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- On "Squid Game," Kang Sae-byeok is played by Jung Ho-yeon, a young woman whose career in the entertainment industry began long before her star-making turn on the hit Netflix show.
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- 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.
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- Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (456) A man down on his luck, Gi-hun is a gambling addict who works as a chauffeur and lives with his elderly mother. He enters the game with the hope of making enough money to keep his 10-year-old daughter from moving to America with her mom and stepdad.
- Park Hae-soo as Cho Sang-woo (218) Sang-woo, Gi-hun's childhood friend, is a neighborhood legend for attending South Korea's top university. The investment banker later stole money from his clients and lost it in the stock market, and he needs to win the game to avoid arrest and keep his mother's house and business.
- Jung Ho-yeon as Kang Sae-byeok (067) Sae-byeok is a North Korean defector who works as a pickpocket while her younger brother lives in an orphanage. She needs enough money to get her mother out of the North, and to buy a house for her family.
- Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho. Cop Jun-ho finds a game card while searching his missing brother's apartment. He then sneaks his way into the game as a guard to take down the operation and find his brother.
- She's one of Korea's top models. Jung was born in Seoul, South Korea, in June 1994, and started modeling at age 16. In 2013, she was the runner-up on Season 4 of the reality show Korea's Next Top Model.
- Squid Game is her first-ever acting role. In an interview with W Korea, translated by NME, Jung revealed that she was at New York Fashion Week when she was asked to send in a video audition for Squid Game.
- She says that she's very similar to Kang Sae-byeok. Jung also told W Korea how she prepared for her Squid Game role, a refugee from North Korea. "I watched a lot of documentaries about North Korean defectors.
- She's good friends with Jennie from BLACKPINK. Though we don't know when they met, Jung and Jennie often support each other and share goofy selfies on social media.
- 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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Oct 4, 2021 · On "Squid Game," Kang Sae-byeok is played by Jung Ho-yeon, a young woman whose career in the entertainment industry began long before her star-making turn on the hit Netflix show.
Sep 27, 2021 · One of the most memorable characters in Netflix's Korean drama series Squid Game is North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok a.k.a. player 067, but who plays them?
