Yoon Hyun-min

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.

Yoon Hyun-min
Yoon in December 2017
Born (1985-04-15) April 15, 1985 (age 39)
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
AgentEL Park[1]
Korean name
Hangul
윤현민
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYun Hyeon-min
McCune–ReischauerYun Hyŏnmin

Yoon Hyun-min (Korean: 윤현민; born April 15, 1985) is a South Korean actor.

Biography

After graduating from Cheongwon high school, Yoon was a baseball player for the Hanwha Eagles in 2005 and the Doosan Bears in 2006.[2] He fell in love with the stage after watching Finding Kim Jong-wook, and quit sports to start acting in 2007, starring in the musical Spring Awakening.[3][4][5]

Yoon later transitioned to television dramas, making his debut in the OCN drama Joseon Mystery Detective Jeong Yak-yong.[6] He has since taken on notable supporting roles in Heartless City (2013),[7] A Witch's Love (2014),[8][9] Discovery of Love (2014),[10] and Beating Again (2015)[11]

Yoon played his first leading role in the family drama My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol (2015).[12] He gained increased recognition after starring in crime drama Tunnel.[13] Yoon then played lead roles in legal drama Witch at Court (2017),[14] and fantasy romance drama Tale of Fairy (2018).[15] In 2019, Yoon was cast in Netflix's science fiction romance series My Holo Love.[16]

In 2020, Yoon starred in the romantic comedy Men Are Men alongside Hwang Jung-eum and Seo Ji-hoon.

Personal life

Yoon has been in a relationship with his My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol co-star, Baek Jin-hee, since April 2016. On September 4, 2023, the couple announced their break up after 7 years of dating.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Pitch High Sang-tae [18]
2016 Run Off Coach Kim Cameo [19]
2023 Marrying the Mafia Park Dae-seo [20]
TBA Taste of Horror – Gym for Residents Short Film [21]

Television series

Year Title Role Ref.
2009 Joseon Mystery Detective Jeong Yak-yong Kim Ji Sang
2010 More Charming by the Day Yoon Hyun-min [22]
Yaksha Son of second state councilor [23]
Kiss and the City [24]
2012 Still You Lee Jae-ha [25]
2013 Heartless City Kim Hyun-soo
2014 Inspiring Generation Toyama Aoki [26]
A Witch's Love Yong Soo-cheol
Discovery of Love Do Joon-ho [27][28]
Drama Festival:
"House, Mate"		 Sang-woo [29]
2015 Beating Again Lee Joon-hee
My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol Kang Chan-bin
2016 A Beautiful Mind Hyun Suk-joo [30]
The Good Wife Kim Sae-byuk (cameo, ep 13) [31]
2017 Tunnel Kim Seon-jae
Witch at Court Yeo Jin-wook
2018 Tale of Fairy Jung Yi-hyun
2020 My Holo Love Go Nan-do / Holo
Men Are Men Hwang Ji-Woo
Get Revenge Cha Min-joon [32]
2022 The Driver Cameo [33][34]
2023 True to Love Lee Soo-hyuk [35]

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Legendary Actors Main Cast Chuseok special program [36]
Racket Boys Cast Member [37]
2022 Back to the Ground Applicant [38]

Theater

Year Title Role Reprised
2010 Finding Kim Jong-wook Kim Jong-wook/First Love 2012[39]
2011 Spring Awakening Melchior
2012 Bachelor's Vegetable Store Lee Tae-seong [40]
2013–2014 Triangle Do-yeon [41]

Discography

Year Title Album Notes
2016 I Love You Today[42] My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol OST
Splitting — Outsider feat. Yoon Hyun-min[43]
2017 That You Loved Me Witch at Court OST [44]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor Inspiring Generation, Discovery of Love Nominated
Best Couple Award with Kim Seul-gi Discovery of Love Nominated
2015 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol Nominated [45]
Best New Actor in a Special Project Drama Won
Popularity Award, Actor Nominated
Best Couple Award with Baek Jin-hee Nominated
2017 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Witch's Court Nominated [46]
Netizen Award, Actor Nominated
Best Couple Award with Jung Ryeo-won Won

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