ProfileWho is Park Seo-joon, Korean actor in The Marvels, K-drama sensation Itaewon Class – and even the Oscar-winning film Parasite?

Park is most well known for his role in the Netflix Korean drama Itaewon Class, in which he plays former juvenile delinquent Park Saeroyi

He will be in cinemas this summer in the big-budget disaster drama Concrete Utopia, before making his Hollywood debut in The Marvels, alongside Brie Larsen

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Korean actor Park Seo-joon in the Netflix Korean drama “Itaewon Class”. Park will make his Hollywood debut later this year in “The Marvels”, alongside Brie Larsen.

Published: 1:15pm, 13 May 2023Updated: 11:24am, 5 Jul 2023

It’s been three years since Park Seo-joon appeared in Itaewon Class but the Korean star finally returned to screens in April in the sports film Dream, alongside Lee Ji-eun (aka IU).

Dream – from Lee Byeong-heon, the director of the comedy Extreme Job, the second most successful Korean film of all time – sees Park play a disgraced football player who begins coaching a team of misfits to represent Korea in the homeless world cup.

It’s not that Park’s taken a break for three years – the pandemic conspired to delay the release dates for many of his projects. He currently has four more either ready to go or in production – more on those further down.

In fact, Park has been consistently busy since he began acting in TV just over a decade ago. Unlike many of his celebrity peers, he completed his military service before he was a household name, which meant he didn’t have to step away from the limelight while his star was already burning bright.

Park Seo-joon in a still from “Dream” (2023).

Park was able to build his character through a unique set of circumstances and experiences.