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2020 was rich in dramas and a lot of new actors and acting-dols are appearing or/and rising in the drama scene. There were several golden discoveries this year.
With this editor's pick, we will put the light on the new actors or rising actors you need to know about.
This is not an article about popular actors and acting-dols but on the newly popular, rising, and rookies actors with potentials! So actors such as Lee MinHo or GOT7's JinYoung are not mentioned. Dramas starting this December 2020 are not included.
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Rookies and rising actors in 2020
. Actors (relatively) new to lead roles
This year we saw new actors taking lead roles (not exactly their first lead but almost). The rising actors Lee DoHyun, Byeon WooSeok, Kim DongHee, and Lee JaeWook managed their lead roles perfectly in respectively "18 Again", "Record of Youth", "Extracurricular", and "Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol". Kim DongHee was also noticed for his acting in "Itaewon Class".
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Bae InHyuk with "XX" and Ahn BoHyun with "Itaewon Class" gained a lot of popularity early this year. So in the second half, Bae InHyuk was cast in the web drama "Kiss Goblin" and Ahn BoHyun got one of the lead roles in "Kairos".
Bae InHyuk's Instagram / JTBC
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. Rising actors
This year, the three newly rising actors that promise to have a bright future are Kim DoWan, Ki DoHoon, and RyeoUn. The three of them have high potential.
Kim DoWan has already caught our attention with "At Eighteen" and with "Start-Up" he continued to show that he is a good actor who can
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