Park Hae-soo

Biography

Park Hae-soo (born November 21, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known worldwide for portraying Cho Sang-woo in the first season of the Netflix hit series Squid Game (2021), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Park started his career in theater and has played a large number of leading and supporting roles in plays and musicals. He subsequently expanded his career into film and television and achieved his breakthrough with Prison Playbook (2017–2018), one of the highest-rated Korean dramas on cable television. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with Netflix, including Narco-Saints (2022), Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area (2022), Karma (2025), The Price of Confession (2025), and The Great Flood (2025).

Known For

Squid Game

You Quiz on the Block

SNL Korea

The Game Caterers

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area

Six Flying Dragons

The Legend of the Blue Sea

Racket Boys

All Movies (14)

• Tristes Tropiques2025 · as Jang
• The Cherry Orchard2025
• The Great Flood2025 · as Son Hee-jo
• Good News2025 · as Ryeo Dol-chan
• Lobby2025 · as Golf field owner
• Whales and I2024 · as Narrator (voice)
• Phantom2023 · as Kaito Takahara
• Yaksha: Ruthless Operations2022 · as Han Ji-hoon
• Time to Hunt2020 · as Han
• By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture2019 · as Lee Chan-woo
• Master2016 · as President Jin's Pawns
• The Unfair2015 · as Jo Goo-hwan's assistant
• The Pirates2014 · as Hwang Joong-geun
• Gulf of Aden—

All TV Shows (25)

• The Great Oksuk2026
• The Scarecrow2026 · as Kang Tae-ju
• The Price of Confession2025 · as Baek Dong-hun
• Butterfly2025 · as Yong Shik Choi
• Yoobari Talkbari2025 · as Self
• Karma2025 · as Kim Beon-jun
• Whales and I2023 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Persona: Sulli2023 · as Self
• Narco-Saints2022 · as Choi Chang-ho
• Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area2022 · as Berlin
• 우리_사이2022
• Chimera2021 · as Cha Jae-hwan
• Squid Game2021 · as Cho Sang-woo / Player 218
• SNL Korea2021 · as Self - Host
• Racket Boys2021 · as Lee Jae-jung
• The Game Caterers2021 · as Self
• Persona2019 · as Jung-woo
• Memories of the Alhambra2018 · as Agent A
• You Quiz on the Block2018 · as Self
• Prison Playbook2017 · as Kim Je-hyeok
• The Liar and His Lover2017 · as Bass player
• The Legend of the Blue Sea2016 · as Hong Dong-pyo
• Six Flying Dragons2015 · as Yi Ji-ran
• God of War2012 · as Kim Yoon-hoo
• Paper Man— · as Oh Seung-eop