Photo: Marie Claire Korea / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Gong Yoo is an actor I keep coming back to because he refuses to coast on his looks. From the sweet romance of Coffee Prince to the aching immortal of Guardian and the desperate father in Train to Busan, he chooses depth over volume, and each role lingers. Even his brief, unsettling recruiter in Squid Game stuck with me. The Busan-born Kyung Hee graduate carries a quiet intelligence and restraint that reads as genuine craft rather than vanity. I find him most compelling when he plays men carrying loss, and I suspect he only gets richer with age.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gong Yoo
- Name (Japanese)
- コン・ユ
- Reading
- こん・ゆ
- Born
- July 10, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Busan, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / model / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Kyung Hee University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Gong Yoo born?
Born July 10, 1979 (age 46).
Where is Gong Yoo from?
Gong Yoo is from Busan, South Korea.
What does Gong Yoo do?
Gong Yoo works as actor, film actor, model, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.