Ryu Seung-ryong
| Ryu Seung-ryong | |
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| Born |
November 29, 1970 Seocheon County, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea |
| Other names | Ryoo Seung-yong |
| Education | Seoul Institute of the Arts - Theatre |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Agent | Prain TPC |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 류승룡 |
| Hanja | 柳承龍 |
| Revised Romanization | Ryu Seung-nyong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ryu Sŭng-nyong |
Ryu Seung-ryong (born November 29, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Ryu began his acting career in theater, subsequently becoming one of the most versatile supporting actors in Korean film and television. In 2013, he headlined Miracle in Cell No. 7, which became (at the time) the third highest grossing Korean film of all time.
Ryu Seung-ryong made his acting debut at the age of 15 in a stage musical. After his screen debut in 2004's Someone Special, he has since become one of the most versatile and dependable character actors in Korea. A sampling of the various roles he has played over the years: a mentally handicapped father in Miracle in Cell No. 7, the royal adviser Heo Gyun in Masquerade, an officer of the North Korean People's Army in The Front Line, a hard-nosed general of the Qing Dynasty in War of the Arrows, a ladies’ man in All About My Wife, a gambling husband who fears his wife in The Quiz Show Scandal, a refined gay man in Personal Taste, a vengeful gangster in Secret, a reporter on the trail of a story in The Recipe, and the titular figure in The Piper.
Ryu graduated with a Theatre degree from Seoul Institute of the Arts. He currently teaches at Seoul Art College's School of Acting Arts as an adjunct professor.
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