Top 7 in Top 10 Most Successful Actors in Korean Film.
Trailer for The Chaser - Kim Yoon Seok's signature work
Kim Yoon Seok was born on January 21, 1967, in Danyang, North Chungcheong, South Korea. He began his career with stage plays and small roles, his first role being in the film A Streetcar Named Desire. His career did not flourish after a few years, until 2006, Kim Yoon Seok made a splash when starring in the movie Tazza: The High Rollers directed by Choi Dong Hoon. Following that, his career started to take off when starring in films like The Chaser by director Na Hong Jin, with his excellent performance, he swept a lot of film awards that year and brought He became one of the actors with a place in Korean cinema. In 2012, his film The Thieves became one of the highest-grossing films of all time in Korean cinema. To date, Kim Yoon Seok's film fortune is immeasurable and has received acclaim from both the professional world and the mass audience, bringing him countless awards, big and small.
Typical works: Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), The Chaser (2008), Jeon Woo Chi: The Taoist Wizard (2009), The Yellow Sea (2010), Punch (2011), The Thieves (2012), The Priests (2015), The Fortress (2017), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), Dark Figure of Crime (2018), Escape from Mogadishu (2021), ...