Born in 1970, PARK Hee-soon started out as a stage actor after studying theater at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. A member of the Mokwha Repertory Company until 2001, the seasoned actor made his first big screen appearance the following year in the comedy <Boss X File> (2002). His breakout role came with the thriller <7 Days> (2007), when his spectacular performance as a detective who helps his elementary school friend (KIM Yun-jin) to rescue her kidnapped son w...More

Born in 1970, PARK Hee-soon started out as a stage actor after studying theater at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. A member of the Mokwha Repertory Company until 2001, the seasoned actor made his first big screen appearance the following year in the comedy <Boss X File> (2002). His breakout role came with the thriller <7 Days> (2007), when his spectacular performance as a detective who helps his elementary school friend (KIM Yun-jin) to rescue her kidnapped son won him Best Supporting Actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards. As if to make up for his belated start, he appeared in a large number of films playing a wide range of characters. His acting style defies categorization as he switches effortlessly from a cold-blooded gangster-turned-stock rigger in <The Scam> (2009) to a suicidal, desperate man who is held a prisoner by a strange woman (GANG Hye-jung) in <On the Way Home> (2009), and to the coach in <A Barefoot Dream> (2010) who leads the East Timor Youth Soccer Team to a miraculous victory. In 2012, he played the Emperor Gojong of the late Joseon dynasty in <Gabi> (2012), and also took on the role of a private detective in <The Scent> (2011), a thriller in which he co-starred PARK Si-yeon. After playing a South Korean colonel in the 2013 hit spy thriller <The Suspect> (2013), he gave a few shots at TV series with <All About My Romance> (2013) and <Missing Noir M> (2015). 2017 was a great year for PARK as he starred as an army officer in the critically acclaimed historical drama <The Fortress> before joining the main cast of the political thriller <1987: When the Day Comes>, which captivated 7.2 million viewers. His Best Supporting Actor win at the Baeksang Arts Awards was the cherry on top of an impressive career resurgence.Less