Ryu Deok-hwan

Ryu Deok-hwan (; born June 12, 1987) is a South Korean actor and director.

Career Ryu Deok-hwan began his career as a child actor on stage at age 6. Among his early TV drama appearances was a role on the popular Lifetime in the Country which he played for 8 years.

While he had played minor roles in several films, it was Ryu's breakout lead performance in Like a Virgin that earned him critical praise and industry recognition. He gained 28 kg in three months to play the role of a transgender teenager who joins the ssireum team.

Other notable roles include a high schooler desperate for a pair of Nikes in No Comment, a North Korean soldier in Welcome to Dongmakgol, a boy meeting his estranged father in My Son, a serial killer in Our Town, a medical student in Private Eye, a top neurosurgeon and forensic examiner in Quiz of God, and King Gongmin in Faith. He has also acted in the stage plays Equus, and Jang Jin's Clumsy People.

In 2012 he directed the short film Waiting for Jang Joon-hwan for the Olleh Smartphone Film Festival.

Personal life Ryu's mother is musical producer Jung Ok-young.

On August 26, 2020, Ryu announced in his fan cafe that he would be marrying his girlfriend of seven years, CEO and model Jeon Su-rin.

In April 2021, Ryu announced that he would be holding a wedding with his fiancée Jeon Su-rin. It was held in April 2021, after the wedding had been postponed from October 2020 due to COVID-19. It was a private event with only family members and close friends.

Filmography

Film As actor Year Title Role 1999 Weathering the Storm Pool boy 2000 Spooky School 2002 My Beautiful Girl, Mari (animated) Kim Nam-woo (voice) No Comment "My Nike" Myung-jin 2004 My Little Bride Dong-goo 2005 Welcome to Dongmakgol Seo Taek-ki 2006 Like a Virgin Oh Dong-ku 2007 Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (animated) Hwang Geum-ee (voice) My Son Lee Joon-seok Our Town Hyo-yi 2009 Private Eye Gwang-soo 2010 The Quiz Show Scandal Oh Cheol-joo 2011 Earth Rep Rolling Stars (animated) Lucky (voice) The Last Blossom Jung Jung-soo Head Shin Hong-jae Link Lee Jae-hyun 2012 The Peach Tree Dong-hyun 2013 Nobody's Daughter Haewon Dong-joo Behind the Camera editor 2015 You Call It Passion Cameraman Seo-jin 2016 The Last Ride Go Hwan Hide and Never Seek BJ Yagwang 2018 Default

As director Year Title Cast Notes 2012 Waiting for Jang Joon-hwan Oh Jung-se Park Shin-hye Short film 2013 The Story of Man & Woman Part 1: "Couple" Part 2: "Friend" Part 3: "Unrequited Love" Part 4: "Sincerely" Go Kyung-pyo Kang Han-na 2022 Non-visit (All viewer +: Short Buster) Lee Seok-hyung TVING Short film

Television Year Title Role 1992 Ppo Ppo Ppo (Kiss Kiss Kiss) 1996 Countryside Life Soon-gil 2000 Full of Sun 2001 The Stepmother young Heo Sang-wook 2002 Five Siblings young Han Jung-shik 2003 MBC Best Theater: "Do You Love Me?" Yoon Gyeong 2004 People of the Water Flower Village Jae-kyung Sharp Hwang Tae-min 2008 U-Turn Hwan 2010–2019 Quiz of God Han Jin-woo 2012 Faith King Gongmin 2013 Good Doctor adult Park Si-deok(cameo, episode 10) 2015 I'm After You Park Hee Tae 2018 Ms. Hammurabi Jung Bo-wang 2019 Special Labor Inspector Woo Do-ha 2020 Nobody Knows Lee Sun-woo 2024 LTNS Jung Gi-seok 2025 Heavenly Ever After Ko Eun-ho / Pastor

Television shows Year Title Role 2021 Honeymoon Tavern Guest Country Diaries 2021 Lee Soon-Gil

Music video Year Song title Artist 2009 "Sign" Brown Eyed Girls 2011 "Index Finger" Raspberry Field

Theater Year Title Role 1992 The Emperor's New Clothes 2009–10 Equus Alan Strang 2012 Clumsy People Jang Deok-bae

Discography Year Song title Notes 2006 "Like a Virgin" (featuring Super Kidd) Track from Like a Virgin OST 2011 "That Is You" Track from Quiz of God Season 2 OST

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2005 4th Korean Film Awards Best New Actor Welcome to Dongmakgol 2006 7th Busan Film Critics Awards Best New Actor Like a Virgin 27th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actor 5th Korean Film Awards Best Actor 9th Director's Cut Awards Best New Actor 2007 4th Max Movie Awards Best New Actor 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (Film) 11th Fantasia International Film Festival Best Actor 44th Grand Bell Awards Best New Actor 최고의 영화상 기자가 뽑은 Best New Actor 1st Korea Movie Star Awards Best Young Star 1st Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Actor 2011 7th Korea Drama Awards Special Award for Cable TV Quiz of God - Season 2 2012 SBS Drama Awards Special Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries Faith 2020 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama Nobody Knows