on ▁and ▁Lee ▁Young - ae ' s ▁assistant ▁in ▁S BS ' s ▁historical ▁drama ▁Sa im d ang , ▁Mem oir ▁of ▁Colors . ▁The ▁same ▁year , ▁he ▁star red ▁in ▁O CN ' s ▁sci - fi ▁thr iller ▁D uel , ▁gain ing ▁pra ise ▁for ▁his ▁port ray al ▁of ▁three ▁different ▁characters . ▁He ▁then ▁star red ▁in ▁the ▁rom ance ▁series ▁Tem per ature ▁of ▁Love ▁by ▁Ha ▁My ung - he e , ▁which ▁won ▁him ▁the ▁Best ▁New ▁A ctor ▁award ▁at ▁the ▁S BS ▁D rama ▁Awards , ▁Ba eks ang ▁Arts ▁Awards ▁and ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁AP AN ▁Star ▁Awards . ▁Following ▁his ▁acting ▁roles , ▁Yang ▁experienced ▁a ▁rise ▁in ▁popular ity ▁and ▁was ▁l abeled ▁" mon ster ▁ro ok ie " ▁by ▁the ▁press . ▁Yang ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁For bes ▁Korea ▁ 2 0 3 0 ▁Power ▁Le aders ▁List ▁placing ▁fourth ▁for ▁his ▁out standing ▁performance ▁st arring ▁in ▁four ▁dram as ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁year ▁of ▁his ▁acting ▁career . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Yang ▁was ▁cast ▁in ▁the ▁rom ance ▁comedy ▁drama ▁Still ▁ 1 7 , ▁playing ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁a ▁stage ▁designer ▁who ▁suff ers ▁a ▁tra uma ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁sevent een . ▁Yang ▁won ▁the ▁Ex cell ence ▁Award ▁at ▁the ▁S BS ▁D rama ▁Awards ▁for ▁his ▁performance . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 ,