Park Hae-soo is a South Korean actor known for his work in the South Korean television series Prison Playbook (2017-2018) and Squid Game (2021).
Wiki/Biography
Park Hae-soo was born on Saturday November 21, 1981 (41 years old; in 2022) in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He was educated at Bundang Jungang High School, Buljeong-Ro, Gyeonggi, South Korea. He graduated in theater and cinema from Dankook University, Yongin, South Korea.
Physical appearance
- Height (approx): 5′ 11″ (181cm)
- Weight: 81kg
- Eye colour: Black
- Hair color: Black
Family and ethnicity
In 2017, he met a woman who he finally started dating. On January 14, 2019, the couple tied the knot in a private ceremony after a year of dating. His wife is not a celebrity and is six years younger than him. The moderator of their marriage was Lee Ki-Seop, an old friend of Hae-soo and a musical artist.
On September 29, 2021, Park’s agency announced the birth of his son.
Relationships/Business
He met South Korean actress Lim Kang-hee while working in the musical The Chorus – Oedipus (2013). They soon started dating and after three years of dating, they broke up at the end of 2016.
Religion/religious opinions
He is a Protestant Christian. He was an ambassador for the Seoul International Love Film Festival (Seoul Christian Film Festival). It also has a Bible study group with musical comedians.
Career
Agencies
- BH Entertainment (from 2021)
- DMCC Entertainment
Theater
In 2007, he made his theater debut with the play “Chuigang Comedy Mr. Robbie” (lit. The Strongest Comedy Mr. Robbie). He then appeared in the stage play “Annapurna” (2007) before appearing in his first musical “Puberty” (2008) as “Yeongmin”. He also appeared in musicals.
Kdramas
In 2012, he made his television debut with MBC’s K-drama “God of War” as “Kim Yun-hu.”
In 2013, he played the role of “Appa” (father) in the South Korean drama “Me and Mom and Dad and Grandma and Anna”.
In 2015-2016, he played the role of “Yi Ji-ran”, the founder of the Chonghae Yi clan of the Joseon Dynasty, in “Six Flying Dragons”.
He then appeared in the Kdrama super hit “Legend of the Blue Sea” (2016) as “Hong Dong-Pyo”, a detective investigating antagonist Dae-young’s crimes and running Joon-Jae’s scams .
In 2017-2018, he appeared in the Kdrama “Prison Playbook” in his first ever lead role as “Kim Je-hyuk”, a superstar baseball player convicted of assault.
In 2019, he appeared in the anthology TV series “Persona” in the “Collector” segment directed and written by Yim Pil-sung. He played the lead role of ‘Baek Jeong-U’ in the series.
He also made appearances in the Kdramas films The Liar and His Lover (2017), Memories of the Alhambra (2018) and Racket Boys (2021). In 2021, he appeared in the Netflix survival drama television series “Squid Game”, which was broadcast and distributed by Netflix. He played the lead role of ‘Cho Sang-woo’ (#218), the former head of an investment team at a securities firm and classmate of Gi-hun (Lee Jung-Jae), who is wanted by the police for stealing money. of its clients and failing to pay massive investment debts. The series was a huge hit all over the world as it became Netflix’s most-watched series when it launched. The series is also the first South Korean drama to top Netflix’s ten most-watched weekly TV shows worldwide.
He also played the lead roles in Kdramas like Chimera (2021) as “Cha Jae-Hwan” and Money Heist (2022) as “Berlin”.
Movies
In 2014, he made his film debut with the South Korean film “The Pirates” in the role of “Hwang Joong-Geun”.
He then had minor roles in the South Korean films Minority Opinion (2015) and Master (2016). In 2019, he played his first leading role as “Lee Chan-woo” in “By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture” (South Korean),
He also appeared in lead roles in the South Korean films Time to Hunt (2020) and Yacha (2021).
Awards/honors
- Korea Drama Award for New Male Lead in 2011.
- Dong-A Theater Award for Yoo In-chon Rookie of the Year in 2012.
- The Seoul Award for Best New Actor – Drama for ‘Prison Playbook’ in 2018.
- Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actor for the film “By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture” in 2019.
- Chunsa Film Art Award for Best New Actor for “By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture” in 2020.
Autograph
Facts / Anecdotes
- His hobbies include physical exercise, playing the piano and swimming.
- In an interview, when asked what convinced him that he was doing the right job (actor), he replied that while performing in the play “Puberty”, a high school student who watched his performance had started to cry. Seeing the reaction, Hae-soo started crying and walked off the stage towards the student and hugged him. The student’s friend said Hae-soo,
I thought I wanted to end my life, but when I saw the show, that feeling disappeared.
Hearing this, Hae-soo claimed that he wanted to stay as an actor.
- In an interview, Hae-soo confessed that he was once jealous of South Korean actor Park Ho-san, with whom he previously worked in the stage play “Seagull” and then in Prison Playbook (2017). He explained that in the play “Seagull”, he was given the role of Treplef, a rookie writer, while Ho-san played “Tri Gorin”, a genius writer. He said,
He’s a genius writer and a new writer, but I just didn’t want to see him. I just didn’t want to see him. He modified the long monologues written by the best writer Anton Chekhov to his liking. But it’s true. I was jealous.”
Later, he said he no longer felt that way.
- He is good friends with South Korean actress Choo Ja-Hyun.
- In 2021, after his appearance in Squid Game, many began to suspect him of wearing a wig or having had a hair transplant. This was due to the circulation of his photos from the past in which he had thinning hair in the front. As more and more images began to circulate, there were theories that he lost his hair and underwent treatment before filming ‘Prison Playbook’.
- He blew up the internet by posting his picture on Instagram with British actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
A photo of Park Hae-soo with Benedict Cumberbatch
- He made his first official Instagram presence on October 2, 2021, posting a selfie of himself for his show, Squid Game. He was able to gain over 800,000 Instagram followers in a single day.
Park Hae-soo’s first official Instagram post
