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
A Taxi Driver (2017)
as Kim Man-seob
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
Thirst (2009)
as Priest Sang-hyeon
Secret Sunshine (2007)
as Kim Jong-chan
The Age of Shadows (2016)
as Lee Jung-chool
The Drug King (2018)
as Lee Doo-sam
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
as Yoon Tae-goo
Cobweb (2023)
as Director Kim
Shiri (1999)
as Lee Jang-gil
The Face Reader (2013)
as Nae-kyung
Green Fish (1997)
as Pan-su
The Attorney (2013)
as Song Woo-seok
The Throne (2015)
as King Yeongjo
One Win (2024)
as Kim Woo-jin
The Quiet Family (1998)
as Young-min
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)
as Dong-suk
Secret Reunion (2010)
as Lee Han-kyu
YMCA Baseball Team (2002)
as Lee Ho-chang
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie (1997)
as Big Eyes
The President's Barber (2004)
as Seong Han-mo
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony (2023)
as Self
A Little Pond (2010)
as Police officer
Howling (2012)
as Jo Sang-gil
The King's Letters (2019)
as King Sejong
Hindsight (2011)
as Du-heon
The Foul King (2000)
as Lim Dae-ho
No. 3 (1997)
as Jo-pil
The Show Must Go On (2007)
as Kang In-goo
Where is my DVD? (2013)
as Self
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (2012)
as Self
Decades Apart (2017)
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
Making Memories of Murder (2005)
as Self
Gardeners (—)
as Choi Young-il
Day Trip (2012)
as Teacher
Antarctic Journal (2005)
as Choi Do-hyung
Memories (2018)
as Self
The Power of Love (2004)
Actor
The Process of Mr. Vengeance (2005)
as Self
Making of Thirst (2010)
Actor
Reunion (—)
as Seong-jun