Portrait of Son Byung-ho

Acting

Son Byung-ho

Career

Active from 1998 to 2026, busiest in 2004 and 2019 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Oasis
Oasis
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Son Byung-ho Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.4, average 3.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0
  • Futuristic
    0.4, average 0.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Korean Cinema 5
  • Redemption Arc 4
  • Korean Historical Drama 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Police Procedural 2
  • Underdog Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

94
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

21 titles ยท average score 71
Positively Yours
Positively Yours (2026)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Kang Chan-gil

The Judge Returns
The Judge Returns (2026)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace (2025)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Kim Bong-in

King the Land
King the Land (2023)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Gu Il-hun

Moving
Moving (2023)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Chief of Security Department

Miss Fortune
Miss Fortune (2023)

as Park Ki-hyung

House of Lies
House of Lies (2022)

TV show ยท as Song Hyeong-sik

Don't Go Too Far
Don't Go Too Far (2021)

as Jeong Heon-cheol

The Hypnosis
The Hypnosis (2021)
GoodWatch score 56

as Professor Choi

H.U.S.H.
H.U.S.H. (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Na Sung-won

The Good Detective
The Good Detective (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Kim Gi-tae

Night in Paradise
Night in Paradise (2020)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mr. Doh

2010s

45 titles ยท average score 70
Queen: Love and War
Queen: Love and War (2019)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Kim Man Chan

Welcome 2 Life
Welcome 2 Life (2019)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Jang Do-Sik

The Great Show
The Great Show (2019)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Kang Kyung-Hoon

Grand Prince
Grand Prince (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Prince Yangan

Jang Yeong Sil
Jang Yeong Sil (2016)

TV show ยท as Ha Yeon

Empire of Lust
Empire of Lust (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

as King Taejo

Assembly
Assembly (2015)

TV show ยท as Bae Dal-soo

Red Family
Red Family (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

as Cho Myung-sik

The Birth of a Family
The Birth of a Family (2012)

TV show ยท as Lee Kyung-tae

I Am a Father
I Am a Father (2011)
GoodWatch score 63

as Na Sang-man

Miss Staff Sergeant
Miss Staff Sergeant (2010)

as Sergeant Kang Cheol-in

Running Man
Running Man (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show

2000s

26 titles ยท average score 64
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
GoodWatch score 75

as Seo Jae-sik

Robber
Robber (2008)

TV show ยท as Kim Ho-Jin

Going by the Book
Going by the Book (2007)
GoodWatch score 77

as Lee Seung-woo

Running Wild
Running Wild (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

as Yoo Kang-jin

Vampire Cop Ricky
Vampire Cop Ricky (2006)
GoodWatch score 46

as Tak Mun-su

R-Point
R-Point (2004)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sergeant Jin Chang-rok

The President's Barber
The President's Barber (2004)
GoodWatch score 69

as Jang Heok-su

Spider Forest
Spider Forest (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kim Cheol-ju

Mokpo the Harbor
Mokpo the Harbor (2004)

as Du-ho

Oasis
Oasis (2002)
GoodWatch score 82

as Han Sang-shik

Failan
Failan (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

as Yong-sik

Indian Summer
Indian Summer (2001)

as Seong Jong-hoon

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 41
Phantom: The Submarine
Phantom: The Submarine (1999)
GoodWatch score 41

as 562

The Picnic
The Picnic (1998)

as Father