Yeo Jin-goo

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.

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

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

High school

Namkang High School

University

Chung-Ang University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://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

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.