Yoo Hai-Jin

Yoo Hae-jin is the kind of actor I find endlessly rewarding to watch. Trained in theater at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and seasoned in the Mokwha repertory company, he carries a stage actor's discipline into every film and series. What I admire most is his range: he can anchor a lead role or quietly steal a scene as support, slipping between comedy, drama and voice work without strain. He isn't a conventional leading man, and that's precisely why he's compelling; he won his place at the top of Korean cinema on pure craft, and that earns my lasting respect.

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Name (English)

Yoo Hai-Jin

Name (Japanese)

ユ・ヘジン

Reading

ゆ・へじん

Born

January 4, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo%20Hae-jin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11264845

Tags

• North Chungcheong
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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