Park Hae-soo

Actor

November 21, 1981 (44 years)

Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Biography

Park Hae-soo (born November 21, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known worldwide for portraying Cho Sang-woo in the first season of the Netflix hit series Squid Game (2021), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Park started his career in theater and has played a large number of leading and supporting roles in plays and musicals. He subsequently expanded his career into film and television and achieved his breakth…

Filmography

7.9

Squid Game

Cho Sang-woo / Player 218

Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.

8.3

You Quiz on the Block

Self

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.

7.0

SNL Korea

Self - Host

"SNL Korea"! NBC's flagship program SNL, which won the Emmy Award, has returned for the first time in four years through Coupang Play.

8.7

The Game Caterers

Self

A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.

7.2

Butterfly

Yong Shik Choi

David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for.

7.7

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area

Berlin

Disguised under the shadows of a mask, a crew of desperados band together under the leadership of a criminal mastermind known only as “The Professor” to pull off the biggest heist Korea has ever seen.

7.4

The Legend of the Blue Sea

Hong Dong-pyo

A mermaid from the Joseon period ends up in present-day Seoul, where she crosses paths with a swindler who may have ties to someone from her past.

7.2

Six Flying Dragons

Yi Ji-ran

The ambitious success stories of 6 people surrounding Prince Lee Bang Won, and the ideological and political conflict between Prince Lee Bang Won and Jung Do Jeon, the man instrumental in helping King Taejo establish the fledgling Joseon nation.

8.2

Prison Playbook

Kim Je-hyeok

With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world.

6.0

The Great Flood

Son Hee-jo

When a raging flood traps a researcher and her young son, a call to a crucial mission puts their escape — and the future of humanity — on the line.

7.4

Karma

Kim Beon-jun

A fateful accident intertwines six lives in a thrilling tale of karma and crime, where each must face their own dark truths and connections.

7.9

The Price of Confession

Baek Dong-hun

Accused of killing her husband, a woman is offered a way out by a mysterious stranger: in exchange for a confession in her place, she must commit murder.

8.0

Racket Boys

Lee Jae-jung

A city kid is brought to the countryside by his father's new coaching gig: reviving a ragtag middle school badminton team on the brink of extinction.

8.2

The Scarecrow

Kang Tae-ju

A fiercely competitive police officer and an idealistic prosecutor, former high school classmates, reunite while investigating a nationwide serial murder case, pulling them into both a dangerous pursuit and an unresolved personal past.

7.7

Narco-Saints

Choi Chang-ho

An ordinary entrepreneur joins a secret government mission to capture a Korean drug lord operating in South America.

7.0

The Pirates

Hwang Joong-geun

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

6.6

Yaksha: Ruthless Operations

Han Ji-hoon

Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.

7.6

Memories of the Alhambra

Agent A

While looking for the cryptic creator of an innovative augmented-reality game, an investment firm executive meets a woman who runs a hostel in Spain.

7.5

The Liar and His Lover

Bass player

Kang Han-Kyeol is a great yet sullen composer who becomes inspired by the voices of others and keeps his identity secret from people. He meets Yoon So-Rim, a high school student who possesses beautiful singing, whilst under his secret identity, and she falls in love with him. Adaptation of the manga by Kotomi Aoki under the same name, which has been running since 2009.

6.6

Persona

Jung-woo

An exploration of different personas in an eclectic collection of four works by critically acclaimed Korean directors.