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The KOREAN ACTORS 200 website aims to introduce the 200 actors that best represent the present and future of Korean cinema to the people in the film industry all over the world.
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  • Kim Yunseok
  • Kim Yunseok 김윤석
    "The deep-eyed maestro precisely penetrates to the essence with his unrivaled acting"
Filmography
<Another Child> (2019)
<Dark Figure of Crime> (2018)
<1987: When the Day Comes> (2018)
<The Fortress> (2017)
<Will You Be There?> (2016)
<The Priests> (2015)
<The Classified File> (2015)
<C'est Si Bon> (2015)
<Haemoo> (2014)
<Hwayi: A Monster Boy> (2013)
<South Bound> (2013)
<The Thieves> (2012)
<Punch> (2011)
<The Yellow Sea> (2010)
<Woochi> (2009)
<Running Turtle> (2009)
<The Chaser> (2008)
<Tazza: The High Rollers> (2006)
Contact
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As one of the acting masters representing Korea, Kim Yunseok has more than 30 years of acting experience. He made his debut in the play A Streetcar Named Desire in 1988, making a name for himself on the theater stage in Daehangno in the 1990s. After playing minor roles, Kim began to make his face known to the film industry by playing a hot-tempered detective in the heist film The Big Swindle (2004), directed by Choi Donghoon. From that time on, Kim Yunseok’s filmography has been filled with various genres and roles until 2019. Although he works with both established directors and new ones, Kim has created representative characters in the works of the directors such as Choi Donghoon, Na Hongjin, and Jang Junhwan one after another. This proves that Kim Yunseok is the actor the directors can rely on. Director Choi Donghoon found Kim’s unusual acting skills in The Big Swindle. The director’s second heist film Tazza: The High Rollers (2006) won the actor the first supporting actor award for playing Agui, a villain by nature. The villains played by Kim Yunseok in the world of Korea’s character movies led by director Choi, were all attractive characters who surpassed good and evil, including Hwadam, the evil incarnation in the fantasy blockbuster Woochi (2009), and Macao Park, the charismatic thief in The Thieves (2012). It was Director Na Hongjin who led Kim’s heyday. In Na’s outstanding directorial debut The Chaser (2008), Kim Yunseok played Eom Joongho, a former detective chasing a serial killer, winning the Best Actor Award 8 times at various film festivals and awards. Kim’s acting is close to a combination of his personality and the character in the film, and his medium-low voice, blunt tone, and deep gaze give different stories to each role he plays. After noticing that the serial killer played by Ha Jungwoo is the culprit, Kim spits his words, “Hey, is that you, 4885?” with a stunning expression on his face, which became a famous line in Korean thrillers. In Director Na’s second film The Yellow Sea (2010), the actor ....

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