Gong Yoo

Acting

Gong Yoo

Born 1979-07-10 · Busan, South Korea

Gong Yoo (Hangul: 공유) is a South Korean actor. He started his career in showbiz as a VJ and subsequently debuted with parts in school dramas and films, eventually gaining starring roles in prime time dramas such Hello My Teacher and One Fine Day. His role as a cafe manager who falls in love with a girl disguised as a man in romantic comedy The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince solidified his status as a drama leading man. The popularity of the drama made him a regional star. After serving the 2-year compulsory military service, Gong Yoo made his comeback with romantic comedy Finding Mr Destiny and Silenced, a film project spearheaded by the actor himself upon reading the book based on the real events of deaf students being sexually exploited by the staff in a South Korean special school. Gong took on the role as a North Korean agent in action film the suspect in 2013. His post-military television comeback Big was however, not as well received. While Gong remained popular with Korean audience and brand sponsors, he experienced somewhat of a career renaissance in 2016 with box office hits Train to Busan and Age of Shadows, as well as one of the most-viewed Korean cable television drama, Goblin.

Acting credits

Train to Busan poster
7.8

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Train to Busan

2016

Silenced poster
8.2

Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.

Silenced

2011

Love Untangled poster
8.2

A lovestruck teen plans to win the school heartthrob by going from curly to straight hair — until a new transfer student changes everything.

Love Untangled

2025

Seobok poster
7.2

Ex intelligence agent Ki-heon is tasked with safely transporting Seo Bok, the first ever human clone, who holds the secret of eternal life. Several forces try to take control of Seo Bok to serve their own agendas.

Seobok

2021

Squid Game: Making Season 2 poster
8.3

From set designs to character arcs, get exclusive cast and director interviews on how Season 2 of the globally most-watched series was brought to life.

Squid Game: Making Season 2

2025

The Age of Shadows poster
7.2

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.

The Age of Shadows

2016

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 poster
7.4

Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by other women from her life, past and present.

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982

2019

Wonderland poster
7.0

In a world where an AI programme allows people to communicate with their deceased loved ones, a flight attendant and a mother question the meaning of reality and humanity.

Wonderland

2024

The Suspect poster
6.9

Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.

The Suspect

2013

A Man and a Woman poster
6.7

Two strangers have dropped their kids off at a pickup area for a children's camp in Helsinki, Finland. A spark of mutual interest is ignited between the man and woman.

A Man and a Woman

2016

She's on Duty poster
6.4

A boisterous detective goes undercover in a high school in order to befriend the teenage daughter of a notorious gangster.

She's on Duty

2005

Finding Mr. Destiny poster
6.7

A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client.

Finding Mr. Destiny

2010

My Tutor Friend poster
6.5

A touching story of two completely different students from two completely different worlds. One is a rich male repeating his third year of high school and the other a poor girl in her second year of university struggling to make ends meet.

My Tutor Friend

2003

Yakuza: Like a Dragon poster
6.5

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball-bat-wielding psycho Gorō Majima, who has a grudge to settle with Kiryū.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

2007

S Diary poster
5.1

A cute Korean story about a girl Jini and her memories of first loves. Her mom gave her a diary at coming of age and in the movie she goes through her past boyfriends and reflects on how they've given her memories.

S Diary

2004

Spy Girl poster
6.6

Ko-bong has a huge crush on Gye-soon who works at a fast food restaurant without knowing that the girl he love is a spy from North Korea.

Spy Girl

2004

Mr. Gam’s Victory poster
6.3

A relief pitcher for the worst team in the league seizes the unlikely opportunity to work nine innings against the star starting pitcher of the league's best team when no one else wants to face him.

Mr. Gam’s Victory

2004

Train to Busan: Behind the Scenes poster
NR

BTS look at the hit Korean film

Train to Busan: Behind the Scenes