Kim Yoon-seok

Kim Yoon-seok
Born	(1968-01-21) January 21, 1968 (age 56) Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Education	Dong-eui University - German Language & Literature
Occupations	Actor film director screenwriter
Years active	1988-present
Agent	Hodu&U Entertainment
Spouse	Bang Joo-ran ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	김윤석
Revised Romanization	Gim Yun-seok
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yunsŏk

Kim Yoon-seok (Korean: 김윤석; born January 21, 1968) is a South Korean actor, film director and screenwriter. Kim began his career in theater and it subsequently led him to be cast in minor roles in films and television dramas. His breakout role came as the villain in gambling film Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), but it was his performance as an ex-cop turned pimp in surprise hit The Chaser (2008) that brought him acting awards and wider recognition.

Kim has since become an acclaimed actor in South Korea, with notable performances in films such as Running Turtle (2009), Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard (2009), The Yellow Sea (2010), Punch (2011),The Thieves (2012), Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013), The Classified File (2015), The Priests (2015), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), Dark Figure of Crime (2018) and Escape from Mogadishu (2022).

In 2019, Kim made his directorial debut with Another Child, a family drama film starring Yum Jung-ah and Kim So-jin.