Byeon Woo-seok is a South Korean model and actor who has received numerous accolades including APAN Star Awards, Asia Artist Awards, Melon Music Awards, MAMA Awards, as well as nominations for Baeksang Arts Awards, a Buil Film Awards, and a Grand Bell Awards. For Byeon's role as the rebellious crown prince in Moonshine, he won the KBS Drama Awards for Best New actor. Byeon had his breakthrough in 2024 for playing the role as idol-actor Ryu Sun-jae, in the time slip, romantic comedy, television series Lovely Runner, which earned him nominations at the Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards for Best newcomer, Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor and Korea Drama Awards for the Grand Prize (Daesang). Byeon also won the Asia Artist Awards for Grand Prize (Daesang). For Byeon's debut on the big screen in the Netflix film 20th Century Girl (2022), and his role as Ham Jin-woo in the South Korean romantic drama film Soulmate, he was nominated for the Best New Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards, the Buil Film Awards, and the Grand Bell Awards.
Byeon having sung the original soundtrack (OST) for the drama Lovely Runner which charted on the Billboard Global 200. The soundtrack earned him Best OST at the Melon Music Awards and APAN Star Awards, as well as MAMA Awards for Favourite Global Trending Music.
Awards and nominations
+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result APAN Star Awards 2024 Best Couple Byeon Woo-seok Best OST Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" Hallyu Star Award Lovely Runner Popularity Award – Male Actor Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Asia Artist Awards 2024 Asia Celebrity Award – Television Byeon Woo-seok Best Actor of the Year (Daesang) Best Artist Award – Television / Film Best Couple Award Byeon Woo-seok Best OST Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" Popularity Award – Actor Byeon Woo-seok Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards 2024 People's Choice Award – Male Lovely Runner Best Newcomer Actor Asia Model Festival K-Model Awards 2016 Fashion Model Award Byeon Woo-seok Asia Star Entertainer Awards 2025 Best Artist (Actor) Fan Choice Artist (Actor) Best OST Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" Fan Choice (Character) Byeon Woo-seok Fan Choice (Couple) Byeon Woo-seok Asian Television Awards 2024 Best Theme Song Lovely Runner Baeksang Arts Awards 2023 Best New Actor – Film 20th Century Girl 2025 Most Popular Actor Byeon Woo-seok Best Actor – Television Lovely Runner Blue Dragon Ranking Awards 2024 Best Actor Lovely Runner Blue Dragon Series Awards 2026 Popular Star Award Jae-seok's B&B Rules! Brand of the Year Awards 2024 Actor – Hot Trend Byeon Woo-seok 2025 Best Actor (Indonesia) Buil Film Awards 2023 Best New Actor 20th Century Girl Fundex Awards 2024 Best Actor – TV Drama Lovely Runner Grand Prize of Player (Daesang) Grand Bell Awards 2023 Best New Actor Soulmate KBS Drama Awards 2022 Best New Actor Moonshine Popularity Award – Actor Korea Drama Awards 2024 Hot Star Award (Male) Lovely Runner Best Couple Byeon Woo-seok Best OST Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" Global Star Lovely Runner Grand Prize (Daesang) 2025 Global Star Byeon Woo-seok Hot Star Award (Male) MAMA Awards 2024 Favourite Global Trending Music Byeon Woo-seok Best OST Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" Song of the Year Melon Music Awards 2024 Best OST Top 10 Artist Eclipse Seoul Global Movie Awards 2024 Popularity Award – Actor Lovely Runner Seoul International Drama Awards 2024 Outstanding Asian Star: Korea Popularity Award – Male
Other accolades State honors + Name of country or organization, year given, and name of honor Country or organization Award ceremony Year Honor or award South Korea Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards 2025 Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Commendation
Listicles + Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement Publisher Year Listicle Placement Cine21 2021 New Actors that will lead Korean Video Content Industry in 2022 2024 Actor with Impressive Performance in 2024 New Actor of 2025 Actor to watch out for in 2025 Most Influential Actors (Series) Forbes 2025 Korea Power Celebrity 2026 17th Gallup Korea 2024 Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year 2025 2024 Best Actor of 2024 Best Rising Star of 2024 Star News Korea2024 Most Anticipated Next Generation Actor Best Television Couple of the Past Decade Sisa Journal 2024 100 Next Generation Leader
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