Kwon Hae-hyo

In this Korean name, the family name is Kwon.

Kwon Hae-hyo (Korean: 권해효; born November 6, 1965) is a South Korean actor and activist. In addition to his acting career, he is also known for his activism. Kwon has been involved with a number of organizations advocating for political and social justice causes, including the Unite Our People Movement Headquarters, the Abolish the Family Registry and Create Family Equality Organization, the Cultural Alliance for Peace at Daechuri, and the Minkahyup Human Rights Group.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Kwon Hae-hyo
Kwon in 2025
Born	(1965-11-06) November 6, 1965 (age 59) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Hanyang University (Theater and Film)
Occupations	Actor activist
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Jo Yoon-hee ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	권해효
Hanja	權海驍
RR	Gwon Haehyo
MR	Kwŏn Haehyo

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1992	Myong-ja Akiko Sonia
1994	Out to the World
	The Fox with Nine Tails
	Rules of the Game	Lee Ki-ri
1996	The Real Man	Man
	Ghost Mamma	Byun Joo-ho
1997	Change	Sub-foreman	Bit part
1998	Tie a Yellow Ribbon	Bo-sung
1999	My Computer	Detective	Short film
	A+ Life	Ji-seok
2001	A Day	Baby store manager	Cameo	[8]
	Last Present	Hak-soo		[9]
	This Is Law		Cameo
2002	The Beauty in Dream	Doctor	Cameo
	Family	Prosecutor Choi
2009	Ochetuji Diary	Narrator
2010	One Night Stand	Narrator ("Third Night")
	Hearty Paws 2	Bong-gu
	Cyrano Agency	President Kwon	Cameo
2011	Never Say I Can't	Himself	Cameo
2012	Never Ending Story	Doctor
	In Another Country	Jong-soo		[10]
	Two Weddings and a Funeral	Senior colleague doctor	Cameo
	Perfect Number	Police team leader
2013	Happiness for Sale	Section chief, Kang Mi-na's boss	Cameo
	Killer Toon	Jo Seon-gi
	The Fake	Choi Gyeong-seok	Voice	[11]
2014	Hot Young Bloods	Kang Dae-pan
	Venus Talk	Representative Park
	Whistle Blower	General manager of broadcasting station	Cameo
2015	C'est Si Bon	Kim Choon-sik
	Strangers on the Field	Documentary narrator
	Minority Opinion	Judge
2016	Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned	Baek-gi
	Split	CEO Baek
	Yourself and Yours	Park Jae-young
	Remember You	Park Kyoung-joon
2017	On the Beach at Night Alone	Chun-woo
	Lucid Dream	Director Park	Cameo
	The Day After	Kim Bong-wan
2018	The Vanished	Police chief	Special appearance
	Goodbye My Father
2019	Juror 8	President of the Court
	Tazza: One Eyed Jack	Mr. Kwon
2020	The Woman Who Ran	Mr. Jung
	Fukuoka	Hae-hyo
	Peninsula	Elder Kim
2021	Whispering Corridors 6: The Humming	Bae Gwang-mo		[12]
	The Cursed: Dead Man's Prey	Lee Sang-in		[13]
	In Front of Your Face	Jae-Won		[14]
	Taeil	Hanmi-sa president	Animated Film	[15]
2022	The Novelist's Film			[16]
	Hommage	Ji-wan's husband		[17][18]
	Walk Up	Byung-soo		[19]
2024	Bogota: City of the Lost	Sergeant Park Jang-soo		[20]
2025	What Does That Nature Say to You	Kim Oryeong		[21]
	The Ugly	Lim Yeong-gyu		[22]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	The Faraway Ssongba River	Private first class Sung Han-soo
1994	Love Is in Your Arms
	Two Detectives	Heo Geun-bal
1995	Good Man, Good Woman	Min-ho
1996	Reporting for Duty	Private first class Chu Jae-sik
	Three Guys and Three Girls	Cafe owner Kwon Hae-hyo
1997	OK Ranch	Pilot instructor
	Revenge and Passion	Jang Dong-wook
1998	Eun-shil	Jang Nak-cheon
	Mister Q	Go Kwang-ryul
1999	Did You Ever Love?	Lee Kang-jae
	Beautiful Secret	Kang-pyo
2000	Popcorn	Oh Dong-seok
	MBC Best Theater "Brushing Against Each Other in the Elevator"
2001	Well Known Woman	Park In-sang
	Orient Theatre	Im Sung-kyu
	Man of Autumn	Choi Tae-sik
2002	Winter Sonata	Senior colleague Kim
	Successful Story of a Bright Girl	Joo Soo-bong
	Reservation for Love	Jang Seung-won
	To Be with You	Lee Ji-won
2003	My Fair Lady	Go Hyun-tak
	Pretty Woman	Kang Hyun-jae
2004	Dog Bowl	Joong-tae
	Forbidden Love	Detective Moon
2005	Drama City "Chin Up, Dad! "	Kim Bong-soo
	My Love Toram	Yeom Dong-ho
	Drama City "Merry Mr. Yoo Pil-man"	Kim Bong-soo
	My Lovely Sam Soon	Lee Hyun-moo
	I Love You, My Enemy	Kwon Dal-pyung
	My Rosy Life	Chun Won-man
2006	Thank You, My Life	Kim Ki-ho
	A Farewell to Arms	Chun Man-seok
	Please Come Back, Soon-ae	Han Hyun-jong
	What's Up Fox	Hwang Yong-kil
2007	Dear Lover	Park Kwang
	Air City	Min Byung-kwan
	Golden Bride	Cha Byuk-soo
	MBC Best Theater "Bong-jae Returns"	Park Jung-hee
2008	Daebak Life	Yoo Gwi-chul		[23]
	Kokkiri (Elephant)	Guk Young-soo		[24]
	Who Are You?	Funeral service counselor
2009	Cain and Abel	Kim Jin-geun
	The Last Report About Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan	Father Gong
2010	Jejungwon	Oh Chung-hwan
	Ang Shim Jung	Yoon Geuk-geom
	Thank You for Making Me Smile
	Chonticom Welcome to Stingray		Cameo
2011	Believe in Love	Kwon Ki-chang		[25]
	Lie to Me	Hwang Seok-bong
2012	Dream High 2	Joo Jung-wan
	Phantom	Han Young-seok
	The King of Dramas	Na Woon-hyung
2013	Goddess of Marriage	Noh Jang-soo
2014	Angel Eyes	Kim Woo-chul
	Big Man	Gu Deok-gyu
	My Spring Days	Lee Hyuk-soo
	Secret Door	Seo Gyun
2015	My Heart Twinkle Twinkle	Dal-Gwan
	Second 20s		Cameo (Episode 7)
2016	Riders: Catch Tomorrow		Cameo
	Entertainer	Entertainment Bureau director
	Don't Dare to Dream	Oh Jong-Hwan
2017	Radiant Office	Park Sang Man
	Girls' Generation 1979	Jeong-hee's father
2019	The Crowned Clown	Sin Chi-soo		[26]
	Search: WWW	Min Hong-joo
2020	Nobody Knows	Jang Gi-ho
2021	Undercover	Oh Pil-jae
	D.P.	Ahn Jun-ho's Father	Cameo
2022	Forecasting Love and Weather	Ko Bong-chan		[27]
	Glitch		Cameo
	Under the Queen's Umbrella	Master Toji		[28]
2024	Flex X Cop	Lee Hyung-jun		[29]
	Wedding Impossible	Mr. Hyun
	Black Out	Hyun Gu-tak
TBA	Who Is She	Mr. Park		[30]

Variety shows

Year	Title	Role
1995	Go to the World of Pungmul Travel
1999	It's a Good Morning for a Live Broadcast
	TV Love on the Air
2002	Cine Port
2010	MBC Prime: "The Face of a Good Company" CSR	Documentary narrator

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2021	22nd Jeonju International Fantastic Film Festival	with Park Ha-sun	[31]
2022	Opening ceremony 2022 Seoul Independent Film Festival		[32]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Reprised	Ref.
1990	The Good Person of Szechwan
—	Subway Line 1
—	Come and See Me
—	Taxi Driver	Deok-bae
1994	True West
2004	Art	Kyu-tae	2005, 2008
2010	The Pitmen Painters	Lyon
	Love Letters	Andy	2012–2013
2011	Mongdang Pencil	Narrator		[33]
2012	Seoul Notes			[34]

Awards and nominations

Year presented, name of the award ceremony, award category, nominated work and the result of the nomination

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1998	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Mister Q, Eun-shil	Won
2006	KBS Drama Awards	Best Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	A Farewell to Arms	Nominated
2011	10th Future Female Leaders Awards	Special Award	—	Won
2017	26th Buil Film Awards	Best Actor	The Day After	Nominated
	18th Busan Film Critics Awards	Best Actor		Won
2019	13th Asian Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Hotel by the River	Nominated
2022	31st Buil Film Awards[35]	Best Supporting Actor	Hommage	Nominated
2023	10th Wildflower Film Awards[36]	Best Actor	Walk Up	Nominated