Kim Yun-seok

Kim Yun-seok

Birthday: 1968-01-21

Place of Birth: Busan, South Korea

Biography: Kim Yoon-seok (김윤석) is a South Korean actor. He was born on January 21, 1968. Kim's theater background first led him to be cast in minor roles on film and television. His breakout role came as the villain in gambling film Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), but it was his performance as a pimp and ex-cop in surprise hit The Chaser (2008) that brought him acting awards and stardom in his forties. Kim has since become an acclaimed leading actor in Korean cinema, in films such as Running Turtle (2009), The Yellow Sea (2010), Punch (2011), and The Thieves (2012).

Movies

Running Turtle
Running Turtle

Jo Pil-seong, a rural detective with a gambling addiction, is on the brink of losing his job when he...

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Woochi: The Demon Slayer
Woochi: The Demon Slayer

Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of ...

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The Chaser
The Chaser

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have r...

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The Big Swindle
The Big Swindle

After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since Choi Chang-hyuk's release from jail. But...

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Tazza: The High Rollers
Tazza: The High Rollers

Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after...

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Oollala Sisters
Oollala Sisters

Cho Eun-ja is the president of Club LaLa, which has been a family business for three generations. It...

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Punch
Punch

A deadbeat teacher helps an angry, aimless teenager find direction in life during his final year of...

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The Thieves
The Thieves

A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heav...

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Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Hwayi: A Monster Boy

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is...

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The Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing w...

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Happy Life
Happy Life

Three old friends who used to be part of a rock band reunite at the fourth member's funeral. They de...

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Sea Fog
Sea Fog

A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from Ch...

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Tazza: The Hidden Card
Tazza: The Hidden Card

Dae-gil has been skilled with his hands and has shown a strong desire for winning ever since he was ...

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About Family
About Family

Mu-ok is the self-made owner of the established restaurant 'Pyongmanok' that has been drawing long l...

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White Blast
White Blast

At a remote train station covered in heavy snow, a station master Gap-su is facing the last day of h...

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The Classified File
The Classified File

A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom no one expects to be ali...

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C'est Si Bon
C'est Si Bon

A beautiful socialite enters the lives of three bickering musicians and inspires them to write a ser...

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The Priests
The Priests

To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case....

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To Catch a Virgin Ghost
To Catch a Virgin Ghost

Seok-tae runs away with a huge diamond of his gang and comes to Sisily, a peaceful village. Yang-e r...

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Will You Be There
Will You Be There

Soo-hyun comes across magical pills that allow him to go back and forth in time. 30 years to the pas...

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South Bound
South Bound

Hae-gap is a director who makes anti-government documentary films. One day, Hae-gap’s son, Na-ra, ru...

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The Fortress
The Fortress

Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Min...

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1987: When the Day Comes
1987: When the Day Comes

In January 1987, a 22-year-old college student dies during a police interrogation. Under the orders ...

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All for Love
All for Love

A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who hav...

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Dark Figure of Crime
Dark Figure of Crime

A serial killer is caught for his seventh murder. A cop tries to solve the first six cases with the ...

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Running Wild
Running Wild

A homicide detective joins forces with a prosecutor to avenged the murder of his half-brother. The a...

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Like a Virgin
Like a Virgin

A chubby high school student participatee in a sports competition to win a cash prize for sex change...

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Another Child
Another Child

Teenage girls suffer from conflicts from their parents' affairs. A baby from the affair is born, and...

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Escape from Mogadishu
Escape from Mogadishu

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mo...

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Virus
Virus

A mysterious virus spreads out. Anyone infected feels the emotion of love, and the emotion amplifies...

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Kiss Me Much
Kiss Me Much

The life of a happy family is thrown into turmoil when they are given 30 days to pay back a relative...

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Noryang: Deadly Sea
Noryang: Deadly Sea

The Imjin War reaches its seventh year in December of 1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin learns that the Wa i...

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My Girl and I
My Girl and I

Su-ho is a plain high school boy, and Su-eun is a bright and beautiful girl in the same school. For ...

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The Young Lover
The Young Lover

Jung-yub is besotted with his stepdaughter Yun-hee and their relationship goes beyond father-daughte...

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