Jun Seok-ho

Acting

Jun Seok-ho

Born

1984-05-02 (42)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

Jeon Seok-ho (born May 2, 1984) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his role in Kingdom as the incompetent magistrate. He starred in TV series such as Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014), The Good Wife (2016), and Strong Woman Do Bong-soon (2017). and Squid Game (2024–25) as Choi Woo-seok, which earned him international recognition.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 16 titles

The Roundup: No Way Out poster
7.3

Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.

The Roundup: No Way Out

2023

Dream poster
7.0

With hard work and dedication on lock, a group of homeless men trains to compete in a global tournament — despite a cranky coach.

Dream

2023

Believer 2 poster
6.7

A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with.

Believer 2

2023

Special Delivery poster
7.1

A black-market cabbie drives criminals at breakneck speeds until she is left in charge of a fugitive's son.

Special Delivery

2022

Hard Hit poster
7.5

On his way to work, a bank manager receives an anonymous call claiming there's a bomb under his car seat, and if anyone exits the car, it will explode unless he can pay a ransom.

Hard Hit

2021

Amazon Bullseye poster
6.3

Once an Olympic medalist in archery but now the top target for restructuring, Jin-bong heads to the Amazon to seize one last chance offered by his company. After barely surviving a life-threatening ordeal, Jin-bong arrives in the Amazon, where he meets three warriors with god-given archery skills: Sika, Eba, and Walbu! Believing he has found a way to save himself, Jin-bong teams up with Bbang-sik, a Korean-Bolédorian interpreter, and brings the three archery masters to Korea… Now, Jin-bong’s comeback depends entirely on the Amazon trio!

Amazon Bullseye

2024

7 Days 7 People poster
NR

The story of Jinhwa, an indie musician at a crossroads of life, agonizing between ideals and reality as he meets seven close people around him for seven days.

7 Days 7 People

2026

Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng poster
NR

Ms. Maeng, a small-town teacher, unexpectedly joins the team responsible for creating South Korea’s most important exam: the College Scholastic Ability Test. She thought it would be all about academic prestige and scholarly debate but instead finds herself locked away under spy-level security, her phone confiscated and surrounded by office politics. Can this unlikely underdog turn test stress into test success, or just test everyone's patience?

Ugly Duckling Ms. Maeng

2026

The Killers poster
5.9

Four master helmers from Korea reload the hitman flick. Vampire sleaze, assassin slapstick, neo-noir, and an avant-garde mind-bender to die (kill) for!

The Killers

2024

Good Deal poster
6.2

The great adventures of life and human connections in contemporary Korean society, following a formal baseball player, a sleepless student, a new hangman, an imprisoned gangster, and a mysterious father and daughter.

Good Deal

2022

Where Would You Like to Go? poster
5.0

Do-gyeong jumped in to save his student Ji-yong from drowning. After the two pass away, Myeongji, Do-gyeong's wife, and Ji-eun, Ji-yong's sister, are left alone in the world, having to cope with the loss of their loved ones. Myeongji travels to Warsaw, Poland, to avoid her harsh reality. She meets an old friend and hides her husband's death as if trying to reject the tragedy.

Where Would You Like to Go?

2023

Way Back Home poster
6.9

Jeong-won, who forgot the past and lives a peaceful marriage, receives a phone call from the police one day. The man who sexually assaulted her has been caught and the news shakes up the couple’s life and breaks down their daily lives.

Way Back Home

2021

Cattle Run poster
NR

Brothers living like strangers for over 30 years, Man-su and Byung-su raise cattle separately but get caught up in an unexpected crisis together.

Cattle Run

2026

Ssanahee Sunjung poster
7.9

"Do you know the world of Ssanahee Sunjung?" After leaving the city for Magari, Mr. Yoo, a poet stays at Won-bo's house, whose dream is to become a fairytale writer. From the first day he came, he said, "When I see Mr. Yoo, my heart grows". He said that he knew the world of innocence and that he knew the world of children. Won-bo's dream is to become a fairytale writer who inspires passion in children's hearts. Won-bo, who only talks about strange things, and Mr. Yoo, who live under the same roof, adjust to both of their lives, and regain their ' innocence and 'children's heart'!

Ssanahee Sunjung

2021

Nobody's Lover poster
5.0

When her pregnant mother leaves home with her boyfriend, Yujin finds a job at a pizza shop. Thanks to the people she meets there, she is able to find stability and love. However, the relationship with the lover as well as the relationship with her mother are challenging, and things get increasingly complicated. Yujin thinks she’s ruining everything.

Nobody's Lover

2022

77 Minutes poster
NR

Director Kim hasn't made a film in a decade. The lead of her first short appears as a spirit: "You stopped filming—and I aged." Betting her life savings on a 77-minute feature, she searches for a vanished actress. Reality and fantasy blur until the God of Film appears... "Why do I love you?"

77 Minutes

2026

2010s · 13 titles

Miss Baek poster
7.4

A woman's past as a convict follows her everywhere and because of this she doesn't open up to others. But then she strikes up a friendship with a broken child who has suffered from domestic violence and decides to save the girl from the cruel world. A man who holds feelings for the woman, tries to protect her in his own way.

Miss Baek

2018

Miss & Mrs. Cops poster
6.9

Once a legendary detective and a new mom, Mi-young, now works a desk job. But when overenthusiastic newbie Ji-hye is assigned to Mi-young's civil complaints team, the two female cops get caught up in a serious criminal case that triggers an action-filled comedic investigation.

Miss & Mrs. Cops

2019

Lucid Dream poster
6.4

Dae-ho, an investigative journalist, seeks to track down the whereabouts of his son who was abducted three years ago. With the help of a detective and a psychiatrist friend, he will retrace his memory of the incident through the use of lucid dreaming techniques.

Lucid Dream

2017

Room No. 7 poster
6.6

Doo-sik tries to evade bankruptcy by selling his DVD screening business. But crisis arises when he discovers a corpse in room number seven and a stash of drugs that belongs to his employee.

Room No. 7

2017

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River poster
7.0

In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River.

Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River

2016

Familyhood poster
6.1

An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her career but then threatens to grow out of control and destroy everything she cares about.

Familyhood

2016

Film Adventure poster
6.0

An actor lives happily with his lover and cat but can't shake this feeling that all is not as good as it can be. When he quarrels with his girlfriend and is kicked out of the house, he meets three people in a strange day where memories seem to overlap with the present.

Film Adventure

2019

Passing Summer poster
6.2

Jeongbong and Seong-hye run a guesthouse on Jeju Island. On one late summer day, Seong-hye’s ex-boyfriend and Jeongbong’s former female colleague visit the guesthouse, and the complicated romances of four individuals starts to unfold.

Passing Summer

2018

Intruders poster
6.2

In the dead of winter, a screenwriter travels to his friend's closed cabin resort in the mountain with the intention of working on his script. Instead of being alone, he finds himself in the company of annoying strangers, from intrusive townsfolk who welcome themselves in to vacationing skiers who won't take no for an answer. On top of that, mysterious sounds at night hint of something sinister in the woods. He realizes that he may have opened the door to a killer when dead bodies begin to turn up. Five years after his acclaimed debut Daytime Drinking, indie director Noh Young Seok returns with his second indie feature Intruders, applying dark comedy and satire to an unsettling cabin-in-the-woods suspense thriller.

Intruders

2013

Infinite Challenge - Muhan Company poster
7.5

A cinematic special for the Infinite Challenge skit, Muhan Company.

Infinite Challenge - Muhan Company

2016

After Spring poster
10.0

Three part omnibus film, with each story connected to the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster, in which over 300 people, many students, perished when the ship sank.

After Spring

2018

Dereliction poster
NR

There is a rumor that a private LEE reported the irrational incident in his platoon.

Dereliction

2017

Unwanted Brother poster
NR

Donghyun, who works at a real estate office, is surrounded by angry customers due to his boss' disappearance after the greenbelt revocation plan has been cancelled on the land they purchased.

Unwanted Brother

2016

Series credits

Squid Game poster
7.9

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

Squid Game

2021

Moving poster
8.5

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

Moving

2023

The Uncanny Counter poster
8.3

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.

The Uncanny Counter

2020

Story of the Day When You Bite Your Tail poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Story of the Day When You Bite Your Tail

2020

Love Next Door poster
7.9

A woman attempting to reboot her life returns to Korea and becomes entangled with her childhood friend — with whom she shares a complicated history.

Love Next Door

2024

Kingdom poster
8.2

In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.

Kingdom

2019

Strong Girl Bong-soon poster
8.1

Born with supernatural strength, Bong-soon fights evil and procures justice while getting tangled in a love triangle with her CEO boss and cop crush.

Strong Girl Bong-soon

2017

Yumi's Cells poster
8.0

Yumi is a 30-year old, ordinary woman who struggles with expressing her feelings. Told from the perspective of the many brain cells in her head, she experiences growth in both her love life, her career, and finds happiness in the small joys of everyday life.

Yumi's Cells

2021

Whenever Possible poster
8.3

We're looking for someone who has free time to hang out with us. Whenever Possible.

Whenever Possible

2024

Jirisan poster
8.1

A team of expert mountain rangers put their lives on the line to save stranded trekkers, solve haunting mysteries and protect Jirisan National Park.

Jirisan

2021

Phantom Lawyer poster
7.7

A timid lawyer who suddenly gains the ability to see ghosts teams up with a cold, elite attorney, and together they take on supernatural clients whose unfinished business reveals buried truths.

Phantom Lawyer

2026

Call It Love poster
8.2

When her family becomes suddenly homeless, Woojoo decides on revenge for all the injustices she has been put through. However, her supposed foe, Dongjin, is a heart-wrenchingly lonely and gentle soul.

Call It Love

2023

Misaeng: Incomplete Life poster
8.6

Since he was a child, the board game baduk has been everything to Jang Geu-rae. But when he fails at achieving his dream of becoming a professional baduk player, Geu-rae must leave his isolated existence and enter the real world armed with nothing but a high school equivalency exam on his resume.

Misaeng: Incomplete Life

2014

Class of Lies poster
7.6

Ki Moo-Hyeok, a lawyer with a high winning rate, only cares about money. Due to a murder case at a high school which he deals with, his reputation as a lawyer hits rock bottom. To regain his good name as a lawyer, he sneaks into the high school and work as a temporary teacher. He tries to reveal a secret which the students have, and gets involved with Teacher Ha So-Hyun, a P.E. teacher who loves her students. They then face the students'secret.

Class of Lies

2019

My Fellow Citizens poster
5.8

This drama tells the story of a con man, who gets involved with unexpected incidents, marries a police officer and somehow ends up running to become a member of the National Assembly.

My Fellow Citizens

2019

The Miracle We Met poster
7.8

A man dies in a car crash, but awakes with the spirit of another person. He becomes the head of two families and he agonizes over his two different wives.

The Miracle We Met

2018

Chocolate poster
7.9

Brought together by meaningful meals in the past and present, a doctor and a chef are reacquainted when they begin working at a hospice ward.

Chocolate

2019

Blood Free poster
6.7

After diving down a rabbit hole of tangled leads, a former bodyguard finds himself recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company who is also a survivor of the fateful attack that changed his life.

Blood Free

2024

365: Repeat the Year poster
7.5

A story where ten people get the chance to go back in time by one year, but unexpectedly mysterious situations start to arise when their fates are changed and twisted in the process. Ji Hyung Joo is a detective in the violent crimes division. He used to be part of the traffic police but was promoted when he arrested a wanted criminal. It's been seven years since the change, and he's a talented individual who always knows how to relax. Though he is happy at first to have the chance to go back in time by one year and "reset" his life, he begins to search for the truth when a series of mysterious events befall on the group of people he goes back in time with. Based on the Japanese novel, "Repeat"

365: Repeat the Year

2020

Familiar Wife poster
8.1

After receiving a bizarre chance to go back in time, a man wakes up to find that his whole life — including the person he married — is different.

Familiar Wife

2018

Hyena poster
7.6

To survive in a dog-eat-dog world, two rival lawyers with high-class clientele tear apart anything that stands in the way of their ambitions.

Hyena

2020

Mother and Mom poster
7.8

A devoted working mom, Jeong-eun, prepares her daughter for the crucial "7-year-old exam" while leaving her mother, Ji-ah, to handle tutoring, creating a hectic yet heartwarming three-generation family dynamic.

Mother and Mom

2025

Moebius Project 2012: The Veil poster
7.7

The story of a huge incident faced by Seo Soo-yeon from the support management team that supports and manages NIS field agents in China, Jang Cheon-woo, a hidden NIS black agent and Do Jin-sook, deputy director of overseas parts.

Moebius Project 2012: The Veil

2021