My Take
Yeo Jin-goo is one of those rare performers who grew up entirely on screen and somehow came out the other side as a genuinely compelling adult actor — no awkward transition required. He started as a child actor around 2005 and spent years playing the younger versions of drama leads in big hits like Moon Embracing the Sun and Missing You, earning the nickname "Nation's Little Brother" along the way. What impresses me most is how he shed that adorable-kid label completely: by the time Hotel Del Luna aired in 2019 opposite IU, he held his own against one of Korea's biggest stars without flinching. He has a quietly intense quality on screen — understated where other actors would oversell — and that restraint, rare in someone who started so young, is what makes him worth watching.
Overview
Yeo Jin-goo (Korean: 여진구; Hanja: 呂珍九, born August 13, 1997) is a South Korean actor. Yeo began his career as a child actor, debuting in the film Sad Movie (2005). Nicknamed "Nation's Little Brother", he went on to play the younger characters of the lead roles in films and television series such as in A Frozen Flower (2008), Giant (2010), Moon Embracing the Sun (2012), and Missing You (2012).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yeo Jin-goo
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨ・ジング
- Reading
- よ・じんぐ
- Born
- August 13, 1997 (age 28)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Ox
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Namkang High School
- University
- Chung-Ang University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://janusent.com/star/yeo_jingoo
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yeojin9oo/
- Xhttps://x.com/Actor_Yeo
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
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.