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
Prominent works featuring Park Hae-soo
Squid Game
The Great Flood
Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area
You Quiz on the Block
Time to Hunt
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
The Legend of the Blue Sea
Butterfly
The Pirates
Narco-Saints
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (42 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Oksuk | Yoon Tae-woong | TV Series | 2027 | |
 | The Scarecrow | Kang Tae-ju | TV Series | 2026 |
 | The Price of Confession | Baek Dong-hun | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Tristes Tropiques | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Cherry Orchard | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Great Flood | Son Hee-jo | Movie | 2025 |
 | Good News | Ryeo Dol-chan | Movie | 2025 |
 | Butterfly | Yong Shik Choi | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Yoobari Talkbari | Self | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Karma | Kim Beon-jun | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Lobby | Golf field owner | Movie | 2025 |
 | Whales and I | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Whenever Possible | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Here for Promo | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Whales and I | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Persona: Sulli | Self | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Phantom | Kaito Takahara | Movie | 2023 |
 | Narco-Saints | Choi Chang-ho | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area | Berlin | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Yaksha: Ruthless Operations | Han Ji-hoon | Movie | 2022 |
 | 우리_사이 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Chimera | Cha Jae-hwan | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Squid Game | Cho Sang-woo / Player 218 | TV Series | 2021 |
 | SNL Korea | Self - Host | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Racket Boys | Lee Jae-jung | TV Series | 2021 |
 | The Game Caterers | Self | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Time to Hunt | Han | Movie | 2020 |
 | By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture | Lee Chan-woo | Movie | 2019 |
 | Persona | Jung-woo | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Memories of the Alhambra | Agent A | TV Series | 2018 |
 | You Quiz on the Block | Self | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Prison Playbook | Kim Je-hyeok | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Liar and His Lover | Bass player | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Master | President Jin's Pawns | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Legend of the Blue Sea | Hong Dong-pyo | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Six Flying Dragons | Yi Ji-ran | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Unfair | Jo Goo-hwan's assistant | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Pirates | Hwang Joong-geun | Movie | 2014 |
 | God of War | Kim Yoon-hoo | TV Series | 2012 |
| Gulf of Aden | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| K.O. Club | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Paper Man | Oh Seung-eop | TV Series | — |