Actor profile

Namkoong Min

12th March 1978 Seoul, South Korea Acting

Namkoong Min (born March 12, 1978), is a South Korean actor, director and screenwriter. He first gained recognition with neo-noir film A Dirty Carnival (2006), and has since given notable performances in Remember (2015–2016), Beautiful Gong Shim (2016), Good Manager (2017), Hot Stove League (2019–2020), and My Dearest (2023). He won the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards for Hot Stove League; the drama also gained Namkoong his third Best Actor nomination at the Baeksang Arts Awards. The next year, he received the Grand Prize at the 2021 MBC Drama Awards for The Veil. In 2023, he again received the Grand Prize at the 2023 MBC Drama Awards for My Dearest.

7 Movies 38 TV Shows 1 In Production 46 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Part-Time Spy poster

Part-Time Spy 16th March 2017 as Min-Suk

Lost in the Moonlight poster

Lost in the Moonlight 10th March 2017

Still Picture poster

Still Picture 19th August 2012 as Kim Hyun Soo

Beautiful Sunday poster

Beautiful Sunday 29th March 2007 as Min-woo

A Dirty Carnival poster

A Dirty Carnival 17th October 2006 as Nam Min-ho

Bad Guy poster

Bad Guy 11th January 2002 as Hyun-soo

Bungee Jumping of Their Own poster

Bungee Jumping of Their Own 3rd February 2001 as Kim Chul-sung

Dynamite Kiss poster

Dynamite Kiss 12th November 2025 as Cheon JiHun

Our Movie poster

Our Movie 13th June 2025 as Lee Je-ha

Whenever Possible poster

Whenever Possible 23rd April 2024 as Self

My Dearest poster

My Dearest 4th August 2023 as Lee Jang-hyun

One Dollar Lawyer poster

One Dollar Lawyer 23rd September 2022 as Chun Ji-hoon

The Veil poster

The Veil 17th September 2021 as Han Ji-hyuk

Taxi Driver poster

Taxi Driver 9th April 2021 as Chun Ji-hoon

Awaken poster

Awaken 30th November 2020 as Do Jung-woo

I-LAND poster

I-LAND 26th June 2020 as Self / Narrator

Stove League poster

Stove League 13th December 2019 as Baek Seung Soo

How Do You Play? poster

How Do You Play? 27th July 2019 as Self

Doctor Prisoner poster

Doctor Prisoner 20th March 2019 as Na Yi-Je

You Quiz on the Block poster

You Quiz on the Block 29th August 2018 as Self

The Undateables poster

The Undateables 23rd May 2018 as Hoon-Nam

Distorted poster

Distorted 24th July 2017 as Han Moo-Young

Chief Kim poster

Chief Kim 25th January 2017 as Kim Seong-ryong

Doctors poster

Doctors 20th June 2016 as Nam Ba-Ram

Beautiful Gong Shim poster

Beautiful Gong Shim 14th May 2016 as Ahn Dan-tae / Seok Jun-pyo

Remember poster

Remember 9th December 2015 as Nam Gyoo-Man

Men on a Mission poster

Men on a Mission 5th December 2015 as Self

The Girl Who Sees Smells poster

The Girl Who Sees Smells 1st April 2015 as Kwon Jae-hui

My Secret Hotel poster

My Secret Hotel 18th August 2014 as Jo Sung-gyeom

12 Years Promise poster

12 Years Promise 22nd March 2014 as Yoo Joon Soo

Unemployed Romance poster

Unemployed Romance 5th October 2013 as Kim Jong Dae

Home Alone poster

Home Alone 22nd March 2013 as Self

Hur Jun, The Original Story poster

Hur Jun, The Original Story 18th March 2013 as Yoo Do-Ji

Cheongdam Dong Alice poster

Cheongdam Dong Alice 1st December 2012 as So In-chan

SNL Korea poster

SNL Korea 3rd December 2011 as Self

I Need Romance poster

I Need Romance 13th June 2011 as Kang Tae-yoon

Can You Hear My Heart? poster

Can You Hear My Heart? 2nd April 2011 as Jang Joon-ha / Bong Ma-roo

Becoming a Billionaire poster

Becoming a Billionaire 1st March 2010 as Chu Woon-seok

We Got Married poster

We Got Married 16th March 2008 as Self

One Fine Day poster

One Fine Day 31st May 2006 as Kang Dong-ha

My Rosy Life poster

My Rosy Life 24th August 2005 as Ph.D Ji

My Lovely Family poster

My Lovely Family 7th June 2004 as Ahn Jin-gook

X-Man poster

X-Man 8th November 2003 as Self

Pearl Necklace poster

Pearl Necklace 20th September 2003 as Hwang Joon-ho

KBS Drama Awards poster

KBS Drama Awards 31st December 1987 as Host

Coming soon

The Husband 4th July 2026 as Kang Tae-ju