Known For
Acting
Born
May 28, 1953
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
74 titles
Moon Sung-keun
Biography
Moon Sung-keun (Korean: 문성근; born May 28, 1953) is a South Korean actor and politician. He has won three Blue Dragon Film Awards, two Baeksang Arts Awards, and two Chunsa Film Art Awards for Best Actor. Moon was born in Tokyo, Japan. His father was Rev. Moon Ik-hwan, who fought for democracy alongside Kim Dae-jung under the military regime led by Park Chung Hee in 1970s, and was a well-known pro-unification activist. After graduation from Sogang University with a bachelor's degree in International Business, Moon worked as a salaryman for eight years. In 1985, he began acting in theater, and became a key figure in the beginning of the renaissance of Daehangno stage plays in the mid-1980s, playing the leading role in such mega-hits as Chilsu and Mansu and Till the End of Time. Moon made his film debut in 1990 with Black Republic directed by Park Kwang-su. During his acting career, Moon has won Best Actor award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards thrice, Baeksang Arts Awards twice, Chunsa Film Art Awards twice, and other accolades. Moon started his political activities in 2009, becoming the Democratic United Party's temporary chairman in 2012. Since then, he has mostly made special appearances in movies. In 2017, Moon and a group of South Korean artists filed complaints against two former presidents, Lee Myung-bak, Park Geun-hye, and other six senior officials, asking for a prosecution investigation over the allegation of an "artist blacklist." Moon is a frequent collaborator of director Lee Chang-dong. He has starred in four of Lee's films, including critically acclaimed Burning (2018).
Known For
Filmography
Ms. Incognito
Ga Seong-ho
Virus
Professor Seong
Project Silence
Byeong-hak
Connection
Won Chang-ho
Let's be Together
Self
Marry My Husband
Yoo Han-il
Lee Chang-dong: The Art of Irony
Self
Moving
Min Yong-jun
Insider
Do Won Bong [Seongju Prison inmate]
Blooming over the line
Self
존경하고 사랑하는 국민여러분
Self
Dr. Brain
Dr. Myung
The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim
Kyung Pil
Nobody Knows
Hwang In-bum
Black Money
Kang Ki-chun
The Cross of North Gando
Narrator
Vagabond
Hong Sun-jo
Roh Moo-hyun and the Fools
Self
Encounter
Congressman Cha Jong-hyeon
Life
Kim Tae-Sang
Burning
Lawyer
1987: When the Day Comes
Jang Se-dong
Forgotten
Jin-seok's Father / Mr. Park
Distorted
Koo Tae-Won
Our President
Self
The Tooth and the Nail
Yun Young-hwan
On the Beach at Night Alone
Sangwon
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
Jung Ji-yong
Memories of the Sword
Lee Eui-myeong
Spotlight
Self
Sea Fog
Wan-ho
A Girl at My Door
Chief Nam Kyeong-dae
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
CEO Jeon
National Security
President Yoon
In Another Country
Moonsoo
Unbowed
Shin Jae-yeol
Oki's Movie
Professor Song
A Little Pond
Mr. Moon
Lost in the Mountains
Jeon Sang-ok
A Brand New Life
Doctor
If You Were Me 4
Vice Principal (segment "Relay")
Missing
Pan-gon
Princess Ja Myung
King Daemusin
신의 길 인간의 길
Public Enemy Returns
Tae-san
Crime
Soo
Gu Yang-Won
Puzzle
Hwan
Woman on the Beach
CEO Jeong (voice)
Hanbando
Kwon Yong-hwan