Song Kang-ho
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Song Kang-ho (Korean: 송강호; born 17 January 1967) is a South Korean actor. Regarded as one of the most influential actors in Korean cinema, he has appeared in critically acclaimed films across various genres. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award, three Baeksang Arts Awards, four Blue Dragon Film Awards, and five Grand Bell Awards. In 2020, The New York Times named him one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Song first gained recognition with the crime thriller No. 3 (1997), and later rose to prominence with Park Chan-wook's critically acclaimed film Joint Security Area (2000). He is known for his collaborations with filmmaker Bong Joon-ho in Memories of Murder (2003), The Host (2006), Snowpiercer (2013), and Parasite (2019). Song rose to wider international prominence for his performance in Parasite, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture. He has also worked extensively with director Kim Jee-woon, starring in five of his films: The Quiet Family (1998), The Foul King (2000), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), The Age of Shadows (2016), and Cobweb (2023). His other notable films include Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Secret Sunshine (2007), Thirst (2009), The Attorney (2013), The Throne (2015), A Taxi Driver (2017), and Broker (2022). Song has been named Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year four times (2013, 2017, 2019 and 2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Song Kang-ho, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Parasite (2019)
as Kim Ki-taek
Memories of Murder (2003)
as Detective Park Doo-man
Snowpiercer (2013)
as Namgoong Minsu
The Interview (2014)
as Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
The Host (2006)
as Park Gang-du
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
as Dong-jin
Joint Security Area (2000)
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
Lady Vengeance (2005)
as Assassin 1
Emergency Declaration (2022)
as Gu In-ho
Broker (2022)
as Sang-hyun
A Taxi Driver (2017)
as Kim Man-seob
Thirst (2009)
as Priest Sang-hyeon
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
as Yoon Tae-goo
The Drug King (2018)
as Lee Doo-sam
The Age of Shadows (2016)
as Lee Jung-chool
Cobweb (2023)
as Director Kim
Secret Sunshine (2007)
as Kim Jong-chan
The Attorney (2013)
as Song Woo-seok
Shiri (1999)
as Lee Jang-gil
Secret Reunion (2010)
as Lee Han-kyu
The Face Reader (2013)
as Nae-kyung
The Quiet Family (1998)
as Young-min
The Throne (2015)
as King Yeongjo
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)
as Dong-suk
Where is my DVD? (2013)
as Self
Hindsight (2011)
as Du-heon
Green Fish (1997)
as Pan-su
The Foul King (2000)
as Lim Dae-ho
No. 3 (1997)
as Jo-pil
The President's Barber (2004)
as Seong Han-mo
One Win (2024)
as Kim Woo-jin
The Show Must Go On (2007)
as Kang In-goo
Howling (2012)
as Jo Sang-gil
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony (2023)
as Self
The King's Letters (2019)
as King Sejong
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (2012)
as Self
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie (1997)
as Big Eyes
YMCA Baseball Team (2002)
as Lee Ho-chang
Day Trip (2012)
as Teacher
Antarctic Journal (2005)
as Choi Do-hyung
The Process of Mr. Vengeance (2005)
as Self
Gardeners (—)
as Choi Young-il
A Little Pond (2010)
as Police officer
Decades Apart (2017)
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
Making Memories of Murder (2005)
as Self
Making of Thirst (2010)
Actor
Memories, Back to the Crime Scenes (2018)
as Self
Reunion (—)
as Seong-jun
The Power of Love (2004)
Actor
Memories, Retour Sur les Lieux du Crime (—)
as Self