Yoon Kyun-sang is a South Korean actor who drew attention with his supporting roles in the television seriesPinocchio, Six Flying Dragons and The Doctors. He then played lead roles in The Rebel, Clean with Passion for Now and Class of Lies.
Career
Before becoming an actor, he initially worked as a model. Respecting his father's wishes, he then joined the army and completed his mandatory military service. In 2012 he debuted as an actor, starring in the historical dramaFaith. He was then cast in the sports filmNo Breathing as a swimmer, and as the youngest detective in crime thrillerGap-dong. Yoon achieved acting recognition with his supporting role in the television series, Pinocchio. In 2015, Yoon starred alongside Ha Ji-won and Lee Jin-wook in The Time We Were Not in Love, a remake of the Taiwanese dramaIn Time with You. The same year, he was cast in the historical drama Six Flying Dragons. He played a dim-witted boy who eventually becomes the greatest swordsman of Josen, rising to the head of the royal bodyguard unit that defends the king. In 2016, Yoon starred in the popular medical dramaThe Doctors, as an heir to a large corporation, who became a doctor to escape the fight for inheritance. Yoon's acting inSix Flying Dragons earned him a Best New Actor award at the Grimae Awards. Yoon became a cast member of the third season of reality cooking showThree Meals a Day - Fishing Village. In 2017, Yoon was cast in his first leading role in historical drama The Rebel, as the titular character, Hong Gil-dong. Yoon returned to join the cast of the fourth season of reality cooking show Three Meals a Day - Sea Ranch. Yoon landed his second leading role in SBS' crime dramaOh, the Mysterious. In 2018, Yoon was cast in the romantic comedy dramaClean with Passion for Now. In July 2019, he is set to return to small screen with school crime drama Class of Lies playing double characters of a lawyer who works undercover as a teacher at an elite high school trying to discover the truth behind a murder.
