Born in 1983, SEO Hyun-woo was a kid with a hot temperament who grew extremely tired of studying constantly at his boarding middle school but found a way of “controlling himself” in the acting class he joined one day by chance. While he was studying English Literature in college, he caused a commotion at home when he announced out of the blue that he would pursue an acting career. After working part-time as a bartender in Daehangno for a while as a way to get acquainted t...More

Born in 1983, SEO Hyun-woo was a kid with a hot temperament who grew extremely tired of studying constantly at his boarding middle school but found a way of “controlling himself” in the acting class he joined one day by chance. While he was studying English Literature in college, he caused a commotion at home when he announced out of the blue that he would pursue an acting career. After working part-time as a bartender in Daehangno for a while as a way to get acquainted to stage actors who would frequent the neighboring theaters, he eventually entered the theatre department of the Korea National University of Arts. He first appeared on screen in 2011, playing minor roles in horror <White>, war drama <The Front Line> and romcom <Love Fiction>. Among his most notable credits of that early period as a bit part actor are <The Face Reader> (2013), <Hope> (2013), <A Hard Day> (2013) and <Veteran> (2014). It was for his role in <FATAL INTUITION> (2015) that he was first noticed, and this helped him land more important roles, being particularly busy in 2017 with <1987: When the Day Comes>, <The Vanished> and <Believer>. In 2018, he appeared as part of the main cast of the indie coming-of-age drama <A Boy and Sungreen> (2018), as well as a supporting character of courtroom drama <Juror 8> (2019).Less