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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.
Writer (9 Episodes) Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
The first season of the South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series Squid Game was developed for television by Korean writer and television producer Hwang Dong-hyuk. Produced by Netflix, it was released on September 17, 2021.
- Player 456 – Seong Gi Hun played by Lee Jung Jae. Seong Gi Hun is a divorced father and a gambling addict with a massive amount of debt that keeps weighing down on him and his mother whom he lives with.
- Player 218 – Cho Sang Woo played by Park Hae Soo. Cho Sang Woo is a Seoul National University alumnus who used to have a respectable job as the team leader of an investment company.
- Player 067 – Kang Sae Byeok played by Jung Ho Yeon. Kang Sae Byeok is a North Korean defector who arrived to South Korea with her brother with a plan to also bring their mother along in their new home.
- Player 001 – Oh Il Nam played by Oh Young Soo. Oh Il Nam is the game’s first and oldest player. Unlike the rest of the participants who joined in order to get rid of their burdensome debts, he had a different burden of his own: a brain tumor that is putting his life on countdown.
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...
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Squid Game: With Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Nandito Hidayattullah Putra, Yasushi Iwaki. Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games.