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Heo Dong-won

허동원
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Heo Dong-won is a South Korean character actor signed to Ace Factory, famous for unforgettable small roles in Squid Game, The Glory and Unmasked.

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South Korean actor Heo Dong-won, known for Squid Game and The Glory
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THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR FAVOURITE STORIES ✦ AN OXFEA PROFILE
01 / A closer look

Beyond the screen.

Heo Dong-won is a South Korean character actor famous for small roles nobody forgets, from Squid Game to The Glory. On Oxfea, he plays Lee Sang-mok in Unmasked (2025).

He is 183 cm tall, weighs 73 kg, and is signed to Ace Factory.

Early life

Born on June 9, 1980, in Busan, he began as a stage actor before moving into film and television in the 2010s.

Career and breakthrough

Squid Game (2021) changed his world: he played a masked worker and Player 028, reaching millions of new viewers overnight.

Popular roles

In The Glory (2022), he played Teacher Chu, and he was also Shin Il-su in Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) and Heo Je-hun in The Uncanny Counter (2020).

Recent work and why fans love them

Unmasked (2025) gives him a bigger part, and he also appears in Take Charge of My Heart (2026).

02 / The journey

A career, chapter by chapter.

Selected drama roles

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  • Unmasked — Comedy · Crime · Mystery · Drama
03 / Their screen stories

Stories to find them in.

Selected credits in the Oxfea collection.

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