Park Yong-woo

Actor · Born March 16, 1971 (55) · Seoul, South Korea

Park Yong-woo (Korean: 박용우; born March 16, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Park Yong-woo's father was an engineering professor and his mother was a music teacher. As a child he was shy and expressed himself poorly. Instead, he nurtured his imagination. When he first chose to become an actor, Park felt hampered by the fact that he didn't have any childhood or family trauma to draw from, but later realized that a vivid imagination was the key to his acting process because it didn't require him to show his "naked face."

What are Park Yong-woo's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Action5 titles61^st

Crime2 titles89^th

Drama2 titles82^nd

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

Survival

27%

Morality

25%

Bonds

23%

Self

19%

Power

4%

Society

3%

Survival3 Identity3 Romantic love3 Sacrifice3 Grief2 Justice2 Trauma2 Deception2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10

Dark

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 6

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

Intense

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 7

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 3

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3

Heavy

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.

Shadow

3 of 8

Ally

2 of 8

Hero

1 of 8

Mentor

1 of 8

Threshold guardian

1 of 8

Show the 8 roles

Allyas Detective Kim in The World of Silence (2006)
Allyas Jeong Min-jae in Love Now (2007)
Heroas Kang Ji-seung in Children... (2011)
Shadowas Moon Ki-seon in Priest (2018)
Shadowas Director Park in Spiritwalker (2020)
Mentoras Oh Young in Tracer (2022)
Threshold guardianas Lim Ho-shin in Decision to Leave (2022)
Shadowas Jang Tae-goo in Walking on Thin Ice (2025)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

11

Melancholic

9

Romantic

3

Dread

3

Bittersweet

2

Other

6

How their films linger

Bittersweet7 Haunting6 Thought-provoking5 Devastating4 Rousing2

How their films end · 5 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet5
Tragic1
Ambiguous6

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 Park Yong-woo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Hi-YAH!2 titles, show their 2 titles on Hi-YAH!
KOCOWA2 titles, show their 2 titles on KOCOWA
CJ ENM Selects1 title, show their title on CJ ENM Selects
Midnight Pulp1 title, show their title on Midnight Pulp

Subscription and free streaming for Park Yong-woo'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

45 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Made in Korea(2025)
Show 6 episodes · as Hwang Guk-pyeong
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
The Nonsense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Sun-gyu
Walking on Thin Ice(2025)
Show 12 episodes · as Jang Tae-gu
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Hunter with a Scalpel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 16 episodes · as Yoon Jo-gyun
인생이 영화 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Noryang: Deadly Sea(2023)
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Agency(2023)
Show 2 episodes · as Director Jang
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Decision to Leave(2022)
as Lim Ho-shin
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Tracer(2022)
Show 16 episodes · as Oh Young
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Spiritwalker(2020)
as Mr. Park
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Nailed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Jae-gu
Priest(2018)
Show 16 episodes · as Moon Ki-Sun
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Drama Stage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 1 episode · as Han-Soo
오늘, 굿데이 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Unforgettable(2016)
as Hyung-joon
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
인생 추적자 이재구 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Late Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Joon-goo
Hwayi: A Monster Boy(2013)
as Det. Chang-ho
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
My Love, Madame Butterfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 51 episodes · as Lee Woo-jae
Papa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Chun-seob
Children...(2011)
as Kang Ji-seung
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Battlefield Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Goguryeo soldier carrying weapons
Jejoongwon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 36 episodes · as Hwang Jung
Handphone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Jeong Yi-gyu
Once Upon a Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Kanemura
Love Now(2007)
as Jung Min-jae
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Beautiful Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Detective Kang
The World of Silence(2006)
as Det. Kim Hyung-sa
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
For Horowitz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Shim Kwang-ho
My Scary Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Hwang Dae-woo
The Art of Seduction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Kang Seong-mo
Blood Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Kim In-kwon
Terms of Endearment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Show 70 episodes · as Jung Sung-Ki
Age of Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 158 episodes · as Gyeong Dae Seung
City Horror: Scream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Actor
The Warrior(2001)
as Ju-myung
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Sun-Hee and Jin-Hee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Show 16 episodes · as Choi Jun-Seop
Say Yes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Actor
Ditto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Ji Dong-hee
Shiri(1999)
as Eo Seong-sik
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Naked Being (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Young-woo
Two Cops 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Det. Koo
The Hole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Dong-woo
Comeback Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
The Wild River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles, 43 of them dated from 1997 to 2025; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office

Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023)

$34M worldwide

Highest rated

Unforgettable (2016)

Midcredits 94^th

Film career

19972025

Peak 2012 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

1999Screen debut· Shiri
2006First top-billed film· My Scary Girl
2011Career best· Children...

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting45 of 45 · 67^th

By decade

1990s4 · acting2000s16 · acting2010s13 · acting2020s10 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 14% of 14 roles

14%

9909

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 Park Yong-woo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76^th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72^nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

76^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

81^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

75^th and up6
50^th to 74^th9

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved1
Crowd Pleaser11
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Made in Korea (2025)

65^th percentile spread · 15% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Unforgettable (2016)

Midcredits 94^th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 52. 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 Park Yong-woo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Park Yong-woo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kim Yoon-seok shares the most, 2.

Actors

Kim Yoon-seok2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Kim Yoon-seok
Yeo Jin-goo2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Yeo Jin-goo
Yoo Seung-mok2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Yoo Seung-mok
Park Hae-joon2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Park Hae-joon

Cinematographers and editors

Kim Ji-yong2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Kim Ji-yong
Kim Sang-beom2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Kim Sang-beom