Yoo Byung-jae

This is a Korean name; the family name is Yoo.
Yoo Byung-jae
Born (1988-05-06) May 6, 1988
Hongseong County, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Occupation Television personality,
actor, screenwriter
Years active 2011-present
Agent YG Entertainment
Religion Christianity[1]
Korean name
Hangul 유병재
Hanja 柳炳宰
Revised Romanization Yu Byeong-jae
McCune–Reischauer Yu Pyŏngjae

Yoo Byung-jae (born May 6, 1988) is a South Korean television personality, actor and screenwriter.

Yoo rose to fame in 2012 when he became a writer on the third season of live sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live Korea. He then joined the cast of the succeeding seasons of SNL Korea, notably playing a star's overworked manager in the sketch Extreme Job.[2] He also appeared in the variety shows Yoo Se-yoon's Art Video and First Day of Work.[3][4] Yoo's increasing popularity led to Infinite Challenge's "Sixth Man" project, where he was one of eight celebrities who competed to become the reality show's new regular cast member (Yoo lost to singer Hwang Kwanghee).[5]

In 2015, Yoo made his first foray into scripted television when he wrote and starred in The Superman Age, a seven-episode fantasy-comedy series about three single, unemployed "losers" whose virginity at age 25 enables them to acquire superpowers.[6][7] Later that year, he became the first comedian to sign with top agency YG Entertainment, who called Yoo "not just a talented actor with an outstanding comical wit, but also an asset to the company as a writer who brings creative content."[7][8][9]

Filmography

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2012 Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 3 tvN Writer
Yoo Se-yoon's Art Video Mnet
2013 Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 4 tvN Cast member
2014 Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 5 tvN Cast member
First Day of Work tvN Cast member
Radio Star MBC Guest, episode 404[10]
2015 Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 6 tvN Cast member
Infinite Challenge MBC Guest, episodes 419-423
Running Man SBS Guest, episode 243[11]
You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS2 Guest, episode 274
2016 Running Man SBS Guest, episode 312
Flower Crew SBS himself

Television drama

Year Title Role Network Notes
2015 The Superman Age Yoo Byung-jae tvN Also credited as screenwriter

Music video

Year Song Title Artist
2015 쩔어 (ZUTTER) GD&TOP

Discography

Yoo released the single My Girlfriend.. on November 18, 2011 under the label Nameless Music/Sixteen Media.[12]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Writer-cum-Entertainer Yoo Byung Jae Joined YG! Welcome to YG!!". YG Family. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  3. ↑ Ha, Soo-jung (13 November 2014). "VIXX's N, Freestyle's Mino and More Join First Day of Work". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  4. ↑ Song, Ji-hyun (15 December 2014). "Yoo Byung Jae Says He Wasn't Bothered by VIXX N's Comments on First Day of Work". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  5. ↑ "Infinite Challenge names new member". The Korea Times. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  6. ↑ Ahn, Woo-rim (8 April 2015). "Yoo Byung Jae Is Having Fun". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
  7. 1 2 "Comedy writer joins YG Entertainment". The Korea Times. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  8. ↑ "Broadcast Writer-Entertainer Yoo Byung Jae Joins YG Entertainment". enewsWorld. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  9. ↑ "Yoo Byung Jae shares his thoughts on joining YG Entertainment". Koreaboo. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  10. ↑ Jeong, Jee-won (27 November 2014). "Kangnam, Hyeri, Yoo Byung Jae, and Choi Tae Joon to Appear on Radio Star". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  11. ↑ "Everyone Wants Yoo Byung Jae on Their Team For Running Man". Soompi. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  12. ↑ 유병재 - 니 여자친구. ManiaDB (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-06-12.


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