Oh Dal-su
Birthday: Born in 1968-06-15 in Daegu, South Korea
Deathday: Alive
Oh Dal-su (오달수) is a South Korean actor. Oh Dal-su began his acting career in theater in Busan, and since 2001 has been the head of theater company Singiru Manhwagyeong ("Mirage and Kaleidoscope"). His rich experience on the stage, in local productions such as Ogu, later made Oh an in-demand supporting/character actor on the big screen. Oh has starred in numerous successful films, in roles such as the owner of the organized crime-funded private jail in Oldboy (2003), a former gang boss in Mapado (2005), a weapons smuggler in A Bittersweet Life (2005), a transvestite in Foxy Festival (2010), a Chinese-Korean conman in The Thieves (2012), and a sympathetic inmate in Miracle in Cell No. 7. He also dubbed the voice of the monster in The Host (2006).
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드림
Character: Lee Young-chul
Dream is a 2009 South Korean television series that follows the lives of a sports agent and K-1 fighters. Starring Joo Jin-mo, Kim Bum and Son Dam-bi, it aired on SBS from July 27 to September 29, 2009 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes....
도롱뇽도사와 그림자 조작단
Character: Sun-dal
Salamander Guru and The Shadows is a 2012 South Korean sitcom starring Choi Minho, Oh Dal-soo, Im Won-hee, Lee Byung-joon and Ryu Hyun-kyung. It aired on SBS from January 27 to March 30, 2012 on Fridays at 23:00 for 10 episodes. It is SBS's first sitcom in 5 years....
오징어 게임
Character: Captain Park
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes....
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Oldboy
Character: Park Cheol-woong
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors....
Lady Vengeance
Character: Mr. Chang
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution....
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
Character: Shin Duk-cheon
Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food....
A Bittersweet Life
Character: Myeong-goo
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair....
Code Name: Jackal
Character: Chief Detective Ma
A legendary assassin takes on an elimination task targeting the famous pop singer. She succeeds in kidnapping the singer but is hesitant to kill him, while he is hesitant to run away....
The Blacklist
Character: 신씨
A satire comedy movie set in the background of a prison cell where people gather together to talk about their lives and the world. Prison is noisy because of religious disputes on the day the pastor and the monk were fictional. One day, one new prisoner enters and claims to be a "God."...
Thirst
Character: Yeong-doo
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....
4PM
Character: Jung-in
Jung-in is the professor of western psychology decides to take a break of his teaching and moves to his new house in country side with his wife. They went to say hello to their neighbor and when there was nobody at home, they left a note. Next day the neighbor comes to visit at 4pm. When he left the couple didn't think it was a simple response to the note they left. But the doctor, neighbor comes everyday and ruins the couples peaceful times. As time passes, the couple. the couple feels pressure...
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Character: Messenger for Kim Pan-joo
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend....
Old Days
Character: Self
Old Days is a documentary about Park Chan-wook's original masterpiece, Oldboy. It was created for Plain Archive's Blu-ray release and first screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival....
Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow
Character: Han Seo-pil
In 1782, King Jeong-jo of Joseon asks detective K to investigate a series of murders related to a case of corruption within the government....
If You Were Me
Character: Police Station Chief (seg. 6)
Anthology film of six shorts by leading Korean directors. Park Chan-Wook, tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun, tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong, invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. Im Soon-Rye, goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and, Park Jin-Pyo, confronts the horror of children ...
Late Blossom
Character: Dal-su
Follows the lives of two couples who live in the same neighborhood. Kim Man-Suk delivers milk on a motorbike at dawn. He curses a lot, but actually has a warm heart. One day when he goes up a slope, he meets Ms. Song - a lonely woman who works hards by collecting and selling scrap paper. Man-Suk feels something special toward Ms. Song. Jang Kun-Bong works in a parking lot. Jang Kun-Bong has a wife who suffers from Alzheimer's. He works from dawn until late at night. After work he comes home and ...
Troubleshooter
Character: Choi Sang-cheol
Kang Tae-sik is a private detective who would do anything for money. One day, he gets framed for a murder by a ruthless boss of the criminal underworld and a mysterious caller watches and controls his every move. He must use a wide array of techno-gadgetry at his disposal to clear himself and exact revenge within 24 hours given to him....
Project Makeover
Character: Jung-ju's Father
An unhappy woman goes back in time and poses as her cousin to prevent her younger self from making the same mistakes and ruining her future....
Bet On My Disco
Character:
When her father has a terrible accident a girl is forced to work as a hostess in a popular disco bar owned by a powerful gangster. Her brother tries to free her, but the gangster refuses and instead sets the brother, a bad dancer, an impossible challenge: if he wants to free his sister, he must win an upcoming disco contest!...
Don't Step Out of the House
Character: Father (voice)
A poor boy and his sister live in a basement apartment. One day, strangers enter their house and threaten them....
The Attorney
Character: Park Dong-ho
Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good....
Bar Legend
Character: Na Sang-Choon
After living separate lives, three men try to reset their former turf that is now infested with gangsters to its former glory....
A Tale of Legendary Libido
Character: Gang-mok
A monk gives an impaired man the secret to a strong arousal. The man had been teased and tortured until the travelling man decides to help him out....
Miracle in Cell No. 7
Character: So Yang-ho
A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter....
The Thieves
Character: Andrew
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....
Woongnami
Character: Na Bok-cheon
The bear man who was once a bear become human by eating garlic and mugwort for 100 days. One day, after retirement as a policeman, a terrorist brings the deadly virus and he looks exactly the same as the bear man! With help of a detective and Youtuber, he tries to save the world now....
I, the Executioner
Character: Oh Jae-pyeong
The veteran detective Seo Do-cheol and his team at Major Crimes, relentless in their pursuit of criminals, join forces with rookie cop Park Sun-woo to track down a serial killer who has plunged the nation into turmoil....
The Wild
Character: Gak-su
Woo-chul used to be a successful boxer, but he had to go to prison because his opponent died in the middle of a match. Now that he’s been released, he intends to become a model citizen. Meanwhile, his friend Do-shik will do whatever it takes to get ahead. After choosing different paths, they will be forced to plot against and betray one another....
A Bloody Aria
Character: Oh Ge-un
A student and her teacher go to a secluded area in the middle of nowhere to practice open-air singing. There they run into a gang of local thugs who initially seem friendly but slowly reveal their sinister side....
The Show Must Go On
Character: Hyun-soo
A middle-aged gangster's lifetime of mistakes catch up with him as his personal and professional life is destroyed....
Private Eye
Character: Oh Yeong-dal
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder....
Head
Character: Professor Kim Sang-chul / Professor Oh Byung-seok
Dr. KIM Sang-chul who is a world renowned genius medical scientist is killed by himself and his head is cut and missing in his funeral. While a dispatch rider, Hong-je, delivers Dr. KIM’s head, he is kidnapped by Baek-jung and his elder sister, Hong-joo goes head to head with him to save Hong-je!! As far as she chases him, the forces into the background of Dr. KIM’s head are revealed and Hong-joo is in danger. Can a reckless but loyal female journalist save her bro and take the scoop what she wa...
The Servant
Character: Old Man Ma
A servant falls in love with a girl whom his master also desires. Although the girl loves the servant, she also longs to improve her station in life....
The Pirates
Character: Han Sang-jil
At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?...
Slow Video
Character: Byeong-soo
Jang-bu was an ordinary boy except his special talent; To see every moving thing like a slow motion video. As friends teased him by calling ‘monster eyes’, he decided to stick at home and not to go out. Television has been his only friend. Time passes by, and now grown-up Jang-bu works at the CCTV control center which is the best job for him. When he sees people’s life through camera, he feels he’s sharing their ordinary life that he’s never had. This new job opens his heart to the world and Jan...
Ode to My Father
Character: Dal-goo
Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister....
Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island
Character: Han Seo-pil
Joseon's top detective Kim Min attempts to track down those responsible for circulating massive amounts of counterfeit silver bullion in Joseon. He also tries to find the missing sibling of a young girl....
Once in a Summer
Character: Nam Gyun-soo
An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear on their show, which helps locate long-lost persons. Who does grey-haired Professor Yun Suk-Young want to see again more than anything? The answer to that question lies decades in the past....
Assassination
Character: Pomade
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past....
My Paparotti
Character: Principle Deok-saeng
This movie talks about the genius high school student Jang-ho who dreams of becoming the next Pavarotti although he is part of a gang and Sang-jin, currently a countryside art school music teacher but once a highlighted vocal singer....
Boss
Character: In-sool
Soon-tae, aspiring to start his dream restaurant franchise, is nominated as the next boss of the gang. He hopes to pass the role to Kang-pyo, the grandson of the former boss, but Kang-pyo dreams of becoming a tango dancer instead. A fierce competition between two strong candidates begins with the goal of losing the election to pursue their individual dreams! To add chaos to the mix, troublemaker Pan-ho, who is unwanted by everyone, decides to join the boss election!...
Veteran
Character: Oh Jae-pyeong
When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law....
You Call It Passion
Character: Director Ko
Ra-hee is ready for the real world. She has graduated from a respectable college and begins to apply for full-time jobs but is rejected by every company that she applies to. When all hope is lost, she gets a phone call from a newspaper company and is recruited as an intern in the entertainment section. Although reluctant at first, as she believes herself to be over-qualified for the job, she soon learns and understands the passion of the press. During her rollercoaster experience as an entertain...
The Great Actor
Character: Jang Seong-pil
A breakthrough opportunity comes when internationally - renowned director Park announces an open call for his new film, and Jang begins intense preparation for the role of his life....
Tunnel
Character: Dae-kyung
A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help....
Soar Into the Sun
Character: Master Sergeant Min Dong-phil
Tae-hun causes trouble for the his unit with his antics. He does not take much seriously until a dogfight leaves a pilot dead and another missing. Tae-hun and the other members of his unit launch a rescue mission to prevent a war from breaking out....
Run-Off
Character: Kang Dae-woong
In 2003 the year of Aomori Asian Games, Dae-woong, a former ice hockey player receives an offer to be a director of Korean national ice hockey team. Before he enjoys the moment, realizes it is a woman national team with bunch of losers; a figure skating player who wants to get married by becoming a national team, a former field hockey player, now a fat housewife, and an expelled short track skater. As an ace player, Ji-won, a former national team player of North Korea, joins the team. But they s...
Master
Character: Hwang Myung-joon
Korea’s biggest network marketing scam reveals a far greater network of corruption and conspiracy lurking underneath....
Money Show
Character: Factory President
"Short! Short! Short! 2009" is an anthology film commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The film consists of 10 short films centered around the theme of "Money," made by 10 up & coming directors in South Korea....
Woman Is the Future of Man
Character: Glutinous Rice Cake Seller
As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier....
Memoir of a Murderer
Character: Byung-man
A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious boyfriend who may be a serial killer too....
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Character: Prosecutor
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial....
The President's Barber
Character: Mr. Ahn
A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean political history, from the viewpoint of the barber's son....
The Ugly Duckling
Character: Nak-man's Father
A man joins the national army as a soldier who does haircuts for other soldiers. However, he feels frustrated for being on miscellaneous duties rather than what he was conscripted for....
The Host
Character: The Monster (voice)
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her....
1987: When the Day Comes
Character: Journalist (cameo) (uncredited)
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eru...
Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead
Character: Han Seo-pil
When a series of murders occur in Kanghwa Island, Detective K and his partner are once again called upon to solve the case. Along the way, he teams up with a beautiful woman with amnesia and together they discover Vampire bite marks on all the bodies. As they investigate further, they realize that the woman is somehow closely connected to the deaths....
Foxy Festival
Character: Gwang-rok
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"....
Forbidden Quest
Character: Hwang
A noble, high-class scholar starts to write erotic novels in 18th century of Chosun dynasty and falls in love with a king's woman....
Between Love and Hate
Character: Hak-Yi
Young-Hoon works for his mother’s restaurant, but he prefers hanging out with his friends. He then meets Yeun-ah, a tough lady that works in a room salon as a barmaid. She takes the initiative by coming to his restaurant, when he is working, and propositions him in a playful way. They become a couple, but their relationship is always volatile. They fight constantly (physically and verbally), but the next moment kiss and make up. Meanwhile, Young-Hoon already has another girlfriend, who is his fi...
I Want to Know Your Parents
Character: Do Ji-yeol
An eighth grade student kills himself but not before writing the names of the students who victimized him. Their parents are called into the school and a battle goes on regarding the will....
Best Friend
Character: Eui-sik
Daekwon is the team leader of the surveillance team on the verge of getting a demotion. His mission is to be as an unemployed head of a household and monitor the politician's family who's been house arrested right after arrival from abroad for 24 hours a day with his team. Members of the surveillance team, who have moved into the next door disguised as a neighbor, discover secrets one by one, through monitoring all the sounds and behaviors of suspicious family members, from requests for a radio ...
Never Ending Peace and Love
Character: Police Box (Chief)
"Never Ending Peace and Love" (or "N.E.P.A.L.") is part of the South Korean omnibus film "If You Were Me" (2003). Comprising six short films directed by six prominent Korean directors and commissioned by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, "If You Were Me" deals with discrimination in the country. The directors were given free rein with regards to subject and style. Park Chan-wook's short tackles the theme of human rights abuses towards foreign laborers in Korea, telling the sory of a...
Crying Fist
Character: Yong-dae
Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing to turn around lives gone astray, aiming for the amateur title, ultimately pitting them against each other, but more importantly, against themselves....
Mai Ratima
Character:
Actor Yoo Ji-Tae’s directorial debut feature film is one part melodrama, one part comingof-age story about Soo-young, a miserable thirtysomething man and Mai-Ratima, a 22-year-old Thai girl who accepts a mail order marriage in order to realize her Korean Dream. Into their relationship comes Young-jin, a hostess, slowly turning it into a love triangle....
Driving with My Wife's Lover
Character: Taxi Driver
A mild-mannered stamp maker searches for the man who slept with his wife. Disguised as a customer, he approaches the man....