New Delhi: One of the fan-favourite South Korean models turned actors is Ahn Bo Hyun under FN Entertainment. From his time as a student at Busan Sports High School, he won a gold medal in amateur boxing.
Despite making his acting debut in 2014 with Golden Cross, it was with Itaewon Class (2020) that he found popularity and reached a turning point in his career. His performances in Yumi’s Cells and My Name earned him the Excellence Award for Actor in an OTT Drama at the 8th APAN Star Awards in 2022.
To celebrate his 36th birthday (May 17, 1988), here are five of Ahn Bo Hyun’s most popular Korean dramas in which he has starred in lead roles.
1. Flex X Cop (2024)
Jin Yi Soo, a third-generation conglomerate, is self-sufficient in life. After joining the Kangha Police Station’s violent investigating unit, Jin Yi Soo becomes an expert in apprehending robbers. When he becomes involved in a serious case, things begin to change. He joined Detective Lee Kang Hyun as a partner. Even though they start working together, Kang Hyun, who is hardworking and less talker, doesn’t like being around Yi Soo.
2. See You in My 19th Life (2023)
Ban Ji Eum has a remarkable skill – the capacity to recall the memories of each of her previous lives. Although she has been reincarnating for over a millennium, Ji Eum has always lived her life to the fullest. In her present existence, after a terrible disaster ends her previous one, she sets out to reunite with her prior life’s people, including a guy she met in her 18th incarnation called Moon Seo Ha. On the other side, Yoon Cho Won, who is heartbroken by her older sister’s death, sees a striking resemblance to her sister in Ji Eum and becomes curious about her.
3. Military Prosecutor Doberman (2022)
The only reason Do Bae Man joined a military prosecutor was to increase his wealth and achieve more success. But Cha Woo In became one for vengeance after only joining Bae Man’s team. Their very varied character traits are on full display in their two distinct functions. But Bae Man and Woo In learn from one another and become stronger military prosecutors as they pursue the same case.
4. My Name (2021)
After her father is killed, Yoon Ji Woo, who is driven by vengeance, puts her faith in a strong criminal lord Choi Moo Jin and follows his orders to join the police force. Moo Jin, leader of Korea’s largest drug network, is assisting Yoon Ji Woo in going undercover. His original intentions are mysterious. One member of the Drug Investigation Unit is Jeon Pil Do, a police detective. Being a rule-follower, he becomes Ji Woo’s partner in the police force.
5. Yumi’s Cells (2021)
Kim Yu Mi, like any other single woman, appears ordinary. However, her breakup sends her love cells into a coma. On the other side, Ku Woong is an emotionally stunted game developer. His unexpected presence revives Yu Mi’s love cells, sparking a newfound connection between them. As their cells work overtime, Yu Mi and Ku Woong find themselves drawn closer together.