Song Kang-ho
Known for Acting · 61 credits
- Born
- 1967-01-17 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
- Also known as
- Song Kang Ho · Song Kangho · Song Gang-ho · Сун Ган-ху
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (12)
BEEF
2023
as Dr. Kim
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Just an Excuse
2022
as Self
The Game Caterers
2021
as Self
IU's Palette
2020
as Self - Guest
Journalism Talk Show J
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Baeksang Arts Awards
2012
as Self
Uncle Samsik
2024
as Park Doo-chill / Uncle Samsik
Modern Korea
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Next Entertainment, Visionary
2021
as Self
Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
2022
as Self
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
2025
as Self
Movies (49)
Parasite
2019
as Kim Ki-taek
Snowpiercer
2013
as Namgoong Minsu
Memories of Murder
2003
as Detective Park Doo-man
The Interview
2014
as Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
A Taxi Driver
2017
as Kim Man-seob
The Host
2006
as Park Gang-du
Lady Vengeance
2005
as Assassin 1
The Drug King
2018
as Lee Doo-sam
Joint Security Area
2000
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002
as Dong-jin
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008
as Yoon Tae-goo
Broker
2022
as Sang-hyun
The Attorney
2013
as Song Woo-seok
Green Fish
1997
as Pan-su
Secret Reunion
2010
as Lee Han-kyu
Thirst
2009
as Priest Sang-hyeon
The Face Reader
2013
as Nae-kyung
Emergency Declaration
2022
as Gu In-ho
Hindsight
2011
as Du-heon
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
1997
as Big Eyes
The Quiet Family
1998
as Young-min
The Age of Shadows
2016
as Lee Jung-chool
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
1996
as Dong-suk
Shiri
1999
as Lee Jang-gil
Howling
2012
as Jo Sang-gil
Where is my DVD?
2013
as Self
The King's Letters
2019
as King Sejong
The Foul King
2000
as Lim Dae-ho
Secret Sunshine
2007
as Kim Jong-chan
YMCA Baseball Team
2002
as Lee Ho-chang
No. 3
1997
as Jo-pil
Day Trip
2012
as Teacher
Cobweb
2023
as Director Kim
The Throne
2015
as King Yeongjo
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012
as Self
One Win
2024
as Kim Woo-jin
Reunion
as Seong-jun
A Little Pond
2010
as Police officer
The Show Must Go On
2007
as Kang In-goo
Gardeners
as Choi Young-il
The President's Barber
2004
as Seong Han-mo
Making of Thirst
2010
The Process of Mr. Vengeance
2005
as Self
Antarctic Journal
2005
as Choi Do-hyung
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
2023
as Self
Decades Apart
2017
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
The Power of Love
2004
Making Memories of Murder
2005
as Self
Memories
2018
as Self
About Song Kang-ho
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… With 61 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, Song Kang-ho has appeared in 49 films and 12 TV shows.
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- Parasite (2019) — as Kim Ki-taek
- Snowpiercer (2013) — as Namgoong Minsu
- Memories of Murder (2003) — as Detective Park Doo-man
- The Interview (2014) — as Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
- A Taxi Driver (2017) — as Kim Man-seob
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