Sol Kyung-gu

Q: Has Sol Kyung-gu won any major awards?

Yes, Sol Kyung-gu has won several prestigious awards, including multiple Best Actor titles at the Korean Film Awards and the Venice Film Festival.

Q: What was Sol Kyung-gu's first film?

Sol Kyung-gu made his film debut in the 1997 movie 'The Tasty Seaweed Soup,' which marked the beginning of his illustrious career.

Q: Is Sol Kyung-gu involved in any television projects?

While primarily known for his film work, Sol Kyung-gu has appeared in television dramas, including 'My Mister' and 'The Great Escape.'

Q: What is Sol Kyung-gu's acting style like?

Sol Kyung-gu's acting style is characterized by a deep emotional resonance and a commitment to his characters, often portraying complex and troubled individuals.

Q: What is Sol Kyung-gu's estimated net worth?

As of now, Sol Kyung-gu's estimated net worth is around 5 million USD, reflecting his successful career in the film industry.

Q: What impact has Sol Kyung-gu had on Korean cinema?

Sol Kyung-gu has significantly impacted Korean cinema by bringing depth to his roles and contributing to the global recognition of South Korean films.

Q: What genre does Sol Kyung-gu primarily work in?

Sol Kyung-gu primarily works in drama and art-house genres, often taking on challenging and thought-provoking roles that showcase his range as an actor.

Known for

Hope (2016)

IMDb 5.9 / 10

2016 / Drama, Romance / 90mins

The Hope Affair is the story of the fascinating affair between an impassioned woman in the midst of an attack on a conservative male...

Name

Sol Kyung-gu

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

1 September 1971, Jinju, South Korea

Spouses

Kim Ji-soo (2002–present)

Children

2 children

Parents

Sol Jae-sook, Sol Il-hwan

Estimated Net Worth

5 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema After the COVID-19 pandemic, Busan International Film Festival founder Kim Dong-ho, at eighty-five, picks up a camcorder for the first...	Self	Not rated
2025	Movie Mantis The secret society of contract killers falls into chaos, unleashing a new breed of assassins. With old rules in ruins,...	Cha Min-gyu	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2025	Movie Good News When hijackers seize a Japanese flight and demand to fly to Pyongyang, a mysterious mastermind hatches a zany scheme to...	Nobody	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2025	TV Hyper Knife Seok, an eager yet genius neurosurgeon is reunited with Deokhee, the professor who ruined her life long ago. Once, the...	Choi Deok-hee	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2024	Movie A Normal Family Jae-wan, a successful lawyer, takes on the case of a rich executive's son, who has purposely run over and killed...	Jae-wan	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2024	TV The Whirlwind A whirlwind power clash between the prime minister and deputy prime minister unravels the day the president suffers an assassination...	Park Dong-ho	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie The Boys In 1999, a robbery-murder case occurs in a small supermarket in Samnye, Jeonbuk province. The police investigation quickly narrows down...	Hwang Joon-cheol	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	Movie Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony A portrait of the South Korean screenwriter, director and producer Lee Chang-Dong through his work, this documentary provides a thematic...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2023	Movie The Moon In 2029, Korea's lunar probe Woori embarks on a historic journey to the moon, capturing global attention.	Kim Jae-guk	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	TV Nattering with Nah	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2023	Movie Kill Boksoon At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's...	Cha Min-kyu	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Phantom In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the...	Junji Murayama	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2022	Movie Heartbeat Caught up in anxiety, eight-year-old Chul in school tells his teacher that he is going to the bathroom but runs...	Cheol-yi's Father	Not rated
2022	Movie I Want to Know Your Parents An eighth grade student kills himself but not before writing the names of the students who victimized him. Their parents...	Kang Ho-chang	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie Yaksha: Ruthless Operations Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in...	Jee Kang-in	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2022	Movie Kingmaker Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative...	Kim Woon-beom	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	Movie The Book of Fish When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write...	Jeong Yak-jeon	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2021	TV The Game Caterers A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the...	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2019	TV Modern Korea The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2019	Movie Man of Men The friendship between a lawyer who will do anything to make money and a nursing home volunteer.	Jang-soo	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie Birthday Returning from eight years abroad at work and in prison, Jeong-il struggles to reconnect with his wife and their young...	Jung-il	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2019	Movie Idol The politician Koo Myung-hui finds his wife in the garage. She is cleaning her son's bloodstained car, which has just...	Joong-sik	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	TV Movie Room Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors...	Self	TMDB 9.2 / 10
2017	Movie 1987: When the Day Comes In 1987 Korea under an oppressive military regime, the unlawful interrogation and death of a college student ignite ordinary citizens...	Kim Jung-nam	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	Movie Memoir of a Murderer A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious boyfriend who may be a serial...	Byung-su	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2017	Movie The Merciless Jae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an...	Han Jae-ho	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie Lucid Dream Dae-ho, an investigative journalist, seeks to track down the whereabouts of his son who was abducted three years ago. With...	Detective Song Bang-sub	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2015	Movie The Long Way Home Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may...	Nam-bok	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2014	Movie My Dictator Sung-geun is an untalented actor who makes a living playing minor roles. He happens to land on the role as...	Sung-geun	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	Movie Hope After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their...	Dong-hoon	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2013	Movie The Spy: Undercover Operation Chul-soo is one of Korea’s best intelligence agents: he can accomplish any given mission. One day, a mysterious explosion takes...	Chul-soo	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2013	Movie Cold Eyes Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in...	Hwang Sang-jun	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie The Tower Tower Sky, a luxurious building complex, has organised a lavish Christmas party for its VIP guests. However, things go awry...	Kang Young-ki	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Ari Ari the Korean Cinema Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	TV Baeksang Arts Awards	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Camellia A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A...	Yong-su (segment "Kamome")	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2010	Movie Troubleshooter Kang Tae-sik is a private detective who would do anything for money. One day, he gets framed for a murder...	Kang Tae-sik	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2010	Movie No Mercy A forensic pathologist is about to retire in order to spend some time with his daughter. However, he is forced...	Kang Min-ho	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2009	Movie A Brand New Life Abandoned by her father, a girl adjusts to life in an orphanage.	Jin-hee's Father	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2009	Movie Closer to Heaven A funeral director meets a man who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease since he was young. The two fall...	Kim Jong-do	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2009	Movie Tidal Wave On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with...	Choi Man-shik	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2008	Movie Public Enemy Returns Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob boss...	Kang Chul-joong	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2007	Movie Venus and Mars A divorced husband and wife, instead of going their separate ways, dedicate their time and energy to taking revenge against...	Kim Sang-min	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2007	Movie Voice of a Murderer After Gyeong-bae's son is kidnapped, he receives a call from the kidnapper asking for 100 million won. The detectives are...	Han Kyung-bae	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2006	Movie Cruel Winter Blues A gangster's quest for revenge is sidetracked by an encounter with his target's mother in this deeply-felt hybrid of a...	Jae-moon	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2006	Movie Lost in Love Woo-jae and Yeon-soo had been platonic friends for years when they went their separate ways. Now, ten years later, they...	Woo-jae	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2005	Movie Another Public Enemy A criminal psychopath from a wealthy family is confronted with Chul-jung Kang, a former classmate who no longer likes his...	Kang Chul-joong	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2004	Movie Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when...	Rikidozan	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	Movie Silmido On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee....	Kang In-chan	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2003	Movie Mudang: Reconciliation Between the Living and the Dead A revealing, impartial, yet sometimes shocking look into the history, traditions and practices of the dying art of Korean shamanism,...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2002	Movie Jail Breakers Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get...	Yu Jae-pil	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Oasis A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his...	Hong Jong-du	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2002	Movie The Bird Who Stops in the Air KIM serves as a professor of film studies at a rural college, away from his family. Having kept the memories...	Kim	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	Movie Public Enemy A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.	Kang Chul-joong	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2001	TV Prince Shotoku In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a...	Ishin	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2001	Movie Prince Shōtoku In the late 6th century, the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a...	Yi Jin	Not rated
2001	Movie I Wish I Had a Wife A lonely Korean banker drags himself through the mundanity of his job and his vacuous social life in the hope...	Kim Bong-soo	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2000	Movie The Legend of Gingko Caught in between an ethnic war, Bee struggles between love and death.	Jeog	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2000	Movie Peppermint Candy In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group...	Kim Yeong-ho	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie Rainbow Trout A group of city dwellers make a trip of three days and two nights into the isolated countryside to visit...	Min-su	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1999	Movie Phantom: The Submarine Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep...	432	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1998	Movie Girls' Night Out Three best friends meet and boldly talk about sex together. Their characters are as different as their lifestyles. One works...	Gyu-shik	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1996	Movie Love Story A simple and modest bachelor and film director Ha Sung Woo and a perfectionist interior coordinator Kim Soo In meet...	Yeong-ho	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	Movie A Petal The story of a girl who experienced the Gwangju massacre at the age of 15, and its effect on her...	Us	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Possible Love Following the intertwined lives of two married couples leading completely opposite lives. As their worlds collide, fractures begin to appear...	Ho-seok	Not rated
TBA	TV Mousetrap A faceless "rat" steals a reclusive writer's identity — thrusting him into a risky alliance with the loan shark who...	No-ja	Not rated
TBA	Movie Stoneborn A mysterious and sacred stone, said to grant any wish, draws people into its dark pull.	Eul-seok	Not rated

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema

2026

Mantis

2025 / TMDB 6.4

Good News

2025 / TMDB 6.9

A Normal Family

2024 / TMDB 6.9

The Boys

2023 / TMDB 6.5

Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony

2023 / TMDB 7.5

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What are some of Sol Kyung-gu's most famous films?

Sol Kyung-gu is well-known for his roles in 'Peppermint Candy,' 'Oasis,' and 'The Day He Arrives,' which have received critical acclaim both domestically and internationally.

Has Sol Kyung-gu won any major awards?

What was Sol Kyung-gu's first film?

Is Sol Kyung-gu involved in any television projects?

What is Sol Kyung-gu's acting style like?

What is Sol Kyung-gu's estimated net worth?

What impact has Sol Kyung-gu had on Korean cinema?

What genre does Sol Kyung-gu primarily work in?