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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

36

Gender

Male

Birthday

1986-09-25 (39 years old)

Place of Birth

Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Also Known As

Ryoo Joon-yeol

Ryoo Jun-yeol

Ryu Joon-yeol

Ryu Jun-yeol

Biography

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

Revelations

2025

Revelations

as

Sung Min-chan

Socialphobia

2015

Socialphobia

as

Yang-ge

No Tomorrow

2016

No Tomorrow

as

Ji-hoon

One Way Trip

2015

One Way Trip

as

Ji-gong

Sori: Voice from the Heart

2016

Sori: Voice from the Heart

as

Underground Singer

Canola

2016

Canola

as

Cheol-heon

The King

2017

The King

as

Choi Doo-il

A Taxi Driver

2017

A Taxi Driver

as

Gu Jae-sik

Heart Blackened

2017

Heart Blackened

as

Kim Dong-myung

Little Forest

2018

Little Forest

as

Jae-ha

Believer

2018

Believer

as

Seo Young-rak

Hit-and-Run Squad

2019

Hit-and-Run Squad

as

Seo Min-jae

Money

2019

Money

as

Jo Il-hyun

Alienoid

2022

Alienoid

as

Muruk

One-minded

2015

One-minded

as

Club Dude

The Night Owl

2022

The Night Owl

as

Cheon Kyoung-su

Finding My Gundam

2013

Finding My Gundam

as

Hyun Dong

Midnight Sun

2014

Midnight Sun

as

Yong Hoon

Socialphobia

2015

Socialphobia

as

Yang Ge

Lost

Lost

as

Kang-jae

Reply 1988

Reply 1988

as

Kim Jung-hwan

Lucky Romance

Lucky Romance

as

Je Soo-ho

The Producers

The Producers

as

Joo Jong-hyun

The 8 Show

The 8 Show

as

Jin-soo / 3F

Traveler

Traveler

as

Himself

The Rat

The Rat

as

Moon-jae

Running Man

Running Man

as

[Caller]

Production

Crew

Directing