Park Yu-Hwan (born March 9, 1991) is a South Korean actor.^[2]

Early life

On March 9, 1991, Park was born in Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea.^[1] His father was a businessman, and he has an older brother, Park Yoo-chun, who is also an actor and singer.^{[citation needed]} His family moved to the United States in 1998. They lived in Fairfax, Virginia.^{[citation needed]} His parents later divorced.^{[citation needed]} In 2008, Park returned to South Korea with his mother.^{[citation needed]} Park's Father died on March 14, 2012.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2021, Park was arrested by Korean police for marijuana use in Bangkok, Thailand ^[3]

Career

Park Yu-Hwan's career started when he was cast as a supporting character in the 2011 MBC's series Twinkle Twinkle. He played the half-uncle to lead actress Kim Hyun-Joo's character, Han Seo-Woo. While still working on Twinkle Twinkle, Park was cast in a small recurring role as Book-Jo in another MBC's series Gye-Baek. In his next acting project, the 2011 SBS's series A Thousand Days' Promise, Park portrayed Lee Moon-Kwon, the younger brother of lead actress Soo Ae's character. His performance earned him a nomination at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best New Actor.^[4]

In 2012, Park Yoo-Hwan landed his first leading role in the Channel A's series K-Pop: The Ultimate Audition, playing Kang Woo-Hyun, the ignorant and bad-tempered leader of boy band M2.^[5] He starred opposite Go Eun-Ah, who played a happy-go-lucky girl named Ji Seung-Yeon. In May 2012, Park returned to MBC to star in the new daily drama Can't Live Without You as Kim Min-Do.

Filmography

Television series

Films

Variety shows

Endorsements

• HEAD (2011) ^[6]
• CHRIS. CHRISTY (2011) ^[6]
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 'The Lovers' (2011)

Awards and nominations