Park Chul-min (Korean: 박철민; born January 18, 1967) is a South Korean actor.[1]
Career
Park Chul-min began acting in his high school drama club at Chosun University High School, and though he majored in Business Administration at Chung-Ang University, he spent majority of his college years in theater circles. After graduating in 1988, Park joined the professional theater troupe Hyunjang (현장), and for 5 to 6 years he appeared in plays on Daehakro such as A Story of Old Thieves (늘근도둑 이야기) and Kim Cheol-sik of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 김철식).
After several years of doing bit parts onscreen, Park gained attention in 2004 for his roles in the film Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise and the period drama Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin. Since then, he has become one of the most prolific supporting actors in Korean cinema,[2] most often cast in physical, comic performances in films such as Gwangju massacre drama May 18 (2007), romantic comedy Cyrano Agency (2010), monster movie Sector 7 (2011), and comedy satire Almost Che (2012).[3][4]
In 2014, Park starred in his first major leading role in Another Promise (formerly titled Another Family), the first 100%-crowdfunded Korean film based on the real-life story of Hwang Sang-ki, a Gangwon Province-based cab driver and his legal battle to win compensation for his daughter Yu-mi's death from leukemia in 2007 at age 23, which he believes was contracted when she worked for four years at a Samsung semiconductor factory. Despite little media attention on the case, the Seoul High Court ruled in Hwang's favor in 2011; the ruling was the first case in which an individual won a suit against a Korean conglomerate.[5][6][7][8]
^Kim Ji-won (October 21, 2021). "[공식] 장동윤 목소리 연기 '태일이', 12월 1일 개봉" [[Official] Jang Dong-yoon's voice acting 'Tae-il', released on December 1st] (in Korean). Ten Asia. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Naver.
^Jung Hye-yeon (April 9, 2022). "'어게인 마이 라이프' 이준기, 한국대 법학과 입학..정상훈X김지은 만났다[종합]" [Again My Life' Lee Joon-gi enters the Department of Law at Hankuk University... Met Jeong Sang-hoon X Kim Ji-eun [General]]. Herald POP (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Naver.
^Shin Young-eun (April 26, 2022). "'살인자의 쇼핑목록' 이광수·김설현, 20년 커플 최대 위기 봉착" ['A Murderer's Shopping List' Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Seol-hyun face the biggest crisis in their 20-year relationship] (in Korean). Star Today, Maeil Business News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022 – via Naver.
^Choi Hee-jae (August 12, 2022). "박민영X고경표X김재영, 로코 케미 어떨까...대본리딩 현장 (월수금화목토)" [Park Min-young X Go Kyung-pyo X Kim Jae-young, how about roco chemistry... Script reading site (Love in Contract)] (in Korean). X-ports News. Archived from the original on July 6, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via Naver.
^"등장인물소개" [Introduction of characters]. JTBC (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
^Yoo, Jeong-min (March 6, 2024). MBC '용감무쌍 용수정' 박철민→김용림, 베테랑 배우 총출동 '긴장UP' [MBC 'The Brave Yong Soo-jung' Park Chul-min → Kim Yong-rim, veteran actors all show up, 'tension goes up'] (in Korean). MBC Entertainment News. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Naver.
