Sweet Home Cast & Character Guide

Sweet Home’s cast is led by Song Kang and includes a lot of fan-favorite actors and rising K-drama stars. A year after its first original Korean series, Love Alarm, Netflix released Sweet Home. The big-budget K-drama based on a webtoon brought Song Kang, who had starred in Love Alarm, in the leading role of Cha Hyun-su. Since then, the list of K-dramas available on Netflix has only grown, with Song Kang in particular starring in several series that are currently available on the streaming platform.

Sweet Home’s original cast mostly consisted of characters from the webtoon, such as Hyun-su and Eun-hyeok. However, the show also featured a couple of original names like Yi-kyung. Sweet Home season 2 would then introduce a lot of new characters, partially because the Netflix series was now going past the source material. The old and new faces came together in Sweet Home season 3, which included all of the new characters from the previous season but also revisited some important names from season 1.

Song Kang as Cha Hyun-su

Date Of Birth: April 23, 1994

Actor: Song Kang was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea, and played his first leading role in 2019’s Love Alarm, Netflix’s first original K-drama. Since then, Song Kang has become the “son of Netflix” due to how most of his shows are available on the streaming platform, including his second webseries, Sweet Home. One of the most popular stars of his generation, Song Kang’s best K-dramas include a lot of fan-favorite titles such as Nevertheless and My Demon.

Character: Following the death of his entire family in a car accident, Hyun-su moved to the Green Home building. Depressed and feeling guilty about what happened to his family, Hyun-su considered taking his own life but was interrupted by Lee Eun-yu. The monster outbreak would start shortly after, with Hyun-su discovering he had the curse too. Sweet Home season 1 ends with Hyun-su seemly captured by the military, only for the show to reveal that he had been kidnapped by Ui-myeong. After missing most of season 2, Song Kang’s Hyun-ru returned to stop Ui-myeong/Sang-won’s plan of having neohumans take over the world.

Go Min-si as Lee Eun-yu

Date Of Birth: February 15, 1995

Actor: Go Min-si was born in Daejeon, South Korea, and made her acting debut in Parallel Novel, a film she also directed. After a couple of cameos and smaller roles, Go Min-si would play a supporting character in Love Alarm alongside Song Kang. They would reunite a year later for Sweet Home. Go Min-si would then lead Youth of May alongside Lee Do-hyun, who played her brother in Sweet Home.

Character: The sister of Eun-hyuk, Eun-yu is one of the first characters introduced in Sweet Home season 1. The aspiring ballerina could no longer follow her dream due to an injury, and her brief interaction with Hyun-su at the beginning of the series would forever change the trajectory of his life. Eun-yu survives the destruction of the Green Home at the end of season 1 but has to say goodbye to her brother, who stays behind and never returns. While Eun-yu appears to have moved on after the time jump, she still hopes her brother is alive.

Lee Do-hyun as Lee Eun-hyeok

Date Of Birth: April 11, 1995

Actor: Lee Do-hyun was born in Seoul, South Korea, and broke big in the industry after his supporting role in Hotel del Luna. His first leading role was in 18 Again, after which she starred in Netflix’s Sweet Home. A year later, Lee Do-hyun reunited with Go Min-si for Youth of May, where they played the lead couple. Lee Do-hyun’s K-drama career continued to evolve, with him recently appearing in The Glory and starring in The Good Bad Mother.

Character: Eun-hyeok was one of the residents of the Green Home in Sweet Home season 1. A natural leader, Eun-hyeok helped keep everyone safe and calm during the monster outbreak, although he had to make some difficult decisions. Eun-hyeok was thought to be dead after season 1, but Sweet Home season 2’s ending revealed that Eun-yu’s brother was alive and had turned into a neohuman.

Lee Jin-wook as Pyeon Sang-wook/Nam Sang-won

Date Of Birth: September 16, 1981

Actor: Lee Jin-wook was born in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, and broke big in Glass Castle, his first leading role. Since then, Lee Jin-wook has starred in multiple movies and television shows, including Nine and I Need Romance 2012. He is currently set to star in Squid Game season 2’s cast, which also includes Sweet Home alum Park Gyu-young.

Character: Sang-wook died in Sweet Home season 1’s finale, yet he mysteriously reappeared at the end of the episode. Sweet Home season 2 would then reveal that Ui-myeong, one of the first season’s main villains, was now using Sang-wook’s body. In other words, Lee Jin-wook was playing a different character in season 2. To make things more complicated, Ui-myeong’s real identity was revealed as Nam Sang-won, Yi-kyung’s husband. Sang-won wants neohumans to take over the world.

Lee Si-young as Seo Yi-kyung

Date Of Birth: April 17, 1982

Actor: Lee Si-young was born in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea, and made her TV debut in Urban Legends Deja Vu. Before her acting career, Lee Si-young was an amateur boxer. She would then play several supporting roles in important films and TV shows, of which Sweet Home has arguably been the most important. Lee Si-young also has music credits, having participated in soundtracks for movies and shows.

Character: A firefighter whose fiancé disappears right as the outbreak begins, Yi-kyung is one of Sweet Home season 1’s most important characters. While Yi-kyung cared about her friends and colleagues, she was willing to sacrifice everything if meant finding the truth about what happened to her fiancé. Yi-kyung’s story became even more interesting after she learned she was pregnant, with the birth of her child being a key storyline in Sweet Home season 2.

Park Gyu-young as Yoon Ji-su

Date Of Birth: July 27, 1993

Actor: Park Gyu-young was born in Busan, South Korea, and broke big in It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, a fan-favorite K-drama starring Kim Soo-hyun, where she played a supporting role. Later in that same year, Park Gyu-young would star as Yoon Ji-su in Sweet Home. Following the success of Sweet Home, Yoon Ji-su would play her first lead character in the Netflix original K-drama Celebrity.

Character: Yoon Ji-su had just moved to the Green Home when the monster outbreak began. Despite her being a new addition to the building’s community, Ji-su connected with all the characters and became a fan-favorite during season 1. She was particularly close to Jae-heon, who died midway through the first season. Like Eun-yu, Ji-su was one of the surviving residents of the building who had to run away once the military’s attack began. Ji-su, Eun-yu, and the kids from season 1 were trying to find a new home at the beginning of season 2, but Ji-su tragically died.

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Sweet Home Season 2 Supporting Cast & Characters

Oh Jung-se as Dr. Lim: One of the most important new characters in Sweet Home, Dr. Lim has been tasked by the government with finding a cure for the monster curse. However, he seems to be more interested in understanding the curse than curing it. Dr. Lim is willing to do whatever it takes to unveil the mysteries of the curse, including but not limited to killing people after using them as test subjects.

Jinyoung as Park Chan-young: Jinyoung joined the cast of Sweet Home season 2 as Park Chan-young, one of the Special Forces Guards living at the stadium. Chan-young is introduced right at the beginning of season 2 when the surviving characters from season 1 are trying to pass through a blockade. After the time jump, Sweet Home explores Chan-young’s connection to Eun-yu, whom he met in episode 1 of the second series.

Yu Oh-seong as Sergeant Tak In-hwan: Sergeant Tak’s introduction makes it seem like the character will be a stereotypical military leader whose only role in the show will be to chase down the monsters, Sweet Home soon reveals that there is a lot more about him. Sergeant Tak has a particular set of rules when it comes to killing monsters, and his main goal is to keep the survivors calm to avoid panic, but he hides a major secret.

Kim Shin-rok as Chief Ji: Introduced at the end of Sweet Home season 2, episode 3, Chief Ji has a more prominent role in the show after the time skip. While not much is revealed about the character’s history up until that point, it is known that Chief Ji was taking care of the stadium and preparing it to welcome survivors. She reaches a deal with Sergeant Tak, with the two serving as the leaders of this community.

Jung Suk-wo as Min Seo-jin: One of the soldiers in Sweet Home. Seo-jin presents himself as strong and tough but is also sincere about his fears and his desire to protect his brothers.

Kim Mu-yeol as Kim Young-hoo: One of the main soldiers in Sweet Home. He only answers to Sergeant Tak, although they often disagree.

Kim Dong-young as Oh Jun-il: One of the residents of the stadium, Jun-il becomes a key character after he encounters a mysterious who causes him to have visions.

Kim Si-a as Seo Yi-kyung’s child:Yi-kyung’s daughter goes from an infant to a small child in less than a year thanks to her monster powers. The true extent of her abilities is unknown, and her relationship with her mother is very complicated.

Hyun Bong-sik as Wang Ho-sang: A survivor who lives inside a trailer and does not trust anyone. Ho-sang interacts with some of the show’s main characters, but he has no interest in joining a group

Chae Won-bin as Hani: She is always by Ho-sang’s side, but it is unclear what their connection is. Some characters have speculated that she is his daughter, while others think she is his employee.

Yang Hye-ji as Jung Ye-seul: Chief Ji’s daughter, Sweet Home‘s Ye-seul, serves mainly as a comic relief. However, she has a feud with Eun-yu and a crush on Chan-young.

Sweet Home (2020)

Sweet Home follows the story of Hyun-soo, a reclusive high school student who moves into the Green Home apartment complex after losing his family. When a mysterious epidemic turns people into monstrous creatures, Hyun-soo and the residents of Green Home must band together to survive, confronting their inner demons and the horrifying threats outside.

Cast

Song Kang , Lee Jin-Wook , Lee Si-young , Park Gyu-young , Go Min-si , Kim Hee-jung , Kim Gook-hee , Lee Joon-woo

Release Date

December 18, 2020

Franchise(s)

Sweet Home

Creator(s)

Kim Seol-jin , Kim Carnby , Hwang Young-chan