Acting credits
59
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Song Kang-ho
Acting
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Movies: 47Series: 12
TMDB ID: 20738
IMDb ID: nm0814280
Known for: Acting
Born: January 17, 1967
Age: 59
Place of birth: Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2025
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 7
Wikidata: Q484400
Also known as
Song Kang Ho • Song Kangho • Song Gang-ho • Сун Ган-ху • Сон Кан-хо
Biography
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).
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Movie credits linked with Song Kang-ho.
One Win
as Kim Woo-jin
2024 Movie
Cobweb
as Director Kim
2023 Movie
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
as Self
2023 Movie
Emergency Declaration
as Gu In-ho
2022 Movie
Broker
as Sang-hyun
2022 Movie
The King's Letters
as King Sejong
2019 Movie
Parasite
as Kim Ki-taek
2019 Movie
The Drug King
as Lee Doo-sam
2018 Movie
Memories, Back to the Crime Scenes
as Self
2018 Movie
A Taxi Driver
as Kim Man-seob
2017 Movie
Decades Apart
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
2017 Movie
The Age of Shadows
as Lee Jung-chool
2016 Movie
The Throne
as King Yeongjo
2015 Movie
The Interview
as Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
2014 Movie
The Attorney
as Song Woo-seok
2013 Movie
Where is my DVD?
as Self
2013 Movie
The Face Reader
as Nae-kyung
2013 Movie
Snowpiercer
as Namgoong Minsu
2013 Movie
Day Trip
as Teacher
2012 Movie
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
as Self
2012 Movie
Howling
as Jo Sang-gil
2012 Movie
Hindsight
as Du-heon
2011 Movie
Making of Thirst
2010 Movie
A Little Pond
as Police officer
2010 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Song Kang-ho.
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
as Self • 2 eps
2025 Series
Uncle Samsik
as Park Doo-chill / Uncle Samsik • 16 eps
2024 Series
BEEF
as Dr. Kim • 8 eps
2023 Series
Just an Excuse
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
The Game Caterers
as Self • 2 eps
2021 Series
Next Entertainment, Visionary
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
IU's Palette
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2020 Series
Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2019 Series
Journalism Talk Show J
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2018 Series
Baeksang Arts Awards
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series