Kwak Do-won
South Korean actor
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::summary South Korean actor ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kwak Do-won |
| image | (타짜-신의 손) 최승현 캐스팅 비하인드 영상 Kwak Do-won.jpg |
| caption | Kwak in 2014 |
| birth_name | Kwak Byung-kyu |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea{{cite web |
| 곽도원 | website |
| occupation | Actor |
| agent | Mada Entertainment |
| years_active | 1992–present |
| module | {{Infobox Korean name/auto |
| hangul | %곽병규 |
| hangulstage | %곽도원 |
| :: |
| name = Kwak Do-won | image = (타짜-신의 손) 최승현 캐스팅 비하인드 영상 Kwak Do-won.jpg | caption = Kwak in 2014 | birth_name = Kwak Byung-kyu | birth_date = | birth_place = Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea{{cite web|url=https://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=38461|title= 곽도원|website=Cinefox (씨네폭스)|access-date=2023-12-12|language=ko}} | occupation = Actor | agent = Mada Entertainment | years_active = 1992–present | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes|headercolor=transparent | hangul = %곽병규 | hanja = | hangulstage = %곽도원 | hanjastage = Kwak Do-won (born Kwak Byung-kyu on May 17, 1973) is a South Korean actor. He first gained recognition in supporting roles in the films The Yellow Sea (2010) and Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012). Kwak is known for starring in The Attorney (2013), Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014), The Wailing (2016), Asura: The City of Madness (2016), Steel Rain (2017), and The Man Standing Next (2020).
Career
Kwak is known for his roles in the films The Yellow Sea (2010), Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012), The Attorney (2013), The Wailing (2016), Asura: The City of Madness (2016), Steel Rain (2017) and the television series Phantom (2012).
In May 2019, Kwak signed with new agency Mada Entertainment. Later in July 2022, Kwak renewed his contract with Mada Entertainment.
Personal life
On April 20, 2005, he mentioned on Knowing Bros that he was late for theater practice because of the Seoul Children's Grand Park elephants escape case.
Filmography
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | If You Were Me | Yeokdobu director | |
| Ogu | Byung-gu | ||
| 2007 | The Obese Family | Son-in-law Kwok | short film |
| Passionate People | Broadcasting PD | short film | |
| 2008 | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Gangster at traditional market | |
| 2009 | The Great Player | Lee Dong-shik | short film |
| Jin-Wie | Jin-wie | ||
| Handphone | Lead detective | ||
| Sisters on the Road | Truck driver 1 / Radio DJ (voice) | ||
| Mother | Charcoal fire man | ||
| Too Fragile to Be Loved | President Kim | short film | |
| 2010 | The Man From Nowhere | Detective Kim | |
| Midnight FM | Reporter Jang | ||
| Hero | PE teacher | ||
| 심장이 필요한 남자 | Detective Park | ||
| The Yellow Sea | Prof. Kim Seung-hyun | ||
| 2011 | Head | Jung seonbae | |
| Double Clutch | short film | ||
| 2012 | Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | Jo Beom-seok | |
| Love Fiction | Director Hwang | ||
| The Fantastic Duo | Deok-gyu | short film | |
| Ghost Sweepers | Monk Shim-in | ||
| A Company Man | Kwon Jong-tae | ||
| 2013 | The Berlin File | Chung Wa-dae | |
| An Ethics Lesson | Soo-taek | ||
| The Great Player | short film | ||
| The Attorney | Cha Dong-young | ||
| 2014 | Man in Love | Young-il | |
| Mad Sad Bad | segment "Ghost" | ||
| Tazza: The Hidden Card | Jang Dong-sik | ||
| 2015 | The Shameless | Moon Ki-beom | |
| The Magician | Gwi-mol | ||
| 2016 | The Wailing | Jong-gu | |
| Asura: The City of Madness | Kim Cha-in | ||
| 2017 | The Mayor | Shim Hyeok-soo | |
| Steel Rain | Kwak Chul-woo | ||
| 2020 | Steel Rain 2: Summit | Park Jin-woo, North Korean Supreme Guard Command Chief | |
| The Man Standing Next | Kim Hyong-uk | ||
| The Golden Holiday | |||
| 2021 | CCTV | ||
| 2024 | The Firefighters | Jeong Jin-seop | |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Discovery of the Speech: Good Years | |
| 2009 | *Strange Stories and Legends: | |
| The Third Story* | Jung Yoon-seok | |
| 2010 | Mister M | Ha-na's father |
| 2011 | My Mom Audrey | Ki-tae |
| 2012 | Phantom | Kwon Hyuk-joo |
| 2013 | Good Doctor | Kang Hyun-tae |
| The Suspicious Housekeeper | Park Bok-nyeo's late husband (cameo) | |
| 2022 | Never Give Up | Gu Pil-soo |
| * Super Note* | url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=109&aid=0004481206 | |
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Web series
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| Year | Title | Role | Ref. | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villains | Jang Joong-hyuk | |||
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Theater
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| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | King David | Israel's soldier |
| 2001 | Hamlet | |
| Rural Scholar Jo Nam-myung | ||
| 2003 | Samyeong Daesa | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Citizens of Seoul 1919 | ||
| Deceived by Money, Despaired by Love | Kwang-ho byeonsa | |
| 이랑 나비되어 | Joo-ki | |
| 2004 | The Wandering Troupe | |
| 울 밑에선 봉선이야 | ||
| King Lear | Edgar | |
| 2005 | Cain | Gwang-dae |
| 2006 | The Dummy Bride | Police substation head |
| Beautiful Men | Kim Kyung-son | |
| 2007 | Edward Bond's Lear | Tom, the Duke of North |
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Awards and nominations
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| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21st Buil Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | |
| 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | |||
| 5th Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor | Phantom | ||
| 20th SBS Drama Awards | Special Acting Award, Actor in a Drama Special | |||
| 2014 | 9th Max Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Attorney | |
| 50th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Film) | |||
| 23rd Buil Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | |||
| 34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor | |||
| 51st Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | |||
| 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | |||
| 2016 | 25th Buil Film Awards | Best Actor | The Wailing | |
| 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actor | |||
| 53rd Grand Bell Awards | Best Actor | |||
| The Korea Film Actors Association | Korea's Top Star | |||
| BloodGuts UK Horror Awards | Best Actor in an International Film | |||
| 2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor (Film) | ||
| 22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actor | |||
| 37th Golden Cinema Festival | Grand Prize (Daesang) | |||
| 54th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Mayor | ||
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Listicles
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| Publisher | Year | Listicle | Rank | Ref. | The Screen | Korean Film Council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2009–2019 Top Box Office Powerhouse Actors in Korean Movies | |||||
| 2021 | Korean Actors 200 | |||||
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Notes
References
Notes
References
- (3 February 2014). "Veteran Supporting Actors Behind Success of Domestic Films".
- "KWAK Do-won". Korean Film Council.
- (17 October 2014). "10 Scene Stealers① - KWAK Do-won: Suppressing Opponents with Tone and Stares".
- link. (May 28, 2019)
- Park Sol-yi. (July 5, 2022). "배우 곽도원, 마다엔터테인먼트와 재계약 체결 [공식]". TV Reports.
- (21 March 2020). "※억울함 주의※ 코끼리 탈출로 연극 연습 지각한 곽도원(KWAK DO WON) T^T 아는 형님(Knowing bros) 222회". JTBC Entertainment.
- An, So-hyoun. (31 January 2013). "Kwak Do Won Says He Wants to Act with SNSD's Taeyeon". enewsWorld.
- (31 March 2013). "Kwak Do-won joins, "The Attorney"".
- (15 January 2014). ""When A Man Loves A Woman" Kwak Do-won is not bad at last".
- (16 September 2013). "Kwak Do-won to star in "Tazza: The Hidden Card"".
- (9 January 2015). "Kwak Do-won confirmed to be in 'The Joseon Magician' as role of trainer for Yoo Seung-ho".
- (24 May 2016). "NA Hong-jin and KWAK Do-won Chat about THE WAILING after Cannes Premiere".
- (24 April 2017). "[INTERVIEW] Kwak Do-won hopes film takes people to polls".
- (27 December 2016). "JUNG Woo-sung & KWAK Do-won Back Together for STEEL RAIN".
- (August 20, 2019). "'Steel Rain' spinoff coming soon".
- Yoon, Min-sik. (12 December 2019). "'The Man Standing Next' a film about final weeks leading to dictator's death".
- (2021-07-29). "곽도원 주연 영화 'CCTV'에 숨겨진 비밀".
- Jeon Hyung-hwa. (April 14, 2020). "[단독]곽도원·주원·유재명, 곽경택 감독 '소방관' 불꽃길 도전 [종합]". Star News.
- Hong, Grace Danbi. (25 July 2012). "MBLAQ's G.O. and Kwak Do Won Take Cute Selcas Together". enewsWorld.
- (6 June 2013). "Kwak Do-won comes back with "Green Mass"".
- Park So-young. (December 1, 2021). "곽도원x윤두준에 '연기 도전' 정동원까지..'구필수는 없다'=신선해". OSEN.
- Park Pan-seok. (September 27, 2021). "[단독] 곽도원, 히어로물 드라마 '슈퍼노트’ 전격 출연". OSEN.
- Kim Seung-hyun. (June 10, 2022). "유지태·곽도원·이범수·이민정, 티빙 오리지널 '빌런즈' 출연 확정". [[YTN]].
- (5 October 2012). "Winners At The 5th Korea Drama Awards".
- Kim, June. (6 October 2014). "SHIM Eun-kyung, SONG Kang-ho, HONG Sangsoo and ROARING CURRENTS Win at 23rd Buil Film Awards".
- Conran, Pierce. (4 November 2014). "Top Honors for HILL OF FREEDOM at 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards".
- (3 January 2017). "Top Star Awards for KONG Hyo-jin, CHO Jin-woong, JO Jung-suk, KWAK Do-won".
- (2020-01-02). "한국영화 배우 흥행 파워 TOP 배우 하정우 그러나 TOP 10위 안에 여성 배우는 실종...여성 주연 영화 부재가 원인".
- 조선일보. (2021-01-18). "[공식] 영화진흥위원회, 韓배우 200인 선정..'Korean Actors 200' 해외 홍보 나선다".
- "KOREAN ACTORS 200".
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