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Ryu Deok-hwan

Ryu Deok-hwan

Actor · Born June 12, 1987 (39) · Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Ryu Deok-hwan was born on 12 June 1987 in South Korea. He is an actor and director, known for Like a Virgin (2006), My Son (2007) and God's Quiz (2010).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
June 12, 1987 (39)
From
Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
14 on Motif · 36 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 9% in 30 days

What are Ryu Deok-hwan's films like?

Across their 10 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Morality
24%
Survival
21%
Self
12%
Power
8%
Society
7%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 5
Ally
2 of 5
Threshold guardian
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Melancholic
4
Hopeful
3
Warm
2
Joyful
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Hopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ryu Deok-hwan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 14 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ryu Deok-hwan's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

36 credits, 14 with a Motif page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Heavenly Ever After(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Pastor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Whenever Possible(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Long Time No Sex (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Gi-seok

  • Night Watch (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Writer · as Non-commissioned Officer

  • My Wife has Gained Weight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Writer

  • Nobody Knows(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · as Lee Sun-woo

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Fist & Furious(2019)

    as Guk-hyun

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Juror(2019)

    as Runaway Judge

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Special Labor Inspector, Mr. Jo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 32 episodes · as Woo Do-Ha

  • Default(2018)

    as Orange

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Ms. Hammurabi(2018)

    Show 16 episodes · as Jung Bo-wang

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Hide-and-Never Seek (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    as BJ Yagwang

  • The Last Ride (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    as Go-hwan

  • I've Got My Eye on You (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Park Hee-tae

  • You Call It Passion(2015)

    as Photographer Seo-jin

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Nobody's Daughter Haewon(2013)

    as Dongjoo

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Peach Tree (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)

    as Dong-hyun

  • The Great Doctor(2012)

    Show 24 episodes · as King Gongmin

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Link (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    as Lee Jae-Hyun

  • Head (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    as Hong-je

  • The Last Blossom (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    as Jung-soo

  • Earth Rep Rolling Stars (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    as Lucky (voice)

  • God's Quiz (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 62 episodes · as Han Jin-Woo

  • The Quiz Show Scandal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    as Oh Cheol-ju

  • Private Eye (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    as Jang Gwang-soo

  • U-Turn (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    as Hwan

  • U-Turn (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · as Hwan

  • Our Town (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    as Hyo-yi

  • My Son(2007)

    as Joon-suk

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Yobi, The Five-Tailed Fox (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    as Hwang Geum-ee (voice)

  • Like a Virgin(2006)

    as Oh Dong-ku

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Dongmakgol(2005)

    as Seo Taek-ki

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • My Little Bride(2004)

    as Dong-goo

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • My Beautiful Girl, Mari (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)

    as Nam-woo (voice)

  • Popopo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Countryside Chronicles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 2 episodes · as Lee Soon-gil

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 36 titles from 1980 to 2025; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

$32M worldwide

Highest rated

Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Ms. Hammurabi (2018)

Film career

19802025

Peak 2019 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 2 Motif titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2002Screen debut· My Beautiful Girl, Mari
  • 2002First top-billed film· My Beautiful Girl, Mari
  • 2020Career best· Nobody Knows

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting35 of 36: 34 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score78thDirecting2 of 36: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 36: 0 only writing, 2 with another role

By decade

1980s2 · acting2000s10 · acting2010s18 · acting2020s6 · 5 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 10% of 10 roles
0212

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Ryu Deok-hwan's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

You Call It Passion (2015)

73rd percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

Midcredits 94th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 18. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ryu Deok-hwan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ryu Deok-hwan's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jang Young-nam shares the most, 2.

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles