Acting
Apr 24, 2001
Seoul, South Korea
Yoon Chan-young
Acting
Biography
Yoon Chan-young (윤찬영) is a South Korean actor born on April 25, 2001, in South Korea. He began his acting career in 2013 as a child actor, appearing in various television dramas where he often portrayed the younger versions of main characters. Through these early roles, he gained attention for his emotional depth and natural screen presence. He gradually built his career with supporting roles in notable dramas such as Mama (2014), Dr. Romantic (2016), and Nobody Knows (2020), showcasing his growth and versatility as an actor. His breakthrough came with the role of Lee Cheong-san in the Netflix original series All of Us Are Dead (2022), which earned him international recognition and significantly expanded his global fanbase. Following the success of the series, Yoon Chan-young took on leading roles in projects such as Hope or Dope (2022) and Delivery Man (2023). He is widely recognized for his ability to portray emotionally complex characters and is considered one of the most promising young actors of his generation in the South Korean entertainment industry.
Feature Films (8)
A young girl is kidnapped by a serial killer. The serial killer uses manholes to kidnap and kill his victims. The young girl's older sister tries to save her before it's too late.
Manhole
A boy who can see ghosts moves to a small town, where he befriends a female ghost. The two work together to investigate a masked ghost who is murdering students one by one.
Mourning Grave
A story about mothers and their achievements through a mother who was once a Taekwondo champion but is now an ordinary mother with an adolescent son.
I'm Doing Fine in Middle School
The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband's teenage son by herself.
Mothers
Returning from eight years abroad at work and in prison, Jeong-il struggles to reconnect with his wife and their young daughter, Ye-sol, whom he barely knows.
Birthday
Min-jae is a highschool teacher during the day, but at dusk, he goes out on the streets and join with youth who are alienated from school and home. Due to an incident, Min-jae is put to the test again to protect his students ─ Ji-geun and classmates.
The Fault is Not Yours
A young man works at the bond collection call center. He is polite, pure and sincere at a glance. On the other hand, the director of the center is not called to the head office, so she is antsy every day. And she has a daughter who is having a hard time preparing for a job.
Light for the Youth
Television & Series (22)
A spirit of a middle school dropout gangster who accidentally possesses an 18-year-old boy’s body who killed himself, goes back to high school to take a revenge against the bullies with his gangster skills and encounters unexpected relationship.
High School Return of a Gangster
An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.
Dr. Romantic
Fair Princess Jungmyung lives a life of the highest privilege, until her half-brother Prince Gwanghae executes the rightful crown prince and usurps the throne. Exiled from court, Jungmyung goes under disguise as a man and learns to adapt to life as a commoner — never forgetting Gwanghae's wrongdoing. But amidst rampant corruption throughout the kingdom, can Jyungmyung exact her vengeance, restore order and take back her rightful place in the palace?
Hwajung
Han Tae-Sang is a former gangster, but now a successful business man. He has a cold-blooded decisiveness and incredible drive. This helped him to attain his current status, as he started with nothing. He then meets a younger woman named Seo Mi-Do. Her personality reminds him of himself when he was that age. Han Tae-Sang begins to feel love for the first time in his life.
When a Man Falls in Love
20 years ago Moo-Yeom’s father was a suspect in the "Gap Dong” serial murder case. Because of the detectives’ oppressive investigation, Moo-Yeom’s father killed himself. Now, Moo-Yeom is a detective and works to capture the killer Gap Dong. The statue of limitations has expired for the serial murder case and Moo-Yeom resigns to the belief that Gap Dong is dead. New clues though for Gap Dong appears in front of Moo-Yeom and he sets out to catch him once and for all.
