Best Actors in 40s
Best Actors in the age of forties
- Lee Dong Wook is a South Korean actor and model under King Kong by Starship Entertainment. In 2005 he enrolled in Joongbu University, majoring in media and broadcasting arts. He was awarded ...more
- Lee Joon Gi is a South Korean actor, model, and singer under the agency Namoo Actors. He completed his mandatory military service in February 2012. Joon Gi first became interested in performing ...more
- Gong Ji Chul, better known by his stage name Gong Yoo, is a South Korean actor under Management SOOP Entertainment. He graduated with a B.A. in theater degree at Kyung Hee University. ...more
- Namkoong Min is a South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter under 935 Entertainment. He debuted as an actor in the 2001 film "Bungee Jumping of Their Own" (번지점프를 하다), when he won ...more
- Ji Sung, born Kwak Tae Geun, is a South Korean actor presented by Surpass Entertainment. As his parents were both educators, it was expected of him to also enter the profession. But ...more
- Hyun Bin, born Kim Tae Pyung, is a South Korean actor born in Seoul, South Korea. His first film was "Shower" in 2002, but it was not released due to lack of ...more
- Kim Jae Wook is a South Korean model and actor under the actor's agency "Management SOOP". Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, but his family went to Japan later on. Kim ...more
- Kang Ki Young, born in Incheon, is a South Korean actor managed by Namoo Actors. He graduated from Suwon University's Department of Film and Theatre. He debuted in Heomingseu Hall with "Our ...more
- Lee Je Hoon is a South Korean actor under his one-man agency Company On. Lee was majoring in biotechnology at Korea University but dropped out to focus on acting instead. He transferred ...more
- Son Suk Ku is an actor for theatre, television and film as well as an art director and short film director. After graduating from Methodica Acting Studio for Film & Theater (transferred ...more
- So Ji Sub is a South Korean actor under 51K Entertainment. He was born in Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Incheon, South Korea. After making his debut as a ...more
- Kim Ji Hoon is a South Korean actor who began his career in 2001 as a VJ on the television variety show 'Hotline'. He made his acting debut in the 2002 television ...more
- Jung Kyung Ho is a South Korean actor under Management Allum. Jung is the son of Jung Eul Young, veteran TV director, and frequent collaborator of writer Kim Soo Hyun in hit ...more
- Zo In Sung is a South Korean actor managed by IOK Company. He is best known for his leading roles in the television series "What Happened in Bali", for which he won ...more
- Jo Jung Suk is a South Korean actor who is under his one-man agency called JS Company, formerly under JAM Entertainment. He began his career in theater, starring in "Spring Awakening", "Hedwig ...more
- Yoo Yeon Seok is a South Korean actor under King Kong by Starship. In his junior year in high school, he decided to take up acting, so he followed his brother, who ...more
- Kim Nam Gil is a South Korean actor, producer, singer, and philanthropist. Kim is also the founder and CEO of a non-profit organization Gilstory that focuses on preserving cultural heritage, promoting arts ...more
- Park Hae Jin is a South Korean actor, singer, and model. He was exempted from military service in 2004 due to his struggles with depression and social phobia. He won the 2020 ...more
- Ju Ji Hoon is a South Korean actor managed by H& Entertainment. His first leading role was in the 2006 television series "Princess Hours". Ju debuted as a model, in advertisements for ...more
- Jang Hyuk is a South Korean actor and was under SidusHQ Entertainment for 26 years before he left the agency in March 2023. As a child, Jang Hyuk spent most of his ...more
- Oh Jung Se is a South Korean actor and a stage actor under Prain TPC. Oh began his career in theater and has since appeared in many onscreen supporting roles over the ...more
- Uhm Tae Goo is a South Korean actor who made his acting debut in 2007. He graduated from the Film Department of Konkuk University in Seoul. He has been a supporting actor ...more
- Song Seung Hun, born in Seoul, South Korea, is a South Korean model, singer and actor. Song started his career as a model in 1995, modelling for the jeans brand STORM, and ...more
- Sung Hoon is an actor born in Nam-gu, Daegu, South Korea. He received his formal education at Yong In University as a Social Physical Education major. He was an Olympic competitive swimmer ...more
- Lee Sang Yeob is a South Korean actor under the management of UNGBIN Entertainment. He is the only grandson of the former Dongguk Jaekang Chairman, Kim Jong Jin. Sang Yeob made his ...more
- Koo Kyo Hwan is a South Korean actor, costume designer, editor, producer, director, and screenwriter born in Seoul, South Korea. He is managed as an actor by Namoo Actors. He graduated from ...more
- Kim Dong Wook is a South Korean actor under KeyEast (키이스트). After getting his start in student short films and several minor parts, Kim became a star through his supporting role in ...more
- Shin Sung Rok is a South Korean actor managed by Sangyoung Entertainment. He was previously under HB Entertainment until September 2021 when his contract expired. He frequently appears in films and television ...more
- Yoon Kye Sang is a South Korean actor and singer under Just Entertainment. He began his career in 1999 as part of the K-pop boy band g.o.d, then left the group in ...more
- Lee Jin Wook is a South Korean actor under BH Entertainment. He initially studied Environmental Engineering at Cheongju University but left to pursue a career in acting, debuting in 2003 as a ...more
- Yoo Teo is a Korean actor and director born and raised in Cologne, Germany. He began acting when studying at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, NY at the age of ...more
- Jung Sung Il is a South Korean actor under KeyEast Entertainment.
- Park Hae Soo is a South Korean actor managed by BH Entertainment. On July 29, 2022, it was announced that he had additionally signed with the U.S. agency, United Talent Agency (UTA). ...more
- Jung Ji Hoon, better known by his stage name Rain, is a South Korean singer, actor, songwriter, dancer, model, producer, and designer under Sublime Artist Agency. Rain's musical career includes seven albums ...more
- Yeon Woo Jin, born Kim Bong Hoe, is a South Korean actor under Jump Entertainment. He enlisted in the army when he was 20. He started in the entertainment industry as a ...more
- Yang Kyung Won is a South Korean actor and model under High Zium Studio.
- Gao Wei Guang (English name: Vengo), born in Jixi, Heilongjiang Province, Mishan, is a Chinese actor. Gao debuted as a model after winning 3rd place in New Silk Road Model Look competition ...more
- Choi Won Young (born Choi Seong Wook) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in Sex Is Zero, Choi has appeared in both film and television. But his most ...more
- Yoo Ji Tae is a South Korean model, actor, film director and screenwriter under BH Entertainment. He became well known nationally early in his career by managing to secure roles in a ...more
- Cho Seung Woo is a South Korean actor and musical star under Goodman Story Entertainment. When Seung Woo was a student of Dankook University, he was persuaded to join auditions for "Chunhyang" ...more
- Jerry Yan is a Taiwanese singer, actor, and former model born in Taoyuan, Taiwan. He attended Dingxi Elementary School, Xiehe Senior Vocational School, and Yongping Senior High School, all located in the ...more
- Wallace Huo is a Taiwanese actor born in Taipei, Taiwan. His family is originally from the Shandong province in Mainland China. Since childhood he loved singing and was eager to become a ...more
- Jin Goo is a South Korean actor represented by Varo Entertainment. He made his television debut in the 2003 gambling series "All In", as the younger version of the protagonist. He won ...more
- Hu Ge (English name: Hugh) is a Chinese actor and singer. While studying at the Shanghai Theater Academy, he was invited to play the leading role in the 2005 television series "Chinese ...more
- Go Soo is an actor. He made his acting debut in a soft drink TV advertisement wherein he waits for his girlfriend in a curfew. On April 25, 2008, Soo was discharged ...more
- Lee Si Eon is a South Korean actor born in Busan, South Korea. He attended the Seoul Institute of the Arts, where he studied Broadcasting and Entertainment. He made his drama series ...more
- Cha Tae Hyun is a South Korean actor, director, and singer. He started his acting career in a 1995 KBS television drama. He appeared in his first movie, "Hallelujah", in 1997, also ...more
- Kim Rae Won is a South Korean actor. He initially wanted to become a professional basketball player, but when an injured ankle tendon ended that childhood dream, he turned to acting and ...more
- Wang Kai is a Chinese actor born in Wuhan in Hubei Province. Although he wanted to become an actor after performing Thunderstorm in school, his father wanted him to do sports while ...more
- Lee Kyu Hyung is a South Korean musical performer and actor. He studied in the Theater Department at Seoul’s Dongguk University and made his movie debut in “Kick the Moon” (2001). (Source: ...more
- Ryu Soo Young is a South Korean actor and model. He made his first appearance on television as a college student on a cooking show in 1998, then starred in the controversial ...more
- Lee Joon Hyuk is a South Korean actor managed under ACE Factory. Lee made his entertainment debut in 2006 by appearing in a music video by the hip hop band Typhoon. He ...more
- Lee Dong Gun is a South Korean actor and a singer under FNC Entertainment. He released his first music album in 1998, followed by his first acting role in the 1999 television ...more
- Kim Mu Yeol is a South Korean actor. Following a successful career in musical theatre, Kim was first cast in minor parts on film and television. But after getting good reviews in ...more
- Park Byung Eun is a South Korean actor. He made his debut in 2000 with a minor role in the TV series “Mr. Duke”. In 2008, he had his first major role ...more
- Feng Wei, better known by his stage name Feng Shao Feng, is a Chinese actor. He is currently an artist under the management of Huayi Brothers. Feng graduated from the Shanghai Theater ...more
- Kim Sung Kyun is a South Korean actor. Kim began his career in theatre, then made his screen debut as a gangster boss's faithful henchman in Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, ...more
- Go Jun, born in Seoul, is a South Korean actor under Saram Entertainment who made his acting debut in the 2001 movie “Wanee and Junah", later going on to make his TV ...more
- Lee Ki Woo is a South Korean actor. He enlisted for his mandatory military service on November 9, 2009, at the Armed Forces Seoul Hospital and was discharged on September 1, 2011. ...more
- Won Bin is a South Korean actor. He first gained wide popularity in 2000 after starring in the KBS's television series Autumn in My Heart. One of the most selective actors in ...more
- Lee Jung Jin was born in Seoul and is a South Korean actor and model. He graduated from the Department of Drama and Film at Hanyang University and has participated in film ...more
- Jo Jin Woong, born Jo Won Joon, is a South Korean actor under Saram Entertainment (사람엔터테인먼트). He married his longtime non-celebrity girlfriend on November 9, 2013. (Source: MyDramaList)
- Kim Ji Suk is a South Korean rapper who debuted in 2001 as a member of the five-member Eurodance boyband, LEO, which was formed to capitalize on the success of the then-popular ...more
- Luo Jin is a Chinese actor born in Tonggu, Yichun, Jiangxi. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2006. In 2007, Luo starred in the film Fujian Blue (2007) which won the ...more
- Chinese actor and singer. Tong is best known for starring in the TV series 'Jade Guan-yin, Struggle' and the film 'Lost in Beijing'. In 2004, Tong won the Favorite Actor award of ...more
- Park Eun Seok is a Korean actor and model who born in South Korea but immigrated to the U.S. with his family at the age of 7. He took an acting class ...more
- Lee Hee Joon is a South Korean actor. He studied at Yeungnam University in the chemical engineering department and the Korea National University of Arts in the theater department. He dated actress ...more
- Zhang Han (English name: Hans) is a Chinese actor, singer, host and producer. Born in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, he graduated in 2007 from the Acting Department of Central Academy of Drama and ...more
- Lee Sun Kyun was a South Korean actor under HODU&U Entertainment. In 2001, he debuted in the musical The Rocky Horror Show. Relegated to supporting roles for many years, he finally achieved ...more
- Jin Dong is a Chinese actor known for his work in television dramas. Born on December 22, 1976 in Ji'nan, he made his acting debut in the 2004 drama “Shao Nian Da ...more
- Nat Sakdatorn is a Thai singer-songwriter, actor, writer and the winner of the 4th season of the reality talent show True Visions' Academy Fantasia. (Source: Wikipedia)
- Joo Sang Wook is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the generational saga "Giant", crime procedural "Special Affairs Team TEN", romantic comedy "Cunning Single Lady", and ...more
- Wang Ce, formerly known as Wang Zhi Gang, is a Chinese fencer, actor, and model born in Chongqing. In 1988, he entered the Sichuan Provincial Sports School to practice fencing and later ...more
- Yuan Wen Kang is a Chinese actor who graduated from the Shanghai Film Academy. He first garnered recognition for his acting in 2007, when his performance in Assembly and earned him a ...more
- Issei Takahashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. Takahashi was born as the eldest son and, since his mother had married three times, he has four ...more
- Matsumoto Jun is a Japanese singer, actor, and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for his portrayal as ...more
- Lee Sang Yoon is a South Korean actor, variety star, and model. Growing up in Yeoido, Seoul, he was scouted on the streets for his good looks and charming personality, appearing in ...more
- Go Ayano is a Japanese actor born in Gifu, Japan. Ayano was featured in several minor roles beginning in 2005. In 2009, he appeared in Takashi Miike's "Crows Zero 2". He then ...more
- Ren Jia Lun (Born: Ren Guo Chao, English name: Allen) is a Chinese actor born in Qingdao, Shandong, China. He was a professional table tennis player, who trained alongside Zhou Yu and ...more
- Edward Zhang, an actor and director, was born in Beijing and graduated from the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama at Level 99 and has a Master of Arts degree ...more
- Vic Chou, a Taiwanese singer and actor, gained prominence as a member of the idol group F4. He was born in Luodong, Yilan, Taiwan, with ancestral ties to the Atayal tribe, an ...more
- Bae Soo Bin is a South Korean actor for film and stage. Bae attended the Beijing Film School and made his television debut in 2002 on the WW II drama "The Proof ...more
- Ma Tian Yu, also known as Ray Ma, is a Chinese mando-pop singer and actor. He is of the Muslim Hui ethnic minority in China and graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. ...more
- Kaneshiro Takeshi is a Japanese-Taiwanese actor and singer. Kaneshiro's mother is Taiwanese and his father is Ryukyuan from Okinawa, Japan. He was born and raised in Taipei but holds Japanese citizenship as ...more
- Kim Jae Joong is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and director. He is best known as a member of the Korean pop group JYJ and was one of the original members ...more
- Nie Yuan is a Chinese actor born in Zhenyuan, Guizhou, China. Currently residing in Beijing, he is signed under Huanyu Film and Television. In 2000, he graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy ...more
- Tian Yu is a Chinese actor, born in Beijing and graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. Due to his growing up in the old Beijing Hutong and exposure to the Beijing ...more
- Wu Chun, real name Goh Kiat Chun, was born in Brunei of Chinese descent. He was discovered when he traveled to Taiwan and was asked to become a main character (despite his ...more
- Qin Hao is a Chinese actor. He is known for starring in the 2009 film Spring Fever and the 2020 television series The Bad Kids. Qin landed his first lead role in ...more
- Zhang Yu, formerly known as Zhang Xin, was born in Guizhou Province on September 25, 1982. He is a film and television actor in China and graduated from Art College of Guizhou ...more
- Chen Kun sometimes credited as Aloys Chen, is a Chinese actor, singer and writer. He gained recognition from television dramas Love Story in Shanghai (2000) and The Story of a Noble Family ...more
- Nicky Wu is a Taiwanese singer and actor born in Xinzhuang, Taipei, Taiwan, with ancestral roots in Fujian. He debuted in 1988 as a member of the idol group "Little Tigers" and ...more
- Zhou Yi Wei is a Chinese actor born in Xiangxi, Hunan, China. He graduated from the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy. In 2017 Zhou married actress Zhu Dan. The same year ...more
- Mark Chao is a Taiwanese actor and the second son of actor Chao Shu Hai. He attended elementary school in Canada and worked at Ming's Restaurant in Victoria. Mark Chao graduated from ...more
- Joseph Chang is a Taiwanese actor. He is best known for his role in the critically acclaimed 2006 Taiwanese film Eternal Summer, which earned him two Golden Horse Awards nominations for Best ...more
- Elvis Han is a Chinese actor. He attended high school in Vancouver, Canada, from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, Han was cast to star in the web film "Vancouver Rock and Roll". ...more