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Ahn Sung-ki

Ahn Sung-ki

Actor · Died January 5, 2026, aged 74 · Daegu, South Korea

Ahn Sung-ki (Hangul: 안성기; born January 1, 1952) was a South Korean actor.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1952
Died
January 5, 2026 (aged 74)
From
Daegu, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 119 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 6% in 30 days

What are Ahn Sung-ki's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
37%
Survival
21%
Power
13%
Bonds
9%
Self
7%
Society
7%
Ideas
5%
Survival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 5

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 13

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 13

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 9 of 16 analyzed roles.

Mentor
9 of 16
Shadow
2 of 16
Ally
2 of 16
Hero
2 of 16
Trickster
1 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Dread
9
Thrilling
7
Melancholic
7
Contemplative
4
Other
9

How their films linger

Bittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ahn Sung-ki's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ahn Sung-ki's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

119 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Andreas Kim Taegon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · as Yoo Jin-gil

  • Noryang: Deadly Sea(2023)

    as Eo Yeong-dam

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • A Birth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Yoo Jin-gil

  • Hansan: Rising Dragon(2022)

    as Eo Yeong-dam

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Cassiopeia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as In- woo

  • In the Name of the Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Oh Chae-geun

  • Paper Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Yoon Seong-gil

  • The Divine Fury(2019)

    as Father Ahn

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Human, Space, Time and Human(2018)

    as Old Man

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Grey Youth Choir - Another Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Dilkusha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • The Hunt(2016)

    as Moon Ki-sung

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Love and... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Grandfather

  • Last Knights(2015)

    as Auguste

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Revivre(2014)

    as Oh Sang-moo

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Divine Move(2014)

    as The Lord

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Tabloid Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Nam Jung-in

  • Rough Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Jeonju Festival VIP

  • Top Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Kim Gyeong-min

  • Jury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Sung-ki

  • The Tower(2012)

    as Fire Station Chief

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Pacemaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Park Sung-il

  • Unbowed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Kim Kyung-ho

  • Sector 7(2011)

    as Lee Jeong-man

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Baboya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Running Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Fair Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Hyung-man

  • Tears in the Arctic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Narration

  • 북극의 눈물 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · as Narrator

  • The Divine Weapon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as King Se-jong

  • My New Partner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Kang Min-ho

  • May 18(2007)

    as Park Heung-soo

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Battle of the Warriors(2006)

    as Général Xiang Yan-zhong

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Radio Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Park Min-soo

  • Hanbando (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as South Korean President

  • The Bad Utterances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Duelist(2005)

    as Detective Ahn

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Arahan(2004)

    as Ja-woon

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Silmido(2003)

    as Jae-hyun

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Romantic President (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as President Min-wook

  • Painted Fire(2002)

    as Kim Byung-moon

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • My Beautiful Girl, Mari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Kyung-min (voice)

  • The Last Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Hwang-seok

  • The Warrior(2001)

    as Jin-lib

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Kilimanjaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Beon-gae

  • Truth Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Prosecutor Jo

  • Black Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as I

  • Nowhere to Hide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Chang Sung-min

  • Art Museum by the Zoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as In-gong

  • Spring in My Hometown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Sungmin's father

  • The Soul Guardians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Father Park

  • Bedroom And Courtroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Myung Sung-Ki

  • Taekwondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Kim

  • The Adventures of Mrs. Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as X

  • Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Lee Joon-seop

  • Two Cops 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Det. Jo Yoon-soo (archive footage)

  • Sleeping Man(1996)

    as Takuji

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Hair Dresser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Declaration of Genius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Bitter and Sweet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Sung-ki

  • The Eternal Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as King Jeongjo

  • The Taebaek Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Kim Beom-woo

  • Two Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Det. Jo Yoon-soo

  • To the Starry Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Kim Chul

  • Blue In You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Ho-suk

  • White Badge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Han Ki-ju

  • Stairway To Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Kim Young-gyun

  • Teenage Love Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as 재칠

  • Berlin Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Seong-min

  • Who Saw The Dragon's Claws? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Choi Jong Soo

  • The Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Joshin

  • North Korean Partisan in South Korea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Lee Tae

  • Gagman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Lee Jong-se

  • Chilsu and Mansu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Park Man-su

  • The Age of Success (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Kim Pan-chok

  • Hello, God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Byeong-tae

  • Lee Su-il Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • Our Joyful Young Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Young-min

  • Moonlight Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • Eunuch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Seo Jung-ho

  • Hwang Jin Yi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Gat Ba-chi

  • Lee Jang-ho's Baseball Team (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Actor

  • Winter Wanderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Hyeon-tae

  • Whale Hunting 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Min-woo

  • Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as The Assassin

  • Deep Blue Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Gregory Baek Ho-bin

  • Between the Knees(1984)

    as Jo-bin

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Warm It Was That Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Il-hwan

  • Whale Hunting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Min-woo

  • The Flower at the Equator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Na

  • Iron Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • Lying Like Grass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • The Village of Mist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Kae-chul

  • Another's Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • Polluted Ones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • People in the Slum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Kim Ju-seok

  • Come Down to a Lower Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Teacher Song

  • A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Young-soo

  • Mandala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Pobun

  • Children Of Darkness Part 1, Young-ae the Songstress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Actor

  • Good Windy Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Deokbae

  • Uyoil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • Night Markets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • A Young Zelkova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Ji-geun (frère cadet de Jisoo)

  • The White Crow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • The Teacher with Ten Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • As Time Passes, Love and Sorrow Will... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • My Sister is a Tomboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Yong-shik (younger brother)

  • A Dream of Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Son Young-jun (Chang-soo's son)

  • The Housemaid(1960)

    as Kim Chang-soon

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • A Sad Pastorale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Actor

  • A Sister's Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Chang-Sik Nam (son of Doctor Nam)

  • Way of the Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • A Defiance of Teenager (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Geun-sun

  • The First Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Young-gil

  • A Mother's Love (Mojeong) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Sinho (child role)

  • The Twilight Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Actor

  • Gwanghwamun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 119 titles, 118 of them dated from 1957 to 2025; peak year 2002.

Biggest box office

Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022)

$57M worldwide

Highest rated

Painted Fire (2002)

Midcredits 86th

Most popular right now

Last Knights (2015)

Film career

19572025

Peak 2002 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1960Screen debut· The Housemaid
  • 2011First top-billed film· Unbowed
  • 2019Career best· The Divine Fury

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting119 of 119: 119 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

By decade

1950s6 · acting1960s8 · acting1970s1 · acting1980s30 · acting1990s26 · acting2000s20 · acting2010s20 · acting2020s7 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 4% of 25 roles
60051015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Ahn Sung-ki's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Revivre (2014)

65th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Painted Fire (2002)

Midcredits 86th · 74% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ahn Sung-ki work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ahn Sung-ki's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kim Ji-hoon shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers