Yoo Byung-jae

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

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoo.
Yoo Byung-jae
Born (1988-05-06) May 6, 1988
Hongseong County, South Korea
OccupationTelevision personality,
actor, screenwriter
Years active2011-present
AgentSand Box Network, YG Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Byeong-jae
McCune–ReischauerYu Pyŏngjae

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.[1] He also appeared in the variety shows Yoo Se-yoon's Art Video and First Day of Work.[2][3] 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).[4][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]

Yoo's comedy special Too Much Information was released on Netflix on March 16, 2018,[10] with a second, titled Discomfort Zone, released on August 17, 2018.

On May 21, 2019 it was announced that he left YG entertainment,[11] it was later announced that he signed an exclusive contract with Sandbox.[12]

Filmography

Variety show
Year Title Network Notes
2012Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 3tvNWriter
Yoo Se-yoon's Art VideoMnet
2013Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 4tvNCast member
2014Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 5
First Day of Work
2015Saturday Night Live Korea - Season 6
Chuseok Special: Visible Radio YeowoosaiKBS2
2016 Flower CrewSBS
2018Creaking HeroesMBC
YG Future Strategy OfficeNetflix
Great Escape – Season 1tvN
2018 – presentOmniscient Interfering ViewMBC
2019 Hollywood BreakfasttvNManager
Those Who Cross the Line – Season 2MBC Cast member
Great Escape – Season 2tvN
2019 – present Those Who Cross the Line – Season 3MBC
2020 Great Escape – Season 3tvN
Delicious RendezvousSBSEpisode 36 - present

Television drama
Year Title Role Network Notes
2015The Superman AgeYoo Byung-jaetvNAlso credited as screenwriter

Stand-up comedy - comedy specials
Year Title Role Network Notes
March 2018Too Much InformationYoo Byung-jaeNetflixActor, writer and director
August 2018Discomfort ZoneYoo Byung-jaeNetflixActor, writer and director

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

Discography

Yoo released the single My Girlfriend.. on November 18, 2011, under the label Nameless Music/Sixteen Media.[13] On November 18, he was featured on YG Entertainment labelmate Mino's first album XX on the track "Hope" (소원이지; sowoniji).

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 10th SBS Entertainment Awards Rookie Award, Male Flower Crew Won [14]
2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Variety Performer – Male Creaking Heroes Nominated [15]
18th MBC Entertainment Awards Excellence Award, Variety Category (Male) Omniscient Interfering View
Those Who Cross the Line		 Nominated [16]
Best Entertainer Award (Variety) Won
2019 55th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Variety Performer – Male Omniscient Interfering View Nominated [17]
19th MBC Entertainment Awards Excellence Award, Variety Category (Male) Those Who Cross the Line Won [18]

References
  1. "Writer-cum-Entertainer Yoo Byung Jae Joined YG! Welcome to YG!!". YG Family. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  2. Ha, Soo-jung (November 13, 2014). "VIXX's N, Freestyle's Mino and More Join First Day of Work". enewsWorld. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  3. Song, Ji-hyun (December 15, 2014). "Yoo Byung Jae Says He Wasn't Bothered by VIXX N's Comments on First Day of Work". enewsWorld. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  4. "Infinite Challenge names new member". The Korea Times. April 19, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  5. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2019/05/688_269235.html
  6. Ahn, Woo-rim (April 8, 2015). "Yoo Byung Jae Is Having Fun". BNTNews. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  7. "Comedy writer joins YG Entertainment". The Korea Times. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  8. "Broadcast Writer-Entertainer Yoo Byung Jae Joins YG Entertainment". enewsWorld. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  9. "Yoo Byung Jae shares his thoughts on joining YG Entertainment". Koreaboo. June 6, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  10. "NETFLIX REVEALS THE LAUNCH DATE OF THE NEW KOREAN ORIGINAL STAND-UP COMEDY SPECIAL". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  11. 이슈, 데일리 (May 21, 2019). "YG엔터테인먼트를 떠나는 유병재 | 보그 코리아 (Vogue Korea)". Vogue Korea (in Korean).
  12. "유병재가 YG '손절'하고 들어간 소속사". m.post.naver.com (in Korean).
  13. 유병재 - 니 여자친구. ManiaDB (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  14. Jung Joon-hwa (December 26, 2016). "[2016 SBS 연예대상] 신동엽. 26년 만의 대상.."하늘에 계신 母의 선물" (종합)". OSEN (in Korean). Chosun. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  15. "제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개". JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018.
  16. "[MBC연예대상] 대상 이영자, 송성호와 뜨거운 포옹 '역대 최초 女 2관왕'". 부산일보 (in Korean). December 30, 2018. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  17. Yoo, Chung-hee (April 4, 2019). "김서형·염정아·김혜자 등 '백상예술대상' TV부문 최종 후보 공개". Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  18. "박나래, 첫 대상에 눈물 "받고 싶었다"…'나혼자산다' 8관왕 [MBC 연예대상](종합)". 네이트뉴스 (in Korean). December 30, 2019. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.


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