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Jeon Bae-soo

Jeon Bae-soo

Actor · Born June 2, 1970 (56) · Imsil, North Jeolla, South Korea

Jeon Bae-soo, born in North Jeolla Province, is a South Korean actor. He debuted as an actor in 2004, but took a long hiatus from the profession, returning with roles in the series “The K2” and “Becky's Back” in 2016.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 2, 1970 (56)
From
Imsil, North Jeolla, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 63 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 156 days to Oct 27Up 51% in 30 days

What are Jeon Bae-soo's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
33%
Survival
19%
Bonds
18%
Self
12%
Society
12%
Power
7%
Justice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 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 3 · Dark 4

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

Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 5

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

Steady 0 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 5 · 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 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Threshold guardian: 4 of 8 analyzed roles.

Threshold guardian
4 of 8
Mentor
2 of 8
Shadow
1 of 8
Ally
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Dread
6
Melancholic
9
Hopeful
4
Warm
3
Other
12

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet12
  • Ambiguous3

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 Jeon Bae-soo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 43 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (21).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jeon Bae-soo'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

63 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Our Sticky Love(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · as Hong Do-yeop

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Speaking Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • We Are All Trying Here(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · as Park Yeong-soo

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Ghost Train: The Original (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as Yeok-jang

  • The Murky Stream(2025)

    Show 9 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Mantis(2025)

    as Nam Bae-soo

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Good News(2025)

    as News Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • O'PENing: The Catstody War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Doctor

  • Ghost Train(2024)

    as Station Manager

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Run to Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • When Life Gives You Tangerines(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Song Yeong-sam

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Undercover High School(2025)

    Show as Ahn Seok-ho

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Face Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · as Kim Seok-hoon

  • Uprising(2024)

    as Sang-moon

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Dear Hyeri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · as Kim Sin-jung

  • Queen Woo(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Woo So

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Land of Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Boo Han-myeong

  • The Whirlwind(2024)

    Show 11 episodes · as Lee Jang-seok

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Queen of Tears(2024)

    Show 16 episodes · as Baek Du-gwan

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Daily Dose of Sunshine(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · as Yoon Man-cheon

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Divorce Attorney Shin(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · as Park Yu-seok

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Weak Hero Class 1(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Baku's Father

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Glitch(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Hong Jun-sik

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Confidential Assignment 2: International(2022)

    as Kim Jung-taek

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Extraordinary Attorney Woo(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Woo Gwang-ho

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Love All Play(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Park Man-soo

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Forecasting Love and Weather(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · as Lee Myung-han

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • All of Us Are Dead(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · as Nam So-ju

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Kingmaker(2022)

    as Advisor Lee

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Tracer(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Jang Jung-il

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Mr. Queen(2020)

    Show 20 episodes · as Kim Moon-geun

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Oh! My Gran(2020)

    as Mr. Han

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • #Alive(2020)

    as Masked Man

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The King: Eternal Monarch(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · as Jung Do-in

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Meow, the Secret Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 24 episodes · as Ko Min Jong [Ko Doo Shik's father]

  • When the Camellia Blooms(2019)

    Show 40 episodes · as Chief Byeon

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil(2019)

    as Chief of the Criminal Department

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Zombie for Sale(2019)

    as Officer Park

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Default(2018)

    as Young-bum

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Son: The Guest(2018)

    Show 16 episodes · as Kim Young-soo

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Lovely Horribly(2018)

    Show 32 episodes · as Eul-Soon's father

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Man of Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Park Dong-goo

  • Revolutionary Love(2017)

    Show 16 episodes · as Baek Seung-gi

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Witch's Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 16 episodes · as Oh Soo-Chul

  • The Battleship Island(2017)

    as Ma

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Stranger(2017)

    Show 32 episodes · as Choi Yun-soo

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Fight for My Way(2017)

    Show 16 episodes · as Choi Jeong-ap

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Prison(2017)

    as Chief of Security

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The K2(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · as Joo Cheol-Ho

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

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

    as Byung-chul

  • The Wailing(2016)

    as Deok-gi

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 40 episodes · as Kang Ki-Young

  • A Violent Prosecutor(2016)

    as Kang Young-sub

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Himalayas(2015)

    as Jeon Bae-soo

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Gangnam 1970(2015)

    as Boss Gu

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Pirates(2014)

    as Baek Seon-gi

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • No Tears for the Dead(2014)

    as Detective Jang

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Tower(2012)

    as Young-cheol

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Masquerade(2012)

    as Minister of Punishments

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Handphone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Song Ki-taek

  • Crossing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Coal miner

  • Lost in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Hyun-tae

  • 알게될거야 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 19 episodes · as Executive Director

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 62 titles from 2004 to 2026; peak year 2025.

Biggest box office

A Violent Prosecutor (2016)

$67M worldwide

Highest rated

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

All of Us Are Dead (2022)

Film career

20042026

Peak 2025 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 5 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting62 of 62: 62 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score76th

By decade

2000s4 · acting2010s24 · acting2020s34 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 19 roles
0818

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 Jeon Bae-soo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

27 of their 47 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Crowd Pleaser27
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Queen Woo (2024)

71st percentile spread · 14% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Weak Hero Class 1 (2022)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 34. 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.

Is Jeon Bae-soo's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles28–88 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles8–33 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles18–80 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles30–41 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles23–83 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jeon Bae-soo work with?

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

Actors

Mixed roles