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Moon Sung-keun
Tokyo, Japan
Moon Sung-keun (Korean: 문성근; born May 28, 1953) is a South Korean actor and politician. He has won three Blue Dragon Film Awards, two Baeksang Arts Awards, and two Chunsa Film Art…
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Moon Sung-keun (Korean: 문성근; born May 28, 1953) is a South Korean actor and politician. He has won three Blue Dragon Film Awards, two Baeksang Arts Awards, and two Chunsa Film Art Awards for Best Actor. Moon was born in Tokyo, Japan. His father was Rev. Moon Ik-hwan, who fought for democracy alongside Kim Dae-jung under the military regime led by Park Chung Hee in 1970s, and was a well-known pro-unification activist. After graduation from Sogang University with a bachelor's degree in International Business, Moon worked as a salaryman for eight years. In 1985, he began acting in theater, and became a key figure in the beginning of the renaissance of Daehangno stage plays in the mid-1980s, playing the leading role in such mega-hits as Chilsu and Mansu and Till the End of Time. Moon made his film debut in 1990 with Black Republic directed by Park Kwang-su. During his acting career, Moon has won Best Actor award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards thrice, Baeksang Arts Awards twice, Chunsa Film Art Awards twice, and other accolades. Moon started his political activities in 2009, becoming the Democratic United Party's temporary chairman in 2012. Since then, he has mostly made special appearances in movies. In 2017, Moon and a group of South Korean artists filed complaints against two former presidents, Lee Myung-bak, Park Geun-hye, and other six senior officials, asking for a prosecution investigation over the allegation of an "artist blacklist." Moon is a frequent collaborator of director Lee Chang-dong. He has starred in four of Lee's films, including critically acclaimed Burning (2018).
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2025
Ms. Incognito
TV show Ga Seong-ho
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2025
Virus
Movie Professor Seong
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2024
Project Silence
Movie Byeong-hak
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2024
Connection
TV show Won Chang-ho
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2024
Let's be Together
Movie Self
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2024
Marry My Husband
TV show Yoo Han-il
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2023
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
Movie Self
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2023
Moving
TV show Min Yong-jun
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2022
Insider
TV show Do Won Bong [Seongju Prison inmate]
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2022
Blooming over the line
Movie Self
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2022
존경하고 사랑하는 국민여러분
Movie Self
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2021
Dr. Brain
TV show Dr. Myung
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2021
The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim
TV show Kyung Pil
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2020
Nobody Knows
TV show Hwang In-bum
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2019
Black Money
Movie Kang Ki-chun
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2019
The Cross of North Gando
Movie Narrator
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2019
Vagabond
TV show Hong Sun-jo
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2019
Roh Moo-hyun and the Fools
Movie Self
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2018
Encounter
TV show Congressman Cha Jong-hyeon
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2018
Life
TV show Kim Tae-Sang
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2018
Burning
Movie Lawyer
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2017
1987: When the Day Comes
Movie Jang Se-dong
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2017
Forgotten
Movie Jin-seok's Father / Mr. Park
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2017
Distorted
TV show Koo Tae-Won
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2017
Our President
Movie Self
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2017
The Tooth and the Nail
Movie Yun Young-hwan
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2017
On the Beach at Night Alone
Movie Sangwon
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2016
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
Movie Jung Ji-yong
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2015
Memories of the Sword
Movie Lee Eui-myeong
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2015
Spotlight
TV show Self
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2014
Sea Fog
Movie Wan-ho
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2014
A Girl at My Door
Movie Chief Nam Kyeong-dae
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2013
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Movie CEO Jeon
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2012
National Security
Movie President Yoon
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2012
In Another Country
Movie Moonsoo
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2011
Unbowed
Movie Shin Jae-yeol
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2010
Oki's Movie
Movie Professor Song
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2010
A Little Pond
Movie Mr. Moon
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2009
Lost in the Mountains
Movie Jeon Sang-ok
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2009
어떤 방문
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