Along with [YOO Hae-jin], OH Dal-soo is a master character actor considered the top “scene stealer” in Korean movies. He gained fame through <Bet on My Disco> and built an actor’s aura around him through <Old Boy> in a role as a local mob boss who spewed out blood and curses at the hammer-wielding OH Dae-soo ([CHOI Min-sik]) even as his teeth were being jacked out. OH became a top candidate for casting after this role, and he diligently took up film roles. ...More

Along with [YOO Hae-jin], OH Dal-soo is a master character actor considered the top “scene stealer” in Korean movies. He gained fame through <Bet on My Disco> and built an actor’s aura around him through <Old Boy> in a role as a local mob boss who spewed out blood and curses at the hammer-wielding OH Dae-soo ([CHOI Min-sik]) even as his teeth were being jacked out. OH became a top candidate for casting after this role, and he diligently took up film roles. He is especially liked by some of the top film directors, including [PARK Chan-wook], [KIM Jee-woon], and [BONG Joon-ho]. His voice acting for the monster character in <The Host> was perhaps one of the most unique roles in his illustrious acting career. Having played numerous impressive supporting roles, ranging from a national treasure thief in <The Wolf Returns> to a briquette merchant covered with coal dust in <The President's Barber> and a rice cake peddler in <Woman Is the Future of Man>, OH rose to the ranks of leading actors in the mid-2000s. In his subsequent movies, he acted with style in roles as a man urging an aristocrat to write obscene books in <Forbidden Quest>, a villager who invites an adulterous couple into a fantasy of violence in <A Bloody Aria>, a butler for a wealthy benefactor in <The Good, The Bad, and The Weird>, and a detective in <Troubleshooter>. His acting often shines brighter and is more enjoyable in historical dramas , as evidenced by his co-starring role with KIM Myung-min in <DETECTIVE K : Secret of Virtuous Widow>, which led to its smashing box-office success. He accrues a number of credits every year and 2012 was no exception as he was part of the ensemble of all-time box office king <The Thieves> while also starring in varied other works such as <Traffickers> and <R2B: Return to Base>. OH next appeared in the two biggest films of 2013, the surprise family comedy hit <Miracle in Cell No.7> and the end of year courtroom thriller smash <The Attorney>. Continuing his knack for picking big projects, OH’s next big project was JK YOUN’s record-breaking Ode to My Father, which became the second-highest grossing Korean films of all time. In 2014, he also featured in the swashbuckler <The Pirates>, an enormous hit in its own right. Early in 2015 he became the first actor to cross 100 million admissions at the box office and the figure only rose with three new blockbusters, the Joseon Era detective action-comedy sequel <Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island>, RYOO Seung-wan’s hard-boiled action noir <Veteran> and CHOI Dong-hoon’s period thriller <Assassination>.Less