Kim Byeong-ok (born October 11, 1960) is a South Korean actor. A veteran supporting actor, he is best known for his role as Mr. Han in Oldboy.[2][3]

Kim Byeong-ok
Born (1960-10-11) October 11, 1960 (age 63)
OccupationActor
Korean name
Hangul
김병옥
Revised RomanizationGim Byeong-ok
McCune–ReischauerKim Pyŏngok

Career edit

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In 2015, he was featured in a controversial Maxim Korea cover, standing next to a car smoking a cigarette with a woman's legs bound in duct tape protruding from the car's trunk.[4]

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Classic senior
Oldboy Mr. Han
2005 The Beast and the Beauty Hae-joo's father
Crying Fist Detective Oh
The President's Last Bang Colonel Kim
Lady Vengeance The Preacher
2006 Forbidden Quest deputy prime minister
The City of Violence Youth president
No Mercy for the Rude "Ponytail"
A Cruel Attendance Joo Baek-dong
Sunflower Jo Pan-soo
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK Judge
2007 The Old Garden Byeong-ok
Beautiful Sunday Suk-jae
2008 Open City Hong Ki-taek/Hong Yong-taek
Nowhere to Turn Dean of University
Dachimawa Lee King Seo-bang
Our School's E.T. president of publishing company
Baby and I Joon-soo's father
2009 The Weird Missing Case of Mr. J Branch Office Manager (cameo)
Insadong Scandal Officer Kang
2010 Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp hardware store owner
The Quiz Show Scandal Kim Jeong-sang
2011 Romantic Heaven manhole man
Perfect Game chief secretary (cameo)
2012 Wonderful Radio Director Im
Love Clinique animation director
2013 New World Yanbian hitman 1
Kong's Family Jang Baek-ho
Cold Eyes mysterious broker
Fasten Your Seatbelt monk
Queen of the Night drunk at police station (cameo)
Red Family hardware store owner (cameo)
2014 Man in Love priest
Man on High Heels Dr. Jin
Kundo: Age of the Rampant Toposa
We Are Brothers Homeless Mr. Kim (cameo)
2015 Dog Eat Dog Min Tae-sik (voice) (cameo)
The Priests Professor Park
Inside Men Oh Myung-hwan
2016 A Violent Prosecutor President Park
Operation Chromite Choi Suk-joong
Master voice (cameo)
2017 The Sheriff in Town Chief Kang
2018 The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion Police Officer Do
The Spy Gone North Dr. Jang (cameo)
2022 B Cut Tae San [5]

Television series edit

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Night after Night Kim Hyuk-joong
2012 Fashion King Director Kim
2013 Incarnation of Money nursing home director (ep. 11) (cameo)
Pots of Gold Hwang Jong-pal (cameo)
Heartless City Jeoul ("Scale")
I Can Hear Your Voice Hwang Dal-joong
2013-14 The King's Daughter, Soo Baek-hyang Yeon Bool-tae
2014 Triangle Go Bok-tae
Modern Farmer Han In-ki
Mr. Back Go-bong's doctor
2014-15 Birth of a Beauty fortune-teller (cameo)
2015 Shine or Go Crazy Ji-mong
A Girl Who Sees Smells chief of police investigation team
Mask Shim Bong-seo
Mrs. Cop hired killer
2016 Beautiful Gong Shim Yeom Tae-cheol
Wanted Jung Jung-ki
Uncontrollably Fond Hyeon-joon's older brother
2016-17 Blow Breeze plastic surgeon (cameo)
The Sound of Your Heart Jo Chul-wang
2017 The Rebel Magistrate Uhm Ja-chi
My Sassy Girl Park Sun-jae
Man Who Dies to Live detective agency manager Han
Go Back Choi Gi-il
Because This Is My First Life Yoon Jong-soo
2018 Secret Mother Lee Byung-hak [6]
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim Chairman Lee [7]
My Secret Terrius Yoon Choon-sang
2019 Legal High Bang Dae-han [8]
2021–2022 Show Window: The Queen's House Kang Dae-wook [9]

Awards and nominations edit

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Scene Stealer Festival 2021 Bonsang "Main Prize" Show Window: The Queen's House Won

References edit

  1. ^ "김병옥". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  2. ^ a b "KIM Byoung-ok". Korean Film Council. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. ^ Conran, Pierce (9 November 2015). "OPERATION CHROMITE Adds JUNG Joon-ho, KIM Byoung-ok, JIN Se-yun, CHOO Sung-hoon". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  4. ^ Park, So-jung (4 September 2015). "Maxim Korea apologizes over controversial cover". Yonhap. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ Jo Ji-young (January 26, 2022). "[공식] 김동완 주연 범죄 스릴러 영화 'B컷', 2월 개봉 확정" [[Official] Kim Dong-wan's crime thriller movie 'B-cut' confirmed for release in February] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Naver.
  6. ^ "송윤아X김소연 '시크릿마더' 첫방 '워맨스스릴러' 도전 통할까". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). May 12, 2018. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "Kim Hye-ok and Kim Byung-ok in "Why Secretary Kim" as Married Couple". HanCinema. Star MK. April 17, 2018. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  8. ^ "[단독] 진구x김병옥, 오늘 '한끼줍쇼' 촬영…'리갈하이'팀 출격". News1 (in Korean). January 16, 2019. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  9. ^ Lee Ye-seul (November 30, 2021). "'쇼윈도' 이성재, '불륜' 전소민과 이별 여행 → 송윤아와 리마인드 웨딩 [종합]" (in Korean). OSEN. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Naver.

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