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Portrait of Yim Si-wan

Acting

Yim Si-wan

Career

Active from 2011 to 2026, busiest in 2017 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Misaeng: Incomplete Life
Misaeng: Incomplete Life
GoodWatch score85/100

Characters

16

The characters Yim Si-wan played, best-known titles first.

Yim Si-wan as Lee Myung-gi (No. 333)
Yim Si-wan as Jun-young
Yim Si-wan as Jin-seok
Yim Si-wan as Yoon Jong-woo
Yim Si-wan as Ki Sun-gyeom
Yim Si-wan as Han-ul
Yim Si-wan as Ahn Dae-beom
Yim Si-wan as Jang Geu-Rae
Yim Si-wan as Jang Byeong-tae
Yim Si-wan as Wang Won
Yim Si-wan as Yoon Yi-jun
Yim Si-wan as Hwang Dong-joo
Yim Si-wan as Yoon Yang-Ha / Jang Dong-Woo
Yim Si-wan as Im Si-wan
Yim Si-wan as Lee Jang-il
Yim Si-wan as Si-wan

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yim Si-wan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.1, average 2.0
  • Nostalgia
    3.0, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Korean Crime Thriller 3
  • Betrayal 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Korean Cinema 2
  • Based on True Events 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 71
Love in Disguise
Love in Disguise (2026)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Yoon Yi-jun

Mantis
Mantis (2025)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lee Han-wool / Mantis

Unlocked
Unlocked (2023)
GoodWatch score 56

as Oh Jun-yeong

Boyhood
Boyhood (2023)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Jang Byung-tae

Road to Boston
Road to Boston (2023)
GoodWatch score 74

as Seo Yoon-bok

Summer Strike
Summer Strike (2022)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Ahn Dae-beom

Tracer
Tracer (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Hwang Dong-joo

Emergency Declaration
Emergency Declaration (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ryu Jin-seok

Thirty-Nine
Thirty-Nine (2022)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Yim Si-wan

Squid Game
Squid Game (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Lee Myung-gi / Player 333

Run On
Run On (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Ki Seon-gyeom

Missing: The Other Side
Missing: The Other Side (2020)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as merry-go-round man

2010s

18 titles · average score 72
Strangers from Hell
Strangers from Hell (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Yoon Jong-woo

The King in Love
The King in Love (2017)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Wang Won

The Merciless
The Merciless (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

as Jo Hyun-su

One-Line
One-Line (2017)
GoodWatch score 63

as Min-jae

A Melody to Remember
A Melody to Remember (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

as Han Sang-yeol

Misaeng: Incomplete Life
Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Jang Geu-rae

Triangle
Triangle (2014)

TV show · as Yoon Yang-ha / Jang Dong-woo

Waiting for Love
Waiting for Love (2013)

TV show · as Jung Jin Gook

The Attorney
The Attorney (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

as Park Jin-woo

Moon Embracing the Sun
Moon Embracing the Sun (2012)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Heo Yeom (young)

Law of the Jungle
Law of the Jungle (2011)

TV show

Running Man
Running Man (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show