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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1963
Place of Birth
Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea
Also Known As
- Yu Soon-woong
- Soon-woong Yoo
- Sun-ung Yu
- 柳顺雄
Yoo Soon-woong
0.7 Popularity
Biography
Yoo Soon-woong (born 1963 in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea) is a South Korean actor and theatre director. He graduated from Unho High School and from Hanshin University, where he majored in Christian Education. He began performing extensively during his university years through madanggeuk, appearing on many stages and becoming known for his strong presence and expressive delivery. His solo play Yeomjaengi Yu-ssi (염쟁이 유씨), created with him as the central performer, premiered in 2004 and has since been staged in multiple long-running seasons. Yu Sun-ung is affiliated with the theatre group Art Factory Dure (예술공장 두레) and is particularly known for playing elderly characters.
Known For
7.6
Mr. Yeom
Confidence Queen
2025
5.0
Ginseng Boy
2025
7.0
Na Jeong-bae
Virus
2025
6.6
Hyuck-soo
The Land of Morning Calm
2024
8.2
Bu Dae-choon
Welcome to Samdal-ri
2023
0.0
그녀의 단속반
2023
8.1
Oh Sam-shik
Destined with You
2023
7.7
Bae Young-ho
Summer Strike
2022
6.5
Min-jae's father (Part II)
Vestige
2022
0.0
Dae-nyeong
Everything of Key
2022
Credits
Confidence Queen
as Mr. Yeom
2025
7.6
Ginseng Boy
2025
5.0
Virus
as Na Jeong-bae
2025
7.0
The Land of Morning Calm
as Hyuck-soo
2024
6.6
Welcome to Samdal-ri
as Bu Dae-choon
2023
8.2
그녀의 단속반
2023
0.0
Destined with You
as Oh Sam-shik
2023
8.1
Summer Strike
as Bae Young-ho
2022
7.7
Vestige
as Min-jae's father (Part II)
2022
6.5
Everything of Key
as Dae-nyeong
2022
0.0
If You Wish Upon Me
as Hwang Cha-yong
2022
7.6
Boar Hunt
as Lee Jang (Village head)
2022
4.1
Hot Blooded
as Assemblyman Chae
2022
6.3
Uncle
2021
0.0
Miracle: Letters to the President
as Old Man
2021
7.3
Youth of May
as Priest
2021
8.3
Samjin Company English Class
as Village Foreman
2020
7.8
Pawn
as Byeong-dal
2020
8.4
Move the Grave
as Gwan-taek
2020
7.1
When the Weather Is Fine
as Bookstore landlord
2020
7.3
Quitting My Destiny
2020
0.0
Juror 8
as Security Guard
2019
7.4
Champion
as Doctor Han
2018
6.7
Seven Years of Night
as Female Shaman's Father
2018
5.8
Cross
as Prisoner
2018
8.0
The Fortress
as Chief Scholar (uncredited)
2017
6.8
The Wailing
as Police Station Chief
2016
7.4
Women's War: Doggie's Uprising
as Old Man Kong
2016
0.0
Masquerade
as High Ranking Public Official
2012
7.7
A Broom Becomes a Goldfish
as Jang-pil
2010
0.0