Park Eun-seok

Park Eun-seok (Korean: 박은석; born February 10, 1984), or Danny Park, is a South Korean actor.^[1] He is best known for his work in theatre and is also known for his breakout performance in the 2020 television drama The Penthouse: War in Life.^[2]

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Park Eun-seok
Park in February 2023
Born	Park Eun-seok (1984-02-10) February 10, 1984 (age 41) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Danny Park
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts (Department of Broadcasting & Entertainment)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Hunus Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	박은석
Hanja	朴殷碩
Revised Romanization	Bak Eun-seok
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Ŭnsŏk

Early life

Born in South Korea, Park immigrated to the US with his family at the age of 7, settling in Long Island, Huntington, New York.^[3] He returned to Korea in 2005 at the age of 21 to pursue an acting career. Being a permanent resident of the United States at the time, Park voluntarily served in the South Korean military in order to improve his Korean. He later gave up his permanent resident status after being discharged from the military.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	12 Deep Red Nights: Chapter 1	Kwang-hyeon	[4]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Athena: Goddess of War	Hyeon-soo		[5]
2012	Take Care of Us, Captain	Park Eun-seok		[6]
2015	Webtoon Hero Toondra Show	Joo Do-jin		[7]
	Noble, My Love	Woo Sang-hyeon		[8]
	The Village: Achiara's Secret	Nam Gun-woo		[9]
2016	One More Happy Ending	Bang Dong-bae		[10]
	The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop	Min Hyo-sang		[11]
2017	The Rebel	Joo Soo-hak		[12]
2018	Partners for Justice	Kang-hyun		[13]
	Voice	Go David		[14]
2019	Doctor Prisoner	Lee Jae-hwan		[15]
	Birthday Letter	Moo-jin		[16]
	KBS Drama Special: Clean and Polish	Do Tae-rang		[17]
	Partners for Justice	Kang-hyun		[18]
	Leverage	Min Young-min		[19]
2020	The Penthouse: War in Life	Gu Ho-dong / Logan Lee / Alex Lee		[20][21]
2021	Moonshine	Seong-hyeon	Cameo appearance	[22]
2024	Dare to Love Me	Lee Joon-ho		[23]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	My Little Old Boy	Special Host	Episode 230
2022	All That Pingpong!	Cast Member		[24]

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	Where are you, Eun-seok!	Host	Dumdum Studio	[25]

Music Video

Year	Artist	Song title
2021	Ailee	"Make Up Your Mind"

Stage

Concert

Concert performances

Year	Title		Role	Theater	Date	Ref.
	English	Korean
2016	Musical Talk Concert Housewarming - The Rest of the Class	뮤지컬 토크 콘서트 집들이 - 나머지 수업	Tae	TOM Theatre 2	May 30, 2016	[26]

Theater

Theater play performances of Park

Year	Title		Role	Venue	Date	Ref.
	English	Korean
2010	Rooftop House Cat	옥탑방 고양이	Lee Kyung-min	Daehakro Tintin Hall	—
2012	Rooftop House Cat	옥탑방 고양이	Lee Kyung-min	Daehakro Tintin Hall
2013	True West	트루웨스트	Austin	CJ Ajit Daehak-ro (formerly SM Art Hall)	February 21 - May 5
	It's a concert tomorrow, what should I do?	2013 마로니에여름축제 - 내일 공연인데 어떡하지!	Choreographer	Daehak-ro Arts Theatre Grand Theatre	July 20 - 27
	Hamlet	햄릿	Hamlet	Seoul Arts Centre Free Small Theatre	September 20 - October 13
	A Short Romance	쩨쩨한 로맨스	Jeong-bae	CJ Ajit Daehak-ro (formerly SM Art Hall)	September 29 - June 29
	It's a concert tomorrow, what should I do?	2013 마로니에여름축제 - 내일 공연인데 어떡하지!	Choreographer	Daehak-ro Arts Theatre Grand Theatre	October 12 - 15
	Hamlet	햄릿	Hamlet	Small Theatre Gwangya (formerly Daehak-ro Arts Theatre 3)	October 17 - November 24
2013–2014	Almost, Maine	올모스트 메인		Sangmyung Art Hall 1	November 11– January 19	[27]
2014	The History Boys	히스토리보이즈	Dakin	Doosan Art Centre Yeongang Hall	March 14 - April 20
2014	Theatre's Heated Battle 5 - The Pride	연극열전5 - 프라이드	Sylvia	Art One Theater Hall 2	August 16 – November 9	[28]
2014	Cock	수탉들의 싸움	John	Doosan Art Centre Space111	July 11 - August 3
2015	Red	레드	Ken	Chungmu Art Centre Middle Theatre Black	May 3 - 31
2015	Capone Trilogy	카포네 트릴로지	Youngman	Hongik University Daehak-ro Art Centre Small Theatre	July 14 - October 4
2015-2016	The Elephant Song	엘리펀트 송	Michael Alin	Yes 24 Stage 3	November 13 - January 31, 2016
2016	The History Boys	히스토리보이즈	Dakin	Baekam Art Hall	April 8 - May 8
2016	Closer	클로저	Dan	Yegreen Theater	September 6 to November 13, 2016	[29]
2017	Our Bad Magnet	나쁜자석	Fraser	Art One Theatre 1	March 5 - May 28
2017	The Elephant Song	엘리펀트 송	Michael Alin	Soo-hyun Theatre	September 6 - November 26, 2017	[30]
2017-2018	Blind	블라인드	Ruben	Yes 24 Stage 3	December 6 - February 4
2018	Blind	블라인드	Ruben	Ulsan Culture and Arts Centre Small Performance Hall	March 30 - 31
2018-2019	Bunker Trilogy	벙커 트릴로지	Soldier 2	Hongik University Daehangno Art Center Small Theater	December 11, 2018– February 24, 2019	[31]
2018	Never the Sinner	네버 더 시너	Rob	Yes 24 Stage 2	January 30 - April 15
	Art	아트	Marc	Uniplex 2	September 7 - November 4
2019	Another Country	어나더컨트리	Debbienish	Interpark Uniplex	May 21 - August 18, 2019	[32]
	The History Boys	히스토리보이즈	Dakin	Doosan Art Centre Yeongang Hall	September 20 - October 27, 2019	[33]
	The Legend of Georgia McBride	조지아 맥브라이드의 전설	Casey	Uniplex 2nd Theater	November 27, 2019 – February 23, 2020	[34][35]
2020	Art	아트	Marc	Baekam Art Hall	March 7 - May 31, 2020
	The History Boys	히스토리보이즈	Dakin	Doosan Art Centre Yeongang Hall	September 19 - November 8
2020-2021	Amadeus	아마데우스	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Gwanglim Art Centre BBCH Hall	November 17, 2020 - February 28, 2021
2022	Art	아트	Marc	Yes 24 Stage 1	September 17 - December 11, 2022	[36][37]
2022	The History Boys	히스토리보이즈	Dakin	Doosan Art Centre Yeongang Hall	October 1 - November 20	[38]
2023	Faust	파우스트	Faust (young)	LG Arts Center SEOUL	March 31 - April 29	[39][40]
2023	The History Boys	히스토리보이즈	Dakin	Doosan Art Centre Yeongang Hall	June 13 - August 13
2023	Café Juenes	카페 쥬에네스	Amakusa Aki	TOM Hall 2 in Daehangno	September 25 – November 26	[41][42]
2024	Art	아트	Marc	Link Art Centre Bugs Hall	February 13 - May 12, 2024	[43]

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
Stage Talk Audience's Choice Awards (SACA)[note 1]	2015	Popular Actor Award	Park Eun-sook	Won	[44]
The 12th Interpark Golden Ticket Awards[note 2]	2016	Theatrical Actor Award	The Elephant Song The History Boys Closer	Won	[45]
MBC Drama Awards	2018	Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Partners for Justice	Won
KBS Drama Awards	2019	Male Rookie Award	Doctor Prisoner Drama Special – Clean and Polish	Nominated
		Actor in One-act Drama	Drama Special – Clean and Polish	Nominated
SBS Drama Awards	2020	Best Supporting Actor	The Penthouse: War in Life	Won	[46][47]
	2021	Excellence Award for an Actor in a Mini-Series Genre/Fantasy Drama		Nominated	[48][49]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Ref.
Forbes	2022	Korea Power Celebrity	24th	[50]

Notes

1. StageTalk Audience's Choice Awards (SACA) is theater and musical award festival that decides the winner based on pure votes from fans of the performance.
2. The Golden Ticket Awards (골든티켓어워즈) is an awards ceremony that selects works and people who have shown the best ticket power by performance genre during the year. Since 2005, Interpark has held an awards ceremony by adding up ticket sales, ranking scores, and online voting for each year at the end of the year.