Park Seong-ung

Park Sung-woong is one of those Korean actors who instantly sharpens a film the moment he appears. Since debuting in No. 3 in 1997, he has built a reputation on menace, most memorably as the gangster in New World, and he knows how to wield a single hard look to chilling effect. What I find compelling is the contrast: a warm, almost boyish smile sitting just beneath that capacity for cold danger. He is the reliable presence who tightens an entire ensemble, and to me he is part of the quiet engine that keeps Korean cinema's gritty edge so consistently watchable.

Name (English)

Park Seong-ung

Name (Japanese)

パク・ソンウン

Reading

ぱく・そんうん

Born

January 9, 1973 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

Origin

South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor / television actor

University

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

• Official sitehttp://maskent.com/sub.php?main=3&sub=1&tnumb=2
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%20Sung-woong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q626615

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

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