Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

1967-01-17 Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea 46 Credits

Biography

Song Kang-ho (송강호) (born January 17, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Considered one of the best actors of the 21st century, he is most known for his collaborations with directors Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. He was part of the cast that won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Parasite (2019), was awarded Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Broker (2022), and has been named Gallup Korea's Film Actor of ...

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One Win

One Win

2024

as Kim Woo-jin

7.3
Acting

A former volleyball star, Woo-jin has been struggling to keep his children's volleyball school that's about to go out of business. Left without much c...

Cobweb

Cobweb

2023

as Director Kim

6.6
Acting

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with inte...

Emergency Declaration

Emergency Declaration

2022

as Gu In-ho

7.5
Acting

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flig...

Broker

Broker

2022

as Sang-hyun

7.2
Acting

Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in t...

Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony

Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony

2022

as Self

7.5
Acting

A portrait of the South Korean screenwriter, director and producer Lee Chang-Dong through his work, this documentary provides a thematic analysis of h...

The King's Letters

The King's Letters

2019

as King Sejong

7.4
Acting

In the 15th century, despite so many accomplishments he has made for the people, King Sejong, his biggest goal is still remaining; the invention of or...

Parasite

Parasite

2019

as Kim Ki-taek

8.5
Acting

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpe...

The Drug King

The Drug King

2018

as Lee Doo-sam

6.3
Acting

Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-...

Memories

Memories

2018

as Self

Acting

The documentary gives a voice to all those who have experienced the crazy adventure of shooting Memories of Murder.

A Taxi Driver

A Taxi Driver

2017

as Kim Man-seob

8.1
Acting

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreig...

Decades Apart

Decades Apart

2017

as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil

Acting

For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived a...

The Age of Shadows

The Age of Shadows

2016

as Lee Jung-chool

7.2
Acting

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explos...

The Throne

The Throne

2015

as King Yeongjo

7.1
Acting

Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king a...

The Attorney

The Attorney

2013

as Song Woo-seok

7.8
Acting

Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of hi...

Where is my DVD?

Where is my DVD?

2013

as Self

9.5
Acting

Go Gi-hwan is the actor who was starred in a large number of short films. However, he couldn't get any dvd from the directors. He's decided to collect...

The Face Reader

The Face Reader

2013

as Nae-kyung

6.9
Acting

An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.

Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer

2013

as Namgoong Minsu

6.9
Acting

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that tr...

Day Trip

Day Trip

2012

as Teacher

5.9
Acting

A master and his student visit a mountain to practice pansori (a musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer) after a music competition w...

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012

as Himself

5.2
Acting

Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her...

Howling

Howling

2012

as Jo Sang-gil

6.0
Acting

A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.

Hindsight

Hindsight

2011

as Du-heon

6.5
Acting

A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.

A Little Pond

A Little Pond

2010

as Police officer (cameo)

6.3
Acting

The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the ...

Secret Reunion

Secret Reunion

2010

as Lee Han-kyu

6.4
Acting

Two spies share a secret bond, despite their loyalties. A North Korean assassin is sent to Seoul to kill a dissident, but instead he teams up with a S...

Thirst

Thirst

2009

as Priest Sang-hyeon

7.1
Acting

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfu...

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

2008

as Yoon Tae-goo

7.2
Acting

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hun...

Secret Sunshine

Secret Sunshine

2007

as Kim Jong-chan

7.2
Acting

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t...

The Show Must Go On

The Show Must Go On

2007

as Kang In-goo

6.6
Acting

A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed.

The Host

The Host

2006

as Park Gang-du

7.0
Acting

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting he...

Making Memories of Murder

Making Memories of Murder

2005

as Himself

Acting

Made in 2004, this extensive documentary chronicles the production and release of Memories of Murder.

Lady Vengeance

Lady Vengeance

2005

as Assassin 1

7.5
Acting

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

Antarctic Journal

Antarctic Journal

2005

as Choi Do-hyung

6.0
Acting

Arctic cold and paranoia take their toll as Korean explorers are beset by the same strange occurrences that preceded the disappearance of a British te...

The Power of Love

2004

Acting
The President's Barber

The President's Barber

2004

as Seong Han-mo

7.1
Acting

A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequ...

Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder

2003

as Detective Park Doo-man

8.1
Acting

During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve the nation's first series of rape-and-murder cases.

YMCA Baseball Team

YMCA Baseball Team

2002

as Lee Ho-chang

6.2
Acting

Hochang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeongrim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeongrim, and takes interest in baseball. As...

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2002

as Dong-jin

7.5
Acting

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situ...

Joint Security Area

Joint Security Area

2000

as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil

7.8
Acting

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is t...

The Foul King

The Foul King

2000

as Lim Dae-ho

6.8
Acting

A timid and extravagant bank clerk, Dae-ho is considered inefficient at his workplace. As he tries to be recognized by his superior, his efforts only ...

Shiri

Shiri

1999

as Lee Jang-gil

6.4
Acting

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 ...

The Quiet Family

The Quiet Family

1998

as Young-min

7.0
Acting

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the b...

No. 3

No. 3

1997

as Jo-pil

6.2
Acting

Tae-joo manages to rise in rank in a gang for saving the boss's life. However, prosecutor Dong-pal appears in front of him as his sworn enemy. Meanwhi...

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie

1997

as Big Eyes

6.2
Acting

Children who refuse to live with their families or give up on the streets work at a bar or steal money. When you don't have money, you'd rather starve...

Green Fish

Green Fish

1997

as Pan-su

6.9
Acting

Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

1996

as Dong-suk

6.3
Acting

The lives of 4 interconnected South Koreans - a married couple, a novelist the wife is having an affair with, and a second woman the novelist is simul...

Shaolin Women's Soccer

Shaolin Women's Soccer

N/A

Acting

The Emei team participated in Asian Women's Champions League, and was not favored, but captain Shuangshuang were invincible after getting help from se...

Drishyam

N/A

Producer

Producing

A Korean-language remake of the critically and commercially acclaimed 2015 Malayalam film of the same name. A simple, street-smart man tries to protec...