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Squid Game (TV Series 2021–2025) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Lee Jung-jae plays Seong Gi-hun. Who is Seong Gi-hun? Seong Gi-hun is a divorced gambling addict whose financial woes are getting in the way of gaining custody of his daughter.
- Park Hae-soo plays Cho Sang-woo. Who is Cho Sang-woo? Cho Sang-woo grew up poor alongside Seong Gi-hun. A gifted student, Cho Sang-woo eventually graduates from Seoul National University and becomes the head of an investment team.
- HoYeon Jung plays Kang Sae-byeok. Who is Kang Sae-byeok? A North Korean defector, the resourceful Kang Sae-byeok joins the game in a bid to secure the money she needs to get the rest of her family out of North Korea and help her little brother, who is in an orphanage in Seoul.
- Anupam Tripathi plays Abdul Ali. Who is Abdul Ali? He is a migrant worker hailing from Pakistan who loses several fingers during an accident in the factory where he works.
- Seong Gi-Hun (Jung-Jae Lee): Player 456
- Cho Sang-Woo (Hae-Soo Park): Player 218
- Kang Sae-Byeok (Hoyeon Jung): Player 067
- OH Il-Nam (Yeong-Su OH): Player 001
- Jang Deok-Su (Heo Sung-Tae): Player 101
- Abdul Ali (Anupam Tripathi): Player 199
- Han Mi-Nyeo (Joo-Ryeong Kim): Player 212
- Hwang Jun-Ho
- The Front Man
- The Recruiter
Highly addicted to gambling, Gi-hun has accumulated a lot of debt, owes money to mobsters, and thinks he’s one game away from winning big bucks to pay his way out. He lives with his mother and only gets to see his 10-year-old daughter every once in a while. Everything changes when he is challenged at the subway to play a simple game and ends up inv...
Incredibly intelligent, Cho Sang-woo is the pride of his mother, who talks about her son every chance she gets. She thinks he’s away at college, but in truth, Sang-woo went into hiding after he abused his position as head of investments at a security company to steal money from clients. The police are also after him. Hae-soo Park has been on some N...
An incredibly skilled pickpocket and very resourceful player, Kang Sae-byeok ran away from the dictatorship of North Korea along with her family, but not everyone made it to South Korea alive. On top of that, the remaining members were separated, and she had to fend for herself while trying to bring everyone together. Runner-up to Korea`s Next Top ...
In the large group of players whose ages range between the 20s and 40s, Oh Il-nam stands out as the eldest: he’s approaching the end of his life and was recently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor that has caused some dementia episodes. However, Il-nam decides to enter the game as his last adventure and shows he has one or two tricks up his sle...
A psychopath gangster who entered the game to settle his own debts. He forms and breaks alliances as needed, and believes it's every person for themselves in the competition. He also doesn’t care if he can pass every round by cheating, as long as he stays alive. Heo Sung-tae decided to go into acting a little over a decade ago, at age 35, and he be...
A Pakistani man living in Korea, Abdul Ali wants to be able to provide for his family after a long stretch of receiving no income whatsoever. Despite living through many episodes of prejudice, he chooses not to be bitter and is one of the most trustworthy players in the game. Anupam Tripathiwas born in New Delhi and moved to South Korea on a schola...
A woman who has learned to quickly adapt in order to survive, Mi-nyeo quickly learns the ins and outs of the Squid Gameand realizes that if she is careful and pays close attention to the environment around her, she can get away with pretty much anything. Her game style is to keep enemies as close as possible. Joo-ryeong Kim had a small role in one ...
A police officer whose attention is sparked when a person reveals they've been in a deadly game. He then decides to investigate and discovers this was the game in which his missing brother participated long ago. He infiltrates the island where the Squid Gamehappens and starts to discover some of its secrets. Wi Ha-Joon has been in several Korean TV...
The masked figure who orchestrates the Squid Game and makes sure everything goes according to plan. He has authority over the minions and ultimately decides who lives and who dies inside the perimeter of the island. Lee Byung-hun is a prominent Korean star and recording artist who has also found success in Hollywood: he played Storm Shadow in G.I. ...
A salesman who was selected to approach people deep in debt and offer them large sums of money to play a simple game. Every round he wins, he’s allowed to slap the opponent, and if he loses, he gives money to the other player. After this initial mini-game, he then invites the players to the Squid Game. Gong Yoo became internationally known after he...
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Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임; RR: Ojing-eo Geim) is a South Korean survival drama series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. The first season of the series features an ensemble cast including Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Jung Ho-yeon, Wi Ha-joon, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung.
This page lists all the cast members in the Netflix series Squid Game. *Numbers in parentheses indicate the character's assigned number in the Squid Game. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (456), a...
Apr 11, 2023 · Here's a guide to the Squid Game cast and what else the actors have taken part in. Netflix's explosive series is backed by a stellar cast of South Korean actors, each well-suited to play their respective characters.
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