With good enunciation and excellent ability at doing action scenes, RYU Seung-ryong has appeared in many movies in prominent supporting roles, earning for himself the title of “great supporting actor.” He used to act in plays and musicals and was a founding member of <Cookin’>, a symbol of the Korean nonverbal musical genre. He made his film debut in the role of a robber in the movie <Someone Special>, directed by [JANG Jin], a university senior. Following ...More

With good enunciation and excellent ability at doing action scenes, RYU Seung-ryong has appeared in many movies in prominent supporting roles, earning for himself the title of “great supporting actor.” He used to act in plays and musicals and was a founding member of <Cookin’>, a symbol of the Korean nonverbal musical genre. He made his film debut in the role of a robber in the movie <Someone Special>, directed by [JANG Jin], a university senior. Following that, he continued to appear in JANG's films and came to be called “JANG Jin’s team.” Though he usually played a villain or other strong character in the films, he added a comic image in the film <My Girlfriend Is an Agent>. With the commercial success of this film, RYU became widely known to the public and started to appear in TV series as well. His comic acting marked the acme in the series <A Personal Taste>, in which he played a funny homosexual. He has recently been working in <Blades of Blood> and <Battlefield Heroes> in collaboration with director [LEE Joon-ik]. RYU has also become known to overseas filmmakers through the film <The Recipe>, which was entered in the Culinary Cinema at Berlin Film Festival. Following a few more scene-stealing turns in <War of the Arrows>, <The Front Line>, <All About My Wife> and <Masquerade>, RYU took on his first major leading role in <Miracle in Cell No. 7>, the surprise hit that became the biggest film of 2013. He followed that up as the lead in the action-thriller <The Target>, invited as a Midnight Screenings at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, RYU also starred alongside CHOI Min-sik in the period naval war film <Roaring Currents>. RYU next lent his voice to YEON Sang-ho’s zombie animation <Seoul Station> while he was next seen in CJ Entertainment’s <THE SOUND OF A FLOWER>, a Joseon Era pansori drama, as well as their post-war mountain mystery <The Piper>, all of which were released in 2015.Less