Actor and ZE:A Member Park Hyung Sik Profile, Drama, Facts, and TMI

Park Hyung Sik Profile

Birth Name: 박형식 (Park Hyung Sik)
Stage Name: Park Hyung Sik
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1991.11.16
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac: Sheep
Height: 183 cm (6’00)
Weight: 72 kg (158.7 lbs)
Blood Type: AB
Agency: United Artists Agency
Personal Social Media: Instagram, Fancafe

Park Hyung Sik Facts & TMI

Park Hyung Sik was born and grew up in Yongin.
His family consists of mother, father, and elder brother Park Min Sik (born 1989).
He is Buddhist.
His grandmother and mother attend Buddhist temple. The monk at the temple suggested the name Park Hyung Sik for him.
He debuted in 2010 as the main vocalist and maknae of 9 member boy group ZE:A.
He has a lot of aegyo.
Before joining Star Empire Entertainment and debut with ZE:A, he received casting offers from SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment.
He is famous for having a puppy-like appearance.
After debuting as a singer, he began interested in acting.
He made his debut as a musical actor in 2011 in ‘Temptation of Wolf’.
In 2013, he gained mainstream popularity as “baby soldier” in the variety show ‘Real Man’.
His popularity in the show landed him a role in the drama ‘The Heirs’ in 2013.
Prior to his official debut with ZE:A he has starred in JewelryS’ music video for ‘Date’. He also shot a school uniform advertisement.
He prefers singing ballads over dance songs.
According to groupmate Hwang Kwanghee, Hyung Sik came from a wealthy family.
Park Hyung Sik’s father was a managing director at BMW Korea, while his mother was a piano tutor.
He also walked the runway at Prêt-à-Porter 2013 Busan S/S Collection.
His acting keeps getting better and he started achieving acknowledgment for his acting in popular dramas such as ‘What Happens to My Family’, ‘High Society’, and ‘Strong Woman Do Bong Soon’.
In particular, Park Hyung Sik’s drama ‘What Happens to My Family’ recorded 43.3% viewership rating.
Park Hyung Sik got his first lead role in the drama ‘High Society’ in 2015.
He is a distant cousin to FIN.K.L’s Ok Joo Hyun.
Park Hyung Sik’s drama ‘Strong Woman Do Bong Soon’ recorded the highest rating for JTBC during its airing. The popularity of the drama overseas solidifies Park Hyung Sik’s position as one of the most promising Hallyu actors.
He enlisted in the military as an active-duty soldier from June 10th, 2019 to January 4th, 2021.
Park Hyung Sik was nominated for the Best New Actor Awards for his acting in ‘Juror 8’ at Blue Dragon Awards 2019 and Baeksang Arts Awards 2020.
Coincided with his birthday and day off from the army, he visited Blue Dragon Award 2019 award ceremony in army attire.
His motto is ‘Let’s live while loving each other’.
He is good at expressing affection.
Park Hyung Sik explained, at first, he wanted to use a stage name, however his mother suggested Hyung Sik to debut with his birth name.
Fans who met him in person described him to have great body proportion just like Ken from Barbie.
His hobby is scuba diving, it is said that he possesses an open water diver certificate.
He is a homebody.
He is also good at horse riding and kendo.
Park Hyung Sik joined his current agency United Artists Agency in 2017.
He maintains good relationships with fellow ZE:A members, especially Im Siwan. The two claimed to be each other’s soulmates.
After acting together in the drama ‘Hwarang’ he became close to Park Seo Joon and BTS’ V. Park Seo Joon also introduced him to his best friends Choi Woo Sik and singer Peakboy.
He is a fan of ballad singer Park Hyo Shin.
He is good at impersonating Kwanghee’s voice.
Park Hyung Sik shared that he inherited his tall height from his parents. He said that his mother is over 170 cm.
He belongs to Miryang Park clan.
He graduated from the Department of Global Management, Digital Seoul Culture Arts University.
His shoe size is 270 mm.
Among his nicknames are Buddhist Oppa, Hyungsiki, Big Puppy, DaengDaeng-i, Long Cheese Stick, Food Hyung Sik, Mellow Eyes, etc.

Movie

‘Ronin Pop’ as Kin (2011)
‘Justin and the Knights of Valour’ as Justin (2013/ Korean dub, voice only)
‘Trolls’ as Branch (2017/ Korean dub, voice only)
‘Two Lights: Relúmĭno’ as In Soo (2017/ Short film)
‘Juror 8’ as Kwon Nam Woo (2019)

TV Series

‘Prosecutor Princess’ as Club man (SBS/ 2010/ Cameo, episode 2)
‘All About Marriage’ as Trainee (KBS2/ 2010/ Cameo, episode 18)
‘Gloria’ as Trainee (MBC/ 2010/ Cameo, episode 11 & 14)
‘I Remember You’ as Tae Sung (SBS/ 2012/ Drama special)
‘Dummy Mommy’ as Oh Soo Hyun (SBS/ 2012)
‘My Husband Got a Family’ as Popular idol group member (KBS2/ 2012/ Cameo, Episode 39)
‘Sirius Young Do Eun Chang’ as Do Shin Woo (KBS2/ 2013/ Drama special)
‘Nine’ as Young Park Sun Woo (tvN/ 2013)
‘The Heirs’ as Jo Myung Soo (SBS/ 2013)
‘What’s With This Family’ as Cha Dal Bong (KBS2/ 2013)
‘Persevere, Goo Hae Ra’ as Student Cha Dal Bong (Mnet/ 2015/ Cameo, episode 1)
‘High Society’ as Yoo Chang Soo (SBS/ 2015)
‘She Was Pretty’ as Himself (MBC/ 2015/ Cameo, episode 9)
‘Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth’ as Kim Ji Dwi/ Sam Maek Jong/ King Jinheung (KBS2/ 2016–2017)
‘Strong Girl Bong Soon’ as Ahn Min Hyuk (JTBC/ 2017)
‘Suits’ as Go Yeon Woo (KBS2/ 2018)
‘Happiness’ as Jung Yi Hyun (tvN/ 2021)

Musical

‘Temptation of Wolf’ as Ban Hae Won (2011)
‘Gwanghwamun Love Song’ as Jiyong (2013)
‘The Three Musketeers’ as d’Artagnan (2013 & 2016)
‘Bonnie & Clyde’ as Clyde (2013-2014)
‘Elisabeth’ as Death (2018)

Variety Show

‘The Romantic & Idol’ (tvN/ 2012)
‘Baek Ji Yeon’s People Inside’ (tvN/ 2013/ Guest, episode 320)
‘Taxi’ (tvN/ 2013/ Guest, episode 304)
‘Incarnation’ (SBS/ 2013/ Guest, episode 22)
‘Three Wheels’ (MBC/ 2013/ Guest, episode 217)
‘Story Show Hwasubun’ (MBC/ 2013/ Guest, episode 1~4)
‘Radio Star’ (MBC/ 2013/ Guest, episode 345)
‘2013 Gayo Daejejeon’ (MBC/ 2013/ Host)
‘1 vs 100’ (KBS2/ 2014/ Guest, episode 330)
‘Happy Together Season 3’ (KBS2/ 2014/ Guest, episode 313, 365)
‘Infinite Challenge’ (MBC/ 2014/ Guest, episode 372)
‘4 Things Show’ (Mnet/ 2014/ Guest, episode 5)
‘2014 MBC Entertainment Awards’ (MBC/ 2014/ Host)
‘Running Man’ (SBS/ 2015/ Guest, episode 368)
‘Healing Camp’ (SBS/ 2015/ Guest, episode 196)
‘Law of the Jungle in Indochina’ (SBS/ 2015/ Guest, episode 158~162)
‘The Racer’ (SBS/ 2015/ Participant, eliminated in episode 3)
‘Three Meals A Day: Fishing Village’ (tvN/ 2015/ Guest, episode 1~3)
‘Celebrity Bromance’ (MbigTV/ 2016/ with Ryeowook of Super Junior)
‘The Return of Superman’ (KBS2/ 2016/ Guest, episode 589~590)
‘1 Night 2 Days Season 3’ (KBS2/ 2016/ Guest, episode 475~476)

MV

‘Date’ by Jewelry S (2009)
‘Hot & Cold’ by Jewelry (2013)
‘Someday’ by V.O.S (2015)
‘GYOPO HAIRSTYLE’ by Peakboy (2021)

Discography

‘You’re my love’ (2016/ High Society OST)
‘I’ll Be Here’ (2017/ Hwarang OST)
‘Because It’s You’ (2018/ Strong Woman Do Bong Soon OST)
‘Two Lights’ (2017/ Two Lights: Relúmĭno OST)