Acting

Lee Dong-yong

Born December 21, 1979 · South Korea (age 46)

Korean actor.

Known For

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

Memories of Murder · 2003

Memories of Murder

★ 8.12003

MovieCrimeDrama

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

Jae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an ambitious newbie in prison. When they try to take over the organization after their release, their ulterior motives start to emerge.

Alienoid · 2022

Alienoid

★ 6.92022

MovieScience FictionAction

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

Confidential Assignment 2: International · 2022

Confidential Assignment 2: International

★ 7.02022

MovieActionComedy

Follows Rim Chul-ryung heading back to South Korea in pursuit of a brutal and secret criminal organization. He teams up again with Kang Jin-tae, who volunteers to work with the North Korean in order to get back on the investigation team after a mistake landed him in the cyber crime department.

Filmography

Sort

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Drunk 2

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

4th Mat 2 (uncredited)

Memories of Murder · 2003

Suspect

Mahjong Man

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

Construction Worker

Cold Warehouse Manager

Alienoid · 2022

Alienoid

★ 6.92022

MovieScience FictionAction

Broker

Confidential Assignment 2: International · 2022

Confidential Assignment 2: International

★ 7.02022

MovieActionComedy

Apartment security guard

When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.

Detective

Miracle: Letters to the President · 2021

Miracle: Letters to the President

★ 7.42021

MovieDrama

Dreaming of making a way station for his sister and the villagers who have no choice but to commute along the dangerous train tracks every day, Joon-kyung sends many letters to the President, but with no reply. Ra-hee, who has a crush on Joon-kyung, does everything she can to help him meet the President.

Village Head

A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

Man Having Sex at Restaurant

Secret Sunshine · 2007

Secret Sunshine

★ 7.22007

MovieDrama

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

Taxi Driver

Tazza: The Hidden Card · 2014

Tazza: The Hidden Card

★ 6.92014

MovieCrimeDrama

Dae-gil has been skilled with his hands and has shown a strong desire for winning ever since he was a child. He will succeed his uncle and jump into the world of Tazza, risking his life in competition.

Garage Boss

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

Office manager

Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative offer that will put his loyalty under the microscope.

Drunken

MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission · 2019

MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission

★ 7.82019

MovieDramaComedy

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

Teacher

Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named 'Swing Kids'. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.

Black Marketeer

A reverse comedy that tells the story of a perfectionist assassin who falls and hits his head in a sauna, giving him amnesia. When a down-and-out actor switches locker keys with him, they switch lives until the hit-man, who soon becomes an action hero on TV, starts to remember things.

Choi Dong-yong

Forbidden Dream · 2019

Forbidden Dream

★ 7.12019

MovieHistoryDrama

A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.

Yun Jung-bu

The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo · 2015

The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo

★ 6.22015

MovieThrillerMystery

An unsuccessful journalist becomes a star after he writes an article about the memo of an unknown serial killer. But when he learns that the memo was just part of a novel, he decides to cover up everything.

Mid-age man

Kundo: Age of the Rampant · 2014

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

★ 6.62014

MovieActionDrama

In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.

Prisoner

The Battle: Roar to Victory · 2019

The Battle: Roar to Victory

★ 7.52019

MovieHistoryAction

Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.

General

Chi-ho, a genius confectionery researcher who has developed addictive flavors, experiences a sweet change when he meets Il-yeong, a call center worker at a loan screening company who thinks optimistically about everything, and goes through sweet changes.

Director Lee

Seo-joon, loses everything to voice phishing and infiltrates a organization in China to meet Kwak Pro, the designer behind this phishing system.

Worker

Squid Game · 2021

Squid Game

★ 7.92021

SeriesAction & AdventureMystery

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

Kim Sang-hyuk (Police 1)

Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together.

Bus Driver

If Wishes Could Kill · 2026

If Wishes Could Kill

★ 8.02026

SeriesMysteryDrama

A mysterious app promises wishes — then starts a countdown to death. As a group of teens becomes entangled, they must break the deadly chain to survive.

Taxi driver

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

Team leader

The Uncanny Counter · 2020

The Uncanny Counter

★ 8.32020

SeriesDramaMystery

A group of supernatural demon hunters known as "Counters," each with unique abilities, disguise themselves as employees of a noodle restaurant, while tracking down evil spirits that terrorize the mortal world.

Warden

Hospital Playlist · 2020

Hospital Playlist

★ 8.62020

SeriesDramaComedy

Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.

Husband from Jinhae

Crash Landing on You · 2019

Crash Landing on You

★ 8.52019

SeriesDramaComedy

A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.

Grave Robber

Extraordinary Attorney Woo · 2022

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

★ 8.52022

SeriesDrama

With a genius-level IQ, Woo Young-woo learns to embrace her extraordinary self while forming a tight-knit community of friends and allies.

Haengun Noodles owner

The Good Bad Mother · 2023

The Good Bad Mother

★ 8.92023

SeriesDramaComedy

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

Police officer

In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.

Recruitment agency manager

Suspicious Partner · 2017

Suspicious Partner

★ 7.82017

SeriesComedyCrime

Noh Ji-Wook is a prosecutor in the Central District Prosecutors’ Office who ends up switching professions to a private attorney. He harbors a trauma stemming from an event in his childhood involving his parents and his first love. Eun Bong-Hee, a Taekwondo athlete in her youth, is a prosecutor trainee who has become a murder suspect. Eun Bong-Hee and Noh Ji-Wook both find themselves being the focus of a killer.

Banner worker

Once Upon a Small Town · 2022

Once Upon a Small Town

★ 7.52022

SeriesDramaComedy

Against his wishes a veterinarian from the big city relocates to the countryside, where he meets a policewoman, a town insider with a friendly secret.

Mr. Cho

Duty After School · 2023

Duty After School

★ 8.12023

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

When mysterious alien spheres start invading the world, high school students are called upon to join the world's first war against extraterrestrial forces.

Commander

My Roommate Is a Gumiho · 2021

My Roommate Is a Gumiho

★ 8.12021

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

To become a human, a 999-year-old Gumiho, Shin Woo-yeo needs to fill his fox bead with human energy before he turns 1,000 years old. One day, a college girl, Lee Dam accidentally swallows Woo-yeo's fox bead.

Hardware Shop Owner

The Tale of Nokdu · 2019

The Tale of Nokdu

★ 7.12019

SeriesComedyDrama

While on the run for his life, a young man discovers that the best place to lie low is in a village of widows — disguised as a woman.

Blacksmith

Bad and Crazy · 2021

Bad and Crazy

★ 7.92021

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

A superhero drama about Soo-yeol who has lived his whole life as a materialistic police detective, but changes into a champion for justice and fights against police corruption when a hidden persona called "K" awakens inside him.

[Jung Hoon's uncle]

A former mob accountant initially plans to embezzle money from his new workplace – will his new coworkers change his mind?

Factory owner

A 70-year-old with a dream and a 23-year-old with a gift lift each other out of harsh realities and rise to the challenge of becoming ballerinos.

Chinese restaurant owner

Every summer reunion between twin brothers and their neighbor blossoms into unspoken love, until adulthood and a past tragedy change their lives forever.

Village Chief Jeon

Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard · 2024

Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard

★ 8.02024

SeriesDramaMystery

Seo Dong-jae, facing a grim future due to his tarnished reputation as a corrupt prosecutor, is assigned a new high profile case. This new assignment pushes him to navigate a perilous balance between his prosecutorial instincts and opportunistic inclinations.

Supervisor