The Most Famous
ACTORS from North Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest North Korean Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 2 of which were born in North Korea. This makes North Korea the birth place of the 97th most number of Actors behind Afghanistan, and Uganda.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary North Korean Actors of all time. This list of famous North Korean Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Youn Yuh-jung (b. 1947)
With an HPI of 69.60, Youn Yuh-jung is the most famous North Korean Actor. Her biography has been translated into 31 different languages on wikipedia.
Youn Yuh-jung (Korean: 윤여정; pronounced [jun jʌdʑʌŋ]; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress. Youn gained attention on Korean television in the late 1960s and rose to prominence with the film Woman of Fire (1971). She retired in the mid-1970s after marrying and immigrating to the United States, but returned to acting in the late 1980s following her divorce. Known as the “Godmother of Chungmu-ro,” Youn's notable films include The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), The Bacchus Lady (2016), Canola (2016), as well as a series of matriarch roles in TV dramas Men of the Bath House (1995), Be Strong, Geum-soon! (2005), Daughters-in-Law (2007), My Husband Got a Family (2012), and Dear My Friends (2016). She gained international recognition for her role in Minari (2020), becoming the first Korean actress to win a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Independent Spirit Award, a British Academy Film Award, and an Academy Award, all for Best Supporting Actress.
2. Akira Takarada (1934 - 2022)
With an HPI of 58.57, Akira Takarada is the 2nd most famous North Korean Actor. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Akira Takarada (Japanese: 宝田 明, Hepburn: Takarada Akira; April 29, 1934 – March 14, 2022) was a Japanese actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as North Korean actors born between 1934 and 1947. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living North Korean actors include Youn Yuh-jung. The most famous deceased North Korean actors include Akira Takarada.
