
Acting
Yoo Dong-geun
Born
1956-06-18 (70)
Place of birth
Goseong, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Known for
Acting
Credits
33 titles
Yoo Dong-geun (유동근) is a South Korean actor.
Known for
6.0The fate of two brothers diverge after the murder of their coal miner father, with one joining the mob and the other becoming a successful lawyer.
East of Eden
2008
NRThis drama depicts the turbulent period spanning from the reign of King Taejo (born Lee Seong Gye), the founder of the Joseon dynasty, to King Sejong.
Tears of the Dragon
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Age of Heroes
2004
5.4Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.
Empress Myeongseong
2001
NRThe series follows the life of Yeon Gaesomun, a powerful military dictator in the waning days of the Goguryeo kingdom.
Yeon Gaesomun
2006
8.0A public prosecutor is murdered while investigating corruption. But when he is “reborn” as his previous self, can he team up with a wealthy family heir to find answers?
Again My Life
2022
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
5.2Three former mafia members work at a construction company to avoid getting involved in the underworld again. But fates draw them back to the past when a gangster approaches one of them.
Return of the Mafia
2012
7.0This movie will tell a family story of working as a rookie secretary for an upright politician, going through rooting out all sorts of corruption and at the same time living a life as a father.
Sunday Punch
2011
NRSince man made the spear one-hundred thousand years ago, the fish have been a surprising role in human history. They've only been known as food for man who have been hungry! How have they changed the history of humans? Here goes the story...
Super Fish - An Endless Adventure
2013
2000s · 4 titles
5.2A young student falls madly in love with a professor's daughter. Promised by the professor that he will let him marry his daughter if he graduates from university with a law degree, the student works hard and finally succeeds. When the time comes for the professor to fulfill his promise, his daughter suddenly announces that she will marry another...
Crazy First Love
2003
6.1An up-and-coming lawyer wakes up next to a beautiful woman with mafia connections, but neither remembers how they got there. That's a problem.
Marrying the Mafia
2002
5.1On the day of the hundreds billion dollar contract deal just ahead, Jung suddenly disappears after he leaves for a convenient store. Inspector Kim who is desperate to get an exclusive crime case in the hope of drawing media attention finds out that Jung had many jealous colleagues and starts to investigate the case focusing on embezzlement and kidnapping. On the other hand, inspector Park finds out that Jung’s fiancee Mi-sun, a sales manager at the insurance company, has recently took out a life insurance policy on Jung’s life and points her as a suspect. The more investigation goes further the more case gets mysterious and things start to get out of control as a missing case develops to an assault, a kidnapping and finally to a murder.
The Weird Missing Case of Mr. J
2009
6.3The police and some gangsters scramble to hide incriminating evidence from an ambitious prosecuting attorney,
Who's Got The Tape?
2004
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 4 titles
A man nicknamed 'Magpie' kills his former best friend Geun-ho. As Geun-ho dies, he begs Magpie to care for his younger brother which the murderer agrees to do.
The Magpie's Passion
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Tiger Butterfly is Lonely at Dusk
1985
7.0Hyun-il and his wife are returning from a fishing trip when they get into a car accident with a drunken man. They end up killing him. They meet with the dead man's wife, Su-jin, to come to an agreement. Su-jin demands their house so they make her to stay in their house temporarily. Mi-young's nerves are on edge due to Su-jin. Mi-young meets Jin, Su-jin's neighbor, and finds out that Su-jin was once a hostess. But Jin tries to rape Mi-young and she ends up killing him. This sends Mi-young over the edge and she is confined to a mental institution. Too late, Su-jin goes to Mi-young to ask for her forgiveness and then she leaves.
Women, Women
1985
7.0Taking a year off from wokr to study for the bar exam, Cheong-chan finds his life interrupted by his sister and her turbulant marriage. He also finds himself falling in love with his childhood friend, Da-hye.
Human Market, Small Devil - An Autobiography Of A Twenty-Two-Year-Old
1983
Series credits
6.0The fate of two brothers diverge after the murder of their coal miner father, with one joining the mob and the other becoming a successful lawyer.
East of Eden
2008
NRThis drama depicts the turbulent period spanning from the reign of King Taejo (born Lee Seong Gye), the founder of the Joseon dynasty, to King Sejong.
Tears of the Dragon
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Age of Heroes
2004
5.4Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.
Empress Myeongseong
2001
NRThe series follows the life of Yeon Gaesomun, a powerful military dictator in the waning days of the Goguryeo kingdom.
Yeon Gaesomun
2006
8.0A public prosecutor is murdered while investigating corruption. But when he is “reborn” as his previous self, can he team up with a wealthy family heir to find answers?
Again My Life
2022
7.8Every family has its issues but what happens when the patriarch in the family is not happy with the behaviors of his children? Cha Bong Soon does not intend to just sit back and take bad treatment from his three adult children – Cha Kang Shim, Cha Kang Jae and Cha Dal Bong – and decides to take legal action against them. With such chaos going on in her family, Kang Shim has a tough time focusing on her job as secretary to the president of Daeoh Company and constantly at odds with the president's son, Moon Tae Joo, the company director. Will Tae Joo get sucked into the Cha family drama as well?
What Happens to My Family?
2014
6.2Park Yoo-Ha studied hard in medical school and finished her intern course. She works hard to become a doctor due to her father. Her father raised 4 children by himself and her oldest sister also sacrificed for the family. Park Yoo-Ha is not interested in other people. Suddenly, her father marries a woman rich enough to own a building. Meanwhile, Jung Eun-Tae works as a doctor. He volunteered for performing medical service abroad, but he comes back to Korea. Jung Eun-Tae is not interested in marriage, because his father placed priority on his medical work over family and Jung Eun-Tae believes he is like his father.
Marry Me Now
2018
5.1Set between late Koryo Dynasty and early Choson Dynasty period. Jung Do-Jeon plans for the new country of "Choson" and new culture as an influential advisor to King Taejo. Jung Do-Jeon resistance among those that want to keep Koryo.
Jeong Do Jeon
2014
6.8It’s tell the story of a bank auditor pursues justice and policy changes at a time when an economic bubble is collapsing. No Dae Ho is an honest and sincere man. He works as a branch manager of Daehan Bank which is located in a small city. The branch is on a soon to be shutdown list. Surprisingly, No Dae Ho is promoted to an auditor at the bank’s headquarters in Seoul. No Dae Ho then faces corruption at the bank.
The Banker
2019
Han Sang Jin is married to Kim Na Young and they have a 7 year old daughter, Min Joo. They live with his mom, younger brother, younger sister, and sister's daughter. One day, Sang Jin vanishes while on a business trip. He remains missing for over 7 years until one day he is spotted by his college friend, Nam Hyun Pil, at a ski resort. Min Joo, now 15, sees him as well but she just thinks he looks like her dad. Hyun Pil begins digging and finds out that the man is called Min Young Tae. Young Tae is married to Hyun Ja and they have a 3 year old son, Ung Pyo. Hyun Ja doesn't care about that all she knows is that he's her husband and the father of her child. Hyun Pil makes the hard decision to tell the truth to Na Young, to whom he's just proposed. The question is now which man will he live as, Han Sang Jin or Min Young Tae, since each man has a different wife.
Wife
2003
No synopsis available yet.
How's Your Husband?
1993
7.0Childless Comfort is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Lee Soon-jae, Kim Hae-sook, Yoo Dong-geun and Uhm Ji-won. It is about three generations of the Ahn family who are all living in one house in the suburbs of Seoul, and how they deal with the societal discrimination that their smart and highly educated, eldest granddaughter faces, when she became a single mother. It aired on cable channel jTBC from October 27, 2012 to March 17, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 for 39 episodes. The series received consistently solid ratings, and its January 26, 2013 episode reached 7.955%, breaking the previous record of Reply 1997 to become the highest viewership ratings that a drama has received on Korean cable. It went on to break its own record for the February 24 episode, with another cable drama all-time rating high of 10.715%.
My Kids Give Me a Headache
2012
5.0Dandelion Family is a 2010 South Korean weekend family drama series starring Song Seon-mi, Maya, Lee Yoon-ji, Jung Chan, Jung Woo, Kim Dong-wook, Yoo Dong-geun and Yang Mi-kyung. It aired on MBC from January 30 to July 25, 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 50 episodes.
Dandelion Family
2010
4.7An ordinary middle-aged woman has devoted her life to her family. She is diagnosed with terminal cancer and must prepare her goodbye to her family.
The Most Beautiful Goodbye
2017
2.5This drama summarizes the relationship between Joseon tyrant Prince Yeonsan and the former gisaeng Jang Nok Su, who became Yeonsan's queen.
Jang Nok Soo
1995
NRPrince Suyang's ambition for the Throne, the Gyeru Coup, his deposal, and the murder of his nephew King Danjong.
Dance of Breaking Sky
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Jo Gwang Jo
1996
NRThe drama was centered on the Silmido case.
Legend of Ambition
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
애인
1996
NRThe KBS documentary program Superfish takes a thorough look into the history of fishing over the past 100,000 years, from fishing techniques to the role of fish in East Asian food and culture. The five episodes – “Fish Planet,” “The Great Taste of Fish,” “Mystery of Rotten Fish,” “Fish on Friday” and “Super Fish” – offer a fascinating essay on the intriguing relationship between fish and humans over the course of global history. Using high-speed and underwater shooting and time-slicing, Superfish also breaks new ground in documentary filmmaking with its stunning underwater imagery and dramatic editing. Narrated by actor Kim Suk Hoon.
Super Fish - An Endless Adventure
2012

