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Yang Dong-geun

양동근
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Yang Dong-geun (양동근) is a South Korean actor best known as Park Yong-sik, Player 007, in Squid Game (2021). He is signed to Polaris Entertainment.

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South Korean actor Yang Dong-geun, star of Squid Game
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THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR FAVOURITE STORIES ✦ AN OXFEA PROFILE
01 / A closer look

Beyond the screen.

Yang Dong-geun (양동근) is a South Korean actor best known as Park Yong-sik, Player 007, in Squid Game (2021). He is signed to Polaris Entertainment. He started acting in 1986.

Early life

Yang Dong-geun was born on June 1, 1979, in Seoul, South Korea. He started acting as a child and grew up on screen.

Career and breakthrough

Yang Dong-geun played Park Yong-sik, Player 007, in Squid Game (2021). Squid Game is an action and adventure, mystery, and drama series from 2021. In the show, he plays Park Yong-sik, a player in the story. It is his best-known drama on Oxfea. You can explore the drama, its cast, and its story on Oxfea.

02 / The journey

A career, chapter by chapter.

Selected drama roles

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  • Squid Game — Action & Adventure · Mystery · Drama
03 / Their screen stories

Stories to find them in.

Selected credits in the Oxfea collection.

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