The 10 most famous K-drama actors of all time, including Squid Game’s Lee Byung-hun, Train to Busan’s Gong Yoo and Hyun Bin
- Gong Yoo, who rose to fame with shows like Coffee Prince and has stayed popular with films like Train to Busan, has been a household name for nearly two decades
- Hyun Bin of Secret Garden and Crash Landing on You, So Ji-sub of Doctor Lawyer, Lee Min-ho and Lee Byung-hun of Squid Game also make our top 10
The K-drama industry features a number of dazzling lights – but only a handful of stars have continued to burn bright over the years.
Read on for our pick of the 10 greatest male K-drama actors.
10. Ji Chang-wook
A former musical theatre performer, Ji Chang-wook became a screen actor in his early 20s, and first rose to prominence in the weekday comedy drama Smile Again in 2010.
Building on that success, he broke through to stardom in the period drama Empress Ki and soon became a huge star in China thanks to the success of Healer.
He has remained a major presence since, through roles in shows like the action series The K2 and the comedy drama Backstreet Rookie.
9. So Ji-sub
Square-shouldered and smoky-eyed, So Ji-sub has been a mainstay on Korean screens since the late 1990s, but his breakout came in the hit 2002 drama Glass Slippers.
