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Namkoong Min

1978 - Today

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Namkoong Min (Korean: 남궁민, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Namkoong Min is the 4,488th most popular actor (up from 5,328th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from South Korea (up from 294th in 2019) and the 67th most popular South Korean Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Namkoong Min ranks 4,488 out of 13,578. Before him are Richard Mulligan, Jackie Shroff, Lee Seo-jin, Belén Rueda, Ajita Wilson, and Gennady Khazanov. After him are Renata Sorrah, Kurt Raab, Song Ji-hyo, Slavko Štimac, Kim Raver, and Matt Ross.

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Among people born in 1978, Namkoong Min ranks 105. Before him are Marwan al-Shehhi, Selma Ergeç, Liya Kebede, Matthew Goode, Emma Heming Willis, and Daniel Risch. After him are Fede Álvarez, Lila Tretikov, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Tetsu Yamato, Santiago Peña, and Bárbara Mori.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Namkoong Min ranks 261 out of 1,128. Before him are Jang Na-ra (1981), Seungri (1990), Jung So-min (1989), Jaegwon Kim (1934), Claudia Kim (1985), and Lee Seo-jin (1971). After him are Song Ji-hyo (1981), Taeyang (1988), Kim Ji-won (1992), Cho Yeo-jeong (1981), Yoo Jae-suk (1972), and Hwang In-youp (1991).

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Among ACTORS In South Korea

Among actors born in South Korea, Namkoong Min ranks 67. Before him are Jang Hyuk (1976), Kyeon Mi-ri (1965), Jang Na-ra (1981), Jung So-min (1989), Claudia Kim (1985), and Lee Seo-jin (1971). After him are Song Ji-hyo (1981), Kim Ji-won (1992), Cho Yeo-jeong (1981), Hwang In-youp (1991), Heo Sung-tae (1977), and Han Ji-min (1982).

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