Biography
Park Yong-woo (Korean: 박용우; born March 16, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Park Yong-woo's father was an engineering professor and his mother was a music teacher. As a child he was shy and expressed himself poorly. Instead, he nurtured his imagination. When he first chose to become an actor, Park felt hampered by the fact that he didn't have any childhood or family trauma to draw from, but later realized that a vivid imagination was the key to his acting process because it didn't require him to ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Nonsense
2025
Yu-na, a level-headed and rational insurance claim adjuster, investigates a questionable death by falling with suspicions of suicide. During her inves...
Noryang: Deadly Sea
2023
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The Imjin War reaches its seventh year in December of 1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin learns that the Wa invaders in Joseon are preparing for a swift withdr...
Decision to Leave
2022
as Lim Ho-shin
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begi...
Spiritwalker
2021
as Mr. Park
Unable to remember anything about his life, a man begins regaining consciousness in a new body every 12 hours. Now, he must piece together his identit...
Nailed
2019
as Jae-gu
A couple running a roadside garage has their livelihood threatened by trucks going in and out of a nearby construction site. When they learn that meta...
Unforgettable
2016
as Hyung-joon
On a live music radio show, a letter arrives from the 23 years in the past. Through the letter, the first love and friendships of five friends are rev...
Late Spring
2014
as Joon-goo
Set in the 1960's. Joo-goo is viewed as Korea's best sculptor, but he suffers from a disease which will slowly paralyze his body. He gives up interest...
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
2013
as Det. Chang-ho
After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.
Forest of Time
2012
as Self
Park Yong-woo decides to embark on a journey to "the forest." Located on Yakushima Island in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, the Unesco World He...
Papa
2012
as Chun-seob
The storyline is about a manager who pushes a young female talent to enter a reality TV show contest in the U.S. Some background information involves ...
Children...
2011
as Kang Ji-seung
On March 26, 1991, five boys set off to the mountain to go frog hunting and never come back to their family. While a documentary producer, detective a...
Battlefield Heroes
2011
as Goguryeo soldier carrying weapons
This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang Dynasty union attacks Goguryeo.
Handphone
2009
as Jeong Yi-gyu
A talent manager loses his handphone which contains a scandalous video which could destroy his career. He is then contacted by a mysterious caller who...
Once Upon a Time
2008
as Kanemura
The film is a heist comedy set in 1940s Korea, and stars Park Yong-woo and Lee Bo-young as a con artist and jazz singer who each plot to steal a valua...
Love Now
2007
as Jung Min-jae
Young-joon and So-yeo are a young couple with their marriage relatively stable. On a day their mutual friend opens a wine bar, they come across Min-ja...
Beautiful Sunday
2007
as Detective Kang
Detective Kang gets involved with a drug business to pay the medical bill of his comatose wife. Min-woo confesses to Kang that he has killed his wife,...
The World of Silence
2006
as Det. Kim Hyung-sa
A famous photographer with the ability to mind read returns after leaving due to his lover's suicide as she became aware of his ability. He becomes a ...
My Scary Girl
2006
as Hwang Dae-woo
Hwang Dae-woo is an elite with zero experience on having a romantic relationship. One day, he meets a lovely, sophisticated woman and falls in love wi...
The Art of Seduction
2005
as Kang Seong-mo
A man and woman have great success in all of their dating pursuits. The woman uses her dating rules and fakes a car accident to capture the guy's atte...
Blood Rain
2005
as Kim In-kwon
In 1808, an imperial investigator arrives on an idyllic island to investigate a series of grisly murders. The locals believe that a ghost is responsib...
City Horror: Scream
2002
City Horror is a four-part series of horror movies that were each featured as one-hour television movies in 2002. The four movies include Scream, Stag...
The Warrior
2001
as Ju-myung
In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldi...
Say Yes
2001
Young married couple Yoon-hee and Jung-hyun go on a road trip, and along the way they pick up a lone drifter, M. M turns out to be a violent and sadis...
Ditto
2000
as Ji Dong-hee
In this endearing supernatural love story spanning two decades, a university student finds himself communicating with a female classmate from the same...
Shiri
1999
as Eo Seong-sik
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the ...
Naked Being
1998
as Young-woo
A broadcasting company hosts an actor/actress contest and 30 contestants are pre-selected. Yong-Woo and Eun-Sook are two of them and they are also lov...
The Hole
1997
as Dong-woo
Newlywed, Su-jin, believes that nothing will interfere with her happiness or come between herself and her husband, Dong-woo. That is, until she meets ...
Comeback Home
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The Wild River
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A renowned perfumer crosses paths with a former schoolfriend, sparking long-buried memories.