Park Ji-il (Korean: 박지일, born September 1960) is a South Korean theatre, film and television actor. He is known for his supporting roles in various TV series and films. His better known works are: 2011 TV series The Thorn Birds, 2013 thriller film The Suspect and 2017 historical drama series The Rebel. He has appeared in more than 75 TV series, theatrical plays and films including 2020 political drama film The Man Standing Next. In 2022, he appeared in TV series Artificial City and is appearing in Tracer and Thirty-Nine.
Education
Source:
- Graduated from Busan Commercial High School
- Bachelor of Accounting, Dong-A University
- Graduate, School of Drama, Chung-Ang University
Career
Park Ji-il made his theater debut in 1986 with the play Death Fugue. Since then he appeared in stage dramas Crime and Punishment and Mamma Mia among others.
Park debuted on big screen in 1995 with the film My Dear Keum-hong.
In 2021, Park was cast in The National Theater Company's play Angels in America part 1 and part 2, the representative work of American playwright Tony Kushner, Angels in America as Roy Marcus Cohn alongside his son Park Yong-woo, who plays an active role as a former drag queen.
In 2022, Park appeared in TV series Thirty-Nine as adoptive father of Cha Mi-jo, the character portrayed by Son Ye-jin.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | My Dear Keum-hong | Kim Gi-rim | ||
| 1998 | A Promise | Jang Woo-Sin | ||
| 1999 | Shiri | |||
| Nowhere to Hide | ||||
| Happy End | Bank clerk | |||
| 2000 | The Foul King | |||
| 2002 | Chi-hwa-seon | Kwak Seong-min | ||
| 2008 | Portrait of a Beauty | Sin Han-pyeong | ||
| 2013 | Commitment | Director of National Intelligence | ||
| The Suspect | Executive director Song | |||
| Way Back Home | Police officer Lee Soo | |||
| 2016 | The Net | Executive | ||
| 2017 | Ordinary Person | General manager Lee | ||
| The Fortress | Deputy Chief Scholar | |||
| Brothers in Heaven | Director Park | |||
| 2018 | Live Again, Love Again | Representative Kim | ||
| The Princess and the Matchmaker | Yoon Hyeon | |||
| 2019 | Spring Again | Ho-min's father | ||
| 2020 | OK! Madam | North Pole | ||
| The Man Standing Next | Kim Gye-hoon |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Piano | |||
| 2004 | Sweet 18 | Heyok-joon's uncle | ||
| Toji, the Land | Choi Chi-soo - Choi Cham-pan | |||
| 2006 | Goodbye Solo | Young-sook's husband | ||
| Dae Jo-yeong | Boo Ji-gwang | |||
| 2009 | Empress Cheonchu | Kim Shim-eom | ||
| Style | Lee Suk-chang | |||
| 2011 | The Thorn Birds | Choi Jong-dal | ||
| 2012 | 12 Signs of Love | Chan-sung | ||
| Love Rain | Kim Chang-mo | |||
| Ghost | Director Moon | |||
| 2013 | The Virus | Director Moon | ||
| Empire of Gold | Kang Ho-yeon | |||
| 2014 | Jeong Do-jeon | Yi Saek | ||
| Emergency Couple | Yoon Sung-gil | |||
| The Greatest Marriage | Seo Hoi-pyung | |||
| 2015 | Hogu's Love | Byeon Kang-se | ||
| The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War | Gubong Song Ik-pil | |||
| Splendid Politics | Kim Je-nam | |||
| The Scholar Who Walks the Night | Kim Sung-yeol's father | Cameo | ||
| Assembly | Oh Se-chang | Special appearance | ||
| Last | ||||
| The Village: Achiara's Secret | Park Cheon-sik | |||
| 2016 | Happy Home | Lee Seok-ho | ||
| The Royal Gambler | Lee I-myeong | |||
| Entertainer | ||||
| 2016–2017 | The Legend of the Blue Sea | Manager Nam | ||
| 2017 | Good Manager | Head of department Choi Ik-joong | ||
| The Rebel | Lee Se-jwa | |||
| Duel | Park San-young | |||
| Hospital Ship | Seol Jae-chan | |||
| Money Flower | Na Gi-chul | |||
| Live Up to Your Name | Cheongwadae | |||
| 2018 | Queen of Mystery 2 | Kang Bo-guk | ||
| Live | Han Jeong-oh's biological father | Special appearance | ||
| Partners for Justice | Pyo Yoo-sung | Season 1 | ||
| Love to the End | Yoon Sang-min | |||
| The Third Charm | Joon-young's father | |||
| Where Stars Land | Seo In-woo's father (homeless man) | |||
| 2019 | Touch Your Heart | Kwon Jae-bok | Special appearance | |
| Nokdu Flower | Song Bong-gil | |||
| 2020 | Money Game | Kim Ho-joong | ||
| The Game: Towards Zero | Nam Woo-hyeon | |||
| Forest | Jung Byung-hyuk | |||
| How to Buy a Friend | ||||
| 2020–2021 | Delayed Justice | Kim Byung-dae | ||
| 2021 | One the Woman | Han Kang-sik | ||
| 2021–2022 | Artificial City | Min Seong-sik | ||
| 2022 | Tracer | Baek Seung-ryong | ||
| Thirty-Nine | Professor Cha Yoo-hyeok | |||
| 2023 | Agency | Cho Moon-ho | ||
| Delightfully Deceitful | Shin Gi-ho | |||
| 2026 | Bloody Flower | Baek Sang-Hwa |
Theater
| Year | Title | Native title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mamma Mia | 맘마미아 | Bill | |
| 2004 | Sea and Sun | 바다와 양산 | ||
| 2005 | Little Shop of Horus | 리틀샵 오브 호러스 | Musical (Orin) | |
| 2016 | Song of Sorrow | 슬픔의 노래 | Park Woon-hyeong | |
| 2017 | Orphans | 오펀스 | Harold | |
| 2018 | Saerom Min - Christians | 민새롬 - 크리스천스 | Paul (Pastor) | |
| 2021 | Angels in America-Part One | 엔젤스 인 아메리카 | Roy Marcus Cohn | Representative work of Angels in America |
| 2022 | Angels in America-Part Two: Perestroika | 엔젤스 인 아메리카-파트 투: 페레스트로이카 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Orphans | 오펀스 | Harold |
