# Ryu Deok-hwan

Ryu Deok-hwan (Korean: 류덕환; born June 12, 1987) is a South Korean actor.

## Career

Ryu Deok-hwan began his career as a child actor on stage at age 6. Among his early TV drama appearances was a role on the popular Lifetime in the Country which he played for 8 years.
While he had played minor roles in several films, it was Ryu's breakout lead performance in Like a Virgin that earned him critical praise and industry recognition. He gained 28 kg in three months to play the role of a transgender teenager who joins the ssireum team.
Other notable roles include a high schooler desperate for a pair of Nikes in No Comment, a North Korean soldier in Welcome to Dongmakgol, a boy meeting his estranged father in My Son, a serial killer in Our Town, a medical student in Private Eye, a top neurosurgeon and forensic examiner in Quiz of God, and King Gongmin in Faith. He has also acted in the stage plays Equus, and Jang Jin's Clumsy People.
In 2012 he directed the short film Waiting for Jang Joon-hwan for the Olleh Smartphone Film Festival.

## Personal life

Ryu's mother is musical producer Jung Ok-young.
On August 26, 2020, Ryu announced in his fan cafe that he would be marrying his girlfriend of seven years, CEO and model Jeon Su-rin.
In April 2021, Ryu announced that he would be holding a wedding with his fiancée Jeon Su-rin. It was held in April 2021, after the wedding had been postponed from October 2020 due to COVID-19. It was a private event with only family members and close friends.

## Filmography
### Film
#### As actor

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1999 | Weathering the Storm | Pool boy |
| 2000 | Spooky School | |
| 2002 | My Beautiful Girl, Mari (animated) | Kim Nam-woo (voice) |
| 2002 | No Comment "My Nike" | Myung-jin |
| 2004 | My Little Bride | Dong-goo |
| 2005 | Welcome to Dongmakgol | Seo Taek-ki |
| 2006 | Like a Virgin | Oh Dong-ku |
| 2007 | Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (animated) | Hwang Geum-ee (voice) |
| 2007 | My Son | Lee Joon-seok |
| 2007 | Our Town | Hyo-yi |
| 2009 | Private Eye | Gwang-soo |
| 2010 | The Quiz Show Scandal | Oh Cheol-joo |
| 2011 | Earth Rep Rolling Stars (animated) | Lucky (voice) |
| 2011 | The Last Blossom | Jung Jung-soo |
| 2011 | Head | Shin Hong-jae |
| 2011 | Link | Lee Jae-hyun |
| 2012 | The Peach Tree | Dong-hyun |
| 2013 | Nobody's Daughter Haewon | Dong-joo |
| 2013 | Behind the Camera | editor |
| 2015 | You Call It Passion | Cameraman Seo-jin |
| 2016 | The Last Ride | Go Hwan |
| 2016 | Hide and Never Seek | BJ Yagwang |
| 2018 | Default | |

#### As director

| Year | Title | Cast | Notes |
| 2012 | Waiting for Jang Joon-hwan | Oh Jung-se Park Shin-hye | Short film |
| 2013 | The Story of Man & Woman Part 1: "Couple" Part 2: "Friend" Part 3: "Unrequited Love" Part 4: "Sincerely" | Go Kyung-pyo Kang Han-na | Short film |
| 2022 | Non-visit (All viewer +: Short Buster) | Lee Seok-hyung | TVING Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1992 | Ppo Ppo Ppo (Kiss Kiss Kiss) | |
| 1996 | Countryside Life | Soon-gil |
| 2000 | Full of Sun | |
| 2001 | The Stepmother | young Heo Sang-wook |
| 2002 | Five Siblings | young Han Jung-shik |
| 2003 | MBC Best Theater: "Do You Love Me?" | Yoon Gyeong |
| 2004 | People of the Water Flower Village | Jae-kyung |
| 2004 | Sharp | Hwang Tae-min |
| 2008 | U-Turn | Hwan |
| 2010–19 | Quiz of God | Han Jin-woo |
| 2012 | Faith | King Gongmin |
| 2013 | Good Doctor | adult Park Si-deok (cameo, episode 10) |
| 2015 | I'm After You | Park Hee Tae |
| 2018 | Ms. Hammurabi | Jung Bo-wang |
| 2019 | Special Labor Inspector | Woo Do-ha |
| 2020 | Nobody Knows | Lee Sun-woo |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2024 | LTNS | Jung Gi-seok | |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2021 | Honeymoon Tavern | Guest | |
| 2021 | Country Diaries 2021 | Lee Soon-Gil | |

### Music video

| Year | Song Title | Artist |
| 2009 | "Sign" | Brown Eyed Girls |
| 2011 | "Index Finger" | Raspberry Field |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1992 | The Emperor's New Clothes | |
| 2009–10 | Equus | Alan Strang |
| 2012 | Clumsy People | Jang Deok-bae |

## Discography

| Year | Song Title | Notes |
| 2006 | "Like a Virgin" (featuring Super Kidd) | Track from Like a Virgin OST |
| 2011 | "That Is You" | Track from Quiz of God Season 2 OST |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2005 | 4th Korean Film Awards | Best New Actor | Welcome to Dongmakgol | Nominated |
| 2006 | 7th Busan Film Critics Awards | Best New Actor | Like a Virgin | Won |
| 2006 | 27th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best New Actor | Like a Virgin | Won |
| 2006 | 5th Korean Film Awards | Best Actor | Like a Virgin | Nominated |
| 2006 | 9th Director's Cut Awards | Best New Actor | Like a Virgin | Won |
| 2007 | 4th Max Movie Awards | Best New Actor | Like a Virgin | Won |
| 2007 | 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor (Film) | Like a Virgin | Nominated |
| 2007 | 11th Fantasia International Film Festival | Best Actor | Like a Virgin | Won |
| 2007 | 44th Grand Bell Awards | Best New Actor | Like a Virgin | Won |
| 2007 | 최고의 영화상 기자가 뽑은 | Best New Actor | Like a Virgin | Won |
| 2007 | 1st Korea Movie Star Awards | Best Young Star | Like a Virgin | Won |
| 2007 | 1st Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Actor | Like a Virgin | Nominated |
| 2011 | 7th Korea Drama Awards | Special Award for Cable TV | Quiz of God - Season 2 | Nominated |
| 2012 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Faith | Nominated |
| 2020 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Nobody Knows | Nominated |