Name
Song Kang-ho
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1967-01-17 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
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- 2006 The Host as Park Gang-du
- 2000 Joint Security Area as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
- 1999 Shiri as Lee Jang-gil
- 2007 Secret Sunshine as Kim Jong-chan
- 2002 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance as Dong-jin
- 2003 Memories of Murder as Detective Park Doo-man
- 2009 Thirst as Priest Sang-hyeon
- 2023 Cobweb as Director Kim
- 2008 The Good, the Bad, the Weird as Yoon Tae-goo
- 2005 Antarctic Journal as Choi Do-hyung
- 2010 Secret Reunion as Lee Han-kyu
- 2000 The Foul King as Lim Dae-ho
- 1998 The Quiet Family as Young-min
- 2007 The Show Must Go On as Kang In-goo
- 1996 The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well as Dong-suk
- 1997 Green Fish as Pan-su
- 1997 No. 3 as Jo-pil
- 2010 A Little Pond as Police officer
- 2005 Making Memories of Murder as Self
- 2012 Day Trip as Teacher
- 2013 The Attorney as Song Woo-seok
- 2013 The Face Reader as Nae-kyung
- 2012 Howling as Jo Sang-gil
- 2011 Hindsight as Du-heon
- 2004 The President's Barber as Seong Han-mo
- 2018 Memories as Self
- 2023 Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony as Self
- 2013 Snowpiercer as Namgoong Minsu
- 2015 The Throne as King Yeongjo
- 2016 The Age of Shadows as Lee Jung-chool
- 2005 Lady Vengeance as Assassin 1
- 1997 Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie as Big Eyes
- 2017 A Taxi Driver as Kim Man-seob
- 2002 YMCA Baseball Team as Lee Ho-chang
- 2019 Parasite as Kim Ki-taek
- 2018 The Drug King as Lee Doo-sam
- 2017 Decades Apart as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
- 2019 The King's Letters as King Sejong
- 2012 Ari Ari the Korean Cinema as Self
- 2022 Emergency Declaration as Gu In-ho
- 2024 One Win as Kim Woo-jin
- 2022 Broker as Sang-hyun
- 2013 Where is my DVD? as Self
- 2004 The Power of Love
- Soon Gardeners as Choi Young-il
- 2010 Making of Thirst
- 2005 The Process of Mr. Vengeance as Self
- Soon Reunion as Seong-jun
- 2014 The Interview as Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
- 2021 Next Entertainment, Visionary ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 The Game Caterers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Uncle Samsik ( 16 episodes ) as Park Doo-chill / Uncle Samsik
- 2018 Journalism Talk Show J ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 Baeksang Arts Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Just an Excuse ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2020 IU's Palette ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 Modern Korea ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 New Old Boy : Dir. Park ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2023 BEEF ( 8 episodes ) as Dr. Kim
