Park Hae-soo was born on November 21, 1981, in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He trained in theater before moving into television and film work. He gained international recognition playing Cho Sang-woo in Squid Game (2021). Park also starred in the crime drama Narco-Saints (2022). He continues to work in Korean television and film.
Park Hae-soo
Actor
44 years (Nov 21, 1981)Suwon, South KoreaSuwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Park Hae-soo was born on November 21, 1981, in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He trained in theater before moving into television and film work. He gained international recognition playing Cho Sang-woo in Squid Game (2021). Park also starred in the crime drama Narco-Saints (2022). He continues to work in Korean television and film.
1981-11-21 · Suwon, South KoreaSuwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Park Hae-soo (born November 21, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known worldwide for portraying Cho Sang-woo in the first season of the Netflix hit series Squid Game (2021), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Park started his career in theater and has played a large number of leading and supporting roles in plays and musicals. He subsequently expanded his career into film and television and achieved his breakthrough with Prison Playbook (2017–2018), one of the highest-rated Korean dramas on cable television. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with Netflix, including Narco-Saints (2022), Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area (2022), Karma (2025), The Price of Confession (2025), and The Great Flood (2025).