Actor

Namkoong Min

Acting

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

2.2

Moderate attention

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Movies: 8Series: 39Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 1239247

IMDb ID: nm1224530

Known for: Acting

Born: March 12, 1978

Age: 48

Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1987 - 2026

Years active: 40

Average TMDB rating: 7.61

Wikidata: Q412342

Also known as

Namgung Min • Namgoong Min • Min Nam-koong • Namkung Min

Other jobs

Director (1)

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Biography

Namkoong Min (born March 12, 1978), is a South Korean actor, director and screenwriter. He first gained recognition with neo-noir film A Dirty Carnival (2006), and has since given notable performances in Remember (2015–2016), Beautiful Gong Shim (2016), Good Manager (2017), Hot Stove League (2019–2020), and My Dearest (2023). He won the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards for Hot Stove League; the drama also gained Namkoong his third Best Actor nomination at the Baeksang Arts Awards. The next year, he received the Grand Prize at the 2021 MBC Drama Awards for The Veil. In 2023, he again received the Grand Prize at the 2023 MBC Drama Awards for My Dearest.