Netflix’s zombie horror All of Us Are Dead brought a new star to the spotlight: Yoon Chan-young. He plays the heroic Lee Cheong-san, who sacrifices himself to save his friends in the Korean drama series. Now all eyes are on his next role: Yoon plays the young, idealistic farmer Gong Yun-tak, who gets involved in a drug crime in Juvenile Delinquency, which comes out on March 25. So what do we know about the 20-year-old rising star? 1. He started acting from a young age Yoon may sound like a new name in the K-drama sphere, but his face has actually appeared on screen since he was age 12, according to Channel Korea. He portrayed the young versions of main leads in notable dramas and films like Gap-dong (2014), Mourning Grave (2014), Mothers (2017) and Still 17 (2018). Just one year after his debut, at 13, he won best young actor at the 3rd APAN Star Awards and 33rd MBC Drama Awards, both for Mama (2014), where he played a son of a terminally ill mother. At 18, he won best young actor at the 27th SBS Drama Awards for dramas Everything and Nothing and Doctor John . 5 things to know about Park Seo-joon, Marvel’s next Korean star 2. His first kiss was on screen Growing up busy with films, Yoon was worried that his first kiss would come from a role, he revealed on variety programme Knowing Bros. And one day, his prediction actually came true when he lost his first kiss on the set of All of Us Are Dead . The night before the kiss scene, he reportedly called his co-star and “kiss partner” Park Ji-hoo, who had experience from another movie, to ask for advice. “Ji-hoo told me to ‘just do it’,” he said. As a result, they had unexpected Eskimo kisses before a perfect one, creating one of the most hilarious behind-the-scenes takes. 3. His Instagram followers soared thanks to All of Us Are Dead Yoon’s performance and sweet chemistry (including the kiss) with Park boosted his career – and Instagram followers. The show topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 chart for four weeks, making it third on Netflix’s most popular non-English TV list with 474.2 million hours of streaming, after Squid Game with 1.65 billion hours and Money Heist: Part 4 with 619 million hours, per The Korea Times . 5 K-drama actresses who married ultra-rich husbands Yoon’s Instagram followers rose from 140,000 to 1.87 million only a few days after the series’ release. He now has 4.8 million followers. 4. His luxury brand endorsement empire has just begun After All of Us Are Dead wrapped, the breakout star became the first ambassador in South Korea for luxury brand Coach, thanks to him “embodying Coach’s values, championing optimism and the courage to be one’s authentic self”, said the brand’s press release. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 윤찬영 Yoon chanyoung (@yooncy1) Yoon was introduced in Coach’s spring 2022 denim signature ready-to-wear collection and its Hitch backpack. He will also appear in campaigns for leather goods, ready-to-wear and footwear for the spring 2022 season. It is his first step in the advertising world, and his endorsements are only expected to increase in the near future. 6 K-pop idols who are ‘human luxury brands’, from V to Jennie 5. He is a big fan of La La Land Yoon is a superfan of the award-winning film La La Land , having watched it before high school. He has seen it 13 times, he revealed in an interview with Cosmopolitan Korea . He also shared a video of himself playing the movie’s OST on his Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 윤찬영 Yoon chanyoung (@yooncy1) “I didn’t really know what love felt like then, but I still thought the movie was so heartbreaking, but beautiful. I think I learned about love through films like La La Land , so I guess my ideal type would be someone I feel connected to right when I first see them,” he said, according to Soompi, before adding that his dream is to work with the movie director Damien Chazelle. 6. He is a cat man View this post on Instagram A post shared by 윤찬영 Yoon chanyoung (@yooncy1) In addition to his surprising piano skills, as showcased on his Instagram, Yoon also shows a lot of love to a certain fluffy silver-grey cat. His current profile photo is also an anime drawing of a cat. Want more stories like this? Follow STYLE on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and Twitter .