essential information
Early experience
Born on February 13, 1980, he is quiet and introverted. He is the eldest son of two men. The Chinese character meaning of his name is "widely spread in the world". Jiuyi primary school, Guangchang middle school, Dayuan high school, when serving in the US Army in Longshan in 1999, they were subordinate to the air force honor guard and graduated from the Department of food and life engineering of Koryo University.
When he was in college, he worked as a model because of Andre King's suggestion, and then formally entered the performing arts circle under the proposal of HM agency. However, due to the fact that the Department of study is located in Shizong campus, the one-way commuting time is one and a half hours, and the distance between the school and work is too far, so it is difficult to balance work and study. In 2007, during the busy film shooting period, he chose to suspend school.
Acting experience
In June 2003, he acted in KBS "mother rushes forward". This is Li Shangyu's first appearance in a TV play.
In November 2004, he acted in the 39th episode of MBC "boys and girls moving forward".
In January 2005, he played in three episodes of KBS's Diary of the old maid.
In February 2005, she starred in KBS's dramacity unit play "no one loves me.". He played the leading actor "Zhao Chengzhu" and made his debut.
In March 2005, starred in KBS 18, 29. He plays "Jiang Fengkui" who is simple and kind but has hearing impairment. For this reason, Li Shangyu specially studied sign language.
In November 2005, starred in KBS "can love get an electric shock again?". He plays "Li Shangyu", who meets the heroine abroad and returns home to take over the western restaurant.
In March 2006, he acted in the love comedy youth comics. As the heroine's boyfriend, "Wen Yingxun", finally chose to give up for love. The film is Li Shangyu's first film. In cooperation with Quan Xiangyou, the two show strong physique.
In July 2006, he starred in the award-winning love inspirational film "cry for my youth" at the "Locarno International Film Festival". He plays the role of "Jinyou", a telephone repairman who is facing the trouble and depression of youth. Through these two films, Li Shangyu has become well-known in Japan, and has held many fan meetings in Japan in recent years.
In July 2007, he appeared in MBC's "two out of nine innings". Cooperate with xiuai, play his classmate and his first love "Li junmu".
In January 2008, starred in SBS "the club of dross wives". He plays the minister "Yu Shijun", who has a prominent family background but is deeply hurt by his mother's suicide. He is handsome, promising, but arrogant and indifferent, until he meets and falls in love with the heroine played by Wu Xianqing. The play once had a high audience rating of 42% in South Korea. Li Shangyu also became popular because of the role of "Yu Shijun". He appeared as "savior" in the play, and his performance without regret was widely loved by women audiences. Therefore, he was honored as "aunt killer" and won the SBS Performance Award for his role.
In June 2008, she starred in the movie "black hearted mother and daughter". The character "Jun" is an innocent young man who seems to come from a different dimensional world and is like an angel. Li Shangyu's simple and frank character and natural and fresh acting skills make the character's purity and truth more obvious, revealing his true feelings and touching, which is described as "lovely and unexpected" by Korean media.
In January 2009, he starred in KBS the way home. Liu Xianxiu, a documentary director full of enthusiasm for his work, reunites with his first love after many years. This time, he just wants to protect the heroine played by Zhang Shenying and love bravely.
In October 2009, starred in SBS "don't hesitate.". Han Taiyu, who plays the successor of the enterprise, is an expert in West Point who pursues the perfection of his own profession. He and the heroine, played by Li Tailin, get to know and cherish each other because of their work disputes, and finally fall in love. He is also known by the audience as "the most affectionate man in the Korean drama world" because of his touching role. Li Shangyu, who is very popular in Taiwan because of "chaff", was invited to visit Taiwan in May 2010 to promote "farewell" drama. During that time, he showed his love and participated in a number of public welfare activities.
In November 2009, he starred in the film the elephant on the top floor. Playing the financial expert "Zhen He", he meets his adult wife's first love again and then rekindles the love fire, thus falling into a crazy and dangerous extramarital affair. The film shows the danger and stimulation of men who want to get rid of the shackles of desire but are always tied up. Li Shangyu also gets rid of the past image of a lovely boy and exudes the sexy charm of men. In addition, the film's unique image and perceptual style has been recognized and invited by film festivals all over the world.
In March 2010, starred in SBS "life is beautiful". Jin Jingxiu is a photographer who, after marriage due to common customs, bravely abandons established social norms and pursues his own life. This time, Li Shangyu's self challenge performance of gay role portrays the sunny and cheerful characters with lonely and depressive inner character in detail. He and song Changyi express the pain and helplessness of same-sex love and cherish each other in a sincere and touching way. Although the positive depiction of homosexual love in the play has aroused controversy and criticism, it has been deeply echoed by the audience.
In January 2011, he starred in KBS believe in love. Han Shengyu, who plays the director of the art gallery, is the son of a plutocrat who pretends to be natural and unrestrained but full of pain in his heart. When he meets the heroine in a foreign country, he is deeply attracted by her, but because of her married status, he falls into a fruitless bitter love.
In October 2011, starred in SBS "thousand day agreement". Once again, she cooperates with xiuai and plays her cousin "Zhang Zai Min", which is a very important bridge and spiritual pillar between the male and female protagonists. Li Shangyu showed his reliable and reliable warm man image with his delicate and warm acting skills, so he got the nickname of "national brother" and became the ideal partner in women's mind. In addition, it shows fluent English ability in the play and becomes the topic.
In February 2012, he starred in MBC's Supper of the gods. Jin Daoyun, who works hard to become a world-class chef in order to revenge his mother for her brother's death due to negligence, is proud, cold and indifferent to the surroundings. However, after meeting the heroine played by Cheng Yuli, he turns into a man who just wants to guard behind her in silence, help her in his own way and care for her true love. Li Shangyu's delicate and profound interpretation of the contradiction between the characters' love and hate for their mothers and their unrepentant love for their hearts has attracted great attention from the audience. He also won the MBC Performance Award for his role of "Jin Daoyun". The highest audience rating of the ceremony was 18.7%, which was the moment when Li Shangyu was announced as the winner.
In October 2012, he played MBC "horse doctor". Li shengxia, a senior high school scholar who plays the role of the doctor's supervisor, is a scholar and handsome. He has deep love for the childhood sweetheart played by Li YaoYuan. Knowing that he will be hurt, he still sticks to justice and finally goes away alone. This is Li Shangyu's first challenge to the costume drama. He integrates his rational, elegant and gentle personality into the characters in the drama, and perfectly presents the role of Korean aristocracy in front of the audience.
In November 2012, she played in Jin Xiuxian's work no worries for children written by jtbc. Li Shangyu, who plays the heroine's ex boyfriend "he Renzhe", is praised by the audience for his tearful performance.
In June 2013, she starred in SBS the goddess of marriage. Jin Xianyu, a modest, promising and stubborn architect, sticks to the principles in his work, does not flatter the world, and pays more attention to women's ideas than appearance. He is a man who hopes to have pure love. On the trip to Jeju Island, I don't know that the heroine played by Nan Xiangmei has an engagement, but the two unexpectedly and fatally love each other and start a love entanglement. With exquisite emotional changes, Li Shangyu deeply expressed his regret and nostalgia, helplessness and grief for the love he had missed. His acting skills touched people's hearts and made the female audience deeply immersed in the gentle charm he showed.
In December 2013, she starred in SBS a warm sentence. Jin Chengxiu, the young and promising head of the personnel department of the bank, is a man with fashionable appearance but rough temperament. A mistake leads to family conflicts. This performance also challenges Li Shangyu's acting skills. His performance style is more open-minded than before, but still calm. He is faced with the psychological turning point that his wife, played by Han Huizhen, also has an affair. In his mature acting skills, the crying appearance in the play also leaves a deep impression on the audience.
In January 2014, due to his friendship with his good friend Shen hengze, he played in TVN "let's eat together". In February, he guest starred in SBS unit play "a wonderful day in October".
In April 2014, he starred in SBS weekend drama "days in a good mood". He plays a four-dimensional pure love man "Xu Zaiyu", who is polite, honest and steady, has a sense of responsibility, and pays the first attention to the understanding of the marriage object. In cooperation with Park Shirong, the play was selected as the best family drama of the year by mydramalist website. In the play, Li Shangyu showed his acting skills different from the past. He successfully created a four dimensional charming man similar to his own image in a relaxed and humorous way, and melted the hearts of female audiences with his sweet and affectionate eye acting skills, thus winning the reputation of "the new generation of romantic eye emperor".
In June 2015, he starred in SBS "upper class society". Due to the excellent performance of "warmth", he was invited by the director to play "Zhang Jingjun", the honest and idealistic vice president of the group.
In August 2015, he starred in KBS weekend drama please, mom. Playing the role of architectural designer "Jiang Xun Zai" is a collection of spirits
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