Shin Ha-kyun
Birthday: Born in 1974-05-30 in Seoul, South Korea
Deathday: Alive
Shin Ha-kyun (신하균) is a South Korean actor. Born on May 30 1974, he first trained as a stage actor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, before transitioning to film and gaining national fame with his role as a North Korean soldier in Joint Security Area (JSA, 2000). The film was a major blockbuster with 5 million admissions domestically. And it earned him the prestigious Blue Dragon Best Supporting Actor award. After the success of JSA, Shin has appeared in many critically and popularly acclaimed roles, including in Guns & Talks (2001), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), and Save the Green Planet! (2003). He then starred in Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) in the lead role, which was another major blockbuster with 8 million admissions domestically. Recently, he appeared in The Thieves (2012) and Extreme Job (2019), which were the 2nd biggest hits in Korean film history at their respective time of release, with 12 million and 16 million admissions respectively.
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위기일발 풍년빌라
Character:
When the owner of a shabby, soon-to-be-demolished villa in a run-down part of Seoul mysteriously dies, it sets in motion a chain of events that touches many lives. His son Oh Bok-gyu (Shin Ha-kyun), a struggling actor who was previously completely unaware of his inheritance, arrives to take possession of Apartment Number 201, only to find that rumors are swirling everywhere that his father has left a huge fortune of ₩50 billion in gold bars hidden somewhere in the villa — and that his father was...
내 연애의 모든 것
Character: Kim Soo Young
Soo Young is a judge who fixes the wrongs of politics. Min Young is interested and inspired to get into it....
유 퀴즈 온 더 블럭
Character: Self
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show....
런닝맨
Character:
A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop....
욘더
Character: Jae-hyeon
Ja-hyun receives a message from his deceased wife inviting him to reunite with her in a place called 'Yonder'....
미스터 백
Character: Chairman Choi Go Bong / Choi Shin Hyung
An old man is given the power to age backwards, but every time he falls in love he ages forward....
브레인
Character: Lee Kang-hoon
Lee Gang Hun is a brilliant brain surgeon who will do anything for success. Haunted by the hardships he had growing up including his father’s death, he’s filled with ambition and hopes to prove himself to be the best when it comes to neurosurgery. Gang Hun’s arrogance and selfishness remind Professor Sang Cheol, the best brain surgeon at Chunha University Hospital, of his younger days. San Chul is an empathetic doctor who cares highly about his patients, and dislikes Gang Hun’s approach, but ult...
악인전기
Character: Han Dong-soo
A hardworking lawyer who randomly selects prisoners to visit and find jobs for himself meets a former baseball player who is also the second in command of a criminal organization. Will he be able to resist the temptations of evil?...
피리부는 사나이
Character: Joo Sung-Chan
Drama series follows a police crisis negotiation team as they try to solve cases without using force. The police crisis negotiation team works on such cases like attempted suicides, hostage situations and terror situations....
좋은 사람
Character: Park jun pil
20 years ago, Park Joon-pil is the son of a mafia boss and Kang Tae-pyung is the son of a police officer. At the department store, while Kang Tae-pyung's dad attempts to arrest Joon-pil's dad, both the small boys become orphans. A fellow police officer takes in Joon-pil as his own son, thinking that the little boy is Tae-Pyung. Tae-pyung, however, is taken into an orphan home. Joon-pil knows he is a criminal's son. 20 years later, Joon-pil is an aspiring young police officer and Tae-pyung is a b...
유니콘
Character: Steve
Following the crew at the fictional company Maccom, where they navigate the chaotic battlefield common to Korean start-ups. Steve is the slightly mad mastermind behind Maccom, while Ashley is on the innovation team and is one of his smartest employees....
감사합니다
Character: Shin Cha-il
An office investigative drama that depicts the ups and downs of teamwork between a cool-headed audit team leader and affectionate audit team members....
나쁜 형사
Character: Woo Tae-suk
Woo Tae Suk is an experienced and well-established detective with a long professional career, but in spite of everything he is a lonely and bitter human being. It all has to do with him only focusing on solving cases, while his actions are completely controversial because it crosses the line between good and evil. Woo Tae Suk crosses paths with a psychopath, but he cannot arrest her because of lack of evidence. The woman eventually decides to help Woo Tae Suk solve other cases....
백상예술대상
Character: Self
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영혼수선공
Character: Lee Shi-joon
A psychiatrist who is passionate about helping his patients does everything he can to help them heal their emotional wounds and find happiness....
핑계고
Character: Self
Yoo Jae-suk Welfare Content 🐓Pinggyego (Just an Excuse)🐓 It is a content where Yoo Jae-suk freely chats with his favorite friends for various excuses and provides small stories and laughter....
괴물
Character: Lee Dong-sik
As a killing resembling a cold case resurfaces in a small town, the chase for the truth falls on two policemen who each harbor secrets of their own....
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Joint Security Area
Character: Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides....
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Character: Ryu
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge....
Save the Green Planet!
Character: Lee Byeong-gu
A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber....
Thirst
Character: Kang-woo
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend....
Guns & Talks
Character: Jung-woo
Four unlikely assassins question their assignments because they genuinely care about their customers and victims. However, they attract police attention and a prosecutor is on their trail....
Welcome to Dongmakgol
Character: 2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-chul
Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war....
No Mercy for the Rude
Character: Killa
A mute hit-man vows to kill only the rude, and save up enough money for tongue surgery....
My Brother
Character: Kim Seong-hyeon
The story of two brothers, growing up in 1970s Korea, who each take two completely different paths. One goes to school to become a doctor, the other becomes a gangster. Their story is told through flashbacks after one of them is murdered....
A Letter From Mars
Character: Seung-jae
Little Seung-jae stays up all night and writes letters to So-hee, pretending to be her father in Mars. Leaving Seung-jae's innocent heart behind, So-hee leaves for a big city. Both grown up to be adults, Seung-jae is a postman who writes letters to So-hee's grandma - the letters that never came from So-hee. So-hee's heart hardens after hardships in life and she comes back to her hometown and Seung-jae's heart swells up again at seeing her again......
Café Noir
Character: Young-soo
The story begins with a man left by his girlfriend on Christmas Eve and unfolds across the city of Seoul....
My Son
Character: Uncle Wild Goose (voice) (uncredited)
Lee Gang-sik sits in jail with a life sentence because of murder. His good behavior the last 15 years earns him the opportunity to be released for one day & visit his family. But how will his son, whom he let down for 15 years, react?...
The Quiz Show Scandal
Character: Doctor of Engineering
Due to a massive car accident and a twist of fate, passengers on four cars find out the answer to the final multimillion-dollar question in an upcoming episode of The Quiz Show. Everyone rushes to compete, their only challenge is to get to that final question....
The Devil's Game
Character: Min Hee-do
Struggling artist Min Hee-do is offered three billion won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik, who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. Hee-do loses the bet, and after a month long brain operation, he wakes up to find that they have swapped bodies....
Surprise Party
Character: Kim Jung-woo
How do you go about detaining a total stranger for 12 hours? This is what Ha-young (Lee Yo-won) has to do for her best friend, Mi-ryung (Kim Min-hee). Mi-ryung has been planning for a surprise party for her overseas boyfriend Jun-woo (Shin Ha-gyun), but her plans are stopped short when her father finds out that Jun-woo is half-Hawaiian, and forbids the party from being held. Mi-ryung is put under even greater pressure when Jun-Woo tells her that he would arrive early, and she pleads with Ha-Youn...
Big Match
Character: Ace
Choi Ik-Ho is a martial arts star with talent for action and humor. But one day, he is framed for murder. Ace is a game planner, who makes a game for the Korean upper class. He is a villain who makes a city into a big gameboard through technology. Ace and Choi Ik-Ho become adversaries as Choi Ik-Ho jumps into the game to save his brother....
Empire of Lust
Character: Kim Min-jae
In the turbulent Joseon dynasty, army commander Min-jae watches ambitious Prince Yi Bang-won while becoming entwined with Ga-hee, a vengeful gisaeng. Fate collides as power shifts....
Running Man
Character: Cha Jong-woo
A man who wrongly accused as a murderer know nothing but just running from everyone who want to catch him. Can he reveal the truth before things getting worst?...
Murder, Take One
Character: Kim Young-hun
A woman is killed in a hotel room. The ensuing police investigation is conducted in front of TV cameras for the entire country to watch as it unfolds....
The Front Line
Character: Kang Eun-pyo
In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been hap...
Lady Vengeance
Character: Assassin 2
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution....
The Spy
Character: Woo-yeol
A North Korean spy named Lee Chul-jin infiltrates the eastern coast of South Korea. His mission is to steal a Super Pig DNA sample which can be used to alleviate the famine in North Korea. On the way to meet his contact in Seoul, Chul-jin is robbed by gangsters posing as a taxi driver and passengers. Chul-jin finally meets fellow communists, Mr.OH and his family, and after many awkward situations and adventures....
Detour
Character: Joong-Pil
Three friends from college are now on the brink of turning 40. To attend a funeral on Jeju Island, they go on an unexpected trip as a getaway and wind up at a guest house, where water shimmers, wind blows, and pretty women are seductive, inviting the trio back to their 20s....
The Villainess
Character: Joong-sang
A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men....
Room No.7
Character: Doo-sik
In a DVD-themed sex hotel, a young employee has hidden drugs in room #7 for criminals in exchange for wiping off his debt. But then his boss hides a dead body in the same room and locks the door. And a dangerous battle of wits ensues between a man who must lock away the secret behind the door, and another, who must go inside....
Hair
Character: Kang Woon-do
"If I have chest hair ... Miss Kim, fame and fortune will be mine!" Woon-do is the owner of such an absurd idea. he is going to challenge the harsh destiny of the bare chest, decorating the room with pictures of male models with abundant chest hair and growing his dreams!...
Coming Out
Character: Song Jae-min
A young woman asks her brother to videotape her confession. The brother thinks this is all a joke and unnecessarily ridiculous. The woman nevertheless insists on proceeding on telling on tape what she's been hiding to her family including her brother all along. She is coming out....
No Comment
Character:
3 short movies: "Enemies in Four Directions": A bunch of thugs, an assassin who uses a screwdriver as a weapon of choice, a young gigolo and his housewife "customer," and other motley crew of guests converge in a hotel, creating havoc for one another through a series of misunderstandings and identity confusions. "My Nike": In contrast, is a modest, gentle but savvy evocation of an urban lower-middle class family life in 1980s Korea. The chapter is told from the point of view of a 14 yo junior ...
Foxy Festival
Character: Jang-bae
A bright sexy comedy about a wholesome town and four mysterious couples and their sneaky lives. It is the new work of director Lee Hae-yeong, who secured a spot as a new director with the work "Like a Virgin"....
What a Man Wants
Character: Bong-soo
Set on Jeju Island, Seok-Geun is a middle-aged man and he works as a taxi driver. He is married to Dam-Deok. Seok-Geun constantly cheats on his wife, but it doesn't mean he does not love his wife....
Decades Apart
Character: Jeong Woo-jin
For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived an original immersive 3D sound and image installation. Based on the set of Joint Security Area (JSA) (2000), a movie by Park Chan-wook, new images were filmed for the work and sound treated in a very surprising way to give the visitor a total experience....
The Foul King
Character: Bully 1
An incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler but he is coached to cheat all the time....
The Thieves
Character: Art Curator
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 close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface....
Extreme Job
Character: Lee Moo-bae
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected....
The Happenings
Character: Kim Chu-rak
Upon getting out of prison, Deok-Bae meets his old buddy Dal-soo, who owns a restaurant. These two have never succeeded in life, and are constantly in and out of prison. Two others who happen to be in the same boat as Deok-Bae and Dal-Soo are ex-convicts. They have threatened to commit suicide unless traffic and unemployment issues are resolved. They are also unlucky enough to have been spotted at the scene of a crime. While these four are making big plans for their first success, the city becom...
Inseparable Bros
Character: Se-ha
Se-ha who is a physically handicapped and Dong-gu who is a mentally handicapped are not their own brothers. But while living 20 years together, the two became indispensable to each other. One day, the mother of Dong-gu suddenly visits him and acts as his guardian....
The Anchor
Character: Choi In-ho
A mysterious informant calls a broadcast news anchor to request that the anchor report on the informant’s inevitable death....
The Present
Character: Kang Sang-Gu
The partnership between Ha-neul and Bo-ra start wavering in the midst of launching their startup when their firefighting thermal imaging camera project fails followed by a notice to move out of their studio due to outstanding monthly rent. As things go from bad to worse, a strange man suddenly appears in the middle of their studio, insisting that the place is his factory....
Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP
Character: Ali (voice)
A zoophobic national security agent suddenly receives the ability to talk to animals after a freak accident....