
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.
movieVillage at the Demarcation Line
1961 · Do-kyun
movieA woman's story
1960 · old man Liu
movieRed Flare
1960 · old man Choi
movieLove the Future
1959
movie애국자
1959 · Song Yong-sik
The Road of Happiness
1956 · Nam-goo Hwang
movieThe Miss of Guerrillas
1954
movieScouts
1953 · Commander of the Puppet Army Division
movieDefenders of the native land
1952 · Byeong-su Nam
movieTeen Guerrillas
1951 · Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor Party
movieA Hometown in Heart
1949 · Temple Cook
movieThe Adventure of Ttolttori
1946
movieDear Soldier
1944 · Yoshiki Hiramatsu
movieStraits of Chosun
1943 · Seki
movieLook Up at the Blue Sky
1943 · Patriot
I Will Go
1942
Rural Life
1942 · Kiyokawa
movieNarcissus
1940