Song Kang-ho
Known for: Acting
Born: January 16, 1967 in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
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
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The Host
Park Gang-du
Joint Security Area
Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
Shiri
Lee Jang-gil
Secret Sunshine
Kim Jong-chan
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Dong-jin
Memories of Murder
Detective Park Doo-man
Thirst
Priest Sang-hyeon
Cobweb
Director Kim
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Yoon Tae-goo
Antarctic Journal
Choi Do-hyung
Secret Reunion
Lee Han-kyu
The Foul King
Lim Dae-ho
The Quiet Family
Young-min
The Show Must Go On
Kang In-goo
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Dong-suk
Green Fish
Pan-su
A Little Pond
Police officer (cameo)
No. 3
Jo-pil
Making Memories of Murder
Self
Day Trip
Teacher
Hindsight
Du-heon
Howling
Jo Sang-gil
The Attorney
Song Woo-seok
The Face Reader
Nae-kyung