Two actors really impressed viewers this year with their breakthrough performances. Choi Jin Hyuk and Lee Da Hee attracted attention with their portrayals in popular dramas that immediately led to challenging new roles.

Choi Jin Hyuk, who began his career on the KBS talent reality show "Survival Star Audition," had a series of small roles in dramas such as "Pasta" and "Hometown Legends" before earning a bigger role in "It's Okay Daddy's Girl."

He starred in "I Need Romance" and "Ms Panda and the Hedgehog," but never became really popular until he played Wol Ryung the mythological creature known as a gumiho in "Gu Family Book."

He was a convincing and attractive romantic lead but it was his portrayal of the dark haunted side of Wol Ryung and the character's tragic desire to sacrifice immortality for true love that helped the actor's popularity to skyrocket.

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