Born in Gangwon-do in 1911, his real name is Nam Tae-won. In 1935, he entered the film industry with a small role in director Bang Han-jun's Sprinkler. Afterwards, he appeared in Lee Gyu-hwan's A New Beginning (1939) and Kim Yu-young's Daffodil (1940). He appeared in a number of propaganda and cultural films, including Choi In-gyu's Children of the Sun (1944) and Kyung-kyun Shin's Our War (1945). After liberation, he appeared in director Lee Kyu-hwan's The Adventures of Smart (1946) and director Yoon Yong-gyu's Hometown of the Heart (1949). He defected to North Korea during the Korean War.
1961
as Do-kyun
1960
as old man Liu
1960
as old man Choi
1959
1959
as Song Yong-sik
1956
as Nam-goo Hwang
1954
1953
as Commander of the Puppet Army Division
1952
as Byeong-su Nam
1951
as Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor Party
1949
as Temple Cook
1946
1944
as Yoshiki Hiramatsu
1943
as Seki
1943
as Patriot
1942
1942
as Kiyokawa
1940