Kwak Do-won

Kwak Do-won
Kwak Do-won
	Kwak Do-won in 2014
Born	Kwak Byung-kyu; May 17, 1973; South Korea
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Agent	Mada Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	곽도원
Revised Romanization	Gwak Do-won
McCune–Reischauer	Kwak Towŏn
Birth name
Hangul	곽병규
Revised Romanization	Gwak Byeong-gyu
McCune–Reischauer	Kwak Pyŏnggyu

Kwak Do-won (born Kwak Byung-kyu on May 17, 1973) is a South Korean actor.

Career

Kwak is known for his roles in the films The Yellow Sea (2010), Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012),[1] The Attorney (2013), The Wailing (2016),[2][3] Asura: The City of Madness (2016), Steel Rain (2017) and the television series Phantom (2012).

In May 2019, Kwak signed with new agency Mada Entertainment.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	If You Were Me	Yeokdobu director
2003	Ogu	Byung-gu
2007	The Obese Family	Son-in-law Kwok	short film
2007	Passionate People	Broadcasting PD	short film
2008	The Good, the Bad, the Weird	Gangster at traditional market
2009	The Great Player	Lee Dong-shik	short film
	Jin-Wie	Jin-wie
	Handphone	Lead detective
	Sisters on the Road	Truck driver 1 / Radio DJ (voice)
	Mother	Charcoal fire man
	Too Fragile to Be Loved	President Kim	short film
2010	The Man From Nowhere	Detective Kim
	Midnight FM	Reporter Jang
	Hero	PE teacher
	심장이 필요한 남자	Detective Park
	The Yellow Sea	Prof. Kim Seung-hyun
2011	Head	Jung seonbae
2011	Double Clutch		short film
2012	Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time	Jo Beom-seok
	Love Fiction	Director Hwang
	The Fantastic Duo	Deok-gyu	short film
	Ghost Sweepers	Monk Shim-in
	A Company Man	Kwon Jong-tae
2013	The Berlin File	Chung Wa-dae
	An Ethics Lesson	Soo-taek	[5]
	The Great Player		short film
	The Attorney	Cha Dong-young	[6]
2014	Man in Love	Young-il	[7]
	Mad Sad Bad		segment "Ghost"
	Tazza: The Hidden Card	Jang Dong-sik	[8]
2015	The Shameless	Moon Ki-beom
2015	The Magician	Gwi-mol	[9]
2016	The Wailing	Jong-gu	[10]
2016	Asura: The City of Madness	Kim Cha-in
2017	The Mayor	Shim Hyeok-soo	[11]
2017	Steel Rain	Kwak Chul-woo	[12]
2018	The Package		[13]
2020	Steel Rain 2: Summit		[14]
2020	The Man Standing Next	Kim Hyong-uk	[15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2008	Discovery of the Speech: Good Years		KBS1
2009	Strange Stories and Legends: The Third Story	Jung Yoon-seok	E Channel
2010	Mister M	Ha-na's father	EBS
2011	My Mom Audrey	Ki-tae	EBS
2012	Phantom[16]	Kwon Hyuk-joo	SBS
2013	Good Doctor[17]	Kang Hyun-tae	KBS2
2013	The Suspicious Housekeeper	Park Bok-nyeo's late husband (cameo)	SBS

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1999	King David	Israel's soldier
2001	Hamlet
2001	Rural Scholar Jo Nam-myung
2003	Samyeong Daesa	Tokugawa Ieyasu
	Citizens of Seoul 1919
	Deceived by Money, Despaired by Love	Kwang-ho byeonsa
	이랑 나비되어	Joo-ki
2004	The Wandering Troupe
	울 밑에선 봉선이야
	King Lear	Edgar
2005	Cain	Gwang-dae
2006	The Dummy Bride	Police substation head
2006	Beautiful Men	Kim Kyung-son
2007	Edward Bond's Lear	Tom, the Duke of North

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	21st Buil Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time	Nominated
	33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time	Nominated
	5th Korea Drama Awards[18]	Excellence Award, Actor	Phantom	Won
	20th SBS Drama Awards	Special Acting Award, Actor in a Drama Special	Phantom	Won
2014	9th Max Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Attorney	Won
	50th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Supporting Actor (Film)		Nominated
	23rd Buil Film Awards[19]	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards[20]	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	51st Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	35th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2016	25th Buil Film Awards	Best Actor	The Wailing	Nominated
	37th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	53rd Grand Bell Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	The Korea Film Actors Association[21]	Korea's Top Star		Won
	BloodGuts UK Horror Awards	Best Actor in an International Film		Won
2017	53rd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actor (Film)		Nominated
	22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	37th Golden Cinema Festival	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Won
	54th Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Mayor	Nominated

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References

"Veteran Supporting Actors Behind Success of Domestic Films". The Chosun Ilbo. 3 February 2014.
"KWAK Do-won". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
Hwang, Hee-yeon; Kim, Hyung-seok (17 October 2014). "10 Scene Stealers① - KWAK Do-won: Suppressing Opponents with Tone and Stares". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
곽도원, 마다엔터테인먼트와 전속계약..한고은·심형탁과 한솥밥 [공식]. OSEN (in Korean). May 28, 2019.
An, So-hyoun (31 January 2013). "Kwak Do Won Says He Wants to Act with SNSD's Taeyeon". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
"Kwak Do-won joins, "The Attorney"". Hancinema. 31 March 2013.
""When A Man Loves A Woman" Kwak Do-won is not bad at last". Hancinema. 15 January 2014.
"Kwak Do-won to star in "Tazza: The Hidden Card"". Hancinema. 16 September 2013.
"Kwak Do-won confirmed to be in 'The Joseon Magician' as role of trainer for Yoo Seung-ho". Hancinema. 9 January 2015.
"NA Hong-jin and KWAK Do-won Chat about THE WAILING after Cannes Premiere". Korean Film Biz Zone. 24 May 2016.
"[INTERVIEW] Kwak Do-won hopes film takes people to polls". The Korea Times. 24 April 2017.
"JUNG Woo-sung & KWAK Do-won Back Together for STEEL RAIN". Korean Film Biz Zone. 27 December 2016.
"KWAK Do-won Is Confirmed for Philippines-set Action Film PACKAGE". Korean Film Biz Zone. 5 March 2018.
"'Steel Rain' spinoff coming soon". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 20, 2019.
Yoon, Min-sik. "'The Man Standing Next' a film about final weeks leading to dictator's death". Korean Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
Hong, Grace Danbi (25 July 2012). "MBLAQ's G.O. and Kwak Do Won Take Cute Selcas Together". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
"Kwak Do-won comes back with "Green Mass"". Hancinema. 6 June 2013.
"Winners At The 5th Korea Drama Awards". The Manila Bulletin. 5 October 2012.
Kim, June (6 October 2014). "SHIM Eun-kyung, SONG Kang-ho, HONG Sangsoo and ROARING CURRENTS Win at 23rd Buil Film Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
Conran, Pierce (4 November 2014). "Top Honors for HILL OF FREEDOM at 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
"Top Star Awards for KONG Hyo-jin, CHO Jin-woong, JO Jung-suk, KWAK Do-won". Korean Film Biz Zone. 3 January 2017.

External links

Kwak Do-won at HanCinema
Kwak Do-won at the Korean Movie Database
Kwak Do-won on IMDb

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[1] "Veteran Supporting Actors Behind Success of Domestic Films". The Chosun Ilbo. 3 February 2014.

[2] "KWAK Do-won". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-06-18.

[3] Hwang, Hee-yeon; Kim, Hyung-seok (17 October 2014). "10 Scene Stealers① - KWAK Do-won: Suppressing Opponents with Tone and Stares". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-10-30.

[4] 곽도원, 마다엔터테인먼트와 전속계약..한고은·심형탁과 한솥밥 [공식]. OSEN (in Korean). May 28, 2019.

[5] An, So-hyoun (31 January 2013). "Kwak Do Won Says He Wants to Act with SNSD's Taeyeon". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-02-02.

[6] "Kwak Do-won joins, "The Attorney"". Hancinema. 31 March 2013.

[7] ""When A Man Loves A Woman" Kwak Do-won is not bad at last". Hancinema. 15 January 2014.

[8] "Kwak Do-won to star in "Tazza: The Hidden Card"". Hancinema. 16 September 2013.

[9] "Kwak Do-won confirmed to be in 'The Joseon Magician' as role of trainer for Yoo Seung-ho". Hancinema. 9 January 2015.

[10] "NA Hong-jin and KWAK Do-won Chat about THE WAILING after Cannes Premiere". Korean Film Biz Zone. 24 May 2016.

[11] "[INTERVIEW] Kwak Do-won hopes film takes people to polls". The Korea Times. 24 April 2017.

[12] "JUNG Woo-sung & KWAK Do-won Back Together for STEEL RAIN". Korean Film Biz Zone. 27 December 2016.

[13] "KWAK Do-won Is Confirmed for Philippines-set Action Film PACKAGE". Korean Film Biz Zone. 5 March 2018.

[14] "'Steel Rain' spinoff coming soon". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 20, 2019.

[15] Yoon, Min-sik. "'The Man Standing Next' a film about final weeks leading to dictator's death". Korean Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[16] Hong, Grace Danbi (25 July 2012). "MBLAQ's G.O. and Kwak Do Won Take Cute Selcas Together". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[17] "Kwak Do-won comes back with "Green Mass"". Hancinema. 6 June 2013.

[18] "Winners At The 5th Korea Drama Awards". The Manila Bulletin. 5 October 2012.

[19] Kim, June (6 October 2014). "SHIM Eun-kyung, SONG Kang-ho, HONG Sangsoo and ROARING CURRENTS Win at 23rd Buil Film Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-10-09.

[20] Conran, Pierce (4 November 2014). "Top Honors for HILL OF FREEDOM at 34th Korean Film Critics Association Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-08.

[21] "Top Star Awards for KONG Hyo-jin, CHO Jin-woong, JO Jung-suk, KWAK Do-won". Korean Film Biz Zone. 3 January 2017.

Buil Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2000s	Kim Min-joon (2008) Kim In-kwon (2009)
2010s	Yoo Jun-sang (2010) Ko Chang-seok (2011) Cho Jin-woong (2012) Ryu Seung-ryong (2013) Kwak Do-won (2014) Lee Geung-young (2015) Kim Eui-sung (2016) Kim Hee-won (2017) Ju Ji-hoon (2018) Park Myung-hoon (2019)