Park Hae-soo

Born: 1981-11-21 in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Known For: Acting

Biography

Park Hae-soo (born November 21, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known worldwide for portraying Cho Sang-woo in the first season of the Netflix hit series Squid Game (2021), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Park started his career in theater and has played a large number of leading and supporting roles in plays and musicals. He subsequently expanded his career into film and television and achieved his breakthrough with Prison Playbook (2017–2018), one of the highest-rated Korean dramas on cable television. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with Netflix, including Narco-Saints (2022), Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area (2022), Karma (2025), The Price of Confession (2025), and The Great Flood (2025).

Filmography

2027

The Great Oksuk

2026

The Scarecrow as Kang Tae-ju

2025

Butterfly as Yong Shik Choi
Karma as Kim Beon-jun
The Price of Confession as Baek Dong-hun
The Great Flood as Son Hee-jo
Yoobari Talkbari as Self
Good News as Ryeo Dol-chan
Tristes Tropiques
Lobby as Golf field owner
The Cherry Orchard

2024

Whales and I as Narrator (voice)

2023

Persona: Sulli as Self
Phantom as Kaito Takahara
Whales and I as Self - Narrator (voice)

2022

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area as Berlin
Narco-Saints as Choi Chang-ho
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations as Han Ji-hoon
우리_사이

2021

Squid Game as Cho Sang-woo / Player 218
SNL Korea as Self - Host
The Game Caterers as Self
Racket Boys as Lee Jae-jung
Chimera as Cha Jae-hwan

2016

The Legend of the Blue Sea as Hong Dong-pyo
Master as President Jin's Pawns

2015

Six Flying Dragons as Yi Ji-ran
The Unfair as Jo Goo-hwan's assistant

2014

The Pirates as Hwang Joong-geun

2012

God of War as Kim Yoon-hoo