Hong Kyung-in

Acting

Hong Kyung-in

Born

1976-10-27 (49)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

The fresh-faced HONG Kyung-in, who graduated from the Dongguk University’s School of Acting, debuted on screen at the tender age of 16 in the early 1990s Korean classic Our Twisted Hero (1992). While still a teenager he went on to appear in some of the most important films of the mid-1990s, such as The Eternal Empire (1995) and A Single Spark (1995). It was around this time that he began to appear in TV dramas as well. He has remained consistent on screen, taking co-starring roles in films for 20 years, such as 2001’s hit gangster comedy Hi! Dharma. After a few years absent from cinemas, HONG returned to the big screen in 2013 with a part in the hit spy drama Secretly Greatly and then starre…

Known for

Three Guys and Three Girls poster
7.0

The series is Korea’s first youth sitcom, revolving around three men and three women sharing a university lodging house. The group navigates comedic and romantic adventures, with a focus on friendships and budding relationships. Key highlights: Lee Ui-jung (one of the female leads) stands out with her quirky hairstyle and serves as the show’s central figure, particularly through her dynamic with Song Seung-heon’s character The sitcom blends lighthearted humour with relatable themes of young adulthood, making it a pioneer in Korean TV history

Three Guys and Three Girls

1996

Ya Shim Man Man poster
NR

Yashimmanman is a South Korean talk show. Citizens were surveyed about various questions, and celebrity guests had to guess the public's top answers to the questions, sparking much discussion.

Ya Shim Man Man

2003

Voice poster
7.3

It's 3 minutes for hearers, but a life for the callers. A crime thriller chasing even the slightest sounds to rescue people's lives calling for urgent help.

Voice

2017

The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won poster
6.0

A work that sheds new light on the figure of Lee Bang-won, a leader who took the lead in the founding of the nation.

The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won

2021

Sandglass poster
8.7

Sandglass is a South Korean television series considered one of the most significant and highest-rated Korean dramas in history. Written by Song Ji-na and directed by Kim Jong-hak, it aired on SBS in 1995 in 24 episodes. A depiction of the tragic relationship among three friends affected by the political and civilian oppression of 1970s and 1980s Korea, the series mixed politics, melodrama, action, and great acting. It recorded a peak rating of 64.5%, the third highest of all time, and launched its leading trio of Choi Min-soo, Go Hyun-jung, and Park Sang-won into stardom. Its reenactment of the Gwangju Massacre remains one of the most realistic, devastatingly powerful, and unforgettable moments in Korean TV history.

Sandglass

1995

Robber poster
5.5

Romance blossoms between a single mom and a womanizing bad boy.

Robber

2008

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 7 titles

Secretly, Greatly poster
7.0

Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.

Secretly, Greatly

2013

Toxic Desire: Addiction poster
5.2

Psychiatrist Joon-sang is a well-known doctor. He is level-headed with his patients, but he's got a painful past. He'd witnessed his wife kill herself because she was raped. He'd suffered insomnia along with guilt and sadness until a beautiful girl Ji-soo comes along. She tells him every man who's loved her died and that someone was watching her. She seduces Joon-sang. A detective suspects Ji-soo to be involved with a recent murder case and asks Joon-sang for her medical records... Falling in love with something dangerous and the end of which is unknown!

Toxic Desire: Addiction

2014

Your Noir poster
4.5

Hyeong-Ju is a gang member. He begins to follow a woman. The woman is the wife of a prosecutor investigating his gang. The woman was also Hyeong-Ju's teacher when he was younger and he liked her at the time. Hyeong-Ju still has feelings for her.

Your Noir

2013

Apostle poster
4.0

In a small North Korean village near the border of China, there are believers who get together in an underground church, away from the eyes of the persecuting government. When the missionary from China, their only support route, is cut off, things begin to get very tense. Chulho, who had been arrested along with his wife, returns. After losing his wife in the interrogations, Chulho had been released and unseen for 2 years before coming back to his home, claiming that he had been commanded by God to lead the believers across the border and into South Korea. The brothers wonder if Chulho is trustworthy, and whether it is the right thing to do to leave their homeland.

Apostle

2014

The Mother's Island poster
6.5

Returning to the island where their mother lives alone, four siblings discover that the elderly woman suffers from dementia.

The Mother's Island

2013

Twisted Daddy poster
5.0

A man laboring at a swanky restaurant works himself to the bone to ensure his son can afford to study law and become a prosecutor. He feels it gives his own life value, even if it comes at the cost of hurting his son.

Twisted Daddy

2016

Vincent poster
NR

Ban Man-ho became suddenly rich. He is a country gent with a sense of inferiority and who is greedy for monday. However, one day someone calls him an ignorant fool who knows nothing but money, so he buys a Van Gogh worth millions under the condition that he has to reveal the work to the world every six months. However, the Van Gogh in the picture has only one eye. Ban Man-ho has to do whatever he can to draw the other eye to make sure he isn't called an ignorant fool again.

Vincent

2017

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 7 titles

A Single Spark poster
7.1

Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy.

A Single Spark

1995

Our Twisted Hero poster
6.9

Han Byung-tae, who teaches at a private after-school academy in Seoul, receives word that his old teacher has passed away and sets off to the rural village where he attended elementary school. In the train, he reminisces about the tough fights he used to get into back in the day.

Our Twisted Hero

1992

The Eternal Empire poster
6.5

This film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Party to obtain political power. In 1800, The Royal Party insisted that the political power should be centralized to the King, but the other party (The Old Party) insisted that the political power should be centralized to the majority of the ministers. One day, official Jang was ordered by the King to arrange and edit the record of the former King Yeongjo. All of a sudden, Jang dies. Soon it was disclosed that Jang was killed by the Old Party because of their connection with the book. For this incident , the King tried to get rid of key members of the Old Party, but the Old Party resists the King's will. What was in the book? Who was involved? Why? The political intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The Eternal Empire

1995

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid poster
7.3

While the government watches everything and everyone, Myonggil and Pyongsok organize a movie club called The Magnificent Seven. Later in life, after Myonggil is released from military service, he goes to visit his childhood friend and finds out that their lives have taken very different paths.

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid

1994

The Best poster
8.8

The arrival of new music teacher makes a big difference for a group of troubled high school students.

The Best

1998

Channel 69 poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Channel 69

1996

Piano Man poster
6.3

A serial killer plays a cat and mouse game with a female detective.

Piano Man

1996

Series credits

Three Guys and Three Girls poster
7.0

The series is Korea’s first youth sitcom, revolving around three men and three women sharing a university lodging house. The group navigates comedic and romantic adventures, with a focus on friendships and budding relationships. Key highlights: Lee Ui-jung (one of the female leads) stands out with her quirky hairstyle and serves as the show’s central figure, particularly through her dynamic with Song Seung-heon’s character The sitcom blends lighthearted humour with relatable themes of young adulthood, making it a pioneer in Korean TV history

Three Guys and Three Girls

1996

Ya Shim Man Man poster
NR

Yashimmanman is a South Korean talk show. Citizens were surveyed about various questions, and celebrity guests had to guess the public's top answers to the questions, sparking much discussion.

Ya Shim Man Man

2003

Voice poster
7.3

It's 3 minutes for hearers, but a life for the callers. A crime thriller chasing even the slightest sounds to rescue people's lives calling for urgent help.

Voice

2017

The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won poster
6.0

A work that sheds new light on the figure of Lee Bang-won, a leader who took the lead in the founding of the nation.

The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won

2021

Sandglass poster
8.7

Sandglass is a South Korean television series considered one of the most significant and highest-rated Korean dramas in history. Written by Song Ji-na and directed by Kim Jong-hak, it aired on SBS in 1995 in 24 episodes. A depiction of the tragic relationship among three friends affected by the political and civilian oppression of 1970s and 1980s Korea, the series mixed politics, melodrama, action, and great acting. It recorded a peak rating of 64.5%, the third highest of all time, and launched its leading trio of Choi Min-soo, Go Hyun-jung, and Park Sang-won into stardom. Its reenactment of the Gwangju Massacre remains one of the most realistic, devastatingly powerful, and unforgettable moments in Korean TV history.

Sandglass

1995

Robber poster
5.5

Romance blossoms between a single mom and a womanizing bad boy.

Robber

2008

Express Delivery: Mongolia Edition poster
8.0

Celebrity best friends known as Dragon Club and a younger actor embark on an exciting adventure in Mongolia as they deliver parcels to residents living in secluded area.

Express Delivery: Mongolia Edition

2023

Legend of the Patriots poster
7.0

Legend of the Patriots is a remake of the 1975 South Korean drama Comrades. Its production was spawned to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. The story centers around the lives of eleven Korean soldiers fighting in the Korean War. Director Kim Sang-hwi remarked that the series is not about the ideologies of South and North Korea, but rather focuses on the struggles of ordinary people who lived through the war.

Legend of the Patriots

2010

Overgrown Bromance poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Overgrown Bromance

2017

A Sunny Place of the Young poster
8.0

In the late 80's, with the theme of ambition and betrayal of young people who wanted to succeed in the background of the mining village of Sabuk and Seoul.

A Sunny Place of the Young

1995

Bad Friends poster
NR

This drama is about 4 guys who are considered troublemakers. They form a rock band in high school and become best friends for life.

Bad Friends

2000

컬러 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

컬러

1996