Kim Yun-seok

Acting

Kim Yun-seok

Born 1968-01-21 · Busan, South Korea

Kim Yoon-seok (김윤석) is a South Korean actor. He was born on January 21, 1968. Kim's theater background first led him to be cast in minor roles on film and television. His breakout role came as the villain in gambling film Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), but it was his performance as a pimp and ex-cop in surprise hit The Chaser (2008) that brought him acting awards and stardom in his forties. Kim has since become an acclaimed leading actor in Korean cinema, in films such as Running Turtle (2009), The Yellow Sea (2010), Punch (2011), and The Thieves (2012).

Acting credits

The Chaser poster
7.8

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

The Chaser

2008

The Yellow Sea poster
7.3

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

The Yellow Sea

2010

The Thieves poster
6.8

A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.

The Thieves

2012

C'est Si Bon poster
6.9

A beautiful socialite enters the lives of three bickering musicians and inspires them to write a series of hit love-songs.

C'est Si Bon

2015

Escape from Mogadishu poster
7.1

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.

Escape from Mogadishu

2021

Tazza: The High Rollers poster
6.9

Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.

Tazza: The High Rollers

2006

Noryang: Deadly Sea poster
6.4

The Imjin War reaches its seventh year in December of 1598. Admiral Yi Sun-shin learns that the Wa invaders in Joseon are preparing for a swift withdrawal following the deathbed orders of their leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Determined to destroy the enemy once and for all, Admiral Yi leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to mount a blockade and annihilate the Wa army. However, once Ming commander Chen Lin is bribed into lifting the blockade, Wa lord Shimazu Yoshihiro and his Satsuma army sail to the Wa army's rescue at Noryang Strait.

Noryang: Deadly Sea

2023

Tazza: The Hidden Card poster
6.9

Dae-gil has been skilled with his hands and has shown a strong desire for winning ever since he was a child. He will succeed his uncle and jump into the world of Tazza, risking his life in competition.

Tazza: The Hidden Card

2014

1987: When the Day Comes poster
8.0

In 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens to fight for the truth and bring about justice.

1987: When the Day Comes

2017

The Fortress poster
6.8

Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.

The Fortress

2017

Dark Figure of Crime poster
6.6

A serial killer is caught for his seventh murder. A cop tries to solve the first six cases with the killer's help, but starts to suspect that he has ulterior motives. Based on a true story.

Dark Figure of Crime

2018

Hwayi: A Monster Boy poster
7.4

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

2013

Woochi: The Demon Slayer poster
6.8

Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.

Woochi: The Demon Slayer

2009

Sea Fog poster
6.9

A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

Sea Fog

2014

Will You Be There poster
7.2

A terminally ill surgeon travels back in time through the use of unique capsules to reunite with his dead lover. He then meets his juvenile self and they try to prevent her death.

Will You Be There

2016

To Catch a Virgin Ghost poster
7.2

Seok-tae runs away with a huge diamond of his gang and comes to Sisily, a peaceful village. Yang-e runs after him to get the diamond back and finds Seok-tae's trail in Sisily. But all the town people lie about everything. These people turn out to be scarier than a ghost!

To Catch a Virgin Ghost

2004

All for Love poster
6.5

A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who have just fallen in love.

All for Love

2005

The Priests poster
6.9

To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case.

The Priests

2015

Kiss Me Much poster
4.6

The life of a happy family is thrown into turmoil when they are given 30 days to pay back a relative's massive debt or lose everything.

Kiss Me Much

2001

Another Child poster
7.5

Teenage girls suffer from conflicts from their parents' affairs. A baby from the affair is born, and the two families have to accept reality.

Another Child

2019

Virus poster
6.9

A mysterious virus spreads out. Anyone infected feels the emotion of love, and the emotion amplifies until it kills the person in love. The pessimist Taek-seon, who likes nothing in life, is infected, and the researcher Gyun reaches her out to test her the medicine that he's developing. Soon Gyun finds out Taek-seon has special antibody, but Taek-seon slowly feels love to Gyun. Is this a real love or just a virus?

Virus

2025

South Bound poster
6.8

Hae-gap is a director who makes anti-government documentary films. One day, Hae-gap’s son, Na-ra, runs away from home, but Man-deok, a freeloader living in Hae-gap’s house ends up bringing him back. Later, Man-deok raids the head developer of Deul Island to stop its exploitation, and Na-ra helps and ends up getting caught. In order to bring Na-ra out from jail, Hae-gap signs to stop making anti-government films and moves to Deul Island with his family. Na-ra sees his father leading a good, quiet life there and starts opening up. But when a construction company charges in to clear-out the island and the islanders fall at risk of losing their homes, Hae-gap leads a strike against it and his family fall in grave danger...

South Bound

2013

The Classified File poster
6.6

A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom no one expects to be alive. Based on a true story.

The Classified File

2015

The Big Swindle poster
6.9

After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since Choi Chang-hyuk's release from jail. But this time around he's got an elaborate plan cooked up. It's the biggest bank heist in history that'll make any thief have a wet dream. The best five thieves come together to form a team.

The Big Swindle

2004

Behind the camera