Nam Yoon-su

In this Korean name, the family name is Nam.

Nam Yoon-su (Korean: 남윤수; born July 14, 1997)^[2] is a South Korean actor and model. He has appeared in Netflix's original drama series Extracurricular (2020), tvN's Birthcare Center (2020), JTBC's Beyond Evil (2021), KBS's The King's Affection (2021), and Love in the Big City (2024), playing as the main character in the latter.

Nam Yoon-su
Nam in September 2022
Born	(1997-07-14) July 14, 1997 (age 27) Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Education	Hanlim Multi Art School - Fashion Model Department Digital Seoul Culture Arts University - Modelling Department Korea Art Conservatory - Film Art Department[1]
Occupations	Actor Model
Years active	2014–present
Agent	Agency Garten
Korean name
Hangul	남윤수
Hanja	南尹洙
Revised Romanization	Nam Yun-su
McCune–Reischauer	Nam Yunsu

Career

Nam made his debut as a model in 2014, and made his acting debut through music videos in 2014 and 2015.

In 2018, Nam made his official acting debut through MBC Every 1 drama 4 Kinds of House, and in the same year he appeared in the web drama Want More 19.^[3]

In 2019, he made a special appearance in the web drama Re-Feel,^[4] and participated in the web drama I'm Not A Robot.^[5]

In 2020, Nam appeared in the web drama The Temperature Of Language: Our Nineteen.^[6] Later, he appeared in the Netflix series Extracurricular, which led him to gain in recognition, and he was nominated for the Best New Actor – Television in the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards.^[7] Nam then appeared in the short film Live Your Strength^[8] with Bae Suzy and later appeared in tvN drama Birthcare Center.

In 2021, Nam joined Mnet's M Countdown as a host with (G)I-dle's Miyeon.^[9] Nam then joined the drama Beyond Evil which premiered in February on JTBC.^[10] Nam was also cast in KBS2 drama The King's Affection which premiered in October.^[11]

In 2022, Nam appeared in the SBS drama Today's Webtoon alongside Kim Se-jeong and Choi Daniel, which premiered in July.^[12]

In 2024, Nam played the main character of the South Korean LGBTQ-related series Love in the Big City as Go Young, depicting the 10-year journey of a young gay man learning about life and love through ups and downs in a conservative society while also trying to become a successful writer.

Personal life

Nam donated his kidney to his father on June 19, 2024.^[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Live Your Strength	Tae Min	Short film	[8][14]
2023	Soulmate	Ki-hoon		[15]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	4 Kinds of House	Joon-ha		[3]
2020	Birthcare Center	Ha Gyeong-hoon		[16]
	Extracurricular	Kwak Ki-tae		[17]
2021	Beyond Evil	Oh Ji-hoon		[10][18]
	The King's Affection	Lee Hyun		[11]
2022	Today's Webtoon	Gu Jun-young		[19]
	Borrowed Body	Lee Sang-yoo		[20]
2024	Dog Knows Everything	Hyun Ta		[21]
	Love in the Big City	Go Young		[22]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Want More 19	Lee Gyeom		[23]
2019	Re-Feel		Special appearance	[4]
	I'm Not A Robot	Jung Sung-yoon		[5]
2020	The Temperature Of Language: Our Nineteen	Lee Chan-sol		[6]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021–2023	M Countdown	Host	with (G)I-dle's Miyeon (ep. 698 – 780)	[9][24]

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Eat's Seoul	Host	with Kang Min-ah	[25]

Music video appearances

Year	Artist	Song Title	Ref.
2014	Hong Jae-mok	"당신이 그대가"	[26]
2015	Brother Su ft. Lovey	"Dot"	[26]
	Standing Egg	"Yell"	[27]
	Lucid Fall	"Still There, Still Here"	[26]
2016	Yoon Jong-shin	"Old School"	[26]
	Lee Jin-ah	"I'm Full"	[26]
	Thomas Cook	"Goodbye"	[26]
2017	Cheeze	"Be There"	[26]
	Lee Jin-ah	"Random"	[26]
2018	Rothy	"Lost Time"	[28]
	Epitone Project	"First Love"	[28]
2019	Brown Eyed Soul ft. SOLE	"Right"	[28]
2020	Baek Ji-young	"I Still Love You A Lot"	[28]
2021	Colde ft. Baekhyun	"When Dawn Comes Again"	[29]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Asia Model Awards	2021	Model Star Award	Nam Yoon-su	Won	[30][31][32]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2021	Best New Actor – Television	Extracurricular	Nominated	[7][33][34]
Brand of the Year Awards	2021	Best New Actor	Nam Yoon-su	Nominated
KBS Drama Awards	2021	Best New Actor	The King's Affection	Nominated	[35]