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O Yeong-su

1944 - Today

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O Yeong-su (Korean: 오영수; born O Se-kang, October 19, 1944) is a South Korean actor. He began acting on stage in 1967, from which time he says he has appeared in over 200 plays. He later began acting on screen, often portraying monks due to his experience with Buddhist plays. In 2021, O portrayed Oh Il-nam in the first season of the Netflix survival drama series Squid Game, which earned him worldwide recognition and won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film, as well as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. O Yeong-su is the 341st most popular actor (up from 1,759th in 2019). (up from 1,666th in 2019)

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Among actors, O Yeong-su ranks 341 out of 13,578. Before him are Colin Firth, Olivia Hussey, Reese Witherspoon, Doris Day, Robert Hossein, and Sylvia Kristel. After him are Alec Baldwin, Kenny Baker, Ian Holm, Kim Novak, Patrick Stewart, and James Earl Jones.

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Among people born in 1944, O Yeong-su ranks 46. Before him are Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Scott, Yoweri Museveni, Alan Parker, Ulrich Beck, and Ibrahim Rugova. After him are Dietrich Mateschitz, Diana Ross, Helmut Berger, G. W. Bailey, Ronnie Peterson, and Makoto Kobayashi.

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