Acting
Shin Seong-il
Born 1937-05-08
Daegu, Korea
Department: Acting
Biography
Shin Seong-il was a Korean actor (1937-2018). Born in occupied Korea, as Kang Shin-yeong, he attended Geonguk University, majoring in Korean Literature. He made his film debut in director Shin Sang-ok's Romance Papa in 1960 and appeared in more than 500 movies. He won several awards for best actor or best supporting actor for films such as Private Tutor (1963) and Moonlight Hunter (1987). In 1979, he became the chairman of the Korean Actors League and held the position for several consecutive terms. After a long career as an actor and having directed and even produced, Shin Sung-il retired from the film industry in favour of pursuing a career in politics. He was elected to the National Assembly.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Shin Seong-il
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A Year-End Medley
2021
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Typhoon
2005
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Door to the Night
2013
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General's Son 3
1992
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A Day Off
1968
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Vanished
1994
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Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
1974
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Gilsodom
1986
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The Eunuch
1968
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Festival
1996
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (155 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Year-End Medley | Yong-jin's Father | Movie | 2021 |
 | Door to the Night | Jong-Sub | Movie | 2013 |
 | Typhoon | President | Movie | 2005 |
 | Festival | Hae Kwang | Movie | 1996 |
 | My Old Sweetheart | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1995 |
| My Father the Bodyguard | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1995 | |
 | Vanished | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Scent of Acacias in Your Arms | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1993 |
 | Hong Do | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | Misty | Presenter | Movie | 1992 |
 | General's Son 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | Beyond the Mountain | Jin-Gong | Movie | 1991 |
| Beyond the Mountain | Producer | Movie | 1991 |
 | Who Saw The Dragon's Claws? | Kim Eui Chang | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Woman Who Walks on Water | Producer | Movie | 1990 |
 | Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist | Investigator Lee | Movie | 1990 |
 | A Sketch of a Rainy Day | Yang-boo | Movie | 1990 |
 | Korean Connection | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Sand Castle | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 |
 | America, America | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | Gam-dong | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | A Forest Where a Woman Breathes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | 대물 | 성민 | Movie | 1988 |
 | Holy Night | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | A Woman on the Verge | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Ring of Hell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Lethe's Love Song | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Moonlight Hunter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Dancing daughter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | Gilsodom | Kim Dong-jin | Movie | 1986 |
 | Woman Requiem | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Oldest Son | Lee Tae-yeong | Movie | 1984 |
 | A White Feathered Gull | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Chrysanthemum and the Clown | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
 | Free Woman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
| I Loved | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Temptation | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
 | Come Down to a Lower Place | Ahn Shin-sam | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Whereabouts of Eve | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
 | Ban Geum-ryeon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | A Man Who Died Daily | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
| She is Something | Hyeon-woo | Movie | 1980 | |
 | The Man of the Past | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 |
| One Night at a Strange Place | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 | |
 | The Rose That Swallowed Thorn | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | Under an Umbrella | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | An Affair with Peanuts | Do-il | Movie | 1979 |
| City Hunter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 | |
 | Love's Condition | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | Heavenly Homecoming of Stars Part II | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Miss Yang's Adventure | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
| Hedgehog of the Third Dock | 살모사(정호) | Movie | 1977 | |
 | Winter Woman | Heo Min | Movie | 1977 |
 | Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Night Journey | Park Dae-ri | Movie | 1977 |
 | Tomorrow is Ours | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Blood Relations | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Ascetic | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Yes, Goodbye for Today | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | My Hometown | Min Jun-tae | Movie | 1976 |
 | You Become a Star, Too | Sang-gyu | Movie | 1975 |
 | Bird of Paradise | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | 이조 상노비사 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Wildflowers on the Battleground | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Farewell 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | A Seagull's Dream | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Heavenly Homecoming to Stars | Moon-ho | Movie | 1974 |
| Lost Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 | |
 | Farewell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Big Chase | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Five Hostesses for the Resistance | Un-il | Movie | 1973 |
 | Tto Sun Yi, a college girl | Shin Yong | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Three-Day Reign | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Gate of Woman | Hyo-jin | Movie | 1972 |
 | One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave | Min-su | Movie | 1972 |
 | A Second Mother | Dong-o | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Midnight Sun | 박 | Movie | 1971 |
 | Two Sons | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
| Is Your Husband Like This Too? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 | |
 | The Story of Chunhyang | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | 내일의 팔도강산 3편 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | 잊을 수가 있을까 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Mi-ae | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Rebirth | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Eunuch 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | A Barren Woman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Temporary Government in Shanghai | Shin il | Movie | 1969 |
 | Until That Day | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Confess of Woman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | 조용히 살고 싶어 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Empty Heart | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Starting Point | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Woman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Correspondent in Tokyo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Eunuch | Jung-ho | Movie | 1968 |
 | A Day Off | Heo-wook | Movie | 1968 |
| Herb of Desire | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 | |
 | The Wings of Lee Sang | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Vega | 남편 | Movie | 1968 |
 | Living in the Sky | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Rising in the World | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | The General's Mustache | Kim Chul-hoon | Movie | 1968 |
 | A Young Zelkova | Hyungyu | Movie | 1968 |
 | Desire | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
| Legends | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 | |
 | Chorus of Trees | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin | King Sukjong | Movie | 1968 |
 | United Front | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
| Deep in My Heart | Lee Sang-hyun | Movie | 1967 | |
 | Sound of Magpies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Mist | Yun Gi-jun | Movie | 1967 |
| Why a Cuckoo Cries | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 | |
 | Stroller | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Starting Point | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | The White Crow | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
| A Misty Grassland | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 | |
 | The Three Hen-pecked Generations | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | A Full Danger | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Special Agent X-7 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Full Autumn | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Gunsmoke | Jin-woo | Movie | 1966 |
 | I Am a King | Choi Yeong-cheol | Movie | 1966 |
 | A Coral Door | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Dangerous Youth | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | A Student Boarder | Park In-seok / Kang Min-gu | Movie | 1966 |
 | Green Rain | Cheol | Movie | 1966 |
 | A Hero without a Serial Number | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Yeraishang | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Horse-year Bride | Kim Geun-ho | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Woman Coming in Fall | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Wind, Please Tell Me | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | An Empty Dream | The male patient | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Field Glow with the Setting Sun | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Heir | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Great Sokgulam Cave Temple | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Korean Instrument with 12 Strings | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Lost Sun | Seo Sang-cheol | Movie | 1964 |
 | My Mind Is Like a Lake | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Continental Spy | Wang-seong | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Beautiful Maid | Nam Jeong-hak | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Result of the Ambition | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Barefooted Young | Jo Doo-soo | Movie | 1964 |
 | Betrayal | Seong-Hoon | Movie | 1964 |
 | Kinship | Geo-buk | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Classroom of Youth | Park Chan-sik | Movie | 1963 |
 | For My Husband | Crown Prince Sado | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Daughters of Kim's Pharmacy | Lee Tae-yoon | Movie | 1963 |
 | Private Tutor | Jeon Yeong-gil | Movie | 1963 |
 | Tyrant Yeonsan | Prince Jin-seong | Movie | 1962 |
 | Prince Yeonsan | Prince Jin-seong | Movie | 1961 |
 | Under the Sky in Seoul | Yeong-gil | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Evergreen | Won-jae | Movie | 1961 |
 | Madam White Snake | Seon Heo | Movie | 1960 |
 | To the Last Day | Park Sang-sa | Movie | 1960 |
 | Romance Papa | Barun | Movie | 1960 |