Byun Hee-bong

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.9122

Gender

Male

Birthday

08-Jun-1942

Age

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Jangseong, South Jeolla, South Korea

Also Known As
  • 변희봉
  • HeeBong Byeon
  • Byeon Hui-bong
  • Byeon Hie-bong
  • 边希峰

Byun Hee-bong

Biography

Byun Hee-bong (Korean: 변희봉; born Byun In-chul; June 8, 1942 – September 18, 2023) was a Korean actor, known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Bong Joon-ho.


Credits

Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 2 Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 2 (2003) Character: N/A
In order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Korean Film Academy, 20 of the academy's former students (who are respected director's today) were invited to shoot an omnibus movie consisting of 20 short films. Overall this work was very well received by the critiques at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival. The films include Twenty, Secrets and Lies, Looking for Sex, Race, A Runners High, Neighborhood, My Baby, It's different On Mobile Queen, At 2 O'clock and Sink & Rise.
서식지 서식지 (2018) Character: Old laborer
After sudden unification, the Korean peninsula is struggling with economic chaos. An old laborer, Chan-ki, receives a new high-tech telephone from his son in China and goes to seek help from his neighbor, as he does not know how to use it.
업 업 (1988) Character: N/A
Governor Heo, worried over the plague that's sweeping the country, rebukes the Kus who make amulets to ward off evil. Heo castrates the husband when he makes superstitious claims and takes the wife as his mistress. Heo continues to be tormented by hallucinations and nightmares and begins to blame it on the Kus' curse. He kills the couple at their reunion and unable to ward off his bad karma, dies from leprosy.
여선생 VS 여제자 여선생 VS 여제자 (2004) Character: Mr. Principal
A teacher and her student compete for the affection of a handsome man.
내시 내시 (1986) Character: Park
Jeong-ho is castrated by an ambitious minister for loving above his station. The minister also happens to be the father of Ja-ok, the girl Jeong-ho loved. He sends his daughter to the king as a concubine in a bid to gain favor, but the king sees through his motives and the instead forces Ja-ok into the position of a lowly kitchen maid. Jeong-ho sole hope in life is to save his former lover.
Making Memories of Murder Making Memories of Murder (2005) Character: Self
Made in 2004, this extensive documentary chronicles the production and release of Memories of Murder.
(속)여자가 밤을 두려워 하랴 (속)여자가 밤을 두려워 하랴 (1986) Character: Deok Sa Gong
A man is paid to seduce the wife of a powerful stockbroker but realizes that he is being set up for a murder charge.
간첩 간첩 (2012) Character: Advisor Yoon
Kim, a North Korean spy, lives in South Korea for 22 years and is contacted unexpectedly by his superior. His team plans to complete an earlier mission and steal the target's large stockpile of cash.
안녕! 유에프오 안녕! 유에프오 (2004) Character: Real estate agent
In a town where everyone believes in UFOs, a bus driver named Sam lives out his daydreams by making special radio programs for the passengers who ride his bus. A heartwarming story of a physically challenged but outgoing girl named Kate who falls in love with this timid but lovable bus driver.
양자물리학 양자물리학 (2019) Character: Don Baek
An advocate of the concept ‘thoughts create reality’, Chan-woo endeavors to realize his dream of running a high-end nightclub when he finds himself caught in the center of a power game in the criminal underworld.
국화꽃 향기 국화꽃 향기 (2003) Character: Bookstore Owner
In-ha and Hee-jae were together in college and meet again after years. Their love is being tested when Hee-jae finds out she is ill.
미스터 고 미스터 고 (2013) Character: Wei-wei's Grandfather
A 15-year-old circus ringmaster Wei-wei is left all alone with gorilla Ling-ling after grandfather passes away. Thanks to her grandfather's love for baseball, Ling-ling was trained to play baseball and has developed remarkable hitting skills.
살인의 추억 살인의 추억 (2003) Character: Sergeant Koo Hee-bong
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
초능력자 초능력자 (2010) Character: Jung-sik
Cho-in has special powers that allow him to control everyone he can see, that is until he meets Kyu-nam, the only person he can't control. A series of events begins a confrontation that pushes both men to the brink.
우리는 지금 제네바로 간다 우리는 지금 제네바로 간다 (1988) Character: N/A
A mildly tragic story of how the Vietnam war has bad and good ramifications on the characters lives.
더 게임 더 게임 (2008) Character: Kang No-sik
Struggling artist Min Hee-do is offered three billion won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik, who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. Hee-do loses the bet, and after a month long brain operation, he wakes up to find that they have swapped bodies.
플란다스의 개 플란다스의 개 (2000) Character: Janitor
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
화산고 화산고 (2001) Character: Jang Hak-sa
Kim is expelled from his eighth school and finds himself at Volcano High where students fight to possess a treasured ancient document. Kim, who must resist from using his Chi, is caught in the middle.
펜트하우스 코끼리 펜트하우스 코끼리 (2009) Character: Zoo official
Friends since childhood, three young professionals struggle with their compulsions—schizophrenia, sex addiction, and infidelity.
선생 김봉두 선생 김봉두 (2003) Character: Old Choi
A teacher attempts to lure his handful of students in a small, rural school to Seoul so that he can move on to a better school. His efforts backfire however, and his school becomes one of the highest ranked in the nation.
이장과 군수 이장과 군수 (2007) Character: Baek
Cho Chun-sam and Noh Dae-gyu, now both in their thirties, are old friends who went to the same elementary school. In their school days, Chun-sam was always the ambitious class president, while Dae-gyu had to settle for a role as vice president. Twenty years later their roles are reversed: Chun-sam is now a humble farmer who has assumed the post of village chief in his hometown, while Dae-gyu is the newly elected county magistrate. At first, Chun-sam asks his old friend for favours regarding the development of his village, but these requests are turned down. Later, when Dae-gyu proposes building a nuclear waste disposal facility in the county, Chun-sam leads demonstrations against the plan, turning old friends into bitter rivals.
킹콩을 들다 킹콩을 들다 (2009) Character: School Superintendent
Lee Ji-Bong is a former Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out flyers until he is visited by his former coach who insists he begin a career as a coach at a high school. There, he forms a weight-lifting team comprised of a rag-tag group of outcasts.
나는 왕이로소이다 나는 왕이로소이다 (2012) Character: Shin Ik-yeok
The movie depicts the three months before Choong-nyung (the future Sejong the Great) becomes king. The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, which follows the history of the Joseon Dynasty between 1413 and 1865, leaves out records of this crucial period. While future generations would come to know him as King Sejong, the legendary figure who created the Korean alphabet and advanced the country’s scientific research and law, Prince Choong-nyung was originally dismissed as a reclusive bookworm. When his older brothers Yangnyeong and Hyoryeong fail to impress their father King Taejong, the king makes a royal command for Choong-nyung to become the next ruler of the kingdom instead.
불어라 봄바람 불어라 봄바람 (2003) Character: Writer Noh
The cheapest and the stingiest! A man, who has never spent a dime on a date... A man, who prefers to double up on layers of thermals in the winter, instead of turning on the heater... A man, who insists on using his beeper in this 21st Century, a.k.a. The Age of Mobile Phones, to save his phone bill... He is the cheapest man alive! He's the infamous stingy writer, Seon-guk! As he wrestles with his unfinished (and very delayed) manuscript, an unexpected woman moves into his house. "I'm a respected man! I cannot live with a vulgar woman like her!"
괴물 괴물 (2006) Character: Park Hie-bong
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
씨내리 씨내리 (1992) Character: Lord Kim
Kang-pal is filled with grief and anger when his father dies a tragic death after being falsely accused, but the very people who sacrificed his father now seek to kill Kang-pal as well.
공필두 공필두 (2006) Character: Pil-du's dad
Gong Pil-du is a detective recruited for his athletic skills and achievement, a bronze Universiade medalist in wrestling. Since then, however, he has had little success in his career, and remains a 40-year old bachelor with a terrible credit record. His greatest crisis comes when his beloved father needs money for crucial surgery. To get the money, Gong makes a deal with a vicious crime boss. This makes him more miserable than ever, as he is now suspected as a corrupt cop. Gong goes on a quest to prove his innocence. Will he be successful for once in his life?
적과의 동침 적과의 동침 (2011) Character: Village elder
In June 1950, soon after the start of the Korean War, a troop of North Korean soldiers enter a small South Korean village. Captain Jeong-woong proclaims that they came to liberate the villagers but their true agenda is to ferret out the reactionaries. The villagers and Seol-hee, who is separated from her fiance on her wedding day, offer them heartfelt hospitality and cooperation to avoid falling out of the army's favor. Eventually friendships starts to build up between the soldiers and the villagers.
공공의 적 2 공공의 적 2 (2005) Character: Ahn Hyo-joon
A criminal psychopath from a wealthy family is confronted with Chul-jung Kang, a former classmate who no longer likes his activities.
싱크 앤 라이즈 싱크 앤 라이즈 (2004) Character: Hee-bong
Under the Sungsan Bridge, in a waterside stand by the Han River, a poor and tired-looking father and daughter, Jae-mun, and In-seon, are arguing the generation gap over whether to buy boiled eggs or instant crackers. The stand owner Hee-bong hears Jae-mun suddenly declare that boiled eggs float.
잘 살아보세 잘 살아보세 (2006) Character: Mr. Kang
In 1971 birth control was a major policy drive of the Korean government. Nevertheless, one poor farming village went against the trend, boasting the highest fertility rate in the country. This peaceful Yongdu Village receives an unwelcome visitor, the national family planning officer Hyun-joo, to oversee the villagers nocturnal pleasures. However as a single lady with little experience of her own, Hyun-joo finds it nearly impossible persuade the residents to use contraception. She finally appoints the village head Suk-gu as the local support officer and thus begins the “0% Birth Rate Project.” Appointing him brings more turmoil to the villagers and when the President comes to inspect…
주먹이 운다 주먹이 운다 (2005) Character: Coach Park
Tae-sik, a troubled middle aged man and Sang-hwan, a troubled youth will meet in the ring with their respective mission. To change their life.
Okja Okja (2017) Character: Hee-bong
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
시실리 2km 시실리 2km (2004) Character: Old Man Byun
Seok-tae runs away with a huge diamond of his gang and comes to Sisily, a peaceful village. Yang-e runs after him to get the diamond back and finds Seok-tae's trail in Sisily. But all the town people lie about everything. These people turn out to be scarier than a ghost!



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