# Oh Dal-su

Oh Dal-su (Korean: 오달수; born 15 June 1968) is a South Korean character actor who has appeared on television, film, and stage. His acting career spans over 35 years. Oh is best known for his supporting roles in director Park Chan-wook's films, having appeared in five of Park's films: Oldboy (2003), If You Were Me (2003), Lady Vengeance (2005), I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006), and Thirst (2009).
In 2015, Oh received praise for his role in Ode to My Father (2014), for which he won a Grand Bell Award and a Blue Dragon Film Award.

## Career

Oh began his acting career in theater in Busan, and since 2001 has been the head of theater company Singiru Manhwagyeong ("Mirage and Kaleidoscope"). His rich experience on the stage, in local productions such as Ogu, later made Oh an in-demand character actor on the big screen.
Oh has starred in numerous successful films, in roles such as the owner of the organized crime-funded private jail in Oldboy (2003), a former gang boss in Mapado (2005), a weapons smuggler in A Bittersweet Life (2005), a transvestite in Foxy Festival (2010), a Chinese-Korean conman in The Thieves (2012), and a sympathetic inmate in Miracle in Cell No. 7. He also dubbed the voice of the monster in The Host (2006).
In March 2018, Oh was dropped from Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds due to sexual harassment allegations. In 2018, he withdrew from the cast of My Mister (2018) and took a two-year hiatus from acting.
In 2024, Oh starred in the second season of Squid Game (2021).

## Legal issues

In 1987, Oh was arrested and detained for three days for protesting at the June Democratic Struggle.
On 22 February 2018, Oh was accused of sexual harassment. He initially denied the accusation. On 26 February, further accusations against Oh were broadcast on JTBC Newsroom, during an interview with a woman who accused Oh of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The following day, actress Uhm Ji-young came forward in JTBC's Newsroom, saying that she was also sexually harassed by Oh in 2003. On 28 February, he apologized to the victims. In August 2019, Oh was cleared of sexual assault charges.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Bet on My Disco | 뻘줌남 | |
| 2003 | Adolescence | | Short film |
| 2003 | If You Were Me | Police officer | Segment: "Never Ending Peace and Love" |
| 2003 | Oldboy | Park Cheol-woong | |
| 2004 | The Secret of Eel-fishing | Choi Dal-bong | Short film |
| 2004 | The Last Wolf | Gold Tooth | |
| 2004 | The President's Barber | Mr. Ahn | |
| 2004 | Woman is the Future of Man | Rice cake man | |
| 2005 | How Does the Blind Dream? | | Short film |
| 2005 | Mapado | Boss | |
| 2005 | Crying Fist | Yong-dae | |
| 2005 | A Bittersweet Life | Myung-gu | |
| 2005 | Sympathy for Lady Vengeance | Mr. Chang | |
| 2006 | Forbidden Quest | Hwang-ga (copier) | |
| 2006 | A Bloody Aria | Oh-geun | |
| 2006 | The Host | Monster (voice) | |
| 2006 | Between Love and Hate | Hak-yi | |
| 2006 | Three Fellas | Na Sang-choon | |
| 2006 | Once in a Summer | Nam Gyun-soo | |
| 2006 | I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK | Shin Duk-cheon | |
| 2007 | Project Makeover | Jung-ju's father | |
| 2007 | The Show Must Go On | Hyun-soo | |
| 2007 | Driving with My Wife's Lover | Taxi driver | |
| 2008 | Baby and I | | |
| 2008 | A Tale of Legendary Libido | Kang-mok | |
| 2008 | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | Butler Park | |
| 2009 | Private Eye | Oh Young-dal | |
| 2009 | Thirst | Young-du | |
| 2009 | Dream | Lee Young-chul | TV series (SBS) |
| 2009 | Short! Short! Short! 2009: Show Me the Money | Factory owner | Segment: "Hundred Nails and a Deer Antler" |
| 2009 | Girlfriends | Voice doctor | |
| 2010 | Nice Shorts | Father (voice) | Segment: "Don't Step Out of the House" |
| 2010 | The Servant | Old man Ma | |
| 2010 | Troubleshooter | Sang-chul | |
| 2010 | Foxy Festival | Kim Gwang-rok | |
| 2010 | Late Blossom | Dal-su | |
| 2011 | Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow | Seo-pil | |
| 2011 | Head | Kim Sang-chul/Oh Byeong-seok | |
| 2011 | Hindsight | Teacher Yook | |
| 2011 | About Alcohol | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2012 | Salamander Guru and The Shadows | Seon-dal | TV sitcom (SBS) |
| 2012 | The Thieves | Andrew | |
| 2012 | R2B: Return to Base | Min Dong-pil | |
| 2012 | The Traffickers | Kyung-jae | |
| 2012 | The Ugly Duckling | Nak-man's father | |
| 2012 | Code Name: Jackal | Chief detective Ma | |
| 2012 | Mr. Vertigo | Master | Short film |
| 2013 | Miracle in Cell No. 7 | So Yang-ho | |
| 2013 | My Paparotti | Principal Deok-saeng | |
| 2013 | Mai Ratima | Man with stolen goods | |
| 2013 | The Attorney | Park Dong-ho | |
| 2014 | The Pirates | Han Sang-jil | |
| 2014 | Slow Video | Byeong-soo | |
| 2014 | Ode to My Father | Dal-gu | |
| 2015 | Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island | Seo-pil | |
| 2015 | Assassination | Old Man | |
| 2015 | Veteran | Team leader Oh | |
| 2015 | You Call It Passion | General manager Go | Cameo |
| 2016 | The Great Actor | Jang Sung-Pil | |
| 2016 | Run Off | Kang Dae-Woong | |
| 2016 | Old Days | Himself | Documentary |
| 2016 | The Tunnel | Rescue Worker | |
| 2016 | Master | Hwang Myeong-joon | |
| 2017 | Memoir of a Murderer | Byeong-man | |
| 2017 | Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds | Judge | |
| 2017 | 1987: When the Day Comes | Yi Doo-seok | |
| 2018 | Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead | Seo-pil | |
| 2020 | Best Friend | Lee Ui-sik | |
| 2021 | Yoshichal | god | Independent film |
| 2022 | I Want to Know Your Parents | Do Ji-yeol | |
| 2023 | Ungnami | Na Bok-cheon | Documentary film |
| 2023 | 4:00 PM | Jung-in | |
| 2024 | I, the Executioner | Team leader Oh | |
| TBA | Control | | |
| TBA | Boss | In-sul | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2024 | Squid Game 2 | Sea Captain Park | |

### Theater

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2005 | Art | Kyu-tae |
| | 해일 | |
| | Men's Impulse | |
| 2006 | The Tenant | |
| 2008 | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? | Martin Gray |
| 2008 | Marijuana | Yong-bo |
| 2009 | Mondays 5 p.m. | |
| 2010 | Ogu | |
| 2011 | Holding the Sun and the Moon | Elder Hwang |
| 2012 | Kisaragi Miki-chan | Kimura Takuya |
| 2012 | House of Dead / Nobel Prize for Literature Award Speech | Writer |
| 2013 | Kisaragi Miki-chan | Kimura Takuya |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2005 | 6th Busan Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Mapado | Won |
| 2006 | 27th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Forbidden Quest | Nominated |
| 2007 | 15th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Once in a Summer | Won |
| 2009 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Special | Dream | Nominated |
| 2010 | 47th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Servant | Nominated |
| 2010 | 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Servant | Nominated |
| 2013 | 49th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Film) | Miracle in Cell No. 7 | Nominated |
| 2013 | 50th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Miracle in Cell No. 7 | Nominated |
| 2013 | 21st Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in Film | Miracle in Cell No. 7 | Won |
| 2014 | 34th Golden Cinema Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Miracle in Cell No. 7 | Won |
| 2015 | 10th Max Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ode to My Father | Nominated |
| 2015 | 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actor | Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island | Nominated |
| 2015 | 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival | It Star Award | Ode to My Father | Won |
| 2015 | 24th Buil Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ode to My Father | Nominated |
| 2015 | 52nd Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ode to My Father | Won |
| 2015 | 52nd Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Assassination | Nominated |
| 2015 | 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ode to My Father | Won |
| 2015 | 2nd Korean Film Producers Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ode to My Father | Won |
| 2015 | 6th Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards | Prime Minister's Award | — | Won |
| 2016 | 7th Korean Film Reporters Association Awards (KOFRA) | Best Supporting Actor | Assassination | Won |
| 2016 | 11th Max Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Veteran | Won |
| 2016 | 21st Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Veteran | Nominated |
| 2016 | 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actor (Film) | Veteran | Nominated |
| 2016 | 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Tunnel | Nominated |
| 2016 | 53rd Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Tunnel | Nominated |

### Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement :
| Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
| Forbes | 2016 | Korea Power Celebrity 40 | 38th | |
| Forbes | 2017 | Korea Power Celebrity 40 | 34th | |