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Nationality
  
South Korean

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Kwak Dong-yeon

Years active
  
2012–present


Kwak Dong-yeon Kwak Dong Yeon

Born
  
19 March 1997 (age 27) (
1997-03-19
)
Daejeon, South Korea

Occupation
  
Actor, guitarist and singer

Profiles

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Kwak Dong-yeon (Hangul곽동연; Hanja郭東延; born 19 March 1997), is a South Korean actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the television series My Husband Got a Family in 2012 for which he received Best Young Actor Award at the Korea Drama Awards. He then starred in Adolescence Medley (2013), Modern Farmer (2014) and in 2016, gained recognition with historical drama Love in the Moonlight.

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Kwak is also a member and lead guitarist of Kokoma Band (literally, "Little Kids' Band"), managed by FNC Entertainment.

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Early life and education

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Kwak was born on March 19, 1997 in Daejeon, South Korea, the youngest of two siblings.

At 13, he permanently resided in Seoul by himself to pursue his dream to be an artist. He has been studying music at FNC Academy since 2010, and also took acting lessons. On February 2013, he graduated from Munrae Junior High School and eventually graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul.

2012–2015: Beginnings

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Kwak made his acting debut in 2012, appearing in the KBS television series My Husband Got a Family. The drama reached a peak audience rating of 49.6%. For his performance, Kwak won the Best Young Actor Award at the 2012 Korea Drama Awards.

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In 2013, he featured as young Prince Dong-pyung in the SBS historical drama Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love. He then starred in the KBS Drama Special Adolescence Medley. The same year, Kwak featured in the KBS drama Inspiring Generation playing the younger version of Kim Hyun-joong's character.

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In March 2014, he took on the lead role in KBS Drama Special Middle School Girl A where he portrayed a smart transfer student who got bullied in his new school. Kwak then starred in SBS weekend drama Modern Farmer (2014), playing a drummer of a rock band who later moved to a village to be a farmer. In 2015, Kwak starred alongside SISTAR's Bora in the web series Suck It Up.

2016–present: Rising popularity

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In 2016, he gained wider recognition after co-starring in the hit KBS2 series Love in the Moonlight where he played a skilled swordsman named Kim Byung-yeon. In 2017, he co-starred in SBS fantasy romance drama Reunited Worlds.

Personal life

On 26 February 2014, not long after Kwak finished his Inspiring Generation drama promotion, his mother died from illness.

References

Kwak Dong-yeon Wikipedia