Park Ji-il (Korean: 박지일, born September 1960)[1] is a South Korean theatre, film and television actor. He is known for his supporting roles in various TV series and films.[2] His better known works are: 2011 TV series The Thorn Birds, 2013 thriller film The Suspect and 2017 historical drama series The Rebel. He has appeared in more than 75 TV series, theatrical plays and films including 2020 political drama film The Man Standing Next. In 2022, he appeared in TV series Artificial City and is appearing in Tracer and Thirty-Nine.[3]

Park Ji-il
Born(1960-09-00)September , 1960
EducationGraduate, School of Theater Studies
Alma materChung-Ang University
Occupations
  • Film actor
  • Theater actor
Years active1995–present
AgentS Y & T
Korean name
Hangul
박지일
Revised RomanizationBak Jiil
McCune–ReischauerPak Chiil

Education edit

Source:[2]

Career edit

Park Ji-il made his theater debut in 1986 with the play Death Fugue. Since then he appeared in stage dramas Crime and Punishment and Mamma Mia among others.[4]

Park debuted on big screen in 1995 with the film My Dear Keum-hong.[5]

In 2021, Park was cast in The National Theater Company's play Angels in America part 1 and part 2, the representative work of American playwright Tony Kushner, Angels in America as Roy Marcus Cohn alongside his son Park Yong-woo, who plays an active role as a former drag queen.[6]

In 2022, Park appeared in TV series Thirty-Nine as adoptive father of Cha Mi-jo, the character portrayed by Son Ye-jin.[7]

Filmography edit

Films edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1995 My Dear Keum-hong Kim Gi-rim [8]
1998 A Promise Jang Woo-Sin
1999 Shiri
Nowhere to Hide
Happy End Bank clerk
2000 The Foul King
2002 Chi-hwa-seon Kwak Seong-min
2008 Portrait of a Beauty Sin Han-pyeong [9]
2013 Commitment Director of National Intelligence
The Suspect Executive director Song [10]
Way Back Home Police officer Lee Soo
2016 The Net Executive
2017 Ordinary Person General manager Lee [11]
The Fortress Deputy Chief Scholar
Brothers in Heaven Director Park
2018 Live Again, Love Again Representative Kim
The Princess and the Matchmaker Yoon Hyeon
2019 Spring Again Ho-min's father [3]
2020 OK! Madam North Pole
The Man Standing Next Kim Gye-hoon

Television series edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Piano [8]
2004 Sweet 18 Heyok-joon's uncle [9]
Toji, the Land Choi Chi-soo - Choi Cham-pan
2006 Goodbye Solo Young-sook's husband
Dae Jo-yeong Boo Ji-gwang
2009 Empress Cheonchu Kim Shim-eom
Style Lee Suk-chang
2011 The Thorn Birds Choi Jong-dal [12]
2012 12 Signs of Love Chan-sung
Love Rain Kim Chang-mo
Ghost Director Moon
2013 The Virus Director Moon
Empire of Gold Kang Ho-yeon [13]
2014 Jeong Do-jeon Yi Saek
Emergency Couple Yoon Sung-gil
The Greatest Marriage Seo Hoi-pyung
2015 Hogu's Love Byeon Kang-se
The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War Gubong Song Ik-pil [14]
Splendid Politics Kim Je-nam [15]
The Scholar Who Walks the Night Kim Sung-yeol's father Cameo
Assembly Oh Se-chang Special appearance
Last
The Village: Achiara's Secret Park Cheon-sik
2016 Happy Home Lee Seok-ho [16]
The Royal Gambler Lee I-myeong
Entertainer
2016–2017 The Legend of the Blue Sea Manager Nam [17]
2017 Good Manager Head of department Choi Ik-joong [18]
The Rebel Lee Se-jwa [19]
Duel Park San-young
Hospital Ship Seol Jae-chan
Money Flower Na Gi-chul
Live Up to Your Name Cheongwadae
2018 Queen of Mystery 2 Kang Bo-guk [20]
Live Han Jeong-oh's biological father Special appearance
Partners for Justice Pyo Yoo-sung Season 1
Love to the End Yoon Sang-min [21]
The Third Charm Joon-young's father [22]
Where Stars Land Seo In-woo's father (homeless man) [23]
2019 Touch Your Heart Kwon Jae-bok Special appearance [24]
Nokdu Flower Song Bong-gil [25]
2020 Money Game Kim Ho-joong [26]
The Game: Towards Zero Nam Woo-hyeon [27]
Forest Jung Byung-hyuk [28]
How to Buy a Friend
2020–2021 Delayed Justice Kim Byung-dae [29]
2021 One the Woman Han Kang-sik [30]
2021–2022 Artificial City Min Seong-sik [31]
2022 Tracer Baek Seung-ryong [32]
Thirty-Nine Professor Cha Yoo-hyeok [33]
2023 Agency Cho Moon-ho [34]
Delightfully Deceitful Shin Gi-ho

Theater edit

Year Title Native title Role Notes
2004 Mamma Mia 맘마미아 Bill [35]
2004 Sea and Sun 바다와 양산
2005 Little Shop of Horus 리틀샵 오브 호러스 Musical (Orin)
2016 Song of Sorrow 슬픔의 노래 Park Woon-hyeong [36]
2017 Orphans 오펀스 Harold [37]
2018 Saerom Min - Christians 민새롬 - 크리스천스 Paul (Pastor) [35]
2021 Angels in America-Part One 엔젤스 인 아메리카 Roy Marcus Cohn Representative work of Angels in America[6]
2022 Angels in America-Part Two: Perestroika 엔젤스 인 아메리카-파트 투 : 페레스트로이카 [38]
2022–2023 Orphans 오펀스 Harold [39]

References edit

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  21. ^ Lee Hye-mi (October 5, 2018). "'끝까지 사랑' 박지일 사망... 홍수아 죄책감 느꼈다" ['Love to the end' Park Ji-il died... Hong Soo-ah felt guilty]. TV Report (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  22. ^ Yoo Yong-joo (November 17, 2018). "박지일 '부드러운 미소~' [포토엔HD]" [Park Ji-il 'soft smile~' [Photon HD]]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
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  24. ^ Lee Young-sil (March 8, 2019). "'진심이 닿다' 박지일 특별출연 '이동욱 아버지로 등장'" ['Touch the truth' Park Ji-il special appearance 'Lee Dong-wook's father']. Kukje Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved March 22, 2022.
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  39. ^ Kang Jin-ah (October 4, 2022). "젠더 프리 캐스팅 연극 '오펀스', 남명렬·박지일·추상미 합류" [Gender-free casting play 'Orphans' joins Nam Myeong-ryeol, Park Ji-il, and Chu Sang-mi] (in Korean). Newsis. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Naver.

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