Born on January 17, 1967, in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, Song Kang-ho is a South Korean actor with 46 acting credits. He is most widely known as Kim Ki-taek, the father in Parasite (2019). Moviegoers may also know him as Detective Park Doo-man in Memories of Murder (2003), Park Gang-du in The Host (2006) and Namgoong Minsu in Snowpiercer (2013).
Other films in his body of work include Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Thirst (2009) as Priest Sang-hyeon, and A Taxi Driver (2017) as Kim Man-seob. Over his career, he has received the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actor and the 2007 Asian Film Award for Best Actor, along with Grand Bell Awards honors and the Order of Cultural Merit. One of his more recent projects is the 2023 series BEEF, where he played Dr. Kim.
Frequent co-stars
- Bae Doona · 4 films together: The Host, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Broker, The Drug King
- Oh Dal-su · 4 films together: The Host, Lady Vengeance, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Thirst
- Song Kang-ho · 4 films together: Joint Security Area, Emergency Declaration, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, The Age of Shadows
- Song Young-chang · 3 films together: The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Thirst, The Foul King
- Shin Ha-kyun · 3 films together: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Joint Security Area, Thirst
- Jung Woo-sung · 2 films together: The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Cobweb
Awards won
- Asian Film Award for Best Actor (2007)
- Grand Bell Awards
- Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actor
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
- Order of Cultural Merit
Career at a glance
First credit: The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996) · Credits: 42
Roles played
Titles reviewed on Drama4U
Parasite2019 · Kim Ki-taekReviewed
Snowpiercer2013 · Namgoong MinsuReviewed
Memories of Murder2003 · Detective Park Doo-manReviewed
Other work
One Win2024 · Kim Woo-jin
Uncle Samsik2024 · Park Doo-chill / Uncle Samsik
Cobweb2023 · Director Kim
BEEF2023 · Dr. Kim
Emergency Declaration2022 · Gu In-ho
Broker2022 · Sang-hyun
The King's Letters2019 · King Sejong
The Drug King2018 · Lee Doo-sam
A Taxi Driver2017 · Kim Man-seob
Decades Apart2017 · Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
The Age of Shadows2016 · Lee Jung-chool
The Throne2015 · King Yeongjo
The Interview2014 · Soldier Watching the Interview (uncredited)
The Attorney2013 · Song Woo-seok
The Face Reader2013 · Nae-kyung
Day Trip2012 · Teacher
Howling2012 · Jo Sang-gil
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Hindsight2011 · Du-heon
A Little Pond2010 · Police officer
Secret Reunion2010 · Lee Han-kyu
Thirst2009 · Priest Sang-hyeon
The Good, the Bad, the Weird2008 · Yoon Tae-goo
Secret Sunshine2007 · Kim Jong-chan
The Show Must Go On2007 · Kang In-goo
The Host2006 · Park Gang-du
Lady Vengeance2005 · Assassin 1
Antarctic Journal2005 · Choi Do-hyung- The Power of Love2004
The President's Barber2004 · Seong Han-mo
YMCA Baseball Team2002 · Lee Ho-chang
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance2002 · Dong-jin
Joint Security Area2000 · Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
The Foul King2000 · Lim Dae-ho
Shiri1999 · Lee Jang-gil
The Quiet Family1998 · Young-min
Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie1997 · Big Eyes
No. 31997 · Jo-pil
Green Fish1997 · Pan-su
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well1996 · Dong-suk
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