
Acting
Namkoong Min
Born 1978-03-12 · Seoul, South Korea
Namkoong Min (born March 12, 1978), is a South Korean actor, director and screenwriter. He first gained recognition with neo-noir film A Dirty Carnival (2006), and has since given notable performances in Remember (2015–2016), Beautiful Gong Shim (2016), Good Manager (2017), Hot Stove League (2019–2020), and My Dearest (2023). He won the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards for Hot Stove League; the drama also gained Namkoong his third Best Actor nomination at the Baeksang Arts Awards. The next year, he received the Grand Prize at the 2021 MBC Drama Awards for The Veil. In 2023, he again received the Grand Prize at the 2023 MBC Drama Awards for My Dearest.
Acting credits
7.0A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
A Dirty Carnival
2006
6.5A pimp enforcer takes revenge on a woman who rejected his advances by tricking her into prostitution, but complications arise.
Bad Guy
2002
6.5A likeable, married high school teacher spirals out of control when a student in his class begins unintentionally reminding him of his doomed first love, which ended 17 years earlier.
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
2001
6.0A desperate 35 year-old Young-sil is more than ready for full time job. And finally she gets a call from National security department as an intern. But her joy lasts no long, soon asked to leave. Accidently she discovers a secret about her boss and she suggest a deal of full time job to help him; secret spy.
Part-Time Spy
2017
4.0Jie Zi and husband Zhong Qiao are a pair of a young successful couple, and they live normal lives. One night, they were robbed by burglars, the husband was unable to protect his wife from two puny robbers, since then the peace of their relationship is disturbed.
Lost in the Moonlight
2017
5.4Detective Kang gets involved with a drug business to pay the medical bill of his comatose wife. Min-woo confesses to Kang that he has killed his wife, who knows his past. Slowly, Kang realizes his wife's incident and Min-woo are connected.
Beautiful Sunday
2007
3.0Dreams and hopes we had when we were young. Are they just dreams frozen like still pictures? Hyeonsu has been a part-time lecturer for 10 years. He used to dream of becoming a photojournalist but now his only dream is to become a full-time professor. But he has no financial ability to look good to other professors. He’s been married for 10 years and his wife is his only family. Eunsu appears in front of him after 20 years. She’s the one who taught him to take photos and also his first love. He’s shaken by her but finds out that she’s also applying for the full-time professor position he’s longing to get…
Still Picture
2012
