Born in 1983, Son Sukku first wanted to be a documentary director, but eventually opted for studies in Film, Video, New Media and Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago after his military service. In the late 2000, he spent two more years of acting training in Canada and performed there in a couple of stage productions. He then moved back to Korea and played in Korean productions of <Oedipus Rex> and <Woyzeck>. He later took on the art director du...More

Born in 1983, Son Sukku first wanted to be a documentary director, but eventually opted for studies in Film, Video, New Media and Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago after his military service. In the late 2000, he spent two more years of acting training in Canada and performed there in a couple of stage productions. He then moved back to Korea and played in Korean productions of <Oedipus Rex> and <Woyzeck>. He later took on the art director duties and the male lead role for the original creation <Love is Burning>. It was during one these performances that he was cast for the season 2 of the Wachowski Sisters’ Netflix series <Sense8> in 2017, therefore making his debut on screens. In 2018, he reunited with Bae Doona and starred alongside Cha Taehyun and Lee El in the romcom series <Matrimonial Chaos> (2018). The same year, he pulled off a solid performance as a wicked and violent man who lives with an abusive mother in the drama series <Mother> (2018). Next for him was a supporting part in the high-octane action film <Hit-and-Run Squad> (2018). In 2019, he played the Chief Presidential Secretary in <60 Days, Designated Survivor>, the Korean remake of Netflix series <Designated Survivor>. After appearing in the highly praised military drama series <D.P.> (2021), he was the male lead in the romcom <Nothing Serious> (2021). He was reunited with Lee El in the slice-of-life series <My Liberation Notes> (2022), but he later made a splash as the main villain who kidnaps Koreans visiting Vietnam in the crime action film <The Roundup> (2022), the sequel to <THE OUTLAWS>, drawing in 12.7 million spectators in the trailing end of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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