Park Hyung-sik

Park Hyung-sik
Park in January 2017
Born (1991-11-16) November 16, 1991
Yongin, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actor
Musical career
Genres
Years active 2010 (2010)–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website ZE:A
Korean name
Hangul 박형식
Hanja 朴炯植
Revised Romanization Bak Hyeong-sik
McCune–Reischauer Pak Hyŏngsik

Park Hyung-sik (born November 16, 1991),[1] known mononymously as Hyungsik, is a South Korean singer, actor and dancer. He is a member of the South Korean boy group, ZE:A and its sub-group ZE:A Five. As an actor, he is known for his roles in The Heirs (2013) High Society (2015), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016), Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017) and Suits (2018).

Early life

Park was born in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea as the second of two sons. He was named Hyung-sik (형식, 炯植) by a Buddhist monk, as his mother and grandmother are Buddhists.[2]

Career

2009: Pre-debut

In February 2009, Park appeared in Jewelry S' "Date" music video as the male lead.[3] The same year, Park worked as a uniform brand model[4] and also appeared in Mnet's reality program ZE:A's Debut Diary along with fellow ZE:A members.[5][6]

2010–2014: ZE:A, acting debut, and ZE:A Five

On January 7, 2010, Park debuted as a member of South Korean boy band ZE:A.[7] In addition to ZE:A's regular promotional activities, he participated in variety shows and had bit parts in several dramas. In 2011, Park began his theatrical career as a cast member alongside Super Junior's Ryeowook in the musical Temptation of Wolves.[8]

He began his acting career in 2012, starring in SBS' special drama I Remember You.[9] The same year, he starred in SBS' Dummy Mommy, where he played a vocalist of an indie band.[10] The following year, Park had a role in KBS2's drama special Sirius (2013), where he played the adolescent version of two twin brothers with starkly contrasting personalities.[11] In March 2013, Park, along with his fellow ZE:A members Siwan, Kevin, Minwoo and Dongjun formed the group's first sub-unit called ZE:A Five.[12] He then featured in tvN's time-slip drama Nine as the younger version of Lee Jin-wook's character.[13]

Park gained wider recognition after joining Real Men in 2013, where he was nicknamed "Baby Soldier" for his innocent, yet passionate image.[14] He followed this with roles in hit teen drama The Heirs (2013) and family drama What's With This Family (2014).[15][16]

2015–present: Solo career and new agency

In 2015, Park played a supporting role SBS' romance drama High Society as a chaebol who falls for a part-timer at the gourmet supermarket he manages.[17][18] Park drew favorable reviews for his performance in the series, which led to increased popularity for the actor in Japan.[19][20]

In 2016, he starred in the historical drama Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth, playing the role of Sammaekjong, a young and distrustful king.[21]

In February 2017, Park starred in his first leading role in cable network JTBC's Strong Girl Bong-soon, playing the CEO of a game company, Ainsoft.[22] The romantic-comedy with Park Bo-young was a critical and commercial success, and became one of the highest rated Korean dramas in cable television history.[23][24] Park experienced a rise in popularity[25][26] and received increased endorsement offers.[27] In April 2017, Park officially signed with United Artists Agency (UAA) as an actor.[28] In December 2017, he starred in a romantic short film, Two Rays of Light alongside Han Ji-min.[29]

In 2018, Park starred in the Korean remake of American legal drama series Suits; portraying the Korean counterpart of Mike Ross.[30][31] Park is set to make his feature film debut in the legal film The Jurors.[32]

Discography

As artist

Title Year Peak chart
positions		 Sales
(DL)		 Album
KOR
Gaon
[33]
Soundtrack appearances
"Tomorrow Will Come" 2014 — N/A Bonnie & Clyde The Musical OST
"You're My Love"[34] 2015 — N/A High Society OST
"I'll Be Here" 2017 — N/A Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth OST
"Because of You" 85 Strong Girl Bong-soon OST
"Two lights" — N/A Two Lights: Relúmĭno OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

As producer

Year Album Song Music Arrangement
Credited With Credited With
2014First Homme"One" Yes e.one No —

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Ronin Pop Kin
2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour Justin Korean dub, voice only [36]
2017 Trolls Branch Korean dub, voice only [37]
Two Lights: Relúmĭno In Soo Short film [29]
2019 The Jurors Kwon Nam-woo [32]

Television series

Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.
2010 Prosecutor Princess SBS Club man Cameo (Episode 2)
All About Marriage KBS2 Trainee Cameo (Episode 18)
Gloria MBC Trainee Cameo (Episode 11 & 14)
2012 I Remember You SBS Tae-sung Drama special [9]
Dummy Mommy Oh Soo-hyun [10]
My Husband Got a Family KBS2 Popular idol group member Cameo (Episode 39)
2013 Sirius Young Do Eun-chang / Do Shin-woo Drama special [11]
Nine tvN Young Park Sun-woo [13]
The Heirs SBS Jo Myung-soo [38]
2014 What's With This Family KBS2 Cha Dal-bong [16]
2015 Persevere, Goo Hae-ra Mnet Student Cha Dal-bong Cameo (Episode 1) [39]
High Society SBS Yoo Chang-soo [17]
She Was Pretty MBC Himself Cameo (Episode 9) [40]
2016 Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth KBS2 Kim Ji-dwi / Sam Maek-jong / King Jinheung [21]
2017 Strong Girl Bong-soon JTBC Ahn Min-hyuk [22]
2018 Suits KBS2 Go Yeon-woo [30]

Variety show

Year Title Network Role Ref
2012 The Romantic & Idol tvN Cast member [41]
2013-2014 Real Men MBC [42]
2015 Law of the Jungle: Indochina SBS [43]

Musical theatre

Year Title Role Ref.
2011 Temptation of Wolves Ban Hae-won [8]
2013 Gwanghwamun Love Song Ji-yong [44]
Bonnie & Clyde Clyde [45]
2013–2014 The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan [46][47]
2016
2018 Elisabeth Der Tod [48]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 13th MBC Entertainment Awards Best Male Newcomer in a Variety Show Real Men Won [49]
2014 3rd APAN Star Awards Best New Actor What's With This Family Nominated
14th MBC Entertainment Awards Male Excellence Award in a Variety Show Real Men Nominated
28th KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor What's With This Family Won [50]
Best Couple Award with Nam Ji-hyun Won [51]
Popularity Actor Award Nominated
2015 51st Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (TV) Nominated
10th A-Awards
(Arena Homme + and Mont Blanc Korea)		 Contemporary (Mont Blanc Homme) Award N/A Won [52]
23rd SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries High Society Won [53]
Best Couple Award with Lim Ji-yeon Nominated
New Star Award Won [54]
2017 1st The Seoul Awards Popularity Award, Actor Strong Girl Bong-soon Won [55]
2nd Asia Artist Awards Popularity Award, Actor Nominated
31st KBS Drama Awards Netizen Award – Male Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth Nominated
2018 6th APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Suits Nominated [56]

References

  1. ↑ Mark Russell (April 29, 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  2. ↑ 편집국 (January 23, 2013). "박형식│My name is…". 10Asia (in Korean).
  3. ↑ "박형식 4년 전, 주얼리S 뮤직비디오에 출연… '아기병사'의 장발 '눈길'". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). August 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ "제국의 아이들, 멤버별 프로필 공개 '케빈·임시완·박형식'". Asia Today (in Korean). January 13, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ "연예계 뒷얘기 `제국의 아이들`…100% `리얼` 가능할까?". MK (in Korean). April 6, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ "제국의 아이들, 거리공연으로 호된 데뷔 준비중". Money Today (in Korean). October 1, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  7. ↑ "제국의 아이들, '마젤토브' 무대 성공적 데뷔". 네이트뉴스 (in Korean). January 17, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "제국의아이들 박형식 뮤지컬 '늑대의유혹' 캐스팅". TV Report (in Korean). June 1, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "김병만 이영은 김진우, 설특집 드라마 '널 기억해'로 '안방극장 훈훈'". TV Report (in Korean). January 13, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  10. 1 2 "'바보엄마' 박형식 "임시완, 너무 바빠 연기조언 구할 시간 없다"". Herald Corporation (in Korean). March 13, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "'시리우스' 박형식, 출연소감 "임시완 경험-황광희 응원 도움돼"". FN News (in Korean). January 4, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  12. ↑ "ZE:A to Debut Five-Member Unit, ZE:A Five, in Korea". Mwave. March 14, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "ZE:A′s Park Hyung Sik Finishes Shooting for ′Nine′ Amidst Praise from Staff". Mwave. May 7, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Park Hyung-sik to depart 'Real Men'". Korea JoongAng Daily. July 15, 2014.
  15. ↑ "ZE:A's Hyung Sik says His Character Was Written for Him". Mwave. October 17, 2013.
  16. 1 2 "ZE:A′s Park Hyung Sik Cast in Drama ′This Is Family′". Mwave. July 2, 2014.
  17. 1 2 "ZE:A's Park to star in drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. April 11, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Singer Park talks growing TV career". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 18, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Boy Band Star Park Hyung-sik Finally Gains Acting Chops". The Chosun Ilbo. August 20, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Park Hyung-sik greets Japanese fans". The Korea Times. October 15, 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Park Seo-joon, Park Hyung-sik and Go Ara to star in 'Hwarang'". The Korea Times. January 5, 2016.
  22. 1 2 "Park Bo-young, Park Hyung-sik wrap up filming for 'Strong Woman Do Bong-soon'". Kpop Herald. April 12, 2017.
  23. ↑ "'Strong Woman Do Bong-soon' ends with JTBC's top viewership". Kpop Herald. April 16, 2017.
  24. ↑ "[SC줌人] "박형식 잡아라" `도봉순` 인기에 광고 러브콜 급등". Sports Chosun (in Korean). March 21, 2017.
  25. ↑ "[INTERVIEW] Actor Park Hyung-sik shakes off 'idol' tag". The Korea Times. April 23, 2017.
  26. ↑ "(Yonhap Interview) 'Acting helped me tap inner self': Park Hyung-sik". Yonhap News Agnency. April 21, 2017.
  27. ↑ "[SC줌人] "박형식 잡아라" `도봉순` 인기에 광고 러브콜 급등". Sports Chosun (in Korean). March 21, 2017.
  28. ↑ "Park Hyung-sik signs with United Artists". Korea JoongAng Daily. April 12, 2017.
  29. 1 2 "HUR Jin-ho Returns with New Short Film". Korean Film Biz Zone. December 8, 2017.
  30. 1 2 "Jang Dong-gun, Park Hyung-sik to Star in Remake of U.S. TV Series". The Chosun Ilbo. September 25, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Lawyers to wear tailored 'Suits' in Korea". The Korea Herald. April 24, 2018.
  32. 1 2 "THE JURORS Is in Session with MOON So-ri and PARK Hyung-sik". Korean Film Biz Zone. July 23, 2018.
  33. ↑ Charted songs:
    • "Because of You". Gaon Chart (in Korean).
  34. ↑ "Park Hyung-sik sings 'High Society' soundtrack". Kpop Herald. July 25, 2017.
  35. ↑ "2017 Gaon Download Chart – Week 16". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  36. ↑ "ZE:A star joins animation". Korea JoongAng Daily. October 25, 2013.
  37. ↑ "Lee Sung-kyung, Park Hyung-sik show off dubbing skills with 'Trolls'". Kpop Herald. February 9, 2017.
  38. ↑ "CNBLUE Kang Min-hyuk, ZE:A Hyungsik Join Lee Min-ho Drama". 10Asia. July 17, 2013.
  39. ↑ "'칠팔구' 박형식 카메오 출연, 카이스트 수재로 등장". TenAsia (in Korean). January 8, 2015.
  40. ↑ "'그녀는 예뻤다' 유이·이준기·박형식·김제동, 셀럽으로 깜짝 등장 '눈길'". TenAsia (in Korean). October 15, 2015.
  41. ↑ "[Video] The Guys of ′The Romantic & Idol′ All Want the Same Girl". Mwave. November 19, 2012.
  42. ↑ "ZE:A Hyungsik Shows off his Medal from "Real Man"". 10Asia. July 3, 2013.
  43. ↑ "ZE:A′s Park Hyung Sik Joins ′The Laws of the Jungle′ for Indochina". Mwave. February 27, 2015.
  44. ↑ "[ONEWS] 제국의아이들 형식-케빈 "뮤지컬 '광화문 연가'로 만나요"". OBS News (in Korean). November 11, 2012.
  45. ↑ "SHINee Key, ZE:A Hyungsik Cast in Musical "Bonnie & Clyde"". 10Asia. July 18, 2013.
  46. ↑ "'Three Musketeers' goes to Tokyo, Seoul". The Korea Times. February 13, 2014.
  47. ↑ "'Three Musketeers' returns to local stage with younger cast". The Korea Herald. April 10, 2016.
  48. ↑ "[SBS Star] Park Hyung Sik Confirmed to Lead a Musical 'Elisabeth'". SBS News. August 29, 2018.
  49. ↑ "'아빠 어디가', 2013 MBC 연예대상 대상 수상(종합)". Asiae (in Korean). December 30, 2013.
  50. ↑ "'KBS Drama Awards' Best New Actor and Actress awards for Seo In-guk Park Hyung-sik Kim Seul-gi Nam Ji-hyun". Hancinema. Osen. December 31, 2014.
  51. ↑ "KBS Drama Awards 2014 Winners". Hancinema. December 31, 2014.
  52. ↑ "'대세 아이콘' 유아인, 제10회 에이어워드서 '스타일' 부문 수상". The Star (in Korean). November 30, 2015.
  53. ↑ "[SBS 연기대상]박형식·문근영, 미니시리즈 男女 우수상". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). January 1, 2016.
  54. ↑ "[SBS 연기대상]박형식부터 임지연까지… 10명 뉴스타상". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). December 31, 2015.
  55. ↑ "박형식·임시완·윤아·김세정, '더 서울어워즈' 인기상 영예". Herald Corporation (in Korean). October 24, 2017.
  56. ↑ "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트". Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018.
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