Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year
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Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year (Korean: 한국갤럽 올해를 빛낸 영화배우) and Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year (한국갤럽 올해를 빛낸 탤런트) are annually selected through a year-end public survey conducted across South Korea by Gallup Korea. The survey, first conducted in 2005, includes respondents who are South Koreans aged 13 and older. This survey is distinct from the Gallup Korea's Favorite Actor, which measures long-term public preference and is released only every five years.
Song Kang-ho has been selected as Film Actor of the Year five times (2008, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020) and has placed within the top 10 a total of 17 times. Lee Byung-hun has ranked first three times in the film category (2009, 2012, 2025) and once in the television category (2018). Ma Dong-seok has ranked first in the film category thrice (2018, 2023, 2024). Among actresses, Go Hyun-jung has led the Television Actor of the Year poll twice (2009, 2010). Actors Song Joong-ki (2012, 2017) and Park Bo-gum (2016, 2025) have each topped the Television Actor of the Year poll twice as well. In 2016, Park was the youngest actor to achieve a first-place ranking in the survey at age 23 and later became the first actor to top the poll for a streaming project in 2025.
2007
Survey period: December 5–16, 2005[1][2][3][4]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Jang Dong-gun | 20.4 | Choi Jin-sil | 18.2 |
| 2nd | Lee Young-ae | 17.5 | Kim Sun-ah | 10.3 |
| 3rd | Jeon Do-yeon | 6.2 | Lee Young-ae | 6.2 |
| 4th | Hwang Jung-min | 11.5 | Jeon Do-yeon | 5.2 |
| 5th | Bae Yong-joon | 9.4 | Jeong Ji-hoon | 4.2 |
| 6th | Cho Seung-woo | 5.9 | Son Hyun-joo | 4.0 |
| 7th | Ahn Sung-ki | 4.8 | Bae Yong-joon | 3.5 |
| 8th | Kang Hye-jung | 4.1 | Go Doo-shim | 3.2 |
| 9th | Choi Min-sik | 3.6 | Han Hye-jin | 3.1 |
| 10th | Won Bin | 2.8 | Hyun Bin | 3.1 |
Survey period: December 5–16, 2007[5][6]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Jeon Do-yeon | 49.7 | Choi Soo-jong | 23.3 |
| 2nd | Song Kang-ho | 16.5 | Bae Yong-joon | 18.8 |
| 3rd | Bae Yong-joon | 6.4 | Song Il-gook | 18.1 |
| 4th | Ahn Sung-ki | 6.4 | Lee Seo-jin | 3.5 |
| 5th | Sol Kyung-gu | 5.0 | Kim Tae-hee | 2.8 |
2008
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Survey period: November 19 – December 4, 2008[7][8]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Song Kang-ho | 13.1 | Kim Myung-min | 15.6 |
| 2nd | Son Ye-jin | 11.3 | Song Seung-heon | 10.6 |
| 3rd | Kim Hye-soo | 7.4 | Moon Geun-young | 9.8 |
| 4th | Jang Dong-gun | 7.3 | Song Il-gook | 8.8 |
| 5th | Jeon Do-yeon | 7.3 | Choi Jin-sil | 8.1 |
| 6th | Jung Woo-sung | 6.1 | Kim Hye-ja | 6.6 |
| 7th | Ha Jung-woo | 5.4 | Lee Soon-jae | 5.3 |
| 8th | Moon Geun-young | 4.7 | Jang Hyuk | 5.2 |
| 9th | Ahn Sung-ki | 4.6 | Jang Mi-hee | 3.9 |
| 10th | Lee Byung-hun | 4.4 | Han Ye-seul | 4.2 |
Demographic Leaders: Kim Myung-min (20s–40s), Choi Jin-sil (50+).
2009
Survey period: November 12-30, 2009[5][9]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Lee Byung-hun | 20.1 | Go Hyun-jung | 38.4 |
| 2nd | Jang Dong-gun | 17.9 | Lee Byung-hun | 20.5 |
| 3rd | Sol Kyung-gu | 17.5 | Kim Tae-hee | 16.3 |
| 4th | Ha Ji-won | 14.3 | Lee Yo-won | 8.4 |
| 5th | Jeong Ji-hoon | 8.3 | Kim Hye-soo | 4.1 |
| 6th | N/a | Choi Bool-am | 3.7 | |
| 7th | Lee Soon-jae | 3.6 | ||
| 8th | Kim Nam-joo | 2.9 | ||
| 9th | Lee Seung-gi | 2.6 | ||
| 10th | Jang Keun-suk | 2.5 | ||
2010
Survey period: November 17 – December 7, 2010[10][11][12][13]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Won Bin | 30.7 | Go Hyun-jung | 29.5 |
| 2nd | Jang Dong-gun | 14.4 | Kim Nam-joo | 6.5 |
| 3rd | Kang Dong-won | 11.6 | Lee Beom-soo | 6.5 |
| 4th | Lee Byung-hun | 6.4 | Kwon Sang-woo | 5.1 |
| 5th | Song Kang-ho | 5.6 | Hyun Bin | 5.0 |
| 6th | Jeong Ji-hoon | 4.0 | Jeong Ji-hoon | 4.8 |
| 7th | Kim Hye-soo | 2.8 | Lee Seung-gi | 3.8 |
| 8th | Jeon Do-yeon | 2.8 | Go Doo-shim | 3.5 |
| 9th | Jung Woo-sung | 2.2 | Jung Bo-seok | 3.3 |
| 10th | Yoon Jeong-hee | 1.7 | Lee Soon-jae | 3.2 |
2011
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Survey period: November 17 – December 7, 2011[14][15][16][17]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Won Bin | 11.3 | Hyun Bin | 9.2 |
| 2nd | Park Hae-il | 9.5 | Han Suk-kyu | 7.1 |
| 3rd | Jang Dong-gun | 8.8 | Kim Tae-hee | 7.0 |
| 4th | Kim Ha-neul | 8.2 | Soo-ae | 6.7 |
| 5th | Gong Yoo | 5.8 | Jang Hyuk | 6.1 |
| 6th | Lee Byung-hun | 4.8 | Go Doo-shim | 5.9 |
| 7th | Song Kang-ho | 4.4 | Song Joong-ki | 4.7 |
| 8th | Ha Ji-won | 3.1 | Lee Soon-jae | 4.1 |
| 9th | Ahn Sung-ki | 3.0 | Lee Seung-gi | 4.0 |
| Han Suk-kyu | 3.0 | Kang Bu-ja | 2.9 | |
2012
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Survey period: November 15–30, 2012[18][19][20][21]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Lee Byung-hun | 37.6 | Song Joong-ki | 18.2 |
| 2nd | Song Joong-ki | 15.0 | Kim Nam-joo | 12.9 |
| 3rd | Kim Hye-soo | 7.6 | Yoo Jun-sang | 9.5 |
| 4th | Jang Dong-gun | 7.4 | Kim Soo-hyun | 8.2 |
| 5th | Ha Jung-woo | 6.4 | Jang Dong-gun | 8.1 |
| 6th | Jun Ji-hyun | 5.7 | Lee Byung-hun | 4.5 |
| 7th | Kim Yun-seok | 4.5 | Lee Soon-jae | 3.7 |
| 8th | Park Bo-young | 4.2 | Moon Chae-won | 3.6 |
| 9th | Ahn Sung-ki | 3.4 | Han Ga-in | 3.1 |
| 10th | Jo Min-su | 3.3 | Kim Hae-sook | 2.8 |
2013
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Survey period: November 1–18, 2013[5][22][6][23]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Song Kang-ho | 22.5 | Lee Bo-young | 11.0 |
| 2nd | Ha Jung-woo | 18.9 | Ji Sung | 8.1 |
| 3rd | Lee Byung-hun | 18.0 | So Ji-sub | 7.5 |
| 4th | Ryu Seung-ryong | 10.1 | Joo Won | 6.6 |
| 5th | Sol Kyung-gu | 7.4 | Lee Jong-suk | 6.4 |
| 6th | Lee Jung-jae | 6.7 | Lee Soon-jae | 5.2 |
| 7th | Kim Hye-soo | 6.3 | Kim Tae-hee | 4.9 |
| 8th | Kim Soo-hyun | 5.7 | Lee Min-ho | 4.6 |
| 9th | Jang Dong-gun | 3.7 | Hwang Jung-eum | 4.5 |
| 10th | Jun Ji-hyun | 2.8 | Kim Soo-hyun | 3.6 |
2014
Survey period: October 29 – November 25, 2014[24][25]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Choi Min-sik | 42.3 | Kim Soo-hyun | 19.6 |
| 2nd | Song Kang-ho | 22.2 | Lee Yoo-ri | 18.2 |
| 3rd | Ryu Seung-ryong | 10.5 | Jun Ji-hyun | 17.6 |
| 4th | Ha Jung-woo | 9.0 | Song Yoon-ah | 6.1 |
| 5th | Lee Byung-hun | 4.5 | Oh Yeon-seo | 5.9 |
| 6th | Kang Dong-won | 4.2 | Yoo Dong-geun | 5.1 |
| 7th | Sol Kyung-gu | 3.7 | Zo In-sung | 4.6 |
| 8th | Jung Woo-sung | 3.6 | Go Doo-shim | 3.2 |
| 9th | Hyun Bin | 3.3 | Kim Tae-hee | 2.7 |
| 10th | Kim Soo-hyun | 3.2 | Kim Hee-ae | 2.6 |
2015
Survey period: October 29 – November 21, 2015[26][27]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Yoo Ah-in | 26.9 | Hwang Jung-eum | 14.4 |
| 2nd | Song Kang-ho | 20.3 | Kim Soo-hyun | 10.4 |
| 3rd | Hwang Jung-min | 16.1 | Jun Ji-hyun | 10.4 |
| 4th | Jun Ji-hyun | 14.2 | Yoo Ah-in | 9.4 |
| 5th | Ha Jung-woo | 11.8 | Park Seo-joon | 7.8 |
| 6th | Choi Min-sik | 9.8 | Jeon In-hwa | 7.6 |
| 7th | Oh Dal-su | 6.2 | Go Doo-shim | 6.0 |
| Kim Tae-hee | 6.0 | |||
| 8th | Lee Jung-jae | 5.8 | N/a | |
| 9th | Kang Dong-won | 4.2 | Joo Won | 4.8 |
| 10th | Yoo Hae-jin | 4.1 | Kim Hee-ae | 3.4 |
| Ji Sung | 3.4 | |||
2016
Survey period: November 4–25, 2016[28][29][30]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Hwang Jung-min | 21.2 | Park Bo-gum | 35.2 |
| 2nd | Song Kang-ho | 18.4 | Song Joong-ki | 28.1 |
| 3rd | Gong Yoo | 12.7 | Song Hye-kyo | 12.6 |
| 4th | Ha Jung-woo | 11.4 | Kim You-jung | 8.2 |
| 5th | Yoo Hae-jin | 10.8 | Jo Jung-suk | 4.6 |
| 6th | Lee Byung-hun | 9.6 | Ra Mi-ran | 3.4 |
| 7th | Lee Jung-jae | 6.3 | Gong Hyo-jin | 3.2 |
| 8th | Jung Woo-sung | 6.2 | Go Doo-shim | 3.0 |
| 9th | Jun Ji-hyun | 5.4 | Jun Ji-hyun | 2.9 |
| 10th | Ma Dong-seok | 5.0 | Kim Hee-ae | 2.6 |
2017
Survey period: November 8–28, 2017[31][32][33]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Song Kang-ho | 35.0 | Song Joong-ki | 17.9 |
| 2nd | Ma Dong-seok | 17.8 | Gong Yoo | 10.1 |
| 3rd | Lee Byung-hun | 12.6 | Song Hye-kyo | 9.5 |
| 4th | Hwang Jung-min | 8.1 | Park Bo-gum | 8.3 |
| 5th | Sol Kyung-gu | 6.3 | Lee Jong-suk | 7.0 |
| 6th | Ha Jung-woo | 6.3 | Bae Suzy | 4.3 |
| 7th | Gong Yoo | 6.2 | Kim Hee-sun | 4.2 |
| 8th | Song Joong-ki | 5.8 | Kim Joo-hyuk | 3.2 |
| 9th | Jung Woo-sung | 5.2 | Lee Soon-jae | 3.2 |
| 10th | Yoo Hae-jin | 5.1 | Go Doo-shim | 3.1 |
| Kim Hae-sook | 3.1 | |||
2018
Survey period: November 7–30, 2018[34][35]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Ma Dong-seok | 19.9 | Lee Byung-hun | 12.9 |
| 2nd | Ha Jung-woo | 18.6 | Kim Tae-ri | 9.0 |
| 3rd | Lee Byung-hun | 11.2 | Jung Hae-in | 8.7 |
| 4th | Song Kang-ho | 10.9 | Park Bo-gum | 6.1 |
| 5th | Ju Ji-hoon | 7.3 | Son Ye-jin | 5.3 |
| 6th | Yoo Hae-jin | 6.4 | Jang Mi-hee | 5.0 |
| 7th | Jung Woo-sung | 6.2 | Seo Hyun-jin | 4.5 |
| 8th | Hwang Jung-min | 4.9 | Choi Soo-jong | 4.3 |
| 9th | Zo In-sung | 4.6 | Yoo Dong-geun | 3.9 |
| 10th | Cha Tae-hyun | 4.1 | Gong Yoo | 3.7 |
2019
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Survey period: November 8–28, 2019[36][37]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Song Kang-ho | 29.8 | Gong Hyo-jin | 12.4 |
| 2nd | Ma Dong-seok | 18.2 | Kang Ha-neul | 12.0 |
| 3rd | Gong Yoo | 8.9 | Go Doo-shim | 7.0 |
| 4th | Cho Jin-woong | 8.5 | Park Bo-gum | 5.0 |
| 5th | Lee Byung-hun | 7.1 | Gong Yoo | 4.7 |
| Jung Hae-in | 4.7 | |||
| 6th | Ha Jung-woo | 7.1 | N/a | |
| 7th | Jung Woo-sung | 4.5 | IU | 4.2 |
| 8th | Yoo Hae-jin | 4.1 | Yum Jung-ah | 3.9 |
| 9th | Hwang Jung-min | 3.6 | Kim Soo-mi | 3.2 |
| 10th | Lee Ha-nui | 3.3 | Lee Seung-gi | 3.0 |
| Choi Bool-am | ||||
Note: Song Kang-ho took first place across all age groups and generations.
2020
Survey period: November 5–29, 2020[38][39][40]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Song Kang-ho | 27.8 | Kim Hee-ae | 9.4 |
| 2nd | Lee Byung-hun | 14.0 | Park Bo-gum | 7.6 |
| 3rd | Ma Dong-seok | 9.1 | Hyun Bin | 6.5 |
| 4th | Hwang Jung-min | 7.5 | Park Seo-joon | 5.9 |
| 5th | Jung Woo-sung | 6.2 | Son Ye-jin | 4.6 |
| 6th | Gong Yoo | 5.9 | Bae Suzy | 4.3 |
| 7th | Ha Jung-woo | 4.0 | Jeon In-hwa | 4.1 |
| 8th | Lee Jung-jae | 3.6 | Gong Yoo | 3.2 |
| 9th | Kim Hye-soo | 3.5 | Cha Hwa-yeon | |
| 10th | Lee Jung-eun | 3.4 | Gong Hyo-jin | 3.0 |
Note: Song Kang-ho took first place across all age groups for the second consecutive year.
2021
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Survey period: November 5–28, 2021[41][42]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Lee Jung-jae | 39.7 | Kim Seon-ho | 7.8 |
| 2nd | Youn Yuh-jung | 18.9 | Shin Min-a | 7.3 |
| Lee Jung-jae | 7.3 | |||
| 3rd | Ma Dong-seok | 11.4 | N/a | |
| 4th | Song Kang-ho | 8.8 | Jun Ji-hyun | 5.5 |
| 5th | Lee Byung-hun | 7.0 | Song Hye-kyo | 5.2 |
| 6th | Hwang Jung-min | 5.6 | Kim So-yeon | 5.0 |
| 7th | Gong Yoo | 3.6 | Lee Ha-nui | 4.9 |
| Jo Jung-suk | ||||
| 8th | Jung Woo-sung | 3.5 | N/a | |
| 9th | Kim Hye-soo | 2.6 | Namgoong Min | 4.5 |
| 10th | Zo In-sung | 2.5 | Song Joong-ki | 4.1 |
| Youn Yuh-jung | ||||
2022
Survey period: November 7–24, 2022[43][44][45]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Lee Jung-jae | 34.4 | Park Eun-bin | 13.6 |
| 2nd | Ma Dong-seok | 18.8 | Kim Hye-soo | 13.0 |
| 3rd | Song Kang-ho | 13.5 | Namgoong Min | 11.3 |
| 4th | Youn Yuh-jung | 7.7 | Go Doo-shim | 4.2 |
| 5th | Hwang Jung-min | 6.5 | Song Joong-ki | 3.3 |
| Jung Woo-sung | ||||
| 6th | N/a | Lee Jung-jae | 2.9 | |
| 7th | Lee Byung-hun | 6.0 | Hyun Bin | 2.6 |
| 8th | Hyun Bin | 5.5 | Lee Byung-hun | 2.5 |
| 9th | Yoo Hae-jin | 5.2 | Son Suk-ku | 2.4 |
| Kim Go-eun | ||||
| 10th | Son Suk-ku | 5.0 | N/a | |
2023
Survey period: November 2 – December 4, 2023[46][47][48]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Ma Dong-seok | 18.0 | Namgoong Min | 20.2 |
| 2nd | Lee Byung-hun | 14.6 | Park Eun-bin | 6.4 |
| 3rd | Song Kang-ho | 11.1 | Song Hye-kyo | 6.3 |
| 4th | Hwang Jung-min | 10.1 | Ahn Eun-jin | 5.6 |
| Lee Jung-jae | ||||
| 5th | N/a | Song Joong-ki | 3.2 | |
| 6th | Kim Hye-soo | 7.2 | Choi Soo-jong | 3.0 |
| 7th | Jung Woo-sung | 6.6 | Kim Hae-sook | 2.4 |
| 8th | Zo In-sung | 4.9 | Han Suk-kyu | 2.2 |
| Go Doo-shim | ||||
| Kim Hye-soo | ||||
| 9th | Son Suk-ku | 3.6 | N/a | |
| 10th | Yoo Hae-jin | 2.9 | ||
| Ha Jung-woo | ||||
Demographics: Namgoong Min took first place in all age groups.
2024
Survey period: November 11–25, 2024[49][50][51]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Ma Dong-seok | 26.5 | Kim Tae-ri | 11.9 |
| 2nd | Hwang Jung-min | 14.2 | Kim Soo-hyun | 11.7 |
| 3rd | Kim Go-eun | 12.2 | Kim Ji-won | 8.9 |
| 4th | Choi Min-sik | 17.7 | Byeon Woo-seok | 5.5 |
| 5th | Lee Jung-jae | 10.0 | Namgoong Min | 4.9 |
| 6th | Lee Byung-hun | 8.3 | Han Suk-kyu | 4.0 |
| 7th | Song Kang-ho | 7.3 | Park Shin-hye | 3.7 |
| 8th | Jung Woo-sung | 5.3 | Cha Eun-woo | 3.5 |
| Kim Soo-mi | ||||
| 9th | Yoo Hae-jin | 5.0 | N/a | |
| 10th | Son Suk-ku | 3.4 | Jang Na-ra | 3.4 |
2025
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Survey period: November 11–28, 2025[52][53][54][55][56]
| Rank | Film | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | % | Name | % | |
| 1st | Lee Byung-hun | 25.8 | Park Bo-gum | 13.3 |
| 2nd | Ma Dong-seok | 18.4 | IU | 11.3 |
| 3rd | Lee Jung-jae | 15.5 | Kim Ji-won | 4.4 |
| 4th | Hwang Jung-min | 7.1 | Im Yoon-ah | 3.9 |
| 5th | Hyun Bin | 6.4 | Choo Young-woo | 3.3 |
| 6th | Jo Jung-suk | 5.5 | Lee Jung-jae | 3.1 |
| 7th | Song Kang-ho | 5.1 | Namkoong Min | 2.9 |
| Han Ji-min | ||||
| Byeon Woo-seok | ||||
| Kim Tae-ri | ||||
| 8th | Kim Go-eun | 4.9 | N/a | |
| Son Ye-jin | ||||
| 10th | Choi Min-sik | 4.6 | ||