Yoon Chan-young

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.

Yoon Chan-young (Korean: 윤찬영; born April 25, 2001) is a South Korean actor. He began his career as a child actor^[3] and gained wider recognition for his appearance as Lee Cheong-san in the Netflix series All of Us Are Dead (2022) and the web series called High School Return of a Gangster (2024).

Yoon Chan-young
Yoon in 2025
Born	(2001-04-25) April 25, 2001 (age 24) Seoul, South Korea[1]
Education	Hanyang University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present
Agent	Snowball Entertainment[2]
Korean name
Hangul	윤찬영
Hanja	尹燦榮
RR	Yun Chanyeong
MR	Yun Ch'anyŏng

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	The Legacy	Han Jung-do (young)
	Mourning Grave	Kang In-soo (young)
	Manhole	Soo-chul (young)
2017	My Son Is Puberty [ko]	Woo Han-chul
	Mothers	Jong-wook
2019	Birthday	Jung Soo-ho
	The Fault Is Not Yours	Joon-young / Ji-geun
2020	Light for the Youth [ko]	Yi-joon

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	When a Man Falls in Love	Lee Jae-hee (young)
	Monstar	Jung Sun-woo (young)
2014	Pluto Squad [ko]	Lee Woo-jin		[4]
	Gap-dong	Ryu Tae-oh (young)
	Mama	Han Geu-roo
2015	Splendid Politics	Hong Joo-won (young)
	Six Flying Dragons	Ddang-sae (young)		[5]
	Bubble Gum	Park Ri-hwan (young)		[6]
2016	Blow Breeze	Lee Jang-go (young)
	Dr. Romantic	Kang Dong-joo (young)
2017	The Bride of Habaek	Shin Hoo-ye (young)
	The King in Love	Wang Rin (young)
2018	Oh, the Mysterious	Kim Jong-sam (young)		[7]
	Still 17	Gong Woo-jin (young)		[8]
2019	Everything and Nothing [ko]	Go Min-jae
	Doctor John	Lee Ki-seok
2020	Nobody Knows	Joo Dong-myung
	Do You Like Brahms?	Seung Ji-min	cameo
2022–present	All of Us Are Dead	Lee Cheong-san	Season 1–2	[9][10]
2022	Hope or Dope	Gong Yoon-tak	Season 1–2	[11]
2023	Delivery Man	Seo Young-min		[12]
2024	High School Return of a Gangster	Song Yi-heon	Season 1	[13]
2025	Hyper Knife	Seo Young-joo		[14]

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
APAN Star Awards	2014	Best Young Actor	Mama	Won	[15]
	2022	Best New Actor	All of Us Are Dead	Won	[16]
Director's Cut Awards	2023	Best New Actor in Television		Nominated	[17]
MBC Drama Awards	2014	Best Young Actor	Mama	Won	[18]
	2016		Blow Breeze	Nominated	[19]
	2017		The King in Love	Nominated	[20]
SBS Drama Awards	2018	Best Young Actor	Still 17	Nominated	[21]
	2019		Everything and Nothing Doctor John	Won	[22]
Wildflower Film Awards	2019	Best New Actor	Mothers	Nominated	[23]

State honors

Name of country, year given, and name of honor

Country	Organization	Year	Honor Or Award	Ref.
South Korea	Newsis K-Expo Cultural Awards[note 1]	2022	Seoul Tourism Foundation CEO Award	[25]

Notes

1. Established in 2019 and co-sponsored by Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea Creative Content Agency, Seoul Metropolitan Council and the Seoul Tourism Organization, it awards cultural icons, businesses, and individuals who have contributed greatly to Hallyu, the Korean wave.^[24]