Song Kang-ho
Biography
Song Kang-ho (송강호) (born January 17, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Considered one of the best actors of the 21st century, he is most known for his collaborations with directors Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. He was part of the cast that won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Parasite (2019), was awarded Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Broker (2022), and has been named Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year four times.
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Acting History
2025
New Old Boy : Dir. Park as Self
2024One Win as Kim Woo-jin
2024Uncle Samsik as Park Doo-chill / Uncle Samsik
2023Cobweb as Director Kim
2022Just an Excuse as Self
2022Emergency Declaration as Gu In-ho
2022Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies as Self
2022Broker as Sang-hyun
2022Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony as Self
2021The Game Caterers as Self
2021Next Entertainment, Visionary as Self
2020IU's Palette as Self - Guest
2019Modern Korea as Self (archive footage)
2019The King's Letters as King Sejong
2019Parasite as Kim Ki-taek
2018The Drug King as Lee Doo-sam
2018Memories as Self
2018Journalism Talk Show J as Self (archive footage)
2017A Taxi Driver as Kim Man-seob
2017Decades Apart as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
2016The Age of Shadows as Lee Jung-chool
2015The Throne as King Yeongjo
2013The Attorney as Song Woo-seok
2013Where is my DVD? as Self
2013The Face Reader as Nae-kyung
2013Snowpiercer as Namgoong Minsu
2012Day Trip as Teacher
2012Ari Ari the Korean Cinema as Self
2012Baeksang Arts Awards as Self
2012Howling as Jo Sang-gil
2011Hindsight as Du-heon
2010A Little Pond as Police officer (cameo)
2010Secret Reunion as Lee Han-kyu
2009Thirst as Priest Sang-hyeon
2008The Good, the Bad, the Weird as Yoon Tae-goo
2007Secret Sunshine as Kim Jong-chan
2007The Show Must Go On as Kang In-goo
2006The Host as Park Gang-du
2005Making Memories of Murder as Himself
2005Lady Vengeance as Assassin 1
2005Antarctic Journal as Choi Do-hyung
2004The Power of Love
2004The President's Barber as Seong Han-mo
2003Memories of Murder as Detective Park Doo-man
2002YMCA Baseball Team as Lee Ho-chang
2002Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance as Dong-jin
2000Joint Security Area as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
2000The Foul King as Lim Dae-ho
1999Shiri as Lee Jang-gil
1998The Quiet Family as Young-min
1997Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie as Big Eyes
1997No. 3 as Jo-pil
1997Green Fish as Pan-su
1996The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well as Dong-suk
1953The Oscars as Self
—Shaolin Women's Soccer
—Gardeners