13 Facts About Yang Se-jong

Yang Se-jong was born on December 23,1992, in Anyang, Gyeonggi.

Yang Se-jong worked as a fashion model in 2011 for a short period.

In 2012, Yang Se-jong enrolled in Korea National University of Arts, majoring in Theater and Film.

Yang Se-jong attracted attention after playing the role of Yoo Yeon-seok's rival.

In January 2017, Yang Se-jong played the roles of young Song Seung-heon and Lee Young-ae's assistant in SBS's historical drama Saimdang, Memoir of Colors.

Yang Se-jong then starred in the romance series Temperature of Love by Ha Myung-hee, which won him the Best New Actor award at the SBS Drama Awards, 54th Baeksang Arts Awards and the 6th APAN Star Awards.

Yang Se-jong was included in the 2017 Forbes Korea 2030 Power Leaders List placing fourth for his outstanding performance starring in four dramas in the first year of his acting career.

In 2018, Yang Se-jong was cast in the romance comedy drama Still 17, playing the role of a stage designer who suffers a trauma at the age of seventeen.

Yang Se-jong won the Excellence Award at the SBS Drama Awards for his performance.

In 2019, Yang Se-jong joined tvN reality show Coffee Friends, a project to raise awareness toward giving and aiding others, small amounts at a time.

In 2023, Yang Se-jong moved to a newly established agency following the conclusion of his contract with Blossom Entertainment.

On May 12,2020, Yang Se-jong enlisted for his mandatory military service at the 27th Division in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province.

On November 1,2021, it was reported that Yang Se-jong would be discharged from mandatory military service on November 15,2021, without returning to the unit after his last vacation in accordance with the Ministry of Defense guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID-19.