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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Song Kang-ho, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2024One Win — Kim Woo-jin
• Uncle Samsik — Park Doo-chill / Uncle Samsik
• BEEF — Dr. Kim
• 2023Cobweb — Director Kim
• 2022Broker — Sang-hyun
• 2022Emergency Declaration — Gu In-ho
• 2019Parasite — Kim Ki-taek
• 2019The King's Letters — King Sejong
• 2018The Drug King — Lee Doo-sam
• 2017A Taxi Driver — Kim Man-seob
• 2017Decades Apart — Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
• 2016The Age of Shadows — Lee Jung-chool
• 2015The Throne — King Yeongjo
• 2014The Interview — Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
• 2013Snowpiercer — Namgoong Minsu
• 2013The Attorney — Song Woo-seok
• 2013The Face Reader — Nae-kyung
• 2012Day Trip — Teacher
• 2012Howling — Jo Sang-gil
• 2011Hindsight — Du-heon
• 2010A Little Pond — Police officer
• 2010Making of Thirst
• 2010Secret Reunion — Lee Han-kyu
• 2009Thirst — Priest Sang-hyeon
• 2008The Good, the Bad, the Weird — Yoon Tae-goo
• 2007Secret Sunshine — Kim Jong-chan
• 2007The Show Must Go On — Kang In-goo
• 2006The Host — Park Gang-du
• 2005Antarctic Journal — Choi Do-hyung
• 2005Lady Vengeance — Assassin 1
• 2004The Power of Love
• 2004The President's Barber — Seong Han-mo
• 2003Memories of Murder — Detective Park Doo-man
• 2002Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance — Dong-jin
• 2002YMCA Baseball Team — Lee Ho-chang
• 2000Joint Security Area — Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
• 2000The Foul King — Lim Dae-ho
• 1999Shiri — Lee Jang-gil
• 1998The Quiet Family — Young-min
• 1997Green Fish — Pan-su
• 1997No. 3 — Jo-pil
• 1997Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie — Big Eyes
• 1996The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well — Dong-suk
• Drishyam — Producer
• Gardeners — Choi Young-il
• Reunion — Seong-jun

Appearances as themselves (16)

• New Old Boy : Dir. Park — Self
• 2023Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony — Self
• Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies — Self
• Just an Excuse — Self
• Next Entertainment, Visionary — Self
• The Game Caterers — Self
• IU's Palette — Self - Guest
• Modern Korea — Self (archive footage)
• Journalism Talk Show J — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Memories — Self
• 2013Where is my DVD? — Self
• 2012Ari Ari the Korean Cinema — Self
• Baeksang Arts Awards — Self
• 2005Making Memories of Murder — Self
• 2005The Process of Mr. Vengeance — Self
• The Oscars — Self