Nam Joo-hyuk

Acting

Nam Joo-hyuk

Born

1994-02-22 (32)

Place of birth

Busan, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Nam Joo-hyuk (born February 22, 1994) is a South Korean model and actor. He began his career as a model and appeared in several music videos before making his screen debut in 2014 with the television series The Idle Mermaid. He gained wide recognition with his role in the dramas Who Are You: School 2015 (2015) and Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016). In 2018, he had his film debut with The Great Battle, and achieved further prominence with dramas Start Up (2020) and Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022). In 2021, Nam was included in Forbes 30 Under 30.

Known for

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

SNL Korea poster
8.2

Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.

SNL Korea

2011

Twenty Five Twenty One poster
8.5

In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life.

Twenty Five Twenty One

2022

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo poster
8.5

A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae Soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

2016

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo poster
8.5

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

2016

Start-Up poster
8.2

Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry.

Start-Up

2020

Film credits

Series credits

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

SNL Korea poster
8.2

Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.

SNL Korea

2011

Twenty Five Twenty One poster
8.5

In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life.

Twenty Five Twenty One

2022

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo poster
8.5

A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae Soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

2016

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo poster
8.5

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

2016

Start-Up poster
8.2

Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry.

Start-Up

2020

The East Palace poster
8.1

A man who walks the spirit world and a court lady who hears the dead enter the East Palace by the king's orders — can they unravel its dark secrets?

The East Palace

2026

Glamorous Temptation poster
7.8

A story about a woman experiencing a harsh fate, a woman who is jealous of her and a man set out to get revenge.

Glamorous Temptation

2015

Vigilante poster
8.5

Kim Ji-yong leads a double life as a Korean National Police University student by day and the Vigilante by night, personally punishing criminals who evade the law. He is surrounded by people who all possess different ulterior motives.

Vigilante

2023

Unexpected Business poster
9.4

Set in a small, rural town, the show is about two friends, actors Zo In-sung and Cha Tae-hyun, running a supermarket for 10 days. They not only sell goods, but also operate small restaurant, where they cook and serve dishes. The two actors, who lived their whole lives in the city, experience life in the small town and blend into the neighborhood.

Unexpected Business

2021

Who Are You: School 2015 poster
7.6

After losing her memory in an accident, a bullied high school orphan finds herself in the place of an identical-looking girl who's gone missing.

Who Are You: School 2015

2015

Here for Promo poster
NR

A Netflix Korea web variety show where stars from upcoming Netflix releases appear for relaxed interviews, games, and promotion. Its first season, "Not Here for Promo", featured hosts Lee Chang-ho and Lee Byung-gun in a casual, slightly messy apartment setting, jokingly pretending the guests had simply dropped by as friends rather than to promote a show. The program later became "Here for Promo", hosted by Yoo Byung-jae and Jonathan, with a cleaner setup and a more direct focus on discussing, promoting, and playing games related to the guests’ new Netflix titles.

Here for Promo

2024

The Bride of Habaek poster
6.9

Yoon So Ah is a pragmatic neuropsychiatrist who carries a tremendous financial burden to run her own practice. Her family has been tasked with serving Ha Baek, a reincarnated water god, for many generations, and So Ah is forced to do the same. Ha Baek starts to develop feelings for So Ah, but he has competition for her heart from Hoo Ye, the CEO of a resort company, who clashes with So Ah over a piece of land but then falls in love with her. Can a relationship between a mortal female and a god have a future?

The Bride of Habaek

2017

Celebrity Bromance poster
10.0

A portrayal of star friendships filmed “paparazzi - style” from a distance to allow the cast members to feel less overwhelmed by cameras.

Celebrity Bromance

2016

Cheese in the Trap poster
7.0

Hong Seol and Yoo Jung attend the same college, but they couldn't be more different. Hong Seol is a poor, unpopular student with no money, while Yoo Jung is rich, well-liked, extremely smart, and popular. Hong Seol just wants to get through her college career quietly, but finds herself getting caught up in whatever Yoo Jung drags her into. Can Hong Seol break away, or will she continue to be the only person who sees Yoo Jung's true self?

Cheese in the Trap

2016

Candy in My Ear poster
NR

celebrities create bonds with strangers through conversations on the phone. The celebrities create friendships with the strangers by revealing their inner secrets, dreams and worries.

Candy in My Ear

2016

The School Nurse Files poster
7.3

Wielding a light-up sword through the dark corners of a high school, a nurse with an unusual gift protects students from monsters only she can see.

The School Nurse Files

2020

The Light in Your Eyes poster
7.6

Time manipulation comes with a steep price for a young woman, who becomes 78 years old overnight after using a mysterious watch.

The Light in Your Eyes

2019

Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village poster
7.9

The famous series of 'three meals a day' came back with a new crew and a beautiful scenery of mountains. Three celebrities - Yum Jung-ah, Yoon Se-a, and Park So-dam - have to follow to rules of the program, to be self-sufficient without any help of others.

Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village

2019

Coffee Friends poster
9.1

"Coffee Friends” was inspired by Son Ho Jun and Yoo Yeon Seok’s “Coffee Friends” project, where they distributed cups of coffee to citizens in exchange for donations. In the show, the duo with help of Yang Se-Jong and Choi Ji Woo, they will run a cafe located in a tangerine farm on Jeju Island, and they will donate the profit to a charitable cause in the end.

Coffee Friends

2019

Idle Mermaid poster
7.3

Can a woman do anything for the sake of love? Ha Ni is a mermaid princess in the underwater empire but she longs for the human world when she sees and falls in love with a man. She transforms into a human and follows Hyun Myung to live in a temporary house for people who are preparing for employment. The pragmatic Hyun Myung is trying to find a good-paying job to provide him with a comfortable life. But will he be distracted by Ha Ni, who has just 100 days to make Hyun Myung fall in love with her so that she can remain a human?

Idle Mermaid

2014

Three Meals a Day: Gochang Village poster
8.8

South Korean celebrities gather to live in rural Gochang Village. With the theme "self-sustaining organic life," they must find their own food and prepare three meals a day.

Three Meals a Day: Gochang Village

2016

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Here

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A snobbish lawyer falls into a deadly web of greed and conspiracy after using a mysterious app that grants wishes at a dangerous price.

Code

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A bittersweet romantic fantasy about a man who looks exactly like a woman's deceased first love. The story follows a woman who can see the past and a man who must hide his own past. As their lives become intertwined, they are drawn into a series of unexpected events that unfold into a poignant and sweet romance.

Heartbeat

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