Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year

Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year (Korean: 한국갤럽 올해를 빛낸 영화배우 1위) and Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year (Korean: 한국갤럽 올해를 빛낸 탤런트 1위) are annually selected through a year-end public survey conducted across South Korea by Gallup Korea. It was first conducted in 2005 and only respondents above the age of 13 are interviewed.^[1][2]

List of recipients

2010s

Year	Film actor	Vote %	Television actor	Vote %	Ref.
2010	Won Bin	30.7%	Go Hyun-jung	29.5%	[3][4]
2011		11.3%	Hyun Bin	9.2%	[5][6]
2012	Lee Byung-hun	37.6%	Song Joong-ki	18.2%	[7][8]
2013	Song Kang-ho	22.5%	Lee Bo-young	11.0%	[1][9]
2014	Choi Min-sik	42.3%	Kim Soo-hyun	19.6%	[10][11]
2015	Yoo Ah-in	26.9%	Hwang Jung-eum	14.4%	[12][13]
2016	Hwang Jung-min	21.2%	Park Bo-gum	35.2%	[14][15]
2017	Song Kang-ho	35.0%	Song Joong-ki	17.9%	[16][2]
2018	Ma Dong-seok	19.9%	Lee Byung-hun	12.9%	[17][18]
2019	Song Kang-ho	29.8%	Gong Hyo-jin	12.4%	[19][20]

2020s

Year	Film actor	Vote %	Television actor	Vote %	Ref.
2020	Song Kang-ho	27.8%	Kim Hee-ae	9.4%	[21][22]
2021	Lee Jung-jae	39.7%	Kim Seon-ho	7.8%	[23][24]
2022		34.4%	Park Eun-bin	13.6%	[25][26]
2023	Ma Dong-seok	18.0%	Namkoong Min	20.2%	[27][28]

Gallery

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  Won Bin, (2010–11, Film)
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  Go Hyun-jung, (2010, Television)
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  Lee Byung-hun (2012, Film and 2018, Television)
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  Song Joong-ki (2012 and 2017, Television)
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  Song Kang-ho (2013, 2017, and 2019–20 Film)
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  Lee Bo-young (2013, Television)
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  Choi Min-sik (2014, Film)
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  Kim Soo-hyun (2014, Television)
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  Yoo Ah-in (2015, Film)
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  Hwang Jung-eum (2015, Television)
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  Hwang Jung-min (2016, Film)
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  Park Bo-gum (2016, Television)
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  Ma Dong-seok (2018 and 2023, Film)
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  Gong Hyo-jin (2019, Television)
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  Kim Seon-ho (2021, Television)
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  Lee Jung-jae (2021–22, Film)

See also

• Gallup Korea's Singer of the Year
• Gallup Korea's Song of the Year

References

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5. Im, Mi-na (December 22, 2011). '올해의 영화배우'에 원빈..2년 연속 1위 [Won Bin won 1st place in 'Film Actor of the Year' for 2 consecutive year]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved June 12, 2021.
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16. Kim, Gye-yeon (December 13, 2017). 송강호, '올해를 빛낸 영화배우' 1위[갤럽] [Song Kang-ho, 'Film Actor of the Year' 1st place [Gallup]]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved June 12, 2021.
17. Nam, Yoo-jung (December 12, 2018). 마동석, 하정우·이병헌 누르고 '올해 빛낸 영화배우' 1위 [Ma Dong-seok beats Ha Jung-woo and Lee Byung-hun to win 1st place in 'Film actor of the Year']. Busan Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Naver.
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19. Jo, Yeon-kyung (December 17, 2019). 송강호, 2019년 빛낸 영화배우 1위…마동석 2위·공유 3위 [Song Kang-ho, the best actor in 2019... Ma Dong-seok 2nd place, Gong Yoo 3rd place]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved June 12, 2021.
20. Moon, Ji-yeon (December 17, 2019). '동백꽃 필 무렵' 공효진X강하늘, 올해를 빛낸 탤런트 나란히 정상 ['When the Camellia Blooms' Gong Hyo-jin and Kang Ha-neul, the talents who shined this year, side by side]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved June 12, 2021.
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25. "Movie stars who shined the year in 2022 - including trends over the past 16 years". Gallup. December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
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27. "Movie actors who shone this year in 2023 - including trends over the past 17 years". Gallup. December 18, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
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External links

• Gallup Korea