Namgoong Min

Actor · Born March 12, 1978 (48) · Seoul, South Korea

Namkoong Min (born March 12, 1978), is a South Korean actor, director and screenwriter. He first gained recognition with neo-noir film A Dirty Carnival (2006), and has since given notable performances in Remember (2015–2016), Beautiful Gong Shim (2016), Good Manager (2017), Hot Stove League (2019–2020), and My Dearest (2023). He won the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards for Hot Stove League; the drama also gained Namkoong his third Best Actor nomination at the Baeksang Arts Awards. The next year, he received the Grand Prize at the 2021 MBC Drama Awards for The Veil. In 2023, he again received the Grand Prize at the 2023 MBC Drama Awards for My Dearest.

What are Namgoong Min's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

31%

Self

27%

Morality

18%

Survival

9%

Power

7%

Society

6%

Ideas

2%

Romantic love7 Ambition5 Justice5 Family bonds3 Friendship2 Community2 Survival2 Identity3

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 7 of 9 analyzed roles.

Hero

7 of 9

Shapeshifter

1 of 9

Ally

1 of 9

Show the 9 roles

Shapeshifteras Jo Seong-gyeom in My Secret Hotel (2014)
Allyas Ahn Dan-tae in Beautiful Gong Shim (2016)
Heroas Baek Seung-su in Stove League (2019)
Heroas Do Jeong-woo in Awaken (2020)
Heroas Han Ji-hyeok in The Veil (2021)
Heroas Cheon Ji Hun in One Dollar Lawyer (2022)
Heroas Lee Jeong-hyeon in My Dearest (2023)
Heroas Lee Je-ha in Our Movie (2025)
Heroas Kang Tae Ju in The Husband (2026)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

12

Melancholic

9

Hopeful

6

Bittersweet

4

Dread

3

Other

13

How their films linger

Bittersweet9 Thought-provoking8 Hopeful6 Feel-good4 Unsettling2 Fun2

How their films end · 4 with a twist

Happy1
Bittersweet11
Ambiguous4

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 Namgoong Min's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

KOCOWA9 titles, show their 9 titles on KOCOWA
CJ ENM Selects3 titles, show their 3 titles on CJ ENM Selects

Subscription and free streaming for Namgoong Min'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

38 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Husband(2026)
Show 12 episodes · as Kang Tae-ju
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Dynamite Kiss(2025)
Show 1 episode · as Cheon Ji-hun
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Our Movie(2025)
Show 12 episodes · as Lee Je-ha
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
My Dearest(2023)
Show 21 episodes · as Lee Jang-hyun
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
One Dollar Lawyer(2022)
Show 12 episodes · as Chun Ji-hoon
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
The Veil(2021)
Show 12 episodes · as Han Ji-hyuk
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Taxi Driver(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Chun Ji-hoon
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Awaken(2020)
Show 16 episodes · as Do Jung-woo
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Stove League(2019)
Show 16 episodes · as Baek Seung Soo
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Doctor Prisoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 32 episodes · as Na Yi-Je
The Undateables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 32 episodes · as Hoon-Nam
Distorted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 32 episodes · as Han Moo-Young
Light My Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Director
Part-Time Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Min-Suk
Lost in the Moonlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Actor
Good Manager (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Show 20 episodes · as Kim Seong-ryong
Doctors(2016)
Show 3 episodes · as Nam Ba-Ram
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Beautiful Gong Shim(2016)
Show 20 episodes · as Ahn Dan-tae / Seok Jun-pyo
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Remember: War of the Son(2015)
Show 20 episodes · as Nam Gyoo-Man
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Girl Who Sees Smells(2015)
Show 16 episodes · as Kwon Jae-hui
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
My Secret Hotel(2014)
Show 16 episodes · as Jo Sung-gyeom
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
12 Years Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 26 episodes · as Yoo Joon Soo
Unemployed Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 10 episodes · as Kim Jong Dae
Hur Jun, The Original Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 135 episodes · as Yoo Do-Ji
Cheongdam Dong Alice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 3 episodes · as So In-chan
Still Picture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Kim Hyun Soo
I Need Romance(2011)
Show 16 episodes · as Kang Tae-yoon
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Can You Hear My Heart?(2011)
Show 30 episodes · as Jang Joon-ha / Bong Ma-roo
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Becoming a Billionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 20 episodes · as Chu Woon-seok
Beautiful Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Min-woo
A Dirty Carnival(2006)
as Min-ho
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
One Fine Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 16 episodes · as Kang Dong-ha
My Rosy Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 24 episodes · as Ph.D Ji
My Lovely Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Show 179 episodes · as Ahn Jin-gook
Pearl Necklace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 52 episodes · as Hwang Joon-ho
Bad Guy(2001)
as Hyun-soo
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Bungee Jumping of Their Own (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Kim Chul-sung
KBS Drama Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Show 1 episode · as Host

Career shape

Star power in the 98^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 38 titles from 1987 to 2026; peak year 2001.

Biggest box office

A Dirty Carnival (2006)

$10M worldwide

Highest rated

My Dearest (2023)

Midcredits 99^th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout

19872026

Peak 2001 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 7 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.

2001Screen debut· Bungee Jumping of Their Own
2006Breakout· A Dirty Carnival

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting37 of 38 · 78^thDirecting1 of 38

By decade

1980s1 · acting2000s8 · acting2010s21 · 20 acting · 1 crew2020s8 · acting

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.

Who does Namgoong Min work with?

People who share at least 2 of Namgoong Min's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Park Jin-woo shares the most, 4.