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Park Ji-il

Park Ji-il

Actor · Born January 1, 1960 (66) · Busan, South Korea

Park Ji-il was born in 1960 in Busan, South Korea. He is an actor, known for Exhuma (2024), Commitment (2013) and Dark Nuns (2025).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 1, 1960 (66)
From
Busan, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 48 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 157 days to Oct 28Up 69% in 30 days

What are Park Ji-il's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
24%
Power
21%
Survival
19%
Morality
18%
Bonds
18%
Oppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · 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 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Melancholic
4
Dread
2
Romantic
2
Contemplative
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Haunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic2
  • 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 Park Ji-il's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Park Ji-il'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

48 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • Agent Kim Reactivated(2026)

    Show 3 episodes · as Prime Minister

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Filing for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · as In-ah's father

  • Bloody Flower(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · as Assemblyman Baek Sang-hwa

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Floating (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Homeward Bound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Moon-cheol

  • Big Deal(2025)

    as Go Jung-cheon

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Dark Nuns(2025)

    as Bishop

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Queen Who Crowns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 14 episodes · as Min Je

  • Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • HIDE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · as Cha Woong

  • Exhuma(2024)

    as Park Ji-yong's Butler

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • On the Sand House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Agency(2023)

    Show 16 episodes · as Jo Moon-ho

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Thirty Nine(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · as Cha Yoo-hyuk

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Tracer(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Baek Seung-ryong

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Artificial City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 20 episodes · as Min Sung-Sik

  • Delayed Justice(2020)

    Show 20 episodes · as Kim Byeong-Dae

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Okay Madam(2020)

    as Polaris

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Game: Towards Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 32 episodes · as Nam Woo Hyun

  • The Man Standing Next(2020)

    as Kim Gye-hoon

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Nokdu Flower(2019)

    Show 48 episodes · as Song Bong-Gil

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Spring, Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Ho-min's Father

  • Touch Your Heart(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Kwon Jae-bok [Jung-rok's father]

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • The Third Charm(2018)

    Show 16 episodes · as oon-Young's father

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • The Princess and the Matchmaker(2018)

    as Yoon Hyun

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Brothers in Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Director Park

  • Money Flower(2017)

    Show 24 episodes · as Na Ki-Chul

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Fortress(2017)

    as Deputy Chief Scholar (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Hospital Ship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 41 episodes · as Seol Jae-Chan

  • Ordinary Person(2017)

    as General manager Lee

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Legend of the Blue Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Manager Nam

  • The Net(2016)

    as K-CIA Officer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Happy Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 51 episodes · as Lee Suk-Ho

  • The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 50 episodes · as Song Ik-pil

  • 12th Assistant Deacon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Father Kim

  • The Suspect(2013)

    as Executive Director Song

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

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

    Show 20 episodes · as Executive Moon

  • The Iron Empress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 78 episodes · as Kim Shim-Eon

  • Portrait of a Beauty(2008)

    as Sin Han-pyeong

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Goodbye Solo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 16 episodes · as Oh Young Sook's husband

  • The Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 52 episodes · as Choi Chi-Soo

  • The Foul King(2000)

    as Mr. Lee

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Happy End(1999)

    as Bank Clerk

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Judgement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Public Servant

  • Shiri(1999)

    as Team Leader, Defense Research Institute

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • A Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Jang Woo-shin

  • My Dear Keum-hong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Kim Gi-rim

  • To You, from Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as "Pride and Mercy"

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 48 titles from 1994 to 2026; peak year 1999.

Biggest box office

Exhuma (2024)

$94M worldwide

Highest rated

The Net (2016)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Exhuma (2024)

Film career

19942026

Peak 1999 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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
  • 2024Best so far· Exhuma

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting48 of 48: 48 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

By decade

1990s6 · acting2000s5 · acting2010s17 · acting2020s20 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
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 Ji-il's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 14; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Ordinary Person (2017)

82nd percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Net (2016)

Midcredits 92nd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 80/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 43. 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 Ji-il work with?

People who share at least 2 of Park Ji-il's MovieCove titles; Lee Na-ra shares the most, 2.