Ryu Jun-yeol

Who is Ryu Jun-yeol?

Ryu Jun-yeol (류준열) is an actor signed to Galaxy Corporation. Herald Muse reported the agency’s exclusive contract with him on 1 July 2026 and described him as the actor who debuted in the 2015 film Socialphobia; 여성경제신문 had reported on 2 February 2015 that the film’s release was set for 12 March. Cine21’s person database gives his birth date as 25 September 1986.

Five films followed in his debut year alone, all of them on Cine21’s list for 2015: The Boys Who Cried Wolf, in which he plays Dong-cheol, No Tomorrow (Ji-hun), One Way Trip (Ji-gong), SORI: Voice from the Heart and Canola (Cheol-heon). tvN’s Reply 1988 began that November and ran to the following January, and the drama brought him the male newcomer acting award in the television section of the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards.

Filmography

Cine21 lists nineteen films. The King, in which he plays Choi Doo-il, A Taxi Driver, in which he plays Gu Jae-sik, and Heart Blackened, in which he plays Kim Dong-myeong, all sit on the 2016 line of that list; Little Forest follows in 2017, Believer, Money and Hit-and-Run Squad in 2018, and The Battle: Roar to Victory in 2019. The 2022 entries are both parts of Alienoid, where he plays the magic-wielding Muruk, The Night Owl, where he plays Gyeong-su, and A Side of a Relationship, where he plays Jae-hyeon. On Netflix he has appeared in The 8 Show and Revelations.

Awards

Cine21 records the male lead acting award in the film section of the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards for The Night Owl and the male newcomer acting award in the television section of the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards for Reply 1988, and lists a nomination for best new actor at the 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards for A Taxi Driver.

2026

He plays Moon-jae in Netflix’s Mousetrap, released on 28 August 2026. Moon-jae is a reclusive novelist who writes under a pen name and who has to prove he is the real one after a figure calling himself “The Rat” takes his name, his face and his money; he pursues that figure alongside Noja, the loan shark played by Sul Kyung-gu.

Moon-jae’s story reached the top of Netflix’s non-English TV list in its second week, 31 August to 6 September, with 4.4 million views by Netflix’s weekly figures. The three weeks are set out on the Mousetrap page.