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- SONG Kang-ho has become a representative symbol of the male actor in the Korean film industry. In the late 1990s, he was part of a male-actor troika along with actors CHOI Min-sik and SUL Kyung-gu. He is a guaranteed box-office hit with great acting skills. His unique comic acting ability, shown in <The Number Three>, <The Quiet Family>, and <The Foul King> and his aura of deep sadness given off in <Joint Security Area (JSA)>, <Memories of Murder>... expand
- SONG Kang-ho has become a representative symbol of the male actor in the Korean film industry. In the late 1990s, he was part of a male-actor troika along with actors CHOI Min-sik and SUL Kyung-gu. He is a guaranteed box-office hit with great acting skills. His unique comic acting ability, shown in <The Number Three>, <The Quiet Family>, and <The Foul King> and his aura of deep sadness given off in <Joint Security Area (JSA)>, <Memories of Murder>, and <Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance> received rave reviews from the public. By playing a man who became a gangster solely out of material need in <The Show Must Go On> (2007), showing passionate fatherly love in <The Host>(2007), and playing a garage owner so ordinary as to be scary gin <The Secret Sunshine> along with costar JEON Do-yeon, he proved the depth and breadth of his acting ability. Moreover, by working on the films <The Good, the Bad, and the Weird> (2008) and <Thirst> (2009), directed by his long-time acquaintances KIM Jee-woon and PARK Chan-wook, he successfully portrayed new characters in genres wholly different from anything he had done before. The huge success of <Secret Reunion> in 2010 proved again the SONG Kang-ho is a powerful force in the Korean movie industry. Uncharacteristically, SONG failed to draw large crowds for his next two films, the genre pics <Hindsight> in 2011 and 2012’s <Howling>. However, the star came roaring back in 2013, when he recorded the most successful year of any Korean actor, after starring in three back-to-back hits. Those were Bong Joon Ho’s long-awaited sci-fi blockbuster <Snowpiercer>, the Chuseok holiday period drama <The Face Reader> and smash hit courtroom drama <The Attorney>. Viewers for his films soared over 30 million during the year. Following a well-earned break which left him absent from screens in 2014, SONG next teamed up with LEE Joon-ik for the period drama <The Throne>, playing King Yeongjo, who famously had his belligerent son, the Crown Prince Sado (played by YOO Ah-in) suffocated to death in a large wooden chest filled with rice. In 2016, SONG teamed up with KIM Jee-woon for the fourth time on the Colonial Era action-thriller <Secret Agent>, the first local production of Hollywood studio Warner Brothers. close
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- Filmography
- Emergency Declaration 2020 Actor
- PARASITE 2019 Actor
- The King's Letters 2019 Actor
- The Drug King 2018 Actor
- A Taxi Driver 2017 Actor
- The Age of Shadows 2016 Actor
- The Throne 2015 Actor
- The Attorney 2013 Actor
- Snowpiercer 2013 Actor
- The Face Reader 2013 Actor
- DAY TRIP 2012 Actor
- HOWLING 2012 Actor
- Hindsight 2011 Actor
- Secret Reunion 2010 Actor
- Thirst 2009 Actor
- The Good, the Bad, and the Weird(Cannes Version) 2008 Actor
- The Good, The Bad, The Weird 2008 Actor
- Secret Sunshine 2007 Actor
- The Show Must Go On 2007 Actor
- The Host 2006 Actor
- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance 2005 Actor
- Antarctic Journal 2005 Actor
- The President's Barber 2004 Actor
- Memories of Murder 2003 Actor
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002 Actor
- YMCA Baseball Team 2002 Actor
- Joint Security Area /JSA 2000 Actor
- The Foul King 2000 Actor
- Swiri 1999 Actor
- The Quiet Family 1998 Actor
- Green Fish 1997 Actor
- No. 3 1997 Actor
- The Day a Pig Fell into a Well 1996 Actor

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- Awards and Invitation
- <PARASITE> Screen Actors Guild Awards (2020) - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- <PARASITE> Director's Cut Awards (2019) - Best Actor
- <PARASITE> Locarno International Film Festival (2019) - Histoire(s) du cinema: Excellence Award Song Kang-ho - Excellence Award
- <PARASITE> Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2019) - Best Supporting Actor
- <The Age of Shadows> Paeksang Arts Awards (2017) - Film Awards - Best Actor
- <A Taxi Driver> The Blue Dragon Awards (2017) - Best Actor
- <A Taxi Driver> Korean Film Producers Association Awards (2017) - Best Actor
- <A Taxi Driver> Buil Film Awards (2017)
- <A Taxi Driver> The Seoul Awards (2017) - Best Actor
- <A Taxi Driver> Asian World Film Festival (2017) - Official Selection - Special Mention
- <The Attorney> Director's Cut Awards (2014) - Best Actor
- <The Attorney> Paeksang Arts Awards (2014) - Film Awards - Grand Prize
- <The Attorney> The Blue Dragon Awards (2014)
- <The Attorney> Buil Film Awards (2014)
- <The Attorney> Chunsa Film Festival (2014) - Best Actor
- <The Attorney> Maxmovie Best Film Award (2014) - Best Actor
- <The Face Reader> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2013) - Best Actor
- <The Face Reader> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2013) - Best Actor
- <Thirst> Director's Cut Awards (2009)
- <Thirst> Chunsa Film Festival (2009) - Best Actor
- <The Show Must Go On> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2007) - Best Actor
- <The Show Must Go On> Busan Film Critics Association Awards (2007)
- <The Show Must Go On> The Blue Dragon Awards (2007)
- <The Host> Korea Gold Awards Festival (2007) - Grand Prize
- <Secret Sunshine> KOREA FILM AWARD (2007) - Best Actor
- <Secret Sunshine> Director's Cut Awards (2007)
- <Secret Sunshine> University Film Festival of Korea : UNIFF (2007)
- <The Host> Director's Cut Awards (2006)
- <Memories of Murder> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2003) - Best Actor
- <Memories of Murder> Chunsa Film Festival (2003) - Best Actor
- <Memories of Murder> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2003) - Best Actor
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