity and breakthrough In 2013, he landed his first major role in the weekend drama Wonderful Mama playing the playboy son of Bae Jong-ok's character. He then joined Blossom Entertainment and featured in the action-comedy film Runway Cop (2012), one-off KBS drama special Still Picture (2012) and the period drama Bridal Mask (2012). Park debuted as an actor under Sidus HQ, playing a supporting role in the thriller film Blind (2011). He received his baccalaureate in February 2018. Park has also directed a one-act play based on Anton Chekov's works, and served as music director in his graduating class's production of Hairspray. Despite his acting career, he maintained an active collegiate life and represented his university's cultural overseas exchange program in Europe. He graduated from Shinmok High School in 2012, and enrolled at Myongji University as a Musical Theater undergraduate in March 2014. Park, who initially wanted to be a singer-songwriter, later changed his career path after a suggestion that he would do well acting. ĭuring Park's sophomore year of high school he sent a video of himself singing and playing the piano to prominent talent management agencies which led to several offers. He was also on the varsity swimming team of Seoul Mokdong Middle School. He started learning to play the piano when he was in kindergarten and was a pianist and choir member at church. His mother died when he was in fourth grade. 2.4 2022–present: Comeback from militaryīorn in Seoul on June 16, 1993, Park is the youngest of three siblings. ![]()
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