Kim Yun-seok - Actor Profile

Kim Yun-seok

34Movies
8.1 Best Rating

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).

Top Rated Movies

★8.1
1987: When the Day Comes (2017) movie poster
★8.1

1987: When the Day Comes — In January 1987, a 22-year-old college student dies during a police interrogation. Under the orders of Director Park, th

1987: When the Day Comes

2017•Drama
★7.8
The Chaser (2008) movie poster
★7.8

The Chaser — Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared

The Chaser

2008•Crime
★7.5
Another Child (2019) movie poster
★7.5

Another Child — Teenage girls suffer from conflicts from their parents' affairs. A baby from the affair is born, and the two families ha

Another Child

2019•Drama
★7.4
Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) movie poster
★7.4

Hwayi: A Monster Boy — After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

2013•Action
★7.3
The Yellow Sea (2010) movie poster
★7.3

The Yellow Sea — A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the jo

The Yellow Sea

2010•Drama

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 Virus Lee Gyun ★ 7.0 HIT
2024 About Family Mu-ok ★ 7.1 HIT
2023 Noryang: Deadly Sea Admiral Yi Sun-Shin ★ 6.3 FLOP
2021 Escape from Mogadishu Ambassador Han Shin-sung ★ 7.1 HIT
2019 Another Child Dae-won ★ 7.5 HIT
2018 Dark Figure of Crime Kim Hyeong-min ★ 6.6 HIT
2017 1987: When the Day Comes Park Cheo-won ★ 8.1 HIT
2017 The Fortress Kim Sang-heon ★ 6.8 HIT
2016 Will You Be There Soo-hyun ★ 7.2 HIT
2015 The Priests Father Kim ★ 6.8 HIT
2015 The Classified File Gong Gil-yong ★ 6.6 HIT
2015 C'est Si Bon Oh Geun-tae (40s) ★ 7.0 HIT
2014 Tazza: The Hidden Card Ah-gwi ★ 7.0 HIT
2014 Sea Fog Captain ★ 6.8 HIT
2013 Hwayi: A Monster Boy Seok-tae ★ 7.4 HIT
2013 South Bound Choi Hae-gap ★ 6.9 HIT
2012 The Thieves Macao Park ★ 6.7 HIT
2011 Punch Lee Dong-joo ★ 7.0 HIT
2010 The Yellow Sea Myeon Jeong-hak ★ 7.3 HIT
2009 Woochi: The Demon Slayer Hwa-dam ★ 6.8 HIT
2009 Running Turtle Detective Phil-sung ★ 6.3 FLOP
2008 The Chaser Jung-ho ★ 7.8 HIT
2007 Happy Life Seong-wook ★ 6.8 HIT
2006 Tazza: The High Rollers Ah-gwi ★ 6.9 HIT
2006 Like a Virgin Dong-ku's Father ★ 5.8 FLOP
2006 Running Wild Ju Hyun-tae ★ 6.2 FLOP
2005 My Girl and I Biology Teacher ★ 6.6 HIT
2005 All for Love Dong-man ★ 6.5 HIT
2004 To Catch a Virgin Ghost Hak-gyu ★ 7.2 HIT
2004 The Big Swindle Detective Lee ★ 6.8 HIT
2002 Oollala Sisters Sachae Quik ★ 4.0 FLOP
2001 Kiss Me Much Bailiff 1 ★ 3.8 FLOP
1994 The Young Lover Student at karaoke ★ 0.0 FLOP
N/A White Blast Gap-su ★ 0.0 FLOP