Park Hae-soo

Park Hae-soo (박해수, born November 21, 1981 in Suwon) is one of South Korea most in-demand actors, best known internationally for portraying the calculating Cho Sang-woo in Netflix global phenomenon Squid Game (2021), a role that earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Managed by BH Entertainment in Korea and United Talent Agency in the US, Park built his reputation in theater before breaking through on television with Prison Playbook (2017), one of the highest-rated cable dramas in Korean history. He has become a fixture in ambitious Netflix productions: Time to Hunt (2020), Narco-Saints (2022), Money Heist: Korea (2022), and Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022). In 2026, he leads the ENA thriller The Scarecrow alongside Seo Ji-hye, produced by KT Studio Genie. In 2025, Park headlined The Great Flood, a Netflix disaster thriller directed by Kim Byung-woo, co-starring Kim Da-mi. Premiering at the 30th Busan International Film Festival, the film places him at the center of a planet-wide catastrophic flood event.