Woo Kang-min

Acting

Woo Kang-min

Born

1982-10-04 (44)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Woo Kang-min, born Kim Seung-hyun on October 4, 1982, is a South Korean actor, known for The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019), The Worst of Evil (2023) and Squid Game (2021). He graduated from Sejong University with a bachelor's degree in physical education.

Known for

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

Our Sticky Love poster
8.8

An ambitious prosecutor loses her memory and moves in with a boxing coach who claims to be her boyfriend. Can this sticky situation turn into real love?

Our Sticky Love

2026

Confidence Queen poster
7.7

Three con artists with different backgrounds, team up for a daring and adventurous scheme of revenge against the villains of this era.

Confidence Queen

2025

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 Good Detective poster
7.2

A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up. Jang Seung Jo will take on the role of Oh Ji Hyuk, an elite detective of nine years who does not share his feelings with others due to pain he experienced when he was young. He is not swayed by money and power, even with the huge wealth he inherited from his uncle.

The Good Detective

2020

Tomorrow poster
8.4

Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions.

Tomorrow

2022

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One poster
7.4

A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl overthrows the gang with her unexpected powers, and laboratory staff set out to find her.

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

2022

Revelations poster
6.4

A pastor who believes in divine revelation and a detective haunted by visions pursue a missing person case — exposing their own demons in the process.

Revelations

2025

Night in Paradise poster
6.9

An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.

Night in Paradise

2020

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

Mission: Possible poster
7.4

Chinese secret agent Da-hee receives intel that a large number of illegal firearms are being smuggled into Korea and is sent to investigate the case. She meets Su-han, who is supposed to help her with the case, but due to his lackluster skills they fight over trivial things. But as their witnesses are suddenly murdered, the two of them quickly become the prime suspects.

Mission: Possible

2021

My Name Is Loh Kiwan poster
7.3

After defecting from North Korea, Loh Kiwan struggles to obtain refugee status in Belgium, where he encounters a dejected woman who has lost all hope.

My Name Is Loh Kiwan

2024

Spiritwalker poster
6.4

Unable to remember anything about his life, a man begins regaining consciousness in a new body every 12 hours. Now, he must piece together his identity, all while evading attacks from pursuing agents and dangerous criminals alike.

Spiritwalker

2021

Collectors poster
7.2

To acquire ancient artifacts for a private collector, a cunning grave robber and his band of ingenious thieves carry out a series of risky heists.

Collectors

2020

Pipeline poster
6.8

A wealthy oil tycoon decides to steal oil from a pipeline running between Honam and Seoul-Busan motorway. To carry out this heist, he enlists the help of an experienced drilling engineer and his team.

Pipeline

2021

Lucky Monster poster
7.3

Do Maeng-su, a weak and timid citizen is a debtor who owes a lot. He gets a fake divorce to protect his beloved wife from the scary private moneylenders, and immediately, ironically, he wins a large sum of the lottery.

Lucky Monster

2020

Two Big Men poster
5.5

A gangster-like detective and an ex-convict who met like fate will work together to launch a "super-legal" business that hunts criminals with bounty. Bad guys falling like autumn leaves in front of two men! Cider-like action is pouring down on this stuffy world!

Two Big Men

2020

2010s · 2 titles

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

Our Sticky Love poster
8.8

An ambitious prosecutor loses her memory and moves in with a boxing coach who claims to be her boyfriend. Can this sticky situation turn into real love?

Our Sticky Love

2026

Confidence Queen poster
7.7

Three con artists with different backgrounds, team up for a daring and adventurous scheme of revenge against the villains of this era.

Confidence Queen

2025

The Good Detective poster
7.2

A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up. Jang Seung Jo will take on the role of Oh Ji Hyuk, an elite detective of nine years who does not share his feelings with others due to pain he experienced when he was young. He is not swayed by money and power, even with the huge wealth he inherited from his uncle.

The Good Detective

2020

Tomorrow poster
8.4

Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions.

Tomorrow

2022

Big Bet poster
5.9

Cha Moosik runs a casino bar, only to flee to the Philippines due to a crackdown by the National Tax Service. He launches a full-fledged casino business, and strategizes winning over the political and business circles in the Philippines. However, he is suddenly framed as a suspect in Min Seokjun's death, and is tracked by Oh Seunghoon of the Korean Desk. Betrayal is rampant in the presence of money.

Big Bet

2022

Destined with You poster
8.1

A lawyer bound by a centuries-old curse becomes entangled with a civil servant who holds the key to his freedom — igniting an unexpected romance.

Destined with You

2023

The Worst of Evil poster
8.4

Set in the 1980s, a husband and wife, both detectives, infiltrate a massive criminal organization responsible for the illegal drug trade between Korea, China, and Japan.

The Worst of Evil

2023

Aema poster
7.4

In 1980s Korea, a movie star and a starlet defy male-dominated industry rules and backstage corruption while filming the provocative "Madame Aema."

Aema

2025

Knight Flower poster
8.1

Cho Yeo Hwa has been a widow for 15 years. Her in-laws are the most prestigious noble family in the kingdom. During the day, she leads the life of a widow devoted entirely to her dead husband's memory and rarely ventures outside the gate of her home. At night, Yeo Hwa dons the mask of Hero, who secretly jumps over the surrounding wall to save the helpless.

Knight Flower

2024

Gangnam B-Side poster
7.4

When Jaehee, a top call girl at a club in Gangnam, goes missing, Detective Kang Dongwoo returns to crack the case. Prosecutor Min Seojin aims to rise in rank, while the notorious pimp, Yoon Gilho becomes a prime suspect. They unravel a web of secrets and connections behind the case.

Gangnam B-Side

2024

May It Please the Court poster
6.6

Noh Chak-hee, the ace lawyer of the big law firm, Jangsan, becomes a public defender overnight and must defend the criminal who killed her loved one.

May It Please the Court

2022

One Dollar Lawyer poster
7.6

Courts are not equally accessible to everyone and people lose trust in the judicial system. But here comes a lawyer with the best skills and a commission fee of just one dollar, committed to social justice and defending fundamental human rights. This extraordinary defense lawyer confronts blindfolded justice and highly paid opposing counsel for his clients' rights.

One Dollar Lawyer

2022

Bad Guys: Vile City poster
6.9

Ordered to take down a villainous business leader who controls the city, a prosecutor gathers a team of men who may not be so clean themselves.

Bad Guys: Vile City

2017

Salon De Holmes poster
8.1

Four overlooked housewives, weighed down by daily chores and ignored by those around them, find renewed purpose by solving everyday cases—reclaiming their voices and reigniting long-forgotten dreams.

Salon De Holmes

2025

If You Wish Upon Me poster
7.6

A convict who finds himself staring into the abyss is ordered to work at a facility for the terminally ill. Will the experience help reverse his unhappy destiny?

If You Wish Upon Me

2022

Sorry Not Sorry poster
7.5

Set in 'Cheonpo New Town' under 'Cheondang', the story depicts the turbulent Cheonpo survival story of 'Jisongi', a disguised married woman who finds it difficult to love or get married.

Sorry Not Sorry

2024

Good Job poster
5.4

On Seon-woo is the head of the biggest company in Korea. He also secretly runs a private detective agency. On the other hand, Don Se Ra is a person with extraordinary vision and uses this ability to help people...

Good Job

2022

No artwork available
NR

Nabi Project Team is a small-scale secret group secretly operated by the National Police Agency. The group is named after the Hebrew/Arabic word 'Nabi,' meaning 'Prophet,' because they attempt to solve cases by utilizing the skills of Yoo Shi Hyun, who has the ability to sketch drawings of future crime scenes. During a criminal take-down, enthusiastic detective Kang Dong Soo comes across Shi Hyun's sketchbook, which includes a prediction of his fiancée Min Ji Soo's imminent death. His resulting choices indirectly causes multiple disasters, and in the process, an unusually motivated killer is born. As Nabi Project Team pursues him, they encounter an even larger presence behind him pulling the strings.

Sketch

2018