Namkoong Min

Actor

March 12, 1978 (48 years)

Seoul, South Korea

Biography

Namkoong Min (born March 12, 1978), is a South Korean actor, director and screenwriter. He first gained recognition with neo-noir film A Dirty Carnival (2006), and has since given notable performances in Remember (2015–2016), Beautiful Gong Shim (2016), Good Manager (2017), Hot Stove League (2019–2020), and My Dearest (2023). He won the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards for Hot Stove League; the drama also gained Namkoong his third Best Actor nomination at the Baeksang Arts Awa…

Filmography

7.5

Men on a Mission

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Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick.

7.5

Home Alone

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It can be a badge of honor to be “single.” “I Live Alone” is a documentary-style South Korean reality series that follows the members of a self-formed club called Rainbow, which is comprised of celebrities who are single and live alone.

7.2

How Do You Play?

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Yoo Jae-suk reunites the producing team of Infinite Challenge and presents you How Do You Play? The Indefinitely expanding YOONIVERSE, based on Yoo's blood, sweat, and tears, will entertain viewers at home. Let's follow Yoo and his friends' new projects every week.

8.1

Taxi Driver

Chun Ji-hoon

A former special forces soldier delivers revenge for victims of injustice while working for a secret organization that fronts as a taxi company.

8.3

You Quiz on the Block

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Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.

8.2

SNL Korea

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Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.

7.2

X-Man

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Celebrity guests are split into two teams to compete in various contests. One guest, known only to himself, is designated the "X-Man", and does his best to cause his team to lose the contests. At the end, all guests try to determine the X-Man's identity.

5.9

We Got Married

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We Got Married is a South Korean reality variety show, one segment of the Sunday Sunday Night program. First broadcast in 2008, the show pairs up Korean celebrities to show what life would be like if they were married. Each week, couples are assigned missions to complete, with candid interviews of the participants to reveal their thoughts and feelings.

8.2

Dynamite Kiss

Cheon JiHun

A passionate fling in Jeju ends abruptly — until fate reunites an heir and a young woman when she joins his company, disguised as a married mother.

8.3

Whenever Possible

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We're looking for someone who has free time to hang out with us. Whenever Possible.

8.0

KBS Drama Awards

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The KBS Drama Awards is an awards ceremony presented by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on its network. It is held annually on 31 December. The highest honor of the ceremony is the "Grand Prize", awarded to the best actor or actress of the year.

7.3

Doctor Prisoner

Na Yi-Je

An ace doctor in a university hospital is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident and gets ousted from the hospital. He then applies to work at a prison, where he plans to make personal connections with all the big shots in prison with the ultimate goal of getting revenge against the hospital that kicked him out.

8.2

Doctors

Nam Ba-Ram

A recalcitrant, delinquent teen girl meets a compassionate teacher, who inspires her to alter her path and become a street-savvy neurosurgeon.

8.2

My Dearest

Lee Jang-hyun

A love-story between a noblewoman and a mysterious man who shows up in her hometown set in the 1600s during the Qing invasion.

7.9

Awaken

Do Jung-woo

While unraveling an enigmatic murder mystery, a special force leader realizes this case is related to the incident that took 28 years ago in a small town.

8.0

Chief Kim

Kim Seong-ryong

An accountant who's deft at embezzling funds becomes an unintentional hero to his colleagues when he gets a new corporate job.

8.6

Our Movie

Lee Je-ha

A director with no future and an actress with no tomorrow fall into a love story that cannot wait.

5.3

I Need Romance

Kang Tae-yoon

Revolves around three thirty-something career women and their complicated love lives.

7.2

Remember

Nam Gyoo-Man

A genius lawyer, who suffers from Hyperthymetic syndrome, bets all in to save his father.

7.2

The Girl Who Sees Smells

Kwon Jae-hui

With help from a young woman with synesthesia, a cop who lost his sense of pain tracks down the serial killer who brought tragedy to both their lives.