Acting · Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea · Born November 21, 1981
Park Hae-soo (born November 21, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known worldwide for portraying Cho Sang-woo in the first season of the Netflix hit series Squid Game (2021), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Park started his career in theater and has played a large number of leading and supporting roles in plays and musicals. He subsequently expanded his career into film and television and achieved his breakthrough with Prison Playbook (2017–2018), one of the highest-rated Korean dramas on cable television. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with Netflix, including Narco-Saints (2022), Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area (2022), Karma (2025), The Price of Confession (2025), and The Great Flood (2025).
The Great Oksuk
2027
TVThe Scarecrow
2026
as Kang Tae-ju
TVThe Price of Confession
2025
as Baek Dong-hun
MovieTristes Tropiques
2025
MovieThe Cherry Orchard
2025
MovieThe Great Flood
2025
as Son Hee-jo
MovieGood News
2025
as Ryeo Dol-chan
TVButterfly
2025
as Yong Shik Choi
TVYoobari Talkbari
2025
as Self
TVKarma
2025
as Kim Beon-jun
MovieLobby
2025
as Golf field owner
MovieWhales and I
2024
as Narrator (voice)
TVWhenever Possible
2024
as Self
TVHyell's Club
2024
as Self
TVWhales and I
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVPersona: Sulli
2023
as Self
MoviePhantom
2023
as Kaito Takahara
TVNarco-Saints
2022
as Choi Chang-ho
TVMoney Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area
2022
as Berlin
MovieYaksha: Ruthless Operations
2022
as Han Ji-hoon
TV우리_사이
2022
TVChimera
2021
as Cha Jae-hwan
TVSquid Game
2021
as Cho Sang-woo / Player 218
TVSNL Korea
2021
as Self - Host
TVRacket Boys
2021
as Lee Jae-jung
TVThe Game Caterers
2021
as Self
MovieTime to Hunt
2020
as Han
MovieBy Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture
2019
as Lee Chan-woo
TVPersona
2019
as Jung-woo
TVMemories of the Alhambra
2018
as Agent A
TVYou Quiz on the Block
2018
as Self
TVPrison Playbook
2017
as Kim Je-hyeok
TVThe Liar and His Lover
2017
as Bass player
MovieMaster
2016
as President Jin's Pawns
TVThe Legend of the Blue Sea
2016
as Hong Dong-pyo
TVSix Flying Dragons
2015
as Yi Ji-ran
MovieThe Unfair
2015
as Jo Goo-hwan's assistant
MovieThe Pirates
2014
as Hwang Joong-geun
TVGod of War
2012
as Kim Yoon-hoo
Gulf of Aden
Paper Man
as Oh Seung-eop
