Gong Yoo
Gong Yoo was born in Busan, South Korea on July 10th, 1979 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 44, Gong Yoo biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Gong Ji-cheol (Koreans) (born July 10, 1979), better known by his stage name Gong Yoo (Korean: ), is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television dramas Coffee Prince (2006), Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017), The Silent Sea (2021), and Squid Game (2021), as well as the films Silenced (2011), Train to Busan (2016) and The Age of Shadows (2016).
His stage name is a combination of his father's family name "Gong" and his mother's name "Yoo."
Early life and education
Gong Ji-cheol was born in Busan, South Korea, on July 10, 1979. Gong's father, who was a baseball player, played for Busan Sango, and was a Lotte Giants boss from 1983 to 1985. Gong attended Dongin High School and completed undergraduate studies at Kyung Hee University's Department of Theatre and Film.
Gong Yoo is a descendant of Chinese philosopher Confucius, and is the 79th generation of Confucius' descendants, which descends from the Gokbu Gong clan, according to the family.
Career
With a B.A., Gong Yoo graduated from Kyung Hee University. Education in theater has a degree in drama. He began his show business career on Mnet in 2000 and debuted as an actor in the TV series School 4 in 2001. Gong performed many supporting roles in dramas and films throughout his career, as well as hosting the Music Camp in 2004.
He debuted in 2005 in his first lead role in SBS's Hello My Teacher opposite Gong Hyo-jin. In 2006, this was followed by a romance melodrama called One Fine Day.
Gong Yoo was first cast in MBC's romantic comedy Coffee Prince, which would be his breakout role. The success of the film not only made him a leading man, but also made him a hallyu actor.
Gong Yoo was enlisted for the compulsory service, which ended on December 8, 2009. He served in Cheorwon for eight months before being transferred to the Defense Media Agency, where he worked in the public relations branch and as a DJ for the army radio station. He was fired in December 2009.
He made his comeback in the romantic comedy Finding Mr. Destiny, which was a hit in Korea.
He began and pursued the development of a dramatic version of Gong Ji-young's novel The Crucible, a congratulatory gift from his senior for his promotion during enlistment. Silenced, this film was distributed around the world. The film was released on September 22, 2011, sparking public outrage. This resulted in a reopening of the probe into the incidents on which the novel and film are based. The National Assembly has heard a call for legislative reform, which has been dubbed the Dogani Bill after the Korean film's title was successfully passed in late October 2011.
In the Hong sisters' romantic-comedy film Big, Gong Yoo starred opposite Lee Min-jung. The drama was well-received, but it was chastised for its conclusion.
After a two-year absence in the film The Suspect, he returned to the big screen in 2013. After being betrayed by his country, he played an elite North Korean spy who suffered. In November 2013, Gong Yoo was appointed as a special representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Korea, marking the 24th year since the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted. Following his arrival in the world, he has traveled around the world to raise concern about the health of children in impoverished nations.
Together with actress Ha Ji-won, Gong Yoo was appointed ambassador for the National Tax Service (NTS) on July 7, 2014. The two men modeled for promotional posters and participated in street campaigns that encourage honest tax payment in favor of the NTS.
With hit jobs in 2016, Gong Yoo reached a new high in his career. Jeon Do-yeon, the critically acclaimed actor, appeared in A Man and a Woman, his first film in 2016. He appeared in the hugely popular zombie blockbuster Train to Busan, which attracted more than 11 million passengers in South Korea. He appeared in a new box office at The Age of Shadows, which attracted 6 million admissions in two weeks.
In December 2016, Gong Yoo returned to television in Kim Eun-sook's fantasy-romance drama Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, portraying the titular goblin. The drama was a huge success, and Gong was named Best Actor at the Baeksang Awards for his work.
In 2018, Gong Yoo appeared in the feminist film Kim Ji-young: Born 1982, it's his third collaboration with actress Jung Yu-mi (after Silenced and Busan), and Gong Yoo plays Kim Ji-young's husband.
Gong Yoo announced in March 2020 that he would appear in Kim Tae-yong's forthcoming film Wonderland.
Gong Yoo appeared in Lee Yong-ju's action thriller film Seo Bok alongside Park Bo-gum in 2021. Gong is a former intelligence agent who is caught up in the race for the first human clone to reveal the elusive key to eternal life. In Squid Game, he played as a recruiter salesman.
In the Netflix original sci-fi thriller film The Silent Sea executive produced by Jung Woo-sung in December 20, Gong Yoo appeared as team leader Han Yoon-jae alongside Bae Doona, Lee Joon, Kim Sun-young, and others. The series follows an expedition team to an abandoned station on the moon in a distant dystopian future where Earth is in danger of severe water shortage. The community's reaction to the series was mixed, but it became the most watched non-English series for week 2. Critics also applauded the Rotten Tomatoes, with a 100 percent rating. According to the Forbes review, it is one of Netflix's "best sci-fi series to date."