Yoo Dong-geun

For the handball player, see Yu Dong-geun.
In this Korean name, the family name is Yoo.
Yoo Dong-geun
Born (1956-06-18) June 18, 1956 (age 68)
Goseong, Gangwon Province, South Korea
Other namesYoo Dong-kun
EducationSeoul Institute of the Arts - Theater
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present
AgentImagine Asia
SpouseJeon In-hwa (m. 1989)
Children2
Korean name
Hangul
유동근
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Dong-geun
McCune–ReischauerYu Tong-gŭn

Yoo Dong-geun (born June 18, 1956) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the historical television dramas Tears of the Dragon, Empress Myseongseong, and Yeon Gaesomun.[1]

He was also an adjunct professor of 연기학담당 at Daekyeung University in 1997. Since 2007, Yoo has been an activist of Sunfull Movement, a non-profit organization against cyberbullying.[2][3][4]

On December 29, 2007, Yoo landed in the news for assaulting two producers of The King and I. Yoo was reportedly enraged because the scripts were routinely turned in late, which exhausted his wife Jeon In-hwa, an actress in the TV series. He later apologized for the incident.[5][6]

  1. ^ Hwang, You-mee (10 July 2006). "Big-budget historical dramas popular". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  2. ^ "Sunfull - An Internet movement to counter cyber-bullying". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09.
  3. ^ "Virtuous Online Reply Campaign Launched". The Dong-a Ilbo. 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  4. ^ Chun, Sung-woo (13 February 2013). "293 lawmakers vow Sunfull politics". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  5. ^ Lee, Eun-joo (2 January 2008). "Real life punch-up upstages SBS drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Chung, Sung-hee (31 December 2007). "Page Scripts Symbolize Darker Side of Korean Drama Industry". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2013-03-04.