Following his debut in <No. 3> in 1997, he appeared in the movies <The Foul King>, <Mr. Socrates>, <Sunflower>, <Open City>, and <Into the White Night> as well as the dramas <The Legend> and <East of Eden>, making a big impression on the public. He particularly impressed viewers in the drama <King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo> in the role of CHO Jin-goo, who committed a crime in his past but tries to move on by becoming a baker and supporter of Tak-Goo. In 2011, he displayed a new side with his portrayal of the ambitious KIM Yoo-shin in the drama <Gye Baek>. Despite his long career on the big screen, PARK has only recently become a big star. With his imposing physique and charisma he has become a popular choice to play villains, such as a ruthless gang boss in <New World> in 2013 or a tough enforcer in <Tabloid Truth> in early 2014. That same year he played another gang boss in <For the Emperor>. Continuing his run of antagonists, he played a heartless serial killer in the revenge film <The Deal> and appeared as a murderer on the run in the romantic thriller <The Shameless>. On the flipside, in <Office> he played a detective on the hunt for a serial killer. In a stroke of good fortune, both <The Shameless> and <Office> were invited to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, in the Un Certain Regard and Midnight Screening lineups, respectively.
Outside Story
Date of Birth: January 9th, 1973
Height, Weight: 187cm, 81kg
Educational Background: Graduated from Department of Law, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Debut
’97 Movie <No. 3>
Drama
’11 tvN <Buddy Buddy> - Choi Dong-Gwan
’11 MBC <Gye Baek> - Kim Yoo- Shin
’11 E Channel <Big Hit> - Hwang Jwa-Soo
’10 KBS2 <King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo> - Jo Jin-Goo
’10 SBS <Athena: Goddess of War>
’09 MBC <Tae Hee, Hye Gyo, Ji Hyun>
’09 SBS <Cain and Abel> - Oh Gang-Cheol
’08 MBC <East of Eden> - Baek Seong-Hyeon
’07 MBC <The Legend> - Joo Moo-Chi
Others
Movie
’14 <For the Emperor> - Sang-ha
’14 <Man on High Heels> - Prosecutor HONG
’14 <The Fatal Encounter> - HONG Guk-young
’13 <Tabloid Truth> - CHA Sung-joo
’13 <Commitment> - LEE Young-ho
’13 <Horror Stories II>
’13 <The Gifted Hands> - Cheol-hyun
’12 <New World> - LEE Jung-gu
’11 <Hit> - Cheol-Soo
’10 <A Friend in Need> - Gang Jeong-Hoon
’09 <Into the White Night> - Cha Seung-Jo
’09 <Girlfriends> - Husband Jin
’09 <Jeong Seung-Pil Mystery> - Waiter
’08 <Open City> - Detective Hong
’06 <Sunflower> - Choi Min-Seok
’05 <Shadowless Sword>
’05 <Mr. Socrates>
’03 <A Man Who Went to Mars>
’02 <Resurrection of the Little Match Girl>
’00 <The Foul King>
’98 <If the Sun Rose in the West>
’98 <City of the Rising Sun>
’98 <Story of Man>
’97 <No. 3>
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