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Song Kang-ho
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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 …
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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.
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Song Kang-ho's Filmography
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One Win
as Kim Woo-jin
Cobweb
as Director Kim
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
as Self
Emergency Declaration
as Gu In-ho
Broker
as Sang-hyun
The King's Letters
as King Sejong
Parasite
as Kim Ki-taek
The Drug King
as Lee Doo-sam
Memories, Back to the Crime Scenes
as Self
A Taxi Driver
as Kim Man-seob
Decades Apart
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
The Age of Shadows
as Lee Jung-chool
The Throne
as King Yeongjo
The Interview
as Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
The Attorney
as Song Woo-seok
Where is my DVD?
as Self
The Face Reader
as Nae-kyung
Snowpiercer
as Namgoong Minsu
Day Trip
as Teacher
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
as Self
Howling
as Jo Sang-gil
Hindsight
as Du-heon
Making of Thirst
A Little Pond
as Police officer
Secret Reunion
as Lee Han-kyu
Thirst
as Priest Sang-hyeon
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
as Yoon Tae-goo
Secret Sunshine
as Kim Jong-chan
The Show Must Go On
as Kang In-goo
The Host
as Park Gang-du
The Process of Mr. Vengeance
as Self
Making Memories of Murder
as Self
Lady Vengeance
as Assassin 1
Antarctic Journal
as Choi Do-hyung
No Poster
The Power of Love
The President's Barber
as Seong Han-mo
Memories of Murder
as Detective Park Doo-man
YMCA Baseball Team
as Lee Ho-chang
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
as Dong-jin
Joint Security Area
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
The Foul King
as Lim Dae-ho
Shiri
as Lee Jang-gil
The Quiet Family
as Young-min
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
as Big Eyes
No. 3
as Jo-pil
Green Fish
as Pan-su
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
as Dong-suk
Gardeners
as Choi Young-il
No Poster
Reunion
as Seong-jun
No Poster
Memories, Retour Sur les Lieux du Crime
as Self