IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Seoul/ South Korea"

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1.		Steven Yeun Actor, The Walking Dead Steven Yeun was born in Seoul, South Korea and his family first immigrated to Canada and stayed there for one year and moved to United States. He began acting when studying at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, MI. When he realized his love for acting he went to study theatre in college instead of med school...
2.		Byung-hun Lee Actor, I Saw the Devil Byung-hun Lee was born in 1970 in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in a wealthy family, thanks to his father, who was a successful businessman. He never dreamed of pursuing acting until a friend of his mother's suggested it. He auditioned for the KBS television network in 1991 and was accepted. His first project was a short lived TV series called "Asphalt My Hometown"...
3.		John Cho Actor, American Beauty John Yohan Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, but moved to Los Angeles, California as a child, where his father was a Christian minister. Cho was educated at Herbert Hoover High School at Glendale before moving on to the University of California at Berkeley where he studied English Literature. Upon graduation...
4.		Chan-wook Park Writer, Oldeuboi
5.		Yunjin Kim Actress, Lost
6.		Doona Bae Actress, Cloud Atlas Doona Bae was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother, Hwa-Young Kim, is a stage actress. Bae started out as a model. She soon moved to T.V. and movies, and it proved the right move. Her first movie was Ring. Barking dogs never bite (aka "Barking Dogs Never Bite") and Take Care of My Cat (A.K.A. "Take...
7.		Min-sik Choi Actor, Oldeuboi Choi Min-shik first made a name for himself in theater before breaking into the film world with a role in Park Chong-won's acclaimed film 'Our Twisted Hero' (1992). In the mid-nineties he continued to act in theater productions as well as in several TV dramas, including Moon Over Seoul with Han Seok-gyu...
8.		Ji-hyun Jun Actress, My Sassy Girl Jeon Ji-hyun (born 30 October 1981) is a South Korean actress and model famous for her role in My Sassy Girl. Jeon was born in Seoul, and studied in the Department of Theater and Film at Dongguk University. She began her career as a model in 1997, and after appearing in a number of TV sitcoms, her movie debut came in White Valentine (1999)...
9.		Nicole Bilderback Actress, Mercenaries Nicole "Nikki" Bilderback hails from Dallas, Tx and got her start as a dancer at the young age of 3 years old. She is proficient in contemporary, modern, lyrical, ballet, jazz and hip/hop. She is a major fitness buff and avid yogi (hot yoga), as well enjoys spin, kick boxing and is well experienced in mixed martial arts...
10.		Jee-woon Kim Director, I Saw the Devil
11.		Jenna Ushkowitz Actress, Glee
12.		Min-ho Lee Actor, Gangnam 1970 Lee Min Ho is a South Korean actor who is known for his leading roles in television dramas such as Boys Over Flowers, City Hunter and Heirs. He started his career in 2006 and since then has been cast in various TV shows, short dramas and minor movie roles. He first gained widespread fame with his role as Gu Jun Pyo in Boys Over Flowers in 2009...
13.		Sung Hi Lee Actress, The Girl Next Door Sung Hi Lee was born on April 1, 1970 in Eunpyong-Gu (Gija-Chon), a borough of Seoul, South Korea. She moved to the United States in 1978 and spent a large part of her childhood moving around from city to city. Sung Lee was a studious child and teenager spending more time at the library than at stay-overs and parties before attended Ohio State University on a scholarship for three years...
14.		James Kyson Actor, NCIS: Los Angeles Voted by TV Guide as "Hollywood's 25 Hottest", James recently finished filming Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, NCIS:LA (CBS), the new HBO show Animals, the new sitcom School of Rock (Nickelodeon), and recurring on the FX drama Justified. He will next be appearing in FOX's hit series Sleepy Hollow, recently appeared in Hawaii Five-O...
15.		Woo-sung Jung Actor, Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom Born as the youngest of three in Seoul, South Korea. He made his debut with a TV commercial in 1994 and applied for an open audition for a leading role in The Fox with Nine Tails opposite 'So-Young Ko'. This role launched his career as one of the most promising actors in Korea. He dropped out of high school and became a full-time actor...
16.		Yeong-ae Lee Actress, Lady Vengeance
17.		Jessica Lee Actress, The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It Jessica Lee grew up in the beautiful state of Colorado. J. Lee enrolled in her first dance school at age 4, studying tap, ballet, and jazz. By age 6, she took her first acting class and quickly realized her passion. Jessica Lee was soon scouted by numerous agents and agencies throughout Colorado. After signing with Donna Baldwin...
18.		Ah-sung Ko Actress, Snowpiercer
19.		Joy Osmanski Actress, Santa Clarita Diet As a baby, Osmanski was flown halfway around the world to meet her adoptive parents. Growing up in Olympia, Washington, she loved writing plays but never thought about being in them. After graduating from Principia College in three years with a degree in Creative Writing and Studio Art, Osmanski began a career as a graphic designer...
20.		Ji-tae Yu Actor, Oldeuboi
21.		Ji-seob So Actor, O-jik geu-dae-man
22.		Denyce Lawton Actress, Vlog Multiethnic (African-American / Korean) actress Denyce Lawton is best known for her four seasons on the six-time NAACP Best Comedy Series Winner series House of Payne from producer Tyler Perry. Denyce was born and raised in the New Jersey communities of Belmar and Neptune (familiar to viewers of the series Jersey Shore and later moved to Washington...
23.		Jung-jae Lee Actor, Sinsegye Apart from being a top star in film and TV, Jung-Jae Lee also works as a highly successful fashion model. One year after his debut on television in 1993, Lee was cast in his first film, a feature by Bae Chang-ho. His breakthrough came in late 1998 in the award-winning film An Affair by E-J Yong. This was followed up by another success...
24.		Ji-won Ha Actress, Pon South Korean fresh face Ha Ji-won is a very talented actress. She first came to theater in 2000 and won an award for best new actress. Her big break was "Sex is zero" and "True or Dare". In 2003, she was cast as Chae-oak in the famous Korean TV drama "Damo" and was stated as South Korean's most promising actress...
25.		Hee-seon Kim Actress, San wa
26.		Jane Park Smith Actress, Gang Related
27.		Soo-hyun Kim Actor, Byeoreseo on Geudae Soo-Hyun Kim is one of the brightest stars in East Asia. He became a household name in South Korea in 2011, playing a country bumpkin who turned out to be a musical genius in the teen-age drama 'Dream High'. His popularity sky-rocketed in 2012 when he starred in as the young king Lee Hwon in the drama 'Moon Embracing the Sun'...
28.		Do-yeon Jeon Actress, Milyang Jeon Do-yeon spent five years starring in television dramas before achieving instant star status with her film debut opposite Han Seok-gyu in The Contact. She has since gone on to take a wide variety of roles, from her performance as a schoolgirl in Harmonium in My Memory to that of a wife having an adulterous affair in Happy End...
29.		Dong-Won Gang Actor, Woochi
30.		Keun Suk Jang Actor, Baby and Me Jang Geun Seok was born in Danyang County, Chungcheongbuk Province, South Korea. He is an only child. When he was six his career as a model began. His parents were selling their home and a potential buyer, also an agent, advised his parents that Geun-Seok should work as a model. Four years later he made his acting debut when he appeared on a TV sitcom called "Selling Happiness"...
31.		Hyun-joong Kim Actor, Kkotboda namja Kim Hyun joong was born in Seoul, South Korea. He is very well known for his roles in Korean dramas and popular k-pop music.
32.		Chung-hoon Chung Cinematographer, Oldeuboi
33.		Hyo-jin Kong Actress, Joogoonui Taeyang
34.		Tae-hyun Cha Actor, My Sassy Girl
35.		Psy Soundtrack, This Is the End Psy is a South Korean pop singer and International satirical pop performer whose hit single, "Gangnam Style," won the 2012 Best Video MTV Europe Award and became a viral video on YouTube. He is also a songwriter, record producer and rapper. He was born on December 31, 1977 in Seoul, South Korea as Park Jae Sang...
36.		Yoona Actress, Sarangbi
37.		Ji-min Han Actress, The Age of Shadows
38.		Ha-kyun Shin Actor, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
39.		Yo-won Lee Actress, Go-yang-i-leul boo-tak-hae
40.		Hye-sun Koo Actress, Kkotboda namja
41.		Woon Young Park Actor, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
42.		Eun-hye Yun Actress, Goong Eun-Hye Yun was born on October 3, 1984 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress, known for The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince (2007),Princess Hours (2006), Little Black Dress (2011) and The Man of the Vineyard (2006).Yoon successful performance in Coffee Prince, put her in the list of being one of the best actresses in Korean entertainment.
43.		Yeong-hie Seo Actress, The Chaser
44.		Peter Chung Animation Department, Rugrats
45.		Nicole Oring Actress, Maximum Thrust
46.		Il-Woo Jung Actor, Dolanon Iljimae
47.		Hines Ward Self, Super Bowl XLIII
48.		Suk-kyu Han Actor, Swiri
49.		Mark Daugherty Actor, The Amazing Spider-Man
50.		Seung-yeon Lee Actress, 3-Iron