Published novelist and actor Shin Dong-wook first debuted in 2004, but went through a long hiatus due to a rare medical condition.
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Birthday: September 14, 1982
Instagram: @iam_shinstealer
After his first TV appearance, a small role in the 2004 drama I’m Sorry, I Love You starring So Ji-sub and Im Soo-jung, he took on a number of supporting roles before catching his big break in 2006. He was cast as the lead opposite Han Ji-hye in the classic melodrama Cloud Staircase, based on a novel by famous Japanese writer Watanabe Junichi. In his first major k-drama role, Shin Dong-wook played Choi Jong-su, a volunteer at a remote island hospital who gets mistaken as a skillful doctor after saving the life of a young woman from a rich family. His life gets more complicated when he develops feelings for her and starts to lie about his credentials.
With his career on the rise, Shin had to take a long break from show business: while carrying out his mandatory military service, he was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome, a rare, incurable disease associated with high levels of chronic pain. During his acting hiatus, he published his first novel, Writing, Space Journal.
Shin Dong-wook made his comeback as a TV drama leading man in Jang Geum, Oh My Grandma! Also known as Dae Jang Geum Is Watching, this 2018 MBC drama tells the story of the Han siblings who have inherited the “food superpowers” of their ancestor, the renowned Joseon-era female doctor Dae Jang Geum (the subject of the megahit classic series Jewel in the Palace).
After taking on supporting roles in Live (2018), Dr. Romantic 2 (2020), and Now We Are Breaking Up (2021), he was cast as a lead alongside Im Soo-hyang and Sung Hoon in the Woori the Virgin, the Korean version of the popular rom-coms Juana La Virgen (Venezuela) /Jane the Virgin (US) in 2022. Last year, he reprised his role as an orthopedic specialist in Dr. Romantic 3.
We wish him good health and more success!
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