Heo Dong-won

Acting

Heo Dong-won

Born

1980-06-09 (46)

Place of birth

Busan, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Heo Dong Won is a South Korean actor. He was born on June 9, 1980 and made his acting debut in 2014. Since then, he has appeared in a variety of films and television dramas, including “Sell Your Haunted House” (2021).

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 14 titles

The Roundup poster
7.3

The 'Beast Cop' Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.

The Roundup

2022

Hitman: Agent Jun poster
7.1

A failing webtoon artist finds he's drawn a target on his own back after publishing a story containing real secrets from his former life as a superspy.

Hitman: Agent Jun

2020

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

Kingmaker poster
7.1

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.

Kingmaker

2022

Beasts Clawing at Straws poster
7.1

A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.

Beasts Clawing at Straws

2020

My Name poster
7.8

South Korea, 1998: While the country moves closer towards democracy, Young-oak remains at odds with his female-connotated name while attending a boy's school where the air is thick with testosterone. The young man is struggling to fit in and find a new name among corrupt teachers and the teenagers' violent power games, which are as subtle as they are extreme. Behind his mother Jeong-sun's seemingly unflappable exterior, a past long repressed is reemerging, which she is reluctant to face. Yet confrontation is unavoidable – and it leads back to the national tragedy surrounding the Jeju Uprising of April 3rd, 1948.

My Name

2026

Christmas Carol poster
6.5

On a Christmas Eve, a lifeless body of teenage boy is found. The victim's revenge-driven twin brother checks himself into a juvie to hunt down the suspects.

Christmas Carol

2022

Dirty Money poster
5.6

Two detectives in need; Myung-deuk looks after gang and takes bribes for his sick daughter; Dong-hyeok helps Myung-deuk to settle his gambling debts. One day they hear an information that Chinese gang is shipping a big amount of cash abroad and decide to steal it for themselves. But things go wrong and they're now chased both by police and Chinese gang.

Dirty Money

2024

Hot Blooded poster
6.3

A veteran gangster, Hee-su, is looking to retire from his crime family in the violent port town of Kuam, Korea. But an unexpected betrayal leads him down a bloody path where he gets caught in the middle of a mob war with deadly consequences.

Hot Blooded

2022

Spring Garden poster
4.5

So-hee, who enjoys a blissful life with her loving husband, and a baby on the way, wakes up in bed to find her husband hung himself right above her. Before she can process his death and the shock that caused her to lose her baby, she discovers that her husband left her a house in a remote area. How come she never knew about this place? This mysterious house has everything the couple hoped for in their dream house, but once the glamor wears off, an eerie feeling remains. As So-hee feels that a strange presence is going after her life, she begins to get suspicious and believes this house has something to do with her husband’s death. The more she doubts, the more strange things happen.

Spring Garden

2024

Diva poster
6.6

Due to that accident, Yi-young loses her memory and Soo-jin goes missing. Under that situation, Yi-young regains her diving skills, but her strong desire to keep her position as a diva and Soo-jin's disappearance push her into madness.

Diva

2020

Homecam poster
5.2

Single mother Sung-hee moves into a new apartment and installs a homecam to protect her sick daughter, Ji-woo. She also hires a babysitter. While closing a suicide case at her insurance job, Sung-hee hears an eerie, ritualistic chant in the recorded footage. Soon after, she begins to witness a mysterious woman and Ji-woo's strange behavior on the homecam. As she digs deeper into the case, an unseen force begins to close in on her. Su-rim, a shaman living downstairs, suggests performing an exorcism ritual.

Homecam

2025

Dog Days of Summer poster
NR

The story of 14-year-old children who have experienced puberty as hot as the temperature of Daegu in the 2002 World Cup.

Dog Days of Summer

2023

The Tenants poster
8.5

The future Seoul, a city with the worst environmental pollution and the highest living prices. Shin-dong, the protagonist of the film, is helplessly living a repetitive and monotonous life, and is forced to find a new place to rent immediately by his landlord's unilateral notice. Unable to afford to move, his friend tells him that renting out a part of the house will complicate his rights and making it impossible for the landlord to evict him. Encouraged by his friend's advice, Shin-dong puts up an ad for rent. And when a strange newlywed couple shows up who want to live in the bathroom, Shin-dong impulsively invites them in.

The Tenants

2024

2010s · 14 titles

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil poster
7.9

After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

2019

The Outlaws poster
7.7

In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

The Outlaws

2017

Ode to My Father poster
7.4

Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.

Ode to My Father

2014

Bring Me Home poster
6.7

Jung-yeon receives a tip-off that her son who went missing six years ago is in a fishing village. Local officers get in her way, trying to cover up a secret that might be related to her case.

Bring Me Home

2019

After My Death poster
7.0

When a school girl disappears, suicide is suspected, and one of her classmates is suspected of having goaded her into it.

After My Death

2018

Deep poster
4.0

Bohol Island, Philippines, captivates tourists and divers worldwide with its beautiful scenery and deep-sea mystery. One day, friends who knew in Seoul visit a man who works as a freediving instructor in Bohol.

Deep

2018

Time Confinement poster
7.3

A street hooker named Hyeon-ah (Jeon Yoo-jin) is locked up topless in the pension of a man named Jeong-ho (Heo Dong-won) who saved her from her pimp's abuse and beatings. She was locked up for no reason and every time she struggles against him, he hits her. A couple visiting the pension find Hyeon-ah and the man who wanted to rape her is killed by Jeong-ho. Hyeon-ah tries to run away from him but realizes she has nowhere to go.

Time Confinement

2015

Hwang Jin-yi poster
4.5

In the middle of the Joseon times, Song-do's gisaeng Jin-yi was skilled in painting and caligraphy. Unlike other gisaengs, she was also intelligent and well educated enough to be called the best out of the Best Three. Byeok Gye-soo is is a scholar who comes down from Hanyang to attend a ball. Unlike his rowdy friends, he has integrity and loves to be around nature. He hears about Jin-yi and his friends get him caught up in a bet that he won't be seduced by her...

Hwang Jin-yi

2015

Between The Navel And Knees poster
2.0

Best friends Jang-won and Choi Min and his wife Eun-hye make a bet to overcome their boring lives. They risk their lives to go after the married woman who is well known for her chasity. However, the bet goes the wrong way and they learn what real love is...

Between The Navel And Knees

2014

Dad Is Pretty poster
6.0

Duk-jae is being overlooked at his marketing job and sublimates his unhappiness by getting drunk after work. His boss tells him he’ll be fired if he doesn’t land a contract renewal for Club Hawaii, an establishment where men come to cross-dress in a safe and fun environment. The club owner is willing to renew the contract but only on one condition: that Duk-jae participates to get into the mindset of the membership.

Dad Is Pretty

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

Passionate Love poster
3.0

Dong Woo misses his wife Min Hee, who had spent a night with another man. Dong Woo continues this love and hatred for Min Hee and can't seem to tie the knot. One day, Dong Woo meets Yoon Seo, who was dumped by her boyfriend of 5 years. They comfort each other then realize only the deep sense of loss allows them to start a new love.

Passionate Love

2014

The Tuna and The Dolphin poster
5.5

Kang Hyun-Ho has never had a boyfriend in her life. She begins swimming lessons at a sports center. There, she develops a crush on Jo Woo-Jin . Meanwhile, Han Yoo-Ra is Kang Hyun-Ho's swimming instructor. He develops feelings for her.

The Tuna and The Dolphin

2018

The Actress Spy poster
NR

University students Gu-pil and Byeong-soo were recruiting a female member for an erotic film contest. They meet Tae-hee, a shy and ugly girl. She wasn't what they expected but they take her in anyway. They watch erotic movies with her and go to adult top shops for inspiration but nothing pops up. Tae-hee vents on them saying she was called ugly by a person she liked but they don't listen to her. So she's angry and decides to make up her mind.

The Actress Spy

2014

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

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

Take Charge of My Heart poster
8.9

A corporate heir with an artificial heart meets a woman who's literally electric. They strike a deal that makes his heart beat — in more ways than one.

Take Charge of My Heart

2026

KBS Drama Special poster
7.4

Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

KBS Drama Special

2010

KBS Drama Special poster
7.4

Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

KBS Drama Special

2010

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

The Glory poster
8.5

Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

The Glory

2022

Extraordinary Attorney Woo poster
8.5

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

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

2022

When the Camellia Blooms poster
8.2

Dongbaek is a single mother. When a potential new love enters her life, she finds ways to defy the social stigmas surrounding her.

When the Camellia Blooms

2019

Mask Girl poster
7.4

An office worker who is insecure about her looks becomes a masked internet personality by night — until a chain of ill-fated events overtakes her life.

Mask Girl

2023

The King: Eternal Monarch poster
8.2

Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.

The King: Eternal Monarch

2020

Insider poster
5.6

When a judicial apprentice goes behind bars while on an undercover job, he plays the hand he’s dealt to survive prison and get his payback.

Insider

2022

Unmasked poster
8.0

In modern-day Seoul, a crack team of investigative journalists fight for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story. With time running out, the team are given an impossible task if they want to save their jobs – solve a twenty-year-old cold case involving a famous actor who disappeared without a trace.

Unmasked

2025

Love Scout poster
8.0

Yoo Eun-ho, a single dad armed with perfection, becomes the secretary of Kang Ji-yun, the CEO of a popular headhunter company, who doesn't do anything except work.

Love Scout

2025

Sell Your Haunted House poster
7.2

A real estate agent who rids haunted buildings of vengeful ghosts, partners with a con man to solve a 20-year-old case that is close to her heart.

Sell Your Haunted House

2021

Like Flowers in Sand poster
7.6

Struggling to find success, a former wrestling prodigy finds himself ready to quit until he reencounters an old friend who reignites his passion.

Like Flowers in Sand

2023

Dear My Room poster
6.1

The tale of Shim Eun Joo, a self-employed woman who is trying to redefine her life after winning a big project as an editorial designer and subsequently struggling on her own.

Dear My Room

2018

층간 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

층간

2025