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Ryu Jun-yeol

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Ryu Jun-yeol

Ryu Jun-yeol is an actor born on September 25, 1986 in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea. He is known for A Taxi Driver, Alienoid: Return to the Future and Alienoid. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
September 25, 1986
Place of birth
Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Also known as
Ryoo Joon-yeol · Ryoo Jun-yeol · Ryu Joon-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.

Filmography

  1. 2026Mousetrapas Je Moon-jae / The Rat · 10 episodes
  2. 2026Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinemaas Self
  3. 2025Reply 1988 10th Anniversaryas Self · 3 episodes
  4. 2025Revelationsas Sung Min-chan
  5. 2024The 8 Showas Jin-soo / 3F · 8 episodes
  6. 2024Here for Promoas Self · 3 episodes
  7. 2024Alienoid: Return to the Futureas Muruk
  8. 2023A Side of a Relationshipas Jae-hyun
  9. 2022The Night Owlas Cheon Gyeong-su
  10. 2022Alienoidas Muruk
  11. 2021Lostas Kang-jae · 16 episodes
  12. 2019The Battle: Roar to Victoryas Lee Jang-ha
  13. 2019Moneyas Jo Il-hyun
  14. 2019Traveleras Himself · 10 episodes
  15. 2019Hit-and-Run Squadas Seo Min-jae
  16. 2018Believeras Seo Young-rak
  17. 2018Little Forestas Jae-ha
  18. 2017Heart Blackenedas Kim Dong-myung
  19. 2017A Taxi Driveras Gu Jae-sik
  20. 2017The Kingas Choi Doo-il
  21. 2016The Boys Who Cried Wolfas Dong-chul
  22. 2016Lucky Romanceas Je Soo-ho · 16 episodes
  23. 2016Canolaas Cheol-heon
  24. 2016One Way Tripas Ji-gong
  25. 2016No Tomorrowas Ji-hoon
  26. 2016Sori: Voice from the Heartas Underground Singer
  27. 2015Reply 1988as Kim Jung-hwan · 20 episodes
  28. 2015The Producersas Joo Jong-hyun · 12 episodes
  29. 2015Socialphobiaas Yang-ge
  30. 2014Impetuous People
  31. 2014Youth Over Flowersas Self · 7 episodes
  32. 2014One-mindedas Club Dude
  33. 2014Midnight Sunas Yong Hoon
  34. 2013Finding My Gundamas Hyun Dong
  35. 2012Baeksang Arts Awardsas Self · 1 episode
  36. 2010Running Manas [Caller] · 1 episode