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Kim Yun-seok
Born: 21st Jan 1968 Busan, South Korea
Dept: Acting
Kim Yoon-seok (김윤석) is a South Korean actor. He was born on January 21, 1968. Kim's theater background first led him to be cast in minor roles on film and television. His breakout role came as the villain in gambling film Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), but it was his performance as a pimp and ex-cop in surprise hit The Chaser (2008) that brought him acting awards and stardom in his forties. Kim has since become an acclaimed leading actor in Korean cinema, in films such as Running Turtle (2009), The Yellow Sea (2010), Punch (2011), and The Thieves (2012).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 40
Film: 35 (88%)
Television: 5 (13%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Adventure, Music
Filmography
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Ki Tae finds out that he only has a few months to live. With his remaining time, he sets out to find out what happened to the woman he loved years ago ... view
Character:
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A disgraced six-term congressman dies and returns as a ghost ten years in the past, where he schemes to use the only person who can see him, a low-lev ... view
Character:
Koo Young-jin (1 ep.)
Original title: 폭설
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At a remote train station covered in heavy snow, a station master Gap-su is facing the last day of his life-long dedication to the station. Devastated ... view
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Gap-su
Original title: 바이러스
2025
A mysterious virus spreads out. Anyone infected feels the emotion of love, and the emotion amplifies until it kills the person in love. The pessimist ... view
Character:
Lee Gyun
Original title: 대가족
2024
Mu-ok is the self-made owner of the established restaurant 'Pyongmanok' that has been drawing long lines of customers before social media existed. He ... view
Character:
Mu-ok
Aug 2024 (first aired)
One tranquil summer, a mysterious woman checks into a vacation rental — triggering events that disrupt the lives of the owner and those around him. ... view
Character:
Jeon Yeong-ha (8 ep.)
Original title: 노량: 죽음의 바다
2023
The Imjin War reaches its seventh year in December of 1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin learns that the Wa invaders in Joseon are preparing for a swift withdr ... view
Character:
Admiral Yi Sun-Shin
Original title: 모가디슈
2021
Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them ... view
Character:
Ambassador Han Shin-sung
Original title: 미성년
2019
Teenage girls suffer from conflicts from their parents' affairs. A baby from the affair is born, and the two families have to accept reality. ... view
Character:
Dae-won
Original title: 암수살인
2018
A serial killer is caught for his seventh murder. A cop tries to solve the first six cases with the killer's help, but starts to suspect that he has u ... view
Character:
Kim Hyeong-min
Original title: 1987
2017
In 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the ... view
Character:
Park Cheo-won
Original title: 남한산성
2017
Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler o ... view
Character:
Kim Sang-heon
Original title: 당신, 거기 있어줄래요?
2016
A terminally ill surgeon travels back in time through the use of unique capsules to reunite with his dead lover. He then meets his juvenile self and t ... view
Character:
Soo-hyun
Original title: 검은 사제들
2015
To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case. ... view
Character:
Father Kim
Original title: 극비수사
2015
A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom no one expects to be alive. Based on a true story. ... view
Character:
Gong Gil-yong
Original title: 쎄시봉
2015
A beautiful socialite enters the lives of three bickering musicians and inspires them to write a series of hit love-songs. ... view
Character:
Oh Geun-tae (40s)
Original title: 타짜: 신의 손
2014
Dae-gil has been skilled with his hands and has shown a strong desire for winning ever since he was a child. He will succeed his uncle and jump into t ... view
Character:
Ah-gwi
Original title: 해무
2014
A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea. ... view
Character:
Captain
Original title: 화이: 괴물을 삼킨 아이
2013
After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime. ... view
Character:
Seok-tae
Original title: 남쪽으로 튀어
2013
Hae-gap is a director who makes anti-government documentary films. One day, Hae-gap’s son, Na-ra, runs away from home, but Man-deok, a freeloader li ... view
Character:
Choi Hae-gap
Original title: 도둑들
2012
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops clos ... view
Character:
Macao Park
Original title: 완득이
2011
A deadbeat teacher helps an angry, aimless teenager find direction in life during his final year of high school. ... view
Character:
Lee Dong-joo
Original title: 황해
2010
A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to ... view
Character:
Myeon Jeong-hak
Original title: 전우치
2009
Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it. ... view
Character:
Hwa-dam
Original title: 거북이 달린다
2009
Jo Pil-seong, a rural detective with a gambling addiction, is on the brink of losing his job when he has his gambling winnings stolen by an escapee co ... view
Character:
Detective Phil-sung
Original title: 추격자
2008
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. ... view
Character:
Jung-ho
Original title: 즐거운 인생
2007
Three old friends who used to be part of a rock band reunite at the fourth member's funeral. They decide to band back together with the deceased's est ... view
Character:
Seong-wook
Original title: 타짜
2006
Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are ... view
Character:
Ah-gwi
Original title: 천하장사 마돈나
2006
A chubby high school student participatee in a sports competition to win a cash prize for sex change surgery. ... view
Character:
Dong-ku's Father
Jul 2006 (first aired)
After discovering her husband's affair, Oh Sun Ae (Ha Hee Ra) tries to start a new life, but when the past (along with the new woman) just won't go aw ... view
Character:
Dong-kyu Ha (1 ep.)
Original title: 야수
2006
A homicide detective joins forces with a prosecutor to avenged the murder of his half-brother. The aggressive detective and the by-the-book prosecutor ... view
Character:
Ju Hyun-tae
Original title: 파랑주의보
2005
Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For some unknown reason, Su-eun has a crush on the boy ... view
Character:
Biology Teacher
Original title: 내 생애 가장 아름다운 일주일
2005
A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who have just fallen in love. ... view
Character:
Dong-man
Jun 2005 (first aired)
Yu Gang Hyuk was only 7 years old when his father was murdered in a car "accident" and separated from his identical twin, Yu Shin Hyuk. He forgot his ... view
Character:
Chun Gong-myung (24 ep.)
Oct 2004 (first aired)
Ki Tae finds out that he only has a few months to live. With his remaining time, he sets out to find out what happened to the woman he loved years ag ... view
Character:
Kyung Soo (1 ep.)
Original title: 시실리 2km
2004
Seok-tae runs away with a huge diamond of his gang and comes to Sisily, a peaceful village. Yang-e runs after him to get the diamond back and finds Se ... view
Character:
Hak-gyu
Original title: 범죄의 재구성
2004
After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since Choi Chang-hyuk's release from jail. But this time around he's got an elaborate plan cooke ... view
Character:
Detective Lee
Original title: 울랄라 씨스터즈
2002
Cho Eun-ja is the president of Club LaLa, which has been a family business for three generations. It used to be a very popular club but not anymore. N ... view
Character:
Sachae Quik
Original title: 베사메무쵸
2001
The life of a happy family is thrown into turmoil when they are given 30 days to pay back a relative's massive debt or lose everything. ... view
Character:
Bailiff 1
Original title: 어린 연인
1994
Jung-yub is besotted with his stepdaughter Yun-hee and their relationship goes beyond father-daughter boundaries. Yun-hee seeks to escape her father's ... view
Character:
Student at karaoke