20 Korean Actors & Actresses to Keep an Eye on in 2026

I love seeing new faces on screen every year in Dramaland and 2025 offered us a new batch of promising rookies. Many of them starred in the sports drama The Winning Try for example and we were lucky to see these lovely new actors and actresses regularly in other projects last year. Some of them are even booked in 2026 (already!). Which actors/actresses are you eager to see in a new project? Who are you going to keep an eye on in 2026?

Jo Joon Young

Notable dramas in 2025: Dear M as Ban Yi Dam / Crushology 101 as Cha Ji Won / Spirit Fingers as Nam Gi Jeong

Park Yoon Ho

Notable dramas in 2025: Study Group as Lee Hyun Woo / Our Unwritten Seoul as young Lee Ho Su / Trigger as Park Gyu Jin / Pro Bono as young Kang Da Wit

Lee Sin Young

Notable dramas in 2025: Moon River as Prince Lee Woon

Cho Han Gyeol

Notable dramas in 2025: The Haunted Palace as Bi Bi / The Winning Try as Kang Tae Poong / My Youth as young Kim Seok Ju

Shin Su Hyun

Notable dramas in 2025: Study Group as Lee Ji Woo / Our Golden Days as Lee Su Bin / Cashero as Lee Su Eun

Nam Yun Ho

Notable dramas in 2025: Our Unwritten Seoul as Park Sang Yeong and Mi Rae/Mi Ji’s father

Im Sung Kyun

Notable dramas in 2025: ONE: High School Heroes as Kim Seung Joon / Love.exe as Ban Ji No

Jo Beom Gyu

Notable dramas in 2025: Love, Take Two as Lee Jae Dong

Seo Yi Seo

Notable dramas in 2025: Resident Playbook as Park Jun Suk / Our Movie as Kim Jung Woo

Jung Hoe Rin

Notable dramas in 2025: Love, Take Two as Kim So Yeon / Pro Bono as Kaya

Yoo Jung Hoo

Notable dramas in 2025: Who Is She as Park Joon / My Girlfriend is the Man as Kim Ji Hoon

Kim Dan

Notable dramas in 2025: The Winning Try as Mun Ung

Park Seo Ham

Notable drama in 2025: The Murky Stream as Jung Chun

Oh Woo Ri

Notable dramas in 2025: Friendly Rivalry as Choi Kyung / Way Back Love as Yoon Tae Kyung / Dear Hongrang as Bo Pool / S Line as Lee Kyung Jin / A Hundred Memories as Cha Ok Hee

Yoo Hyeon Soo

Notable dramas in 2025: The Divorce Insurance as Park Woong Sik / Heavenly Ever After as Mandu

Kwon Ju Seok

Notable dramas in 2025: Moon River as Oh Shin Won

Kwon Ji Woo

Notable dramas in 2025: Walking on Thin Ice as Choi Gyeong Do

Kim Eun Bi

Notable dramas in 2025: Our Movie as Yoo Hong

Gong Do Yu

Notable dramas in 2025: Study Group as Lee Joon

Lee Jin Woo

Notable drama in 2025: Namib as Shim Jin Woo