
Namkoong Min
Acting
Born 1978-03-12 · Seoul, South Korea
Namkoong Min (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. In 2023, he again received the Grand Prize at the 2023 MBC Drama Awards for My Dearest.
Known for

We Got Married
2008 · TV

My Lovely Family
2004 · TV

Hur Jun, The Original Story
2013 · TV

Pearl Necklace
2003 · TV

Doctor Prisoner
2019 · TV

Distorted
2017 · TV

The Undateables
2018 · TV

Can You Hear My Heart?
2011 · TV

12 Years Promise
2014 · TV

My Rosy Life
2005 · TV

My Dearest
2023 · TV

Chief Kim
2017 · TV

Becoming a Billionaire
2010 · TV

Remember
2015 · TV

Beautiful Gong Shim
2016 · TV

Stove League
2019 · TV

Awaken
2020 · TV

The Girl Who Sees Smells
2015 · TV

My Secret Hotel
2014 · TV

I Need Romance
2011 · TV

One Fine Day
2006 · TV

Our Movie
2025 · TV

I-LAND
2020 · TV

The Veil
2021 · TV

One Dollar Lawyer
2022 · TV

Unemployed Romance
2013 · TV

X-Man
2003 · TV

Home Alone
2013 · TV

Doctors
2016 · TV

Cheongdam Dong Alice
2012 · TV

Taxi Driver
2021 · TV

Dynamite Kiss
2025 · TV

Men on a Mission
2015 · TV

You Quiz on the Block
2018 · TV

How Do You Play?
2019 · TV

SNL Korea
2011 · TV

Whenever Possible
2024 · TV

KBS Drama Awards
1987 · TV