O Yeong-su
South Korean actor (born 1944) · South Korea · Writers
O Yeong-su is read about 230 times a day, in 20 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 76 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?At 77, he played the marble-game grandfather in Squid Game and became the first Korean actor to win a Golden Globe - a late-career lightning strike after five decades on stage most of the world never saw.
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O Yeong-su was born O Se-kang on October 19, 1944, and began acting on stage in 1963. Over the next half-century he appeared in more than 200 plays, often cast as monks after working extensively in Buddhist theater. His screen work followed, quiet and steady. Then in 2021 he was cast as Oh Il-nam in the first season of Netflix's Squid Game - the elderly player with the marbles and the secret. The role brought him worldwide recognition at an age when most careers have closed. He won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination, the first Korean actor to reach both marks.
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Kim Ki-dukAlso in Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
Shin Hyun-junAlso in The Soul Guardians (1998)
Park Ji-aAlso in Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
Kim Ye-ryeongAlso in A Little Monk (2003)
Lee Beom-sooAlso in The Soul Guardians (1998)
Kim Min-kyoAlso in A Little Monk (2003)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.