Person

Park Hae-soo

Acting · Born 1981-11-21 · Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

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).

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  Squid Game

  Cho Sang-woo / Player 218

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  You Quiz on the Block

  Self

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  The Game Caterers

  Self

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  SNL Korea

  Self - Host

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  Butterfly

  Yong Shik Choi

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  Hyell's Club

  Self

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  Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area

  Berlin

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  Whenever Possible

  Self

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  Six Flying Dragons

  Yi Ji-ran

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  The Legend of the Blue Sea

  Hong Dong-pyo

• 2027The Great Oksuk
• 2026The ScarecrowKang Tae-ju
• 2025The Price of ConfessionBaek Dong-hun
• 2025Tristes Tropiques
• 2025The Cherry Orchard
• 2025The Great FloodSon Hee-jo
• 2025Good NewsRyeo Dol-chan
• 2025ButterflyYong Shik Choi
• 2025Yoobari TalkbariSelf
• 2025KarmaKim Beon-jun
• 2025LobbyGolf field owner
• 2024Whales and INarrator (voice)
• 2024Whenever PossibleSelf
• 2024Hyell's ClubSelf
• 2023Whales and ISelf - Narrator (voice)
• 2023Persona: SulliSelf
• 2023PhantomKaito Takahara
• 2022Narco-SaintsChoi Chang-ho
• 2022Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic AreaBerlin
• 2022Yaksha: Ruthless OperationsHan Ji-hoon
• 2022우리_사이
• 2021ChimeraCha Jae-hwan
• 2021Squid GameCho Sang-woo / Player 218
• 2021SNL KoreaSelf - Host
• 2021Racket BoysLee Jae-jung
• 2021The Game CaterersSelf
• 2020Time to HuntHan
• 2019By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife VentureLee Chan-woo
• 2019PersonaJung-woo
• 2018Memories of the AlhambraAgent A
• 2018You Quiz on the BlockSelf
• 2017Prison PlaybookKim Je-hyeok
• 2017The Liar and His LoverBass player
• 2016MasterPresident Jin's Pawns
• 2016The Legend of the Blue SeaHong Dong-pyo
• 2015Six Flying DragonsYi Ji-ran
• 2015The UnfairJo Goo-hwan's assistant
• 2014The PiratesHwang Joong-geun
• 2012God of WarKim Yoon-hoo
• —Gulf of Aden
• —Paper ManOh Seung-eop