Kwak Dong-yeon

Kwak Dong-yeon (Korean: 곽동연; Hanja: 郭東延; born 19 March 1997), is a South Korean actor and musician.[1] He made his acting debut in the television series My Husband Got a Family in 2012 for which he received Best Young Actor Award at the Korea Drama Awards. He then starred in Adolescence Medley (2013), Modern Farmer (2014) and in 2016, gained recognition with historical drama Love in the Moonlight.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kwak.
Kwak Dong-yeon
At My Strange Hero press conference, November 2018
Born (1997-03-19) 19 March 1997
Daejeon, South Korea
OccupationActor, musician
Years active2012–present
AgentFNC Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwak Dong-yeon
McCune–ReischauerKwak Dongyŏn

Kwak is also a member and lead guitarist of Kokoma Band (literally, "Little Kids' Band"), managed by FNC Entertainment.

Early life and education

Kwak was born on 19 March 1997 in Daejeon, South Korea, the youngest of two siblings.

At 13, he permanently resided in Seoul by himself to pursue his dream to be an artist. He has been studying music at FNC Academy since 2010, and also took acting lessons. In February 2013, he graduated from Munrae Junior High School and graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul in February 2016.[2]

Career

2012–2015: Beginnings

Kwak made his acting debut in 2012, appearing in the KBS television series My Husband Got a Family.[3] The drama reached a peak audience rating of 49.6%.[4] For his performance, Kwak won the Best Young Actor Award at the 2012 Korea Drama Awards.[5]

In 2013, he featured as young Prince Dong-pyung in the SBS historical drama Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love.[6] He then starred in the KBS Drama Special Adolescence Medley.[7][8] The same year, Kwak featured in the KBS' period drama Inspiring Generation playing the younger version of Kim Hyun-joong's character.[9]

In March 2014, he took on the lead role in KBS Drama Special Middle School Girl A where he portrayed a smart transfer student who got bullied in his new school.[10] Kwak then starred in SBS weekend drama Modern Farmer, playing a drummer of a rock band who later moved to a village to be a farmer.[11]

In 2015, Kwak starred alongside Sistar's Bora in the web series Suck It Up.[12]

2016–present: Rising popularity

In 2016, he gained wider recognition after co-starring in the hit KBS2 historical series Love in the Moonlight portraying a skilled swordsman named Kim Byung-yeon.[13] He then played supporting roles in SBS fantasy romance drama Reunited Worlds,[14] and KBS romance drama Radio Romance.[15]

In 2018, Kwak starred in JTBC's romantic comedy series Gangnam Beauty,[16] which was a hit and gained renewed recognition for Kwak.[17] He then signed on to star in SBS' comedy drama My Strange Hero.[18]

In 2019, Kwak starred in the family drama Never Twice.[19] He also appeared in the sports film Baseball Girl.[20]

Personal life

On 26 February 2014, not long after Kwak finished his Inspiring Generation drama promotion, his mother died of an illness.[21]

Filmography
Main article: Kwak Dong-yeon filmography

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Best Young Actor My Husband Got a Family Won [5]
KBS Drama Awards Nominated
2014 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Inspiring Generation Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Inspiring Generation, Middle School Student A Won [22]
2016 Best New Actor Love in the Moonlight Nominated
2017 10th Korea Drama Awards Nominated [23]
KBS Drama Awards Best Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Slow Nominated
2018 Korea First Brand Awards Actor Award N/A Won [24]
2019 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama Never Twice Nominated
SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries My Strange Hero Nominated

References
  1. "Kwak Dong-yeon profile". FNC Entertainment. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. "[포토엔]고등학생 올라가는 장군이 곽동연 '키가 많이 컸네' – 중앙일보 연예". JoongAng Ilbo. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. 드라마 '넝굴당'의 미친 존재감 방장군역 "도대체 누구?". Segye (in Korean). 13 April 2012.
  4. "49.6% '넝굴당' 2012년 드라마사에 한 획을 그었다 – 스포츠경향 – 生生 스포츠". Sports Khan (in Korean). 10 September 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  5. "Kwak Dong Yeon garners the Best Young Actor award". Star News. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  6. ‘장옥정’ 아역, 성인 배우와 얼마나 닮았길래... TV Daily (in Korean). 29 March 2013.
  7. 곽동연 ‘사춘기 메들리’, 풋풋한 추억 선사한다. Osen (in Korean). 26 March 2013.
  8. 곽동연, '사춘기 메들리'로 첫 주연‥이세영과 호흡. Asiae (in Korean). 2 July 2013.
  9. "FNC's Kwak Dong Yeon to Act as Young Kim Hyun Joong on 'The Age of Feeling'". enewsWorld. 15 January 2014.
  10. "곽동연, KBS 단막극 '중학생 A양' 주연 낙점". enews24 (in Korean). 19 March 2014.
  11. ‘이홍기-이하늬 등 한자리에…’ 모던파머 대본리딩 현장. SBS Fune (in Korean). 25 August 2014.
  12. "Kwak Dong-yeon to star in "The Butter-Upper"". Hancinema. Sports Donga. 3 May 2015.
  13. "곽동연, KBS '구르미' 합류..박보검 죽마고우役[공식입장]". OSEN (in Korean). 13 July 2016.
  14. "[단독] 곽동연, 여진구 동생된다..SBS '다만세'로 1년만 복귀". OSEN (in Korean). 22 June 2017.
  15. "Yoon Bak, Hajun, Kwak Dong Yeon, Yura confirmed as cast of 'Radio Romance'". KBS World. 20 December 2017.
  16. 내 아이디는 강남미인' 곽동연, 외유내강 '연우영役' 캐스팅. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 31 May 2018.
  17. [인터뷰①] ‘강남미인’ 곽동연 "원작보다 따뜻하게 그려진 우영이가 좋았죠". MK (in Korean). 1 October 2018.
  18. "'Gangnam Beauty's actor takes lead role in SBS's drama". JTBC. 6 October 2018.
  19. "Oh Ji-ho, Ye Ji-won, Park Se-wan and Kwak Dong-yeon Join Drama "No Second Chances"". HanCinema. Star News. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  20. Shin Mi-rae (4 January 2019). "곽동연, 영화 '야구소녀' 캐스팅 확정…야구선수로 변신(공식입장)". MBN Star (in Korean).
  21. ⓒ 함께 만들고 함께 즐기는 엔터테인먼트 포털, ‘이데일리 스타IN’ - 무단전재&재배포 금지 (26 February 2014). `감격시대` 곽동연, 모친상..오늘(26일) 비보 접해 - ▒종합 경제정보 미디어 - 이데일리▒. edaily (in Korean). Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  22. "곽동연, 청소년 연기상 수상 "좋은 배우 되겠다" 당찬 포부 [KBS 연기대상] :: 네이버 TV연예". Star News (in Korean). 31 December 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  23. "2017 코리아드라마어워즈(KDA), 최종 후보작 확정…'관심 집중'". TopStar News (in Korean). 27 September 2017.
  24. "[영상M] 스트레이 키즈 방찬 "음악으로 저희의 메시지 전할게요" 대한민국 퍼스트브랜드 대상 포토월". M-i (in Korean). 19 December 2018.
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