Acting
Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho is an actor born on January 17, 1967 in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea. He is known for Parasite, Snowpiercer and Memories of Murder. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 17, 1967
- Place of birth
- Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
- Also known as
- Song Kang Ho · Song Kangho · Song Gang-ho
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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
- 2025New Old Boy : Dir. Parkas Self · 2 episodes
- 2024One Winas Kim Woo-jin
- 2024Uncle Samsikas Park Doo-chill / Uncle Samsik · 16 episodes
- 2023Cobwebas Director Kim
- 2023Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Ironyas Self
- 2023BEEFas Dr. Kim · 8 episodes
- 2022Emergency Declarationas Gu In-ho
- 2022Brokeras Sang-hyun
- 2021The Game Caterersas Self · 2 episodes
- 2021Next Entertainment, Visionaryas Self · 1 episode
- 2019Modern Koreaas Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
- 2019The King's Lettersas King Sejong
- 2019Parasiteas Kim Ki-taek
- 2018The Drug Kingas Lee Doo-sam
- 2018Memoriesas Self
- 2017A Taxi Driveras Kim Man-seob
- 2017Decades Apartas Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
- 2016The Age of Shadowsas Lee Jung-chool
- 2015The Throneas King Yeongjo
- 2014The Interviewas Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
- 2013The Attorneyas Song Woo-seok
- 2013Where is my DVD?as Self
- 2013The Face Readeras Nae-kyung
- 2013Snowpierceras Namgoong Minsu
- 2012Day Tripas Teacher
- 2012Ari Ari the Korean Cinemaas Self
- 2012Baeksang Arts Awardsas Self · 1 episode
- 2012Howlingas Jo Sang-gil
- 2011Hindsightas Du-heon
- 2010Making of Thirst
- 2010A Little Pondas Police officer
- 2010Secret Reunionas Lee Han-kyu
- 2009Thirstas Priest Sang-hyeon
- 2008The Good, the Bad, the Weirdas Yoon Tae-goo
- 2007Secret Sunshineas Kim Jong-chan
- 2007The Show Must Go Onas Kang In-goo
- 2006The Hostas Park Gang-du
- 2005The Process of Mr. Vengeanceas Self
- 2005Making Memories of Murderas Self
- 2005Lady Vengeanceas Assassin 1
- 2005Antarctic Journalas Choi Do-hyung
- 2004The Power of Love
- 2004The President's Barberas Seong Han-mo
- 2003Memories of Murderas Detective Park Doo-man
- 2002YMCA Baseball Teamas Lee Ho-chang
- 2002Sympathy for Mr. Vengeanceas Dong-jin
- 2000Joint Security Areaas Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
- 2000The Foul Kingas Lim Dae-ho
- 1999Shirias Lee Jang-gil
- 1998The Quiet Familyas Young-min
- 1997Timeless Bottomless Bad Movieas Big Eyes
- 1997No. 3as Jo-pil
- 1997Green Fishas Pan-su
- 1996The Day a Pig Fell Into the Wellas Dong-suk
- 1953The Oscarsas Self · 1 episode
