Han Suk-kyu

Han Suk-kyu

Born: November 3, 1964
in Seoul, South Korea
Han Suk-kyu (한석규) is a South Korean actor. He was born on 3rd November 1964 in Seoul.

During the 1990s, he was considered one of the top actors in Korean cinema with hits including Green Fish (1997), No. 3 (1997), Christmas in August (1998), and the blockbuster Shiri (1999).

Following an injury and hiatus, his career declined in the 2000s. Films like The Scarlet Letter (2004), and The President's Last Bang (2005) proved to be very controversial because of the political subject matter and the suicide of a co-star. Although films like A Bloody Aria (2006) enjoyed cult popularity.

Eventually in the 2010s, he enjoyed a resurgence in mainstream popularity following acclaimed work in the television series Deep Rooted Tree (2011), Secret Door (2014), and Dr. Romantic (2016-2020), as well as work in the blockbuster film The Berlin File (2013) and other hit films including The Prison (2017) and Forbidden Dream (2019).

Movies for Han Suk-kyu...

Title: Recipe for Farewell
Character: Kang Chang-wook
Released: December 1, 2022
Type: TV
Based on the true story of writer Kang Chang-rae. Da-jung used to be a sweet working mom, but as colorectal cancer strikes her, she gradually becomes unable to eat. Da-jung's husband, Chang-wook, has never cooked before, but he begins cooking to take care of his wife's health and meals. Chang-wook handpicks decent ingredients and tries to develop healthy recipes to make a precious meal for his ill wife. Although he may be clumsy sometimes, he begins to realize how to treasure the time cooking and having a meal together with his family.
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Forbidden Dream
Title: Forbidden Dream
Character: King Sejong
Released: December 26, 2019
Type: Movie
A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.
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Title: WATCHER
Character: Do Chi-Gwang
Released: July 6, 2019
Type: TV
A psychological thriller that delves into the reality of power. It follows the story of three men and women whose lives are destroyed by a tragic accident as they become a team that uncovers corruption and fights against people with power.
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Idol
Title: Idol
Character: Myung-hui
Released: March 20, 2019
Type: Movie
In this political thriller, a politician finds his wife in the garage. She is cleaning her son's bloodstained car, which has just run over a person.
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The Prison
Title: The Prison
Character: Jung Ik-ho
Released: March 23, 2017
Type: Movie
An imprisoned ex-police inspector discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate running a crime syndicate and becomes part of the crime empire.
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Title: Dr. Romantic
Character: Teacher Kim
Released: November 7, 2016
Type: TV
An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.
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The Royal Tailor
Title: The Royal Tailor
Character: Jo Dol-suk
Released: December 24, 2014
Type: Movie
Lee Gong-jin, a young tailor, helps the Queen with her dress and both fall in love with each other. However, his success catches the ire of Jo Dol-seok, the royal tailor, who vows retribution.
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Title: Secret Door
Character: King Yeongjo
Released: September 22, 2014
Type: TV
A re-imagining of the legendary tale of the troubled father-son relationship between King Yeongjo and his only son Prince Sado. While his father insists on a strong and centralized government, Crown Prince Sado promotes social justice and equality throughout the kingdom. Throughout eight fateful years, the strain on their relationship — both familial and political — eventually evolves into a total breakdown, ending with one of the most tragic stories in Joseon history.
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My Paparotti
Title: My Paparotti
Character: Sang-jin
Released: March 14, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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The Berlin File
Title: The Berlin File
Character: Jung Jin-soo
Released: January 30, 2013
Type: Movie
When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Title: Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Character: Himself
Released: December 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
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Title: Tree with Deep Roots
Character: King Se-jong
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
Deep Rooted Tree is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Shin Se-kyung and Han Suk-kyu. Based on the novel of the same title by Lee Jeong-myeong, it aired on SBS from October 5 to December 22, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Taking its name from the poem Yongbieocheonga that says that trees with deep roots do not sway, the series tells the story of a royal guard investigating a case involving the serial murders of Jiphyeonjeon scholars in Gyeongbok Palace while King Sejong comes to create the Korean written language.
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Villain & Widow
Title: Villain & Widow
Character: Chang-in
Released: November 24, 2010
Type: Movie
Struggling to support herself and teenage daughter, a widow rents out the second floor of her home to a man who claims to be a novelist working on a new book.
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White Night
Title: White Night
Character: Han Dong-soo
Released: November 19, 2009
Type: Movie
A pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town in a derelict building. Three people come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill. Almost fifteen years pass and the lead inspector decides to re-investigate.
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Eye For An Eye
Title: Eye For An Eye
Character: Capt. Baek Sung-chan
Released: July 31, 2008
Type: Movie
The devious brain behind a heist draws a top police detective, on the eve of his retirement, into an elaborate plot of robbery and revenge.
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Solace
Title: Solace
Character: Shim In-ku
Released: November 29, 2006
Type: Movie
For local pharmacist In-ku, marriage has always been the lowest priority because of his need to take care of his mentally-ill brother. In his life comes along Hye-ran, an imitation clothing designer, who leads a hard life as she tries to repay the debts left by her father. A chance encounter allows them to recognize what they have been missing, and to find solace in each other. However, as their love grows, so do each of their burdens.
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A Bloody Aria
Title: A Bloody Aria
Character: Moon-jae
Released: May 31, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Forbidden Quest
Title: Forbidden Quest
Character: Yun-seo
Released: February 23, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Mr. Housewife: Quiz King
Title: Mr. Housewife: Quiz King
Character: Jin-man
Released: September 29, 2005
Type: Movie
To save his family from financial troubles, a house-husband takes part in the "Housewife Quiz Show" for the jackpot prize.
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The President's Last Bang
Title: The President's Last Bang
Character: KCIA Chief Agent Joo
Released: February 3, 2005
Type: Movie
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.
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The Scarlet Letter
Title: The Scarlet Letter
Character: Lee Ki-hoon
Released: October 28, 2004
Type: Movie
A cop's desire for love gets in the way of his job and his professional life. Secret love affairs begin to dangerously collide as he gets assigned to a new homicide case.
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Double Agent
Title: Double Agent
Character: Rim Byeong-ho
Released: January 24, 2003
Type: Movie
A North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
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Tell Me Something
Title: Tell Me Something
Character: Detective Cho
Released: November 13, 1999
Type: Movie
Detective Cho, a cop on the edge, is mourning his mother's recent death while under investigation for graft; on top of that he is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly-impenetrable mystery.
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Shiri
Title: Shiri
Character: Yu Jong-won
Released: February 13, 1999
Type: Movie
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.
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Christmas in August
Title: Christmas in August
Character: Jung-won
Released: January 24, 1998
Type: Movie
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
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The Contact
Title: The Contact
Character: Dong-hyun
Released: September 13, 1997
Type: Movie
The male radio presenter Dong-hyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soo-hyun are both lonely. While Dong-hyun is focused on getting back to his ex-girl-friend Young-hae who has sent him a special LP, Soo-hyun is crazy for her friend's boy-friend. Via Internet and music Soo-hyun and Dong-hyun get together in a special way.
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No. 3
Title: No. 3
Character: Tae-joo
Released: August 2, 1997
Type: Movie
Tae-joo manages to rise in rank in a gang for saving the boss's life. However, prosecutor Dong-pal appears in front of him as his sworn enemy. Meanwhile, Jo-pil wants to get rid of Tae-joo's gang, training for revenge. The three men's goals intertwine.
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Green Fish
Title: Green Fish
Character: Mak-dong
Released: February 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
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The Gingko Bed
Title: The Gingko Bed
Character: Soohyun
Released: February 17, 1996
Type: Movie
Soohyun is an artist who teaches at a college. His girlfriend Sunyoung is a surgeon. A strange and mesmerizing reincarn ated love story begins when Soohyun buys and old gingko bed at a market. In his earlier life Soohyun was a musician for the royal family one thousand years ago. He and Princess Midan Were deep ly in love. However, General Hwang, who was also in love with the princess, kills Soohyun. And Midan's spirit hides insi de the gingko bed. Midan appears in front of Soohyun after one thousand years but the spirit of General Hwang, still in love with Midan, does not allow them to meet. Soohyun's present girlfriend, Sunyoung, decides to prove the existence of the spirits by risking her own life. Midan makes her last choice in order to save Sunyoung from General Hwang.
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Dr. Bong
Title: Dr. Bong
Character: Bong Joon-su
Released: April 29, 1995
Type: Movie
Dr. Bong is a dentist and a carefree ladies' man whose son decides to play matchmaker and get his father to date their next-door neighbor. But their first meeting gets off to a bad start with a traffic accident, and Bong's son must work overtime to make the couple work out.
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Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
Title: Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
Released: March 9, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: seoulmoon
Character: Kim Hong-sik
Released: January 8, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Pilot
Character: Park Sang Hyun
Released: September 19, 1993
Type: TV
Min Gi, Sang Hyun and Yoon Chul are three friends who are training under the Korean Aerospace University to become pilots. Hye Ran is an interior designer who works for Airbus, and Ji Won is a flight manager at the Korean Airlines. As they go through the trials and tribulations of flight school, adult life and love life, each of them is faced with unique struggles which bind them further together and advance them further in their careers. (Source : Jungjeon-mama at MyDramaList)
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Title: 아들과 딸
Released: October 3, 1992
Type: TV
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Title: The Intimate Traitor
Character: Jang Tae-su
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
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Title: Until the Morning Comes
Character: Jang Jae-wook
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
One day in the heart of Seoul, a dead body is found in a man's suitcase. A former forensic pathologist for the National Forensic Service becomes the prime murder suspect. However, the case is baffling and a profiler is brought in to help the investigation by figuring out why a forensic pathologist would choose to become a criminal.