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8 K-Pop Idols Who Are More Famous as Actors Among Non-K-Popers, Including Park Hyung Sik ZE:A - Cha Eunwoo ASTRO!

8 K-Pop Idols Who Are More Famous as Actors Among Non-K-Popers, Including Park Hyung Sik ZE:A - Cha Eunwoo ASTRO!

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8 K-Pop Idols Who Are More Famous as Actors Among Non-K-Popers, Including Park Hyung Sik ZE:A - Cha Eunwoo ASTRO!

Written by Fadya Jasmin

 Korean dramas and films have become one of the works of the Korean entertainment industry that is quite popular among almost everyone around the world. Korean dramas are even watched and liked by people of all ages, from young to old. Gaining extraordinary interest and enthusiasm, this performing arts industry has become one of the industries that is highly sought after by Korean artists, including K-Pop idols. There are a series of K-Pop idols who started their careers as actors by starring in dramas. Having very impressive acting talent, it turns out that these K-Pop idols are more known as actors rather than K-Pop idols by non K-Popers, you know! From Park Hyung Sik of ZE:A to Cha Eunwoo of ASTRO, here are 10 famous male K-Pop idols who are known as actors!

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An idol with exceptional visuals, namely Cha Eun Woo, is known as an actor who has starred in a series of popular Korean dramas, one of them being TRUE BEAUTY. Often appearing in various drama titles, Cha Eun Woo is more known as an actor, even though he is also a K-Pop idol who is a member of the boy group ASTRO!

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Star of the drama EXTRAORDINARY YOU, Rowoon often surprises non-K-Pop fans with the fact that he is an idol. With his excellent acting skills, he has starred in various genres of Korean dramas. However, not only active as an actor, Rowoon is also active as a member of the boy group SF9. Wanting to focus on acting, Rowoon announced this year that he is leaving the group SF9.

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Im Siwan is known as one of the actors who has starred in Korean drama and film titles, such as the film UNLOCKED. It is known that Siwan made his debut as an actor in 2012. However, before gaining success as an actor, Siwan first started his career as a K-Pop idol and joined the group ZE:A.

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Known for his handsome and funny personality, Sungjae has pursued a career as an actor by taking on various roles in Korean dramas, one of them being the drama MYSTIC POP-UP BAR. Not only successful as an actor, Sungjae has also had a successful career as a K-Pop idol from the third generation boy group BTOB.

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Actor born in 1999, namely Park Ji Hoon is known as a young actor who has successfully starred in various genres of Korean dramas, one of the popular dramas he starred in is WEAK HERO CLASS 1. Multitalented, Ji Hoon not only has a career as an actor, he also has a career as an idol and has debuted with the boy group Wanna One. Currently, Ji Hoon is focused on his career as a soloist as well as an actor.

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Star of the drama STRONG WOMAN DO BONG SOON, Park Hyung Sik has become known as one of the popular Korean actors. Having a brilliant career, Korean drama fans know him as an actor, but it turns out Park Hyung Sik started his career in the entertainment world as a K-Pop idol and debuted with the gen 2 boy group ZE:A.

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Having a handsome face, Jinyoung also has a very good acting talent. He has proven his acting talent by taking roles in a series of Korean dramas, one of them being YUMI’S CELLS. Not only talented in acting, Jinyoung is also talented in singing! He has been starting his career as a K-Pop idol with his group GOT7 under JYP Entertainment.

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The next young actor who successfully pursued a career in acting is Choi Bo Min. This actor, born in 2000, made his acting debut in 2019. Bo Min also took roles in several Korean dramas. More known as an actor, Bo Min is actually a K-Pop idol, he is a member of the boy group Golden Child, which debuted in 2017.

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Rowoon's group mate, Chani, also started his career as an actor by appearing in a series of Korean dramas, one of them being SKY CASTLE. His name as an actor is well recognized by K-drama fans, but there are people who do not know that Chani is an idol. In 2016, Chani officially debuted as one of the members of the boy group SF9 along with Rowoon.

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One of the actors born in 1997, Lee Jun Young became the next K-Pop idol whose name is more known as an actor. It is known that Jun made his debut as an actor in 2017 with the drama AVENGERS SOCIAL CLUB. His career as an actor made him known by K-drama fans, but before focusing as an actor, Jun used to be a member of the second generation boy group U-KISS in 2014.

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