Kwak Dong-yeon

Kwak Dong-yeon
At Love in the Moonlight press conference, August 2016
Born	(1997-03-19) 19 March 1997 (age 20) Daejeon, South Korea
Occupation	Actor, musician
Years active	2012–present
Agent	FNC Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	곽동연
Hanja	郭東延
Revised Romanization	Gwak Dongyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Kwak Dongyŏn

Kwak Dong-yeon (Hangul: 곽동연; Hanja: 郭東延; born 19 March 1997), is a South Korean actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the television series My Husband Got a Family in 2012 for which he received Best Young Actor Award at the Korea Drama Awards. He then featured in Inspiring Generation (2014) and starred in Adolescence Medley (2013) and Modern Farmer (2014). In 2016, he featured in the historical drama Love in the Moonlight.

Kwak is also a member of the band Kokoma where he plays lead guitar.

Kwak was born on March 19, 1997 in Daejeon, South Korea, the youngest of two siblings.

At 13, he permanently resided in Seoul by himself to pursue his dream to be an artist. He has been studying music at FNC Academy since 2010, and also took acting lessons. On February 2013, he graduated from Munrae Junior High School and eventually graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul.

Kwak made his acting debut in 2012, appearing as Bang Jang-goon in the KBS television series My Husband Got a Family. The drama reached a peak audience rating of 49.6. For his work, Kwak won the Best Young Actor Award at the 2012 Korea Drama Awards.

In 2013, he featured as young Prince Dong-pyung in the SBS historical drama Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love. He then starred as Choi Jeongwoo in the KBS Drama Special Adolescence Medley. The same year, Kwak featured in the KBS drama Inspiring Generation.