Yu Oh-seong
- Actor
Throughout the mid-1990s, Yoo Oh-sung complemented a career in
television with minor roles in film. With his success playing a young
gangster in the hit movie Beat (1997), Yoo's face became familiar to a new
generation of moviegoers. The year 1999 was somewhat of a breakthrough
for Yoo, as he took the lead role in the acclaimed comedy The Spy (1999) (The
Spy) and also starred in the hugely successful Attack the Gas Station (1999) (Attack the Gas
Station!). Yoo's latest role is his biggest, however, as the co-star in
Kwak Kyung-taek's smash hit Friend (2001) (Friend). His performance drew much
attention and praise, and the film became the most successful Korean
film in history. Yoo has also reportedly agreed to star in director
Kwak's next feature, about a boxer from a poor
background.
