Oh Yeong-su

Film and television O often portrayed monks on-screen.

In 2021, he played Oh Il-nam in the first season of the Netflix original series Squid Game. The series, which became the most-watched show on Netflix worldwide in its first month of airing, drew newfound attention to O. In January 2022, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Television for his role in the series. He became the first Korean actor to win a Golden Globe.

In November 2021, he narrated an episode of the documentary program "."

Personal life O has a daughter who, as he lacked an agent, helped him handle the volume of calls asking him to appear in various roles following Squid Game.

In November 2021, on the first day of that year's Korean Series, O threw the first pitch.

In July 2022, O was appointed Ambassador for Korean Performance Tourism by Park Bo-gyoon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Legal issues On November 25, 2022, prosecutors in Suwon announced that O had been indicted on sexual misconduct charges relating to an incident in which he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. He was accused of various cases of sexual misconduct in which he had inappropriately hugged, made lewd comments towards, laid in the same bed with, and kissed the alleged victim across multiple incidents. Although he was charged in 2017, he was not indicted until 2022. During his trial in February 2024, the prosecution sought a one-year jail term for O, who denied the charges. A month later, he was initially found guilty and was sentenced to an eight-month suspended prison term, as well as being ordered to attend 40 hours of classes on sexual violence.

Following the initial charges and conviction, O was dropped from a film project and banned from appearing on major Korean broadcasting systems. Following an appeal, O was acquitted in November 2025, with the court citing insufficient evidence and the possibility that the alleged victim's memory of the events might have been distorted over time. O expressed gratitude to the court for its "wise judgment", while the alleged victim criticized the decision. On June 26, 2026, The Supreme Court dismissed the prosecution's appeal and upheld the lower court's ruling that acquitted the 82-year-old of sexual assault charges, according to judicial officials.

Filmography

Film

Television show

Year Title Role Notes 2021 Documentary 3 Days Narrator Documentary

Commercials "Episode 18, the relationship that grows as we stay" (; 2015) (ad for SK Telecom, with Kim Seol-hyun) South Korean government's regulatory innovation policy (넷플릭스 드라마 '오징어 게임'을 통해 '깐부 할아버지'로 널리 알려진 배우 오영수 씨가 정부의 규제혁신 정책광고 모델에 선정됐습니다)

Theatre

Accolades

Awards Award-giving body Year Category Nominee/work Result APAN Star Awards 2022 Excellence Award, Actor in an OTT Drama Squid Game Baeksang Arts Awards 1994 Best Actor (Theater) Pigojigo Pigojigo Dong-A Theatre Awards 1979 Best Actor Crime on Goat Island Gold Derby Awards Best Drama Supporting Actor Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film National Theater Association Of Korea 2000 Best Actor Abi Primetime Emmy Awards 2022 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Squid Game Seoul Theater Festival 2006 Best Actor Jangpan

State honors Country or organization Year Honor South Korea 2019 Order of Cultural Merit (Hwagwan, 5th Class)