Bae Seong-woo

Bae Seong-woo is the kind of Korean character actor I trust on sight. He doesn't headline the poster, but drop him into Inside Men, Office or The Exclusive and the scene gets sharper, edgier, a little more uncomfortable in the best way. That 2015 run alone is a reminder of how much he was carrying mid-2010s Korean cinema from the supporting ranks. He can play oily, menacing or quietly broken with the same conviction. I always took his presence as a sign the casting director knew what they were doing. A reliable craftsman, not a celebrity, and I mean that as praise.

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Name (English)

Bae Seong-woo

Name (Japanese)

ペ・ソンウ

Reading

ぺ・そんう

Born

November 21, 1972 (age 53)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bae%20Seong-woo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A6%20(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17564517

Tags

• actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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