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“It is great my work receives strong responses and as a result I can enjoy popularity. But, that is not my purpose in acting. Money or fame is not my priority. I want to become an actor who can continue his career for a long time.” Yoo Seung-Ho was born on August, 1993. He is a popular South Korean actor & model. Yoo Seung-Ho first started in show business as a child actor and, like a lot of child actors, he started acting due to his mother. In 1999, Yoo Seung-Ho made his acting debut in a CF for n016. Prior to filming, the ad agency, responsible for the CF, was looking for a fresh face & not a professional model. Yoo Seung-Ho's mother then sent in a photo of her son and he was selected for the CF. In 2002, Yoo Seung-Ho was cast for the feature film " The Way Home" and made his feature film acting debut. Prior to his casting, staff members for the "The Way Home " were having a hard time finding the right actor to play the character of Sang-Woo. The movie's director Lee Jeon Hyang then saw Yoo Seung-Ho among many other child actors. "The Way Home" turned out to be a highly successful film and sold more than 4 million tickets. Since "The Way Home," Yoo Seung-Ho took on several more child acting roles in movies and dramas and became recognized as a proficient child actor. Yoo Seung-Ho has a nickname of "Little So Ji-Sub," because of his resemblance to said actor. In 2008, the two actors met for the first time and to make Yoo Seung-Ho more relaxed, actor So Ji Sub grabbed his hands and told him "I'm sorry people nicknamed such a handsome guy 'Little So Ji-Sub'". Since that time the two actors have become good friends Yoo Seung-Ho entered the South Korean military on March 5, 2013 and discharged December 4, 2014. He has decided to forego college. [Asianwiki] 2000 - Daddy Fish (Jung Da-um) MBC 2001 - MBC Best Theater "Boys Don't Cry" (Doo-san) MBC 2001 - MBC Best Theater "It Happened in the Parking Lot" MBC 2003 - MBC Best Theater "All That Ramen" (Joon-young) MBC 2003 - MBC Best Theater "Winter Bird's Dream" (Joon-ho)MBC 2003 - Love Letter (young Lee Woo-jin) MBC 2004 - MBC Best Theater "Hi, Clementine" (Se-beom)MBC 2004 - Sweet Buns(young Lee Shin-hyuk)MBC 2004 - Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (young Yi Sun-sin)KBS 2004 - Precious Family (Park Joon-Yi) KBS 2005 - Sad Love Story (young Seo Joon-young) MBC 2005 - Magic Warriors Mir & Gaon (Mir) KBS 2006 - Alien Sam (Hwang Hae-ryeong) 2007 - The King and I (young King Seongjong) SBS 2007 - The Legend (young Damdeok) MBC 2009 - Queen Seondeok (Kim Chunchu) MBC 2009 - You're Beautiful (himself, ep9, cameo) SBS 2010 - Master of Study (Hwang Baek-hyun) KBS 2010 - Flames of Ambition (Kim Min-jae) MBC 2011 - Warrior Baek Dong-soo (Yeo Woon) SBS 2012 - Operation Proposal (Kang Baek-ho) CSTV 2012 - Arang and the Magistrate (Jade Emperor) MBC 2012 - Missing You (Harry Borrison) MBC 2013 - Studying Humans, a Documentary (narrator) KBS 2015-2016 - Imaginary Cat (Hyun Jong-hyun) MBC 2015-2016 - Remember-War of the Son (Seo Jin-woo) SBS 2017 - Ruler-Master of the Mask (Lee Seon) MBC 2017-2018 - I Am Not A Robot (Kim Min Kyu) MBC 2018-2019 - Bok soo's back (Kang Bok Soo) SBS 2020 - Memorist (TvN) 2002 - The Way Home (Sang-woo) 2003 - Happy (Ero) Christmas (Kid’s Angel Choir) 2004 - Don't Tell Papa (Kim Cho-won) 2006 - Hearty Paws / Heart is... (Chan-yi) 2008 - Unforgettable (Gil-su) 2009 - Astro Boy (Astro Boy, narrator) 2009 - City of Fathers (Kim Jong-chul) 2009 - 4th Period Murder Mystery (Han Jung-hoon) 2011- Leafie, A Hen into the Wild (Greenie, narrator) 2011 - Blind (Kwon Gi-seob) 2012 - Fragments of Sweet Memories 2015 - Joseon Magician (Hwan-hee) 2016 - Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River (Kim Seon-dal) 2002 - LYn - Have You Ever Been Lovesick 2004 - Tim - I Was Thankful 2008 - Brown Eyes - Don't Go, Don't Go (with Lee Se Na et Ryu Sang Wook) 2009 - G - A Lonely Life (with So Ji Sub) 2009 - Jo Sung Mo - Take Good Care Of Her (with UIE) 2009 - T-ara - Lies 2011 - Huh Gak & LE - Whenever You Play That Song (with Jung Hwa) 2013 - So Ji Sub (ft. Mellow) - Eraser (with Park Shin Hye) 2015 - Naul - You From The Same Time 2016 - Urban Zakapa - I Don't Love You 2018 - Rothy - Sullae 2002 – Young Artist Awards,“The Way Home” 2005 – KBS Drama Awards, Best Young Actor, “Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin”, “Precious Family” 2007 – Ist Korea Movie Star Awards, Best Young Actor, “Heart Is…” 2007 – SBS Drama Awards, Best Young Actor, “The King and I” 2008 – 2nd Mnet 20’s Choice Awards, Hot Younger Male, - 2009 – 4th Andre Kim Best Star Awards, Male Star Award, - 2009 - MBC Drama Awards, Best New Actor, “Queen Seondeok” 2010 – 26th Korea Best Dressed Swan Awards, Best Dressed, TV Actor Category, “Master of Study” 2013 – New Soldiers Education Unit, Excellence Award from the Battalion Commander. 2016 – SBS Drama awards, Excellent Actor in a Genre drama 2017 - MBC Drama Awards, Top Excellent Actor in a Miniseries 1999 - N016 2000 - Wheat Noodles, Ung Jin Ssing Kuh Bik , I-Brand 2002 - Afkilla Plus 2005 - MARU Kid 2009 - Etude AC Clinic 2009 - LG Telecom OZ 2009 - Korea Yakult Super 100 2009 - Mr. Pizza 2009-2010 - Chocolate Choco Heim 2010 - Iriver Dictionary 2011 - Customellow 2011-2012 - Adidas Neo Label 2012 - Sky Vega S5, Sky Vega R3 2012 - G by Guess 2013 - U&B Cosmetics 2015 - Nongshim Sumi-chip Honey Mustard 2015 - Petitzel sweet roll 2017 - Baskin Robbins 2017-2018 - NH Card Made his debut in the 2000 MBC mini-drama "Fish Bones". Joint various artists in the "Smile Again" MV for the "I Love Asia" Project. Collaborated with IU in the song "Believe in Love" Many actresses expressed their desire to work with him in a project Yoo Seung Ho declined "special admission" offers from prestigious Korean Universities upon his graduation from Baekshin High School in Goyang. He said he decided to forgo college in order to pursue acting full time, instead of having a difficult time balancing school work, and his acting career, adding that he "didn't want to enter a university until he find what he really want to study. His decision was received positively, amidst mounting criticism of celebrities college students with lackluster attendance records.(cr: wikipedia) Yoo quietly enlisted for his mandatory military service as a regular soldier on 5 March 2013, reportedly working as a trainer of new recruits. He drew praises for doing so at age 19. Unlike most male Korean celebrities who choose to delay their enlistment until they turn 29 . Yoo was discharged on 4 Dec 2014. ( cr: wikipedia) "Even from the planning stage, I wrote the script with Yoo Seung Ho in mind," the Screenwriter of Remember said, "He has the acting chops required to portray a character from high school you to his debut as a young lawyer. I really liked his acting in 'I Missed You'." . 2013 - Travel Letter, Spring Snow, And... (Pub. by Wisdom House) (cr. WisdomhouseYedam ) https://www.allkpop.com/article/2017/07/yoo-seung-ho-reveals-he-enlisted-in-the-military-to-run-away-from-the-entertainment-industry "I had a friend in my town who was a kid model. I was 5-years-old at the time. I was recommended (modeling) for a children's fashion catalog. So I did and then I found myself filming CFs, dramas, and movies. Honestly, I didn't want to do it. My parents didn't enjoy it much either. But our family wasn't doing very well and I kept receiving job offers so I just continued on. I was like that up to my middle and high school days but I couldn't give up. I knew I've crossed a river that I couldn't go back and I felt like I can no longer return to the way things were.""So I ran away to the military. I had a lot of thoughts about my job and life. Then in the military, I realized that this is my path." https://www.soompi.com/2016/06/22/yoo-seung-ho-reveals-hanging-friends/ Excerpt: “I don’t have celebrity friends. I still hang out with my middle school friends,” he says, “People would think a bunch of guys like us would spend the night drinking when hanging out together, but my friends can’t drink. Even we think we play safely when we hang out.”He continues, “When my friends and I meet, we drink coffee, talk, and then go to a PC bang and stay there for about four hours. Then we come out to eat dinner and then go back to the PC bang to stay there till 2 a.m.. We do hang out until late at night, but there’s nothing special.” He laughs and says, “I do feel free. We play games or just go for a drive sometimes.” https://www.soompi.com/2017/07/19/yoo-seung-ho-gives-endearing-reason-finds-hard-make-celebrity-friends/ excerpt: “I do have a lot of opportunities to get to know them, but I’m too nervous to contact them. I want to open up to them, but the fact that they’re celebrities sticks in my mind, so I feel too nervous to joke around with them and I find it hard to be at ease around them.” https://www.soompi.com/2017/07/23/yoo-seung-ho-opens-love-life-growing-child-actor/ excerpt: “I wouldn’t recommend being a child actor. As a child actor, if you do well, it’s hard to break that image [as a child actor], and if you don’t do well, it’s hard to continue on as an actor. When I started doing adult roles, I had a hard time and received a lot of criticism. Now that I’ve already gone through that, I feel more at ease and have a wider range of options to choose from.”“I didn’t go to college because I didn’t want to study. I said the same thing at an interview at the time, but the article excluded the part about me saying I didn’t want to study and made my image better than I had intended to make it (laughs). In secondary school, I studied because my parents told me to, but I honestly didn’t like studying. I still feel that way, so I have no thoughts of going to college. Maybe I’ll go if I feel like studying some day." "I had to study and act simultaneously. My parents told me that I need to have basic knowledge but I had a complaint about that at the time. I wondered why I had to study when I already had a job. I could've majored in performing arts/theater in college but it bothered me to think that I, who wouldn't be studying hard, would be taking the place of someone who could be." “To be honest, I’ve dated a few times before. I’ve never said this in the past, but I think it’s better to say it now than to hide it and lie about it.” “Now, I want to try out some evil roles or cheap roles. I can do a good job with gangster roles. But I’m not confident in melo yet; melo is embarrassing. From now on, I want to be an actor that picks projects that follow the trend, instead of only doing works I want to do.” https://www.soompi.com/2017/07/21/yoo-seung-ho-explains-doesnt-use-social-media-reveal-personal-life/ Excerpt: “Actually, my personal life isn’t anything special. There are times when I don’t leave my house for a week, and the most I do is help out my friend on his farm.” “There’s nothing special enough for me to share on social media. Plus, putting in hashtags and taking selfies and pictures of food makes me cringe, so I can’t do it.” “I usually like to do things alone. I try to do most things alone. Right now, there are overnight shoots and things so I get the help of my managers and staff, but when times change, I’d like to drive myself to the set. I want to live as I want, as I feel.” http://www.hancinema.net/childhood-star-wants-to-have-long-term-career-in-acting-108372.html Excerpt: "I felt difficulty getting out of stereotyped images accumulated through work I had done during my childhood, but this time, I was able to fully immerse myself in the role I played and have great confidence in acting", Yoo said. But he hopes to appear on light-hearted melodramas or romantic comedies for future projects, as he mostly used to work on somewhat dark and heavy ones. "I want to take on a variety of different genres and characters to keep my acting career going and further growing", he said. Yoo once dreamed of being a professional military officer. That was one of reasons he entered the military at the age of 20 instead of going to university. "Ironically, while I was serving in the military, my longing for acting actually became greater", Yoo recalled. "Whenever I watched TV programs during my spare time, I kept thinking I should go back to where I was". "I do not expect instant stardom. What I want is to have a long career in acting", he said. "I have to admit that it's good to enjoy popularity because a film or drama was successful, but I don't do this to earn fame". http://www.hancinema.net/interview-yoo-seung-ho-is-there-a-nice-girl-with-short-hair--96089.html excerpt: Why doesn't he have SNS? "I did think about it but I don't want to tell the world about my private life". When did he last have a girlfriend? "I don't think I've actually had a proper one. I've asked for blind dates but I never got anything. If I have a girlfriend, I'd like to go to the sea". We asked about his ideal type. Yoo Seung-ho answered right away. "She must not lie, she has to be respectful to her elders and I would like her to be appealing more than pretty. I like short hair compared to long hair and I'm not very tall so she should be about 165 centimeters. I like fair skin and I like pants of women not skirts". http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/06/news-160605-yoo-seung-ho-reveals-who-he.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/06/vid-160605-yoo-seung-ho-go-chang-seok.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/05/article-korean-actor-growth-as-muscle.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/03/interview-160219-interview-with-yoo.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/03/interview-160219-interview-with-yoo_10.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/03/interview-160219-interview-with-yoo_11.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/03/interview-160219-interview-with-yoo_12.html excerpt : "I have never really dated. But when I was in school, I used to like a girl. I wanted to be nice to her but it was my senior year and studies were very important so we couldn't date. I have forgotten about her and the last I heard she's happily attached" ( r: Yshbiased) http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/03/interview-160219-interview-with-yoo_13.html excerpt : "My ideal type? i don't have a specific type, but i prefer someone who is of the same age as me, so we can be comfortable as friends. I do believe in love in first sight though." http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/03/interview-160219-interview-with-yoo_14.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2016/03/interview-160219-interview-with-yoo_15.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2015/05/q-150528-yoo-seung-ho-lovely-date-with.html Excerpt: Q3: If you have a girlfriend, where do you want to go with her most? YSH:" I would rather take a walk with her. Actually everyone knows me in Korea, so I won't be able to go on a date like others. If I got a girlfriend some day, we would see in my car only, and we would be having dinner in my car. I think It's really sorry for her. I don't want to date at luxurious restaurants, but I just want to eat noodles or gimbap with my girlfriend at ease". Q5: Do you have anything to do in your 20's? YSH: "I would like to go somewhere in the world by myself. I'm not good at English, but I want to try my power as 20's to get over on my own abroad. I've been with my manager and he worked well for me since I was a kid. I'll almost 23 years old, but I'm not sure how I can get an air ticket or how to book my hotel.. that's too bad, right? So I want to try alone. And I think it would be nice to stay with a family abroad". http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2015/03/translation-interview-of-yoo-seung-ho.html excerpt: "I was egoistic a little before I entered in the army. I thought I was always right or doing the right things. When I saw people who had different thought, I used to think they were wrong. Come to think of it, I realized that they are just another person that has another thought. I'm no longer getting angry at others. I've come to think that some person may have the right reason to say like that or it may possible to exists. I was glad to learn positive thinking." "When I was watching some actors on TV in the military, I felt like defeat that they looked cool but why I was here in the military." http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2015/02/interview-yoo-seung-ho-interview-with.html excerpt: "I want to go backpacking with my friends in the future. This idea is growing in my mind after I came here in Paris. I don't need anything like luxurious or comfortable for my trip, but a backpack is only I need. Actually before entered into the military service, I went to Jeju island with my close friends. We rented scooters and went around there, which gave me a lot of opportunities to think. It was raining and cold there, but we had not decided where to stay. That was a tough trip, but for me, it was fun time with close friends." http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/search/label/Interview?updated-max=2015-01-20T20:49:00-06:00&max-results=20&start=20&by-date=false http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2013/05/interview-yoo-seung-ho-star-gravure_22.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2013/05/interview-saran-201303-yoo-seung-ho.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2013/04/interview-yoo-seung-ho-feeling-happy.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2013/01/interview-130126-yoo-seung-ho-interview.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2012/11/interview-121121-yoo-seung-ho-lead-role_21.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2012/07/interview-vogue-august-issue-faces-of.html excerpt: Q: No chance to encounter love? A: "I had a very indifferent school life. On the surface, it looks very normal, but I wasn’t able to play with my friends or meet up with girls. Because they tend to spot me, discuss about me and will shun away". Q: Have to be very careful? A: Yes, have to be very careful. Q: Even though you attended school, you don’t have a proper school life? A: I will always comfort myself that even in such a case, I benefited with things. While my friends were busy studying, I was already out working hard, and right now, I have a stable career. I endured for 14 years and it is good. I would think like that. (laughs) Q: Seems very lonely. A: Yes. Very lonely. I don’t have memories of going on a school excursion or special memories. I am always alone. I guess this is what we call lonely. As a artiste, there are a lot of people who will come to me because they are curious and I would have to act in front of them, and then they will leave. But I have 2 very close friends. They don’t treat me like an artiste, we will quarrel with each other and such. Even though life is hard, but they work hard for life. While looking at them, I will always get motivated and relief stress. Q: Why did you not join University? You acted as the rebellious Hwang Baekhyun in “God of study”, in real life, you are rebelling too? A: Since Middle school, I have been telling my mother “Mum, I really don’t want to go into University.” It is because I really don’t like studying. So my mother and I made a deal and eventually she agreed. “If you don’t go University, you don’t go to the Navy too.” Q: Won’t you regret? A: I won’t regret. I attend Uni because I need academic achievements. The school needs me because they need celebrities, this relationship has no meaning. Even if I go to the Uni, I will be in the Theatre School, I will be able to learn much more at the filming site like that. Q: What is Yoo Seung Ho’s dream? A: I want to have great success, Senior Lee Byeong Hyeon has gone to Hollywood. I want to go there too. Q: Like this? A: (thinking deeply) Actually since young, I feel very tired working among adults, as a kid, I get ignored and I feel very disappointed and sad. Even though the adults think that I am still young and does not know the things around me, but even that, as a kid I am also very sensitive and I can feel. So whenever I see weaker people or people in trouble, I will take note of them. I want to earn money and give it back to the society. Also, I have a dream that has to do with the environment. As the Earth becomes warming as the ice caps are melting, Polar bears would need to carry their cubs and swim further distances, I feel very sad seeing them like this, so I don’t use disposable items, and I also don’t on the air-conditions, a dream of wanting to fight together for survival with the animals. Q: 10 years later, when you are 30, what would you be like? A: Someone who is recognised in the entertainment industry, want to be the most outstanding person within those of the same age, to be top of the top http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-yoo-seung-ho-for-vogue-girl.html http://yshbiased.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-yoo-seung-ho-for-vogue-dawn.html . Many heartfelt thanks the awesome Yoopies who started this thread, and other Sunbaes Yoopies who heated up this thread in his pioneer stage.