Song Kang-ho
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 17, 1967 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
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). 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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Filmography
Gardeners
Movie · as Choi Young-il
Reunion
Movie · as Seong-jun
Memories, Retour Sur les Lieux du Crime
Movie · as Self
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
TV · as Self · 2 eps
One Win
Movie · as Kim Woo-jin
Uncle Samsik
TV · as Park Doo-chill / Uncle Samsik · 16 eps
Cobweb
Movie · as Director Kim
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
Movie · as Self
BEEF
TV · as Dr. Kim · 8 eps
Emergency Declaration
Movie · as Gu In-ho
Broker
Movie · as Sang-hyun
Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Just an Excuse
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Next Entertainment, Visionary
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Game Caterers
TV · as Self · 2 eps
IU's Palette
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Parasite
Movie · as Kim Ki-taek
The King's Letters
Movie · as King Sejong
Modern Korea
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Memories, Back to the Crime Scenes
Movie · as Self
The Drug King
Movie · as Lee Doo-sam
Journalism Talk Show J
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
A Taxi Driver
Movie · as Kim Man-seob
Decades Apart
Movie · as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
The Age of Shadows
Movie · as Lee Jung-chool
The Throne
Movie · as King Yeongjo
The Interview
Movie · as Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
The Attorney
Movie · as Song Woo-seok
The Face Reader
Movie · as Nae-kyung
Snowpiercer
Movie · as Namgoong Minsu
Where is my DVD?
Movie · as Self
Day Trip
Movie · as Teacher
Howling
Movie · as Jo Sang-gil
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Movie · as Self
Baeksang Arts Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hindsight
Movie · as Du-heon
Secret Reunion
Movie · as Lee Han-kyu
A Little Pond
Movie · as Police officer
Making of Thirst
Movie
Thirst
Movie · as Priest Sang-hyeon
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Movie · as Yoon Tae-goo
Secret Sunshine
Movie · as Kim Jong-chan
The Show Must Go On
Movie · as Kang In-goo
The Host
Movie · as Park Gang-du
Antarctic Journal
Movie · as Choi Do-hyung
Making Memories of Murder
Movie · as Self
Lady Vengeance
Movie · as Assassin 1
The Process of Mr. Vengeance
Movie · as Self
The President's Barber
Movie · as Seong Han-mo
The Power of Love
Movie
Memories of Murder
Movie · as Detective Park Doo-man
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Movie · as Dong-jin
YMCA Baseball Team
Movie · as Lee Ho-chang
Joint Security Area
Movie · as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
The Foul King
Movie · as Lim Dae-ho
Shiri
Movie · as Lee Jang-gil
The Quiet Family
Movie · as Young-min
Green Fish
Movie · as Pan-su
No. 3
Movie · as Jo-pil
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
Movie · as Big Eyes
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Movie · as Dong-suk
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep