Ryu Jun-yeol
Ryu Jun-yeol (Hangul: 류준열; born 25 September 1986) is a South Korean actor. He gained popularity through his breakthrough role in the television series Reply 1988 (2015–2016). Known as a prolific Chungmuro actor, since then he has starred in the box-office hit films The King (2017), A Taxi Driver (2017), Believer (2018), Money (2019), The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019).
He pursued acting studies at Suwon University and became a prolific performer in short films and independent titles beginning in 2012. His first feature film role was a small part in the Korean Academy of Film Arts title INGtoogi: Battle of Internet Trolls. Following a flurry of shorts in 2014, Ryu next featured in the KAFA film Socialphobia. Following its debut at the Busan International Film Festival, the youth thriller became a smash hit at the box office and earned him numerous accolades, including the KAFA Rising Star Award and similar prizes from the First Brand Awards and the Max Movie Awards.
In 2015, Ryu debuted as a TV actor, landing a small part in The Producers and next to a main role in Reply 1988. That role quickly turned him into a star and earned him more prizes, this time from the Paeksang Arts Awards and the Korea Cable TV Awards. He also appeared in the KAFA film The Boys Who Cried Wolf. The following year saw Ryu conquer the film world, scoring roles in diverse titles such as the youth road drama One Way Trip, the sci-fi drama Sori: Voice from the Heart, island thriller No Tomorrow, melodrama Canola and the noir thriller The King, and featured alongside Song Kang-ho in the Gwangju massacre drama A Taxi Driver.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 13.588 |
Birthday | 1986-09-25 |
Place of Birth | Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
Also Known As | Ryoo Joon-yeol, Jun-yeol Ryu , 류준열, 柳俊烈, Ryu Joon-Yeol, Ryoo Jun-Yeol, Ryoo Joon-Yeol, |
2015
Socialphobia
7.5/24
A woman is attacked by Internet users after posting provocative remarks online. Using her personal information, they go to her place but what they fin...
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Socialphobia
2016
No Tomorrow
8.5/12
Based on a true story involving a reporter who starts investigating to uncover an unfortunate case that occurred on a remote island.
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No Tomorrow
2016
Sori: Voice from the Heart
6.9/15
While desperately searching for his missing daughter, Hae-kwan comes across an AI satellite robot that remembers sounds from all over the world. Rejuv...
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Sori: Voice from the Heart
2015
One Way Trip
6.6/28
Four best friends, Yong-bi, Ji-gong, Sang-woo and Doo-man who just turned twenty and just came of age took the road to Pohang, a small city near the b...
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One Way Trip
2016
Canola
7.9/52
A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.
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Canola
2014
Impetuous People
0/0
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Impetuous People
2017
The King
7.5/76
A young Korean man surpasses his difficult childhood by becoming a powerful prosecutor, but soon learns that real power comes at a price.
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The King
2017
Heart Blackened
7/42
A father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiancée. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into...
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Heart Blackened
2017
A Taxi Driver
8.1/925
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreig...
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A Taxi Driver
2018
Little Forest
7.6/145
A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-suff...
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Little Forest
2018
Believer
7.3/145
After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterio...
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Believer
2019
Hit-and-Run Squad
7.1/63
Min-jae, a rookie police officer with a natural born talent for driving, is assigned to the perfect team: the Hit-and-Run Squad. But at the same time,...
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Hit-and-Run Squad
2019
Money
6.9/23
Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens t...
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Money
2019
The Battle: Roar to Victory
7.167/21
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia...
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The Battle: Roar to Victory
2016
The Boys Who Cried Wolf
7.1/15
Wan-ju, a failed stage actor, makes ends meet by playing real-life parts as someone’s boyfriend or wingman. Desperate for money, Wan-ju takes on his m...
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The Boys Who Cried Wolf
2024
Alienoid: Return to the Future
6.612/214
Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the esca...
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Alienoid: Return to the Future
2022
Alienoid
6.913/356
Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body....
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Alienoid
2015
One-minded
7/2
Shenanigans occur in an apartment shared by two Korean women as one of them brings home a man that she picked up in a club and two thieves invade the...
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One-minded
2022
The Night Owl
7.197/38
A period drama film, depicting Joseon Dynasty in Korea. Kyoung-su is a skilled acupuncturist but a blind who can only see a little at dark. Right afte...
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The Night Owl
2023
A Side of a Relationship
5/1
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A Side of a Relationship
Revelation
0/0
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