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Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임) is a South Korean survival thriller horror television series created, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. Its cast for the first season includes Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung.
- 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.
Sep 15, 2022 · Actors Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Jung Ho-yeon, Oh Young-soo and Lee You-mi were all the first native Korean actors to be nominated in their respective categories. As executive producers, Hwang and Kim Ji-yeon became the smallest producing team to be nominated for a drama series since Murder She Wrote in 1987.
Oct 4, 2021 · 1. Lee Jung-jae (Seong Gi-hun) is also a restauranteur. Jung-jae, 48, plays a gambler in the Game, but he started out his career in South Korea as a fashion model. In 1999 he won the Best...
- 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.
Nov 18, 2021 · For fans who've torn through the series and become attached to the talented cast, here's everything we know about the characters and actors of Squid Game. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (456)...
Squid Game (TV Series 2021–2025) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
