Park Ho-san

Park Ho-san is a South Korean actor who spent more than twenty years on the theatre stage before television discovered him. He became famous almost overnight with Prison Playbook (2017) and My Mister (2018). He is known for playing rough, funny men with soft hearts, and his deep voice makes every role easy to remember.

Park Ho-san is 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 70 kg, according to his published profile.

Early life

Park Ho-san was born Park Jeong-hwan on October 18, 1972, in South Korea. He studied theatre and film at Chung-Ang University and joined the famous Yeonwoo Stage theatre company in 1993. For many years he acted in plays and musicals, including In the Heights and Frozen, while screen roles stayed small and rare.

Career and breakthrough

His breakthrough came at the age of forty-five. In Prison Playbook (2017), he played Kang Chul-doo, a loud prisoner nicknamed Munrae-dong KAIST, and viewers loved his comedy and warmth. The next year, My Mister made him a star: as Park Sang-hoon, a middle-aged man who has failed in business but never stops loving his family, he broke hearts across Korea.

Popular roles

In My Mister (2018), Park Ho-san's Sang-hoon is the eldest of three brothers, proud, jobless and deeply kind. In The Penthouse (2020), he plays Yoo Dong-pil, a father pulled into the rich world's dirty games. In True Beauty (2020), he plays Lim Jae-pil, and in Twinkling Watermelon (2023) he plays Choi Hyun, showing his easy move between comedy, family drama and suspense.

Recent work and why fans love him

He continues to work across stage and screen, including The Remarried Empress (2026). Fans love Park Ho-san because his success story feels like hope: decades of quiet theatre work turned into late, deserved fame. He acts with his whole body and heart, and even his villains and fools feel fully human and real.