Due to his roles in some of the most well-known dramas, series, and films, South Korean actor Gong Yoo has become one of the most adored performers in the Korean entertainment industry for almost two decades. He is also a well-known brand and face internationally. Gong Ji-cheol, who was born in the city of Busan, completed a theatrical undergraduate degree before starting his acting career in television series. He played the lead in Hello My Teacher in 2005, but after participating in the critically acclaimed drama Coffee Prince in 2007, he soon gained notoriety. Since that time, his profession has developed to entirely new heights.
His his career reached an all-time high when he participated in the Korean film Train to Busan, which was immensely popular and made him a household name all over the world in the years after his military duty and return to acting. Then Gong made an appearance in the hugely popular international Korean drama Goblin. Since then, he has been in a number of well-known series and motion pictures, including Kim Ji-young, Born 1982, The Silent Sea, and Squid Game. He is currently scheduled to participate in Kim Tae-next yong’s film Wonderland. These are Gong Yoo’s top films and television shows up to this point, ranked.
A Man and a Woman
A Man and a Woman is a love story with a Finnish setting starring Jeon Do-yeon and Gong Yoo. In Finland, where they both sent their children to a camp, Jeon’s character and Gong’s character cross paths. While the kids are at camp, the two try to follow them, but they wind up staying together in a hotel, which creates a sexual tension. Without learning who the other person is, they decide to leave, but when they go back to South Korea, their paths keep running into one other. They are getting back together romantically since they are both having problems in their marriages and homes.
Coffee Prince
Gong Yoo’s performance as Coffee Prince helped him establish his career as it is today, making him one of the first male protagonists in a Korean drama to become recognised for his famous roles. Although he plays the grandson of an entrepreneur, he has no genuine ambition in life. Because he no longer wants to go on blind dates, he employs Yoon Eun-hye, a woman he meets but doesn’t understand is female, to be his fictitious gay boyfriend. After spending time with her, he hires her even though he doesn’t realize she’s a woman and starts to fall in love with her as a result of being forced to take over a coffee shop.
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
Guardian: One of the most popular Korean dramas of the last ten years is The Lonely and Great God, also known as Goblin. Kim Go-eun, Gong Yoo, Lee Dong-wook, Yoo In-na, and Yook Sung-jae make up its all-star cast. When the film opens, a military general (played by Gong Yoo) is watching all of his loved ones killed after being wrongly accused of being a traitor. In the process, he is cursed with immortality and turns into a goblin. A young high school student named Kim Go-eun (who he meets centuries later) strikes him as having the potential to be the key to breaking his curse.
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
The book Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 gained popularity after its debut in South Korea. The target audience of Cho Nam-feminist joo’s fiction may easily identify with Kim Ji-challenges young’s and point of view. An version that starred Jung Yu-mi and Gong Yoo was published in 2019 to rave reviews. Kim Ji-young begins to live her life as if she is the ladies she knows, such as her mother and grandmother, who are taking possession of her. The narrative describes how she came to operate in such a patriarchal manner in a world where opportunities and many people were biassed in favour of men.
One Fine Day
For fans of Korean dramas, One Fine Day, a production from 2006, is a throwback. It is based on the Flower of Eden manga series. As a result of their parents’ marriage, two siblings are joined as step-siblings. But not long after they got married, both of their parents passed away. After being transported to an orphanage, the two are adopted by other families. Years later, one (Sung Yu-ri) still resides in Korea, while the other is in Australia (Gong Yoo). The character played by Gong chooses to go back to Korea to attempt to con his sister’s wealthy adoptive family after learning about them.
Seo Bok
Seo Bok, a science fiction film from CJ Entertainment 2021 and directed by Lee Yong-ju, was created in 2019, but the COVID-19 epidemic caused a significant production delay. Gi-heon, a former agent in a South Korean intelligence agency, is played by Gong Yoo in the film. He starts to understand that Park Bo-gum, one of the earliest human clones, may hold the key to extending human life. Gi-heon must attempt to safeguard him because not everyone wants to use this information for good, which forces something disastrous to happen soon.
Silenced
Silenced, which came out in 2011, caused controversy in South Korea. It is based on a real incident in which staff members sexually molested pupils at a school for the deaf. The Crucible, a book about this, is also the inspiration for the film. Kang In-ho, played by Gong Yoo, has recently started working as an art instructor at a school for deaf kids. When he first arrives, he finds that many of his students are emotionally aloof and unresponsive, but when he tries to engage them in conversation, he learns the school’s dirty little secret: physical and sexual abuse is pervasive there. He vows to fight for their rights after being horrified.
Squid Game
Man grips the wrist of another. When Netflix Squid Game launched in 2021, it quickly gained popularity all across the world. When in need of money, a group of 456 participants is entered into a deadly game; if they win, they will receive the equivalent of 35 million USD. The divorced father (Lee Jung-jae) who is the main narrator of the story intends to use the money he earns to try to gain custody of his daughter before she immigrates to the United States. Gong Yoo made an iconic cameo in the programme as the salesman who asks people to play ddakji in order to sign them up for the games.
The Age of Shadows
The Age of Shadows, a Warner Bros. film directed by Kim Jee-woon, is set during the colonial era of Korean history, when Japan ruled the whole peninsula. Its main character, a police captain working with the Japanese government to attempt and put an end to the Korean resistance movement before it affects domestic operations, is played by Song Kang-ho. Lee Byung-hun, the resistance’s leader, and Gong Yoo, a resistance fighter, are preparing to send explosives via train to Shanghai in an effort to turn the tide in their favour. Song’s character is attempting to bring it down in order to maintain support for the Japanese government, but in the process, he is made to reflect on his principles.
The Silent Sea
One of the best science fiction shows on Netflix to date may be the miniseries The Silent Sea. It takes place on an Earth where water has become scarce and stars Bae Doona and Gong Yoo. In order to learn what happened to her sister, who perished in a serious disaster along with 117 other crew members, a scientist (Bae Doona), joins a journey to the moon. When the squad and its leader (Gong Yoo) reach the moon, it rapidly becomes apparent that the information they had been given was false and that the situation is far more hazardous than anticipated.
The Suspect
In the 2013 film The Suspect, Gong Yoo plays Dong-cheol, a former senior agent from North Korea. He is forced to flee to China in order to learn what happened to his wife and children when the North Korean government deserts him in the middle of a mission. He makes the decision to exact retribution after learning that they have been killed, defecting to South Korea in order to obtain access to more resources. He is forced to flee once more as South Korean and North Korean authorities pursue him after the businessman he works for is killed and he is named the major suspect.
Train to Busan
The American adaptation of the classic film Train to Busan is still in production, but the release date has been postponed, so it’s unclear what will become of it. Next Entertainment World In order to fulfil his daughter’s longing to see her mother in Busan, Gong Yoo plays a businessman who takes his daughter there by train. But as a zombie infection spreads among the passengers, the journey turns into a life-or-death struggle. Decisions must be taken swiftly before the zombies take over the entire nation.
