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