Since that time, his reputation as an actor of wide range and professional dedication has grown. Playing the driven, amoral surgeon Jang Joon Hyuk in the 2007 MBC TV series White Tower, he earned the nickname Myung Min Bon Joa, meaning the true guru in acting in Korean. In 2008, after five months of preparation learning to simulate the skills of an orchestra conductor, he played the main role in the 18-episode MBC series Beethoven Virus as Kang Ma E (Maestro Kang, Kang Gun Woo). He was given the grand award for this role at the 2008 Korean Drama Festival awards and also won the Best Performance award (a.k.a Grand Prize) at MBC Drama Awards 2008.
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In 2018, Yoo starred in the mystery-drama film "Burning", directed by the acclaimed South Korean auteur Lee Chang Dong. The film received universal acclaim, competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and being shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, becoming the first Korean film to do so. For his role as Lee Jong Su, Yoo received international critical acclaim, including being selected for The New York Times "The Best Actors of 2018" feature.
For his work in film and television, he has won the Best Actor award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards and Baeksang Arts Awards. For his roles in both "#Alive" and "Voice of Silence", Yoo was named "Actor of the Year" in the 2020 Cine 21 Awards. For his performance in "Voice of Silence", a low-budget indie film, he won Best Leading Actor and Popular Star awards in the 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards and became the second actor to win the best actor award twice before the age of 40, following Sol Kyung-gu. He also won Best Actor in the Film Category in the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards.
In addition to his film work, Yoo engages in social and artistic activism. He is also known for his politically and socially charged views on his social media account. In 2016, he ranked second in the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list.
He was exempted from military duty because of health issues. He was diagnosed with a bone tumor in 2015. He also ruptured his shoulder muscle while filming two action films, "Tough as Iron" and "Veteran", in 2013 and 2015, respectively.
From February 8, 2023, police performed searches and seizures of various doctor’s offices, and clinics in Seoul that were suspected of having illegally administered Propofol, an anesthetic drug, to Yoo Ah In since 2021.
The charges against Yoo Ah In follow numerous media reports regarding the extensive abuse of Propofol in the entertainment industry, with performers using the drug to mitigate the impact of gruelling schedules and doctors indiscriminately injecting the drugs without consideration of the risks of addiction to earn more cash.
On March 1, 2023, TV Chosun’s “News 9” reported that in addition to testing positive for both marijuana and Propofol, a sample of Yoo’s hair had also tested positive for cocaine and ketamine. On March 7, the police raided the home of actor Yoo Ah In as part of their investigation into allegations of illegal drug use.
On September 3, 2024, he was sentenced to one year in prison for habitually abusing illegal drugs and was immediately put under detention.
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For her role in the 2019 series "Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung ( 신입사관 구해령), she won the Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama, and the Best Couple award with Cha Eun Woo.
On Jul 5, 2021, after nineteen years since her debut, it was announced that she parted ways with Namoo Actors (나무엑터스) and signed with EDAM Entertainment (이담엔터테인먼트). Her contract with EDAM Entertainment expired on July 4, 2024.
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Byun made his acting debut in 2011, and appeared in over 30 short films as a student of Korea National University of Arts.
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Before Yoon became an actor, he was a model for a shorter period. Respecting his father's wish, he then joined the army and completed his mandatory military service and was discharged in 2010. In 2012, he debuted as an actor, starring in the historical drama Faith. He was then cast in the movie No Breathing as a swimmer. Yoon achieved acting recognition with his supporting role in the television series, Pinocchio.
In 2015, Yoon was cast in the movie You Call It Passion, playing an upcoming young actor who was involved in a sexual assault scandal but later proven innocent. In May, he was cast in the historical drama Six Flying Dragons. He played a dim-witted boy who eventually becomes the greatest swordsman of Joseon, rising to the head of the royal bodyguard unit that defends the king.
In 2016, Yoon starred in the popular medical drama Doctor Crush, as an heir to a large corporation who became a doctor to escape the fight for the inheritance.
Yoon's excellent acting in both Six Flying Dragons and Doctors earned him a Rookie Actor award at the Grimae Awards.
In 2017, Yoon starred in the historical drama Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People as the titular character, Hong Gil Dong. This marks his first leading role, alongside actress Chae Soo Bin whom he previously worked with before in a commercial film and music video.
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