Shin Hyun-soo

In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.

Shin Hyun-soo (born July 8, 1989) is a South Korean actor.^[1][2] He began his career in acting through musicals before starring in television series.^[3]

Shin Hyun-soo
Shin in 2019
Born	(1989-07-08) July 8, 1989 (age 35) Incheon, South Korea
Education	Dong Seoul University – Department of Acting
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present
Agent	King Kong by Starship
Korean name
Hangul	신현수
Revised Romanization	Sin Hyeonsu
McCune–Reischauer	Sin Hyŏnsu

Career

Shin graduated from Dong Seoul University's Department of Acting and made his debut in 2013 with the short film Department Store, and has built up solid acting skills through numerous performances, including the play Scarred Places and the musical Mr. Show.^[4]

In 2020, Shin had signed an exclusive contract with King Kong by Starship.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Department Store		Short Film	[6]
2021	Unframed – Findy		Short Film Watcha	[7]
TBA	Veranda		Feature Film	[8]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	My Beautiful Bride			[9]
	Remember: War of the Son	Bae Chul-joo		[10]
2016	Marrying My Daughter Twice			[11]
	Thumping Spike	Lee Han-sol		[12]
	Hello, My Twenties!	Yoon Jong-yeol		[13]
	Thumping Spike 2	Lee Han-sol		[14]
2017	Three Color Fantasy: "The Universe's Star"	Koo Se-joo		[15]
	The Emperor: Owner of the Mask	Lee Chung-woon		[16]
	Hello, My Twenties! 2	Yoon Jong-yeol		[17]
	My Golden Life	Seo Ji-ho		[18]
2018	Welcome to Waikiki	Phillip	Cameo (Episode 16)	[19]
	Twelve Nights	Hyun Oh		[20]
	KBS Drama Special	Lee Hyun-soo	Episode: "The Expiration Date of You and Me"	[21]
2019	Welcome to Waikiki 2	Guk Ki-bong		[22]
2020	Mystic Pop-up Bar	Kim Do-young	Cameo (Episode 8)	[23]
	Drama Special	Kim Ji-hoo	Episode: "The Reason Why I Can't Tell You"	[24]
2021	Bossam: Steal the Fate	Lee Dae-yeob		[25]
2023	O'PENing: "Don't Press the Peach"	young Kim Kang-soo	One act-drama	[26]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	X of Crisis	Andy Jung		[6]
2023	Duty After School	Lee Chun-ho		[27]
2024	Branding in Seongsu	CEO of XU	Special appearance	[28]

Stage

Musical play performances^[29]

Year	Title		Role	Theater	Date	Ref.
	English	Korean
2014	Hoy Style Magazine Show	호이 스타일 매거진 쇼		Daehakro TOM 1	November 24, 2014	[29]
2015	Wedding Fantasy	웨딩 판타지	Kim Cheol-su	Jizzel Small Theater	December 19, 2015 - December 30, 2015	[4]
2016				Daehakro Star City Casino Hall (Former Tiny Alley)	January 2, 2016 - January 31, 2016
				Yundang Art Hall 2	February 12, 2016 - April 30, 2016
2017				Daehakro Art Space Hyehwa	December 2, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Theater

Theater play performances^[29]

Year	Title		Role	Theater	Date	Ref.
	English	Korean
2013	Sunset Theater	노을소극장				[4]
	Ogi	오기		Dongsoo Small Theater		[30]
	Catholic Youth Center/Dari CY Theater	카톨릭청년회관/다리CY씨어터				[4]
2014	Wounded Places	상처 난 자리들	Jung-woo
	Mr. Show	미스터쇼	Justin	Shinhan Card SOL Pay Square	March 27, 2014 - July 26, 2014	[30]
				Busan Cinema Center Sky Theater	August 15, 2014 - August 17, 2014
				EXCO West Wing 5th Floor Auditorium	August 22, 2014 - August 24, 2014
				CJB Media Center Art Hall	August 30, 2014 - August 31, 2014
				CMB Expo Art Hall	September 12, 2014 - September 14, 2014
				Suwon SK Artrium Grand Theater	September 19, 2014 - September 21, 2014
				Seongnam Arts Center Opera House	October 4, 2014 - October 5, 2014
2014	Me and My Grandfather	나와 할아버지	Jun-hee	the Scone 2nd Hall of the Seokyeong University Performing Arts Center	September 24 to November 24	[31]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album	Ref.
		KOR Hot [32]
"Waikiki (Actors Ver.)" (with Lee Yi-kyung, Kim Seon-ho)	2019	—	Welcome to Waikiki 2 OST	[33]

Awards and nominations

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

Award	Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
Asia Artist Awards	2016	Rising Star Award	Shin Hyun-soo	Won	[34]
	2017	New Wave Award		Won	[35]
	2018	Focus Award		Won	[36]