Portrait of Sung Dong-il

Acting

Sung Dong-il

Career

Active from 1993 to 2026, busiest in 2012 and 2017 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles
36
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Midnight Runners
Midnight Runners
GoodWatch score87/100

Characters

35

The characters Sung Dong-il played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 72 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sung Dong-il Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.5, average 3.8
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.4, average 2.0
  • Historical
    1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Korean Cinema 14
  • Character-Driven 8
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Crime 5
  • Korean Drama 4
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Psychological Tension 4
  • Korean Romantic Comedy 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Heartwarming 3
  • Contemporary Setting 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

99
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
심야사진관
심야사진관

TV show

2020s

29 titles · average score 73
Bloody Flower
Bloody Flower (2026)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Park Han-jun

A Bona Fide Killer
A Bona Fide Killer (2026)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Kim Bong-pal

The Art of Negotiation
The Art of Negotiation (2025)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Song Jae-sik

Forbidden Fairytale
Forbidden Fairytale (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

as CEO Hwang

Pretty Crazy
Pretty Crazy (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jang-su

Hijack 1971
Hijack 1971 (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

as Gyu-sik

If You Wish Upon Me
If You Wish Upon Me (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Kang Tae-sik

Ghost Doctor
Ghost Doctor (2022)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Tes

Jirisan
Jirisan (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Jo Dae-jin

Sisyphus
Sisyphus (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Park Hyeong-do

Pawn
Pawn (2020)
GoodWatch score 78

as Doo-seok

The Cursed
The Cursed (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Jin Jong-hyun

2010s

57 titles · average score 69
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis (2019)
GoodWatch score 49

as Kang-goo

Trap
Trap (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Ko Dong-kook

Miss Hammurabi
Miss Hammurabi (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Han Se-sang

Live
Live (2018)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Ki Han-sol

The Accidental Detective 2: In Action
The Accidental Detective 2: In Action (2018)
GoodWatch score 51

as Noh Tae-su

Midnight Runners
Midnight Runners (2017)
GoodWatch score 87

as Professor Yang

Real
Real (2017)
GoodWatch score 46

as Jo Won-geun

The Chase
The Chase (2017)
GoodWatch score 66

as Park Pyeong-dal

The Accidental Detective
The Accidental Detective (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

as Noh Tae-soo

It's Okay, That's Love
It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Jo Dong Min

Mr. Go
Mr. Go (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sung Chung-su

My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho
My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (2010)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Ban Doo-hong

2000s

9 titles · average score 64
Take Off
Take Off (2009)
GoodWatch score 66

as Coach Bang

The Righteous Thief
The Righteous Thief (2009)

as Song Jae-pil

Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

as Nightclub owner

New Heart
New Heart (2007)

TV show · as Lee Seung-jae

Yu Hee, the Witch
Yu Hee, the Witch (2007)

TV show · as Lee Tim Chang

Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung
Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung (2007)

TV show · as Jung Seung-gyu

200 Pounds Beauty
200 Pounds Beauty (2006)
GoodWatch score 64

as President Choi

Lovers in Paris
Lovers in Paris (2004)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Kang Pil-bo

South Of the Sun
South Of the Sun (2003)

TV show · as Choi Tae-sik

1990s

3 titles
Eun Shil
Eun Shil (1998)

TV show

촛불 켜는 사람들
촛불 켜는 사람들 (1993)

TV show

Faraway Songba River
Faraway Songba River (1993)

TV show · as Yang Yong-cheon