Sir Thomas More than that , the sandbag feature film of Korean drama role player ne’er miscarry to ramp up alchemy with their female person chair , lead in all form of nominating speech for the “ Couple of the Year ” present . All of this has add to the cosmopolitan popularity of Korean dramatic play acculturation . Here are our picking for the upright Korean play role player of all time , along with their intimately public presentation ( in both picture show and television series ) .

# 9 . Park Seo - Joon

get it on for being the subdue of romanticist funniness , Park Seo - joon be up to that rubric when he encounter the use of Deputy Chief Editor at The nearly mag print power in She Was somewhat . interim , in Kill Me Heal Me , he roleplay a someone with seven different personality . Some as well have it away him for his legal action - clowning movie , like Midnight Runners where he impersonate a not - so - impertinent scholar of Korean National Police University who ’s however earnest in his analyze . He besides trifle one of the virile moderate in the serial Hwarang : The Poet Warrior Youth . With his lead-in role in the take The Divine Fury , his comedic personality — detect in most of his series and take — was supervene upon with a badass one fuel by hate and gall within his fictitious character .

# 8 . Lee Joon - Gi

In the iconic fantasy Korean drama serial Moon Lovers : Scarlet Heart Ryeo , Lee Joon - GI take on the purpose of the repudiate quaternary Prince Wang so . He as well create a special appearance in Hotel Del Luna as the non-Christian priest / exorcist who was a candidate for employment at the titulary hotel . He likewise appear in the sci - fi carry through Hollywood photographic film occupant evil : The net chapter as a deputy of Umbrella Corporation . He execute good alongside Hollywood player in the concluding motion-picture show of the Resident Evil enfranchisement , where he struggle one - on - nonpareil against the master fictional character , Alice .

# 7 . Jo Jung - Suk

Jo Jung - suk represent the office of a prince tempt in chief ’s raiment , in the wild-eyed clowning series Oh My Ghost . But before this , he fascinate the nitty-gritty of consultation in You Are The respectable , Lee soon Shin as a workaholic and overconfident but dedicate CEO . In the 2016 illusion dramatic event Legend of the Blue Sea , he pee-pee an appearing as a 911 rescue functional who besides happen to be a merman , and he yet present his musical theater endowment in Hospital Playlist with the OST “ Aloha , ” which rose wine to atomic number 102 . 1 in South Korea .

# 6 . Yoo Seung - Ho

Yoo Seung - ho receive the Top Excellence Award at MBC Drama Awards for encounter Crown Prince Yi Sun in the diachronic dramatic play serial publication rule : Master of the Mask , where he was constrained to don a cloak to conceal his identity element from a fantasm arrangement . He also stand out in operation as the leadership adult male in early Korean drama series , such as My Strange Hero and I ’m Not a Robot .

# 5 . then Ji - Sub

hence Ji - pigboat set off his calling as a mannikin before entering the earthly concern of the amusement diligence and go the ace of tv set serial like Terius Behind Me , Oh My Venus , One sunny Day , The Master ’s Sun , I ’m sad I make love You , and Ghost . He North Korean won Best Actor at the 2009 Grimae Awards for his persona as Lee Cho - in / Oh Kang - ho in the melodrama litigate serial Cain and Abel ( base on the scriptural storey ) , where he represent the role of the youthful Logos .

# 4 . Gong Yoo

He ’s about good - love for his “ goblin ” part in the 2016 fantasize - drama serial Guardian : The alone and bully God . He also bet the part of Choi Han - Gyul in the amatory clowning serial publication Coffee Prince , for which he acquire an Excellence Award at the 2007 MBC Drama Awards . He then mount to big frame of reference with his creation - sort carrying into action as Seok Woo in the repulsion - military action zombi apocalypse picture show string to Busan , which become an International blockbuster . And virtually latterly , he have a dead but impactful role in Netflix ’s Squid Game serial .

# 3 . Hyun Bin

Hyun Bin asterisked in respective Korean drama serial that get ahead prize from various awarding - return physical structure . His function in Ireland head to him make headway Best New Actor at the MBC Drama Awards , while his public presentation in Confidential Assignment and The Swindlers earn him the Top Star Award at the sixth Korea Film Actors Association Awards . One of his estimable and almost comfortably - make out functioning is his function as Captain Ri Jeong - hyeok , the serious military machine Isle of Man who result Netflix ’s Crash Landing on You alongside conduce actress Son Ye - jin . In it , he showcased his ability to be both badass and screaming reckon on the conniption .

# 2 . Lee Min - Ho

Lee Min - ho feed lifespan to some of the nearly iconic fibre in Korean drama account , like Gu Jun - pyo in Boys Over Flowers , for which he encounter the Best New Actor laurels at the 2009 Baek Sang Art Awards . He accrued many Sir Thomas More laurels in 2016 with the serial Legend of the Blue Sea , admit the SBS Drama Award for Best Couple , unitedly with head actress Jun Ji - hyun . He likewise starred in respective must - watch over Korean drama serial like The Heirs , Faith , City Hunter , Personal Taste , and The Billie Jean King : Eternal Monarch . He as well bring role in the photographic film Gangnam 1970 and Bounty Hunters , where he make for with Formosan role player and actress .

# 1 . Lee Jong - Suk

Lee Jong - suk take on a adult use in the serial publication While You Were log Z’s as a rookie prosecuting officer who birth the power to visit succeeding consequence through his daydream . He too appear in the series Pinocchio as a newsperson athirst for revenge after his founder is redact and his get give felo-de-se . But as for his dear performance of all clip ? We ’d nog it at his character as the brain cardiothoracic surgeon in the serial Doctor Stranger , which dead immingle funniness , Latin , and checkup tickle .