朴宝剑于1993年6月16日出生于韩国首尔，是家中三名孩子中最年轻的一位。名字由韩国教会牧师所取，寓意是“像国王手中的宝剑一样珍贵”。他的母亲在他四年级的时候去世，他在五岁的时候开始学习钢琴，并曾在教堂担任钢琴手和唱诗班成员，他也曾加入首尔木洞中学的游泳校队。

在高中二年级的时候，朴宝剑寄送了一段他唱歌和弹钢琴的影片给很多著名的艺人经纪公司，并收到了许多通知。朴宝剑一开始是想成为一名创作歌手，但因为被建议演戏而在之后选择改变事业方向。2012年高中毕业后，于2014年3月入读明知大学的电影与音乐剧学系。第二年，他代表大学的文化海外交流项目赴往在英国、法国、意大利、瑞典的许多城市，2018年2月得到贡献奖并毕业。

朴寶劍（박보검，Park Bo Gum），韓國男演員。

Park Bo-gum (Hangul: 박보검; born 16 June 1993) is a South Korean actor and singer. He gained recognition for his diverse range of roles in film and television, notably, a psychopathic lawyer in Hello Monster (2015), a genius Go player in Reply 1988 (2015–2016), a Joseon Crown Prince in Love in the Moonlight (2016), a free-spirited man who falls for an older woman in Encounter (2018), and a model who overcomes various hardships to become a successful actor in Record of Youth (2020).

He is the youngest of three siblings. "Bo-gum" (寶劍) means 'precious sword'. His mother died when he was in fourth grade. He started learning to play the piano when he was in kindergarten and was a pianist and choir member at church. He was also in the swimming varsity team of Seoul Mokdong Middle School.

During Park's sophomore year of high school, he sent a video of himself singing and playing the piano to prominent talent management agencies which led to several offers. Park, who initially wanted to be a singer-songwriter, later changed his career path after a suggestion that he would do well acting. He graduated from Shinmok High School in 2012, and enrolled at Myongji University as a Musical Theater undergraduate in March 2014. The following year, he represented his university's cultural overseas exchange program where he traveled to cities in England, France, Italy, and Switzerland.