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🌻 Park Bo Gum

2011–2013: Beginnings

Park debuted as an actor under Sidus HQ, playing a supporting role in the thriller film Blind (2011). He then joined Blossom Entertainmentand featured in the action-comedy film Runway Cop(2012), one-off KBS drama special Still Picture (2012) and the period drama Bridal Mask(2012). In 2013, he landed his first major role in the weekend drama Wonderful Mama playing the playboy son of Bae Jong-ok's character.

2014–2015: Rising popularity and breakthrough

In 2014, Park played the teenage version of Lee Seo-jin's character in the melodrama Wonderful Daysand played a prodigy cellist in the KBS2'S Cantabile Tomorrow, an adaptation of the Japanese manga Nodame Cantabile. The roles earned Park "Best New Actor" nominations in both the KBS Drama Awards and APAN Star Awards.

At a fan-signing event for Reply 1988, February 2016

He next featured in box-office hits A Hard Day (2014) which also screened at Cannes Film Festival and The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) which became the highest grossing Korean film of all time.

In May 2015, Park joinedMusic Bank as a co-host alongside Red Velvet's Irene. They both gained attention for their chemistry as well as singing and hosting skills.The press called them one of the best partnerships in the show's 18-year history and Park was awarded the "Best Newcomer Award" at the KBS Entertainment Awards.

A departure from his previous roles and public image, Park gained rave reviews from audience and critics with his scene-stealing role in crime drama Hello Monster (2015). The portrayal won him the "Popularity" and "Best Supporting Actor" awards at the year-end KBS Drama Awards. The same year, he featured in Coin Locker Girlwhich screened at Cannes Film Festival. The role earned him a nomination for "Best New Actor in Film" at theBaeksang Arts Awards and won him a "Rising Star Award" at the 11th MaxMovie Awards.

He then starred as one of the leads in the third installment of the Reply series where he played the genius Go-player Choi Taek in Reply 1988(2015). The show was a hit with audience ratings peaking at 18.8% making it the highest rated Korean drama in cable television history, and earned Park the nickname "Nation's Little Brother". The role catapulted him to fame in Korea and made him known as an emerging Korean Wavestar, with the Top Chinese Music Awards presenting him with "Best International Artist Award", the American-basedDramaFever Awards giving him the "Best Rising Star Award" and tvN10 awarding him "Asia Star Award".

2016–present: Mainstream success

At the press conference of Love in the Moonlight, August 2016

In February 2016, Park featured in tvN's travel program Youth Over Flowers: Africa. He also guested in 2 Days & 1 Night where his appearance recorded a 19.9% audience share– the show's highest rating in two years.After more than a year asMusic Bank host, he left the show in June 2016.

In August 2016, he starred in KBS2's historical drama Love in the Moonlight alongside Kim Yoo-jung. A domestic and international hit, Moonlightachieved peak audience rating of 23.3%. Its popularity was called "Moonlight Syndrome", and solidified Park's status as a versatile leading actor. He won several accolades for the role including Top Excellence at the 30th KBS Drama Awards. Park also released his first soundtrack for Moonlight's OST entitled "My Person" which toppedMelon, Mnet, Bugs, olleh,Soribada, Genie, Naver andMonkey3 charts upon its release and debuted at #3 onGaon Music Chart.

He embarked on his first Asia-wide fan meeting tour in the tail-end of 2016, visiting eight cities and meeting more than 30,000 fans in the continent'sEast and Southeast regions until March 2017.