All information about Oh Yeong-su (Oil man? Oil Nam in Squid Game)

Even before the 2000s, he was not well known by the public because he was mainly focused on theatrical activities, and although he had briefly appeared on the screen or in a drama, he mainly appeared in a minor role or a supporting role. Among movie fans , Kim Ki- duk 's movie Spring Summer Autumn Winter and Spring was imprinted with the role of Noh Seung in 2003, and in the drama, he showed an impressive performance as Daesa Wolcheon in Queen Seon -deok in 2009. 

In 2021, he appeared in Netflix 's original drama Squid Game and took on the role of Oil Nam, showing strong acting skills and making a big impression on the public. He became the first Korean to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2022. 

"For the first time in my life, I said to myself, 'I'm a good guy.' Now it's not 'we in the world', it's 'the world in us'. Thank you all around the world."

Oh Yeong-su


real name
Oh Se-gang
birth
October 19, 1944 (age 77)
Gaepung- gun , Gyeonggi -do during the Japanese colonial period (Currently Gaepung District , Kaesong , North Korea )
family clan
Haeju Oh
residence
Wirye New Town , Sujeong-gu, Seongnam -si Gyeonggi- do
nationality
South Korea flag
 
Republic of Korea
job
Actor
Brothers and sisters
3rd out of 4 boys and 1 girl
family
wifedaughter
religion
paganism
body
175cm, type B
debut
1963 Theater Troupe Square member
Award
Awarded the Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit

  

Lifetime

Born on October 19, 1944, the third of four sons and one daughter. He was originally from a family of decorations in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, and was quite wealthy, but after his father was murdered by the Korean People's Army during the Korean War , he had a difficult childhood.

He made his debut in 1967 when he was in his early 20s as a member of the Square Troupe. And on the screen, he made his debut with the movie Gaet VillageAfter that, he was active in the theater company Constellation, Women, and Freedom, and from 1987 to 2010, he worked as a member of the National Theater Company for a long time.


She said that before joining the National Theater Company, it was difficult for her to make a living with only acting as a theater actress, so she briefly worked as a voice actress for EBS . It is said that she later joined the National Theater Company, where she could receive a stable salary, in order to get permission from her mother-in-law, who was against her marriage. Although he is an older actor with a strong bone in the theater industry, he is less active in movies and dramas.


After entering an old age, he was an actor with limited public recognition despite his long career. Thanks to his unique impression, he usually appeared as a monk on screens or CRTs, and in particular, Queen Seondeok 's Wolcheon Daesa role received attention thanks to the drama's high popularity. However, since he was such a non-mainstream actor and his appearance matched the monk, quite a few viewers mistakenly thought that he had hired a real monk, not an actor, to act. After working quietly like that, he appeared as Yoo Nam in the hit Squid Game,

which hit Netflix in the second half of 2021 And after being nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama category at the Golden Globe Awards, one of the major awards in the American film and TV field, for his squid game, he won the Best Supporting Actor award . The Golden Globe Acting Award is as meaningful as Yoon Yeo-jeong , who won the Oscar for her role as Minari , in that it is the first in Korea .
The Golden Globe Award itself is suffering from measles due to the HFPA's allegations of corruption and racial/sex discrimination. The reporter informed me over the phone, so I knew that I had been awarded a prize . Instead, he revealed his acceptance speech in an interview with the press, saying, “For the first time in my life, I want to tell myself that I am a good guy . ”

Appearance works

movie

year of release
title
casting
1965
Gaet Village
1965
Go Tae-hyuk Village
1968
volcanic house
1986
get on the elevator
1987
Flowers bloom even on windy days
1998
exorcism
no bride
2003
shared
Governor
spring summer fall winter and spring
noh monk
2015
invite
rigidity

drama

airing year
broadcaster
title
casting
activity
1981
MBC logo 1980
1st Republic
military prosecutor
bit
1983
KBS 1TV logo 1984
comrade
war correspondent
1984
MBC logo 1981 2
Seoljungmae, 500 years of the Joseon Dynasty
Im Won-jun
supporting
1986
MBC logo 1986
an actress who went north
Naung
bit
Hoecheonmun Gate, 500 Years of the Joseon Dynasty
Yoon Seon-do
1988
KBS 1TV logo 1984
warm southern country
Kuno Juji
MBC logo 1986
Bestseller Theater Episode 226
The Fairy of Shampoo
Choi Sang-hoon
supporting
Country diary
old man with legs
bit
1989
KBS 1TV logo 1984
Illuminated
under the light
1989
MBC logo 1986
angel's choice
number of days
supporting
1990
Detective Kim Detective Kang
spring
1995
KBS 1TV logo 1984
Kim Goo
Huh Jung
bit
2004
MBC logo 1986
Best Theater Episode 577
My Brother Lives at Shaolin Temple
Mr. North
2006
KBS 1TV logo 1984
HDTV Literary Hall Altar of the Moon
grandfather
supporting
2006
SBS logo
Yeon Gaesomun
wrestling
2009
MBC logo 2005
Iljimae is back
yeolgong monk
Queen Seondeok
Wolcheon Ambassador
2012
MBC logo
Mushin
ambassador
KBS 2TV logo 1984
Drama Special
Fire Gate (不二門)
old man
Main actor
2021
netflix logo
squid game
oil man

theater

  • Dodge and Dodge (1994)
  • A Woman Without a Coma (1996)
  • Tae (1997)
  • Defend and Defend (2001)
  • Julius Caesar (2002)
  • Desire of the Shade of the Elm (2008)
  • I love you (2010)
  • King Lear (2010)
  • Snow in March (2011)
  • The scandalous gang (2011)
  • Confessions for a Black Whore (2011)
  • I love you (2011)
  • Treasure (2012)
  • Snow in March (2012)
  • Lee Soo-il and Shim Soon-ae 100th Anniversary Performance (2013)
  • The Tempest (2014)
  • Richard II (2014)
  • Problematic Human Computation (2015)
  • Father and Son (2015)
  • That Woman Is Crazy (2016)
  • Two Heroes (2016)
  • Jangpan (2016)
  • Discomfort (2016)
  • How Cheon Deok-gu lives (2017)
  • King Lear (2017)
  • Snow in March (2018)
  • Last Session (2022)

entertainment

airing year
broadcaster
title
note
2021
MBC logo
What do you do when you play?
guest appearance

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2008 LG Electronics advertisement " Cyan Wine "
SK Telecom advertisement in 2015 "Let's be weird"

Award

award year
awards
sector
Work
1979
17th Dong-A Theater Award
male acting award
Baekyang Island's Desire
1994
The 30th Baeksang Arts Awards
Best Actor in a Theater Division
Defend and Defend
2000
Korea Theater Association
acting award
International Theater Festival
Best Actor Award
2016
The 37th Seoul Theater Festival
acting award
veneer
2019
Culture and Arts Development Merit Wreath Cultural Medal
2022
79th Golden Globe Awards
TV Category Best Supporting Actor
squid game