Critically acclaimed South Korean actor who has earned numerous awards for performances in No. 3 as Jo-pil, in Joint Security Area as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil, in Memories of Murder as Detective Park Doo-man, and in The Show Must Go On as Kang In-goo. Before accepting his first on-screen role as an extra in the 1996 film The Day a Pig Fell into the Well, he made his theatrical debut in the 1991 play, Dongseung.