Go Soo

{{short description|South Korean actor}}

{{family name hatnote|Go||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Go Soo

| image = Go Soo 고수 - Marie Claire Korea in November 2023.jpg

| caption = Go in 2023

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|4}}

| birth_place = Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea

| nationality =

| education = Sangmyung University

| agent = BH Entertainment

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1998–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Kim Hye-yeon|2012|}}

| children = 3

| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = 고수

| hanja = {{linktext|高|洙|}}

| rr = Go Su

| mr = Ko Su

}}

}}

Go Soo ({{Korean|hangul=고수}}; born October 4, 1978), also known as Ko Soo, is a South Korean actor. He has appeared in television series such as Piano, Green Rose and Will It Snow for Christmas?, as well as the films White Night and The Front Line.

Early life and education

Go was born and raised in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea as the youngest of 2 sons. He attended college in Sangmyung University, Cheonan campus, where he majored in Cinema degree.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001990310|script-title=ko:고수, 8월 석사된다..논문 제목은 '그'|date=16 July 2009|website=Star News|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126050951/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001990310|url-status=live}}

Career

=1998–2005: Debut and breakout fame =

When Go Soo first came to Seoul, he acted on stage, but he lacked money that time. Since he lacked money, he decided to put his stage acting on hold for later and eventually stopped. From then on, he began presenting his profile photo to numerous agencies. Go first appeared in a soft drink TV commercial, followed by a role as an extra in the 1998 music video "Last Promise" by the band Position. He made his television debut in 1999 through the MBC sitcoms My Funky Family and Jump and KBS2 drama series Ad Madness.{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003050972|title=[인터뷰①] 고수 "2년 만에 개봉, 불안감 전혀 없었다"|date=16 February 2017|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111191854/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003050972|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=008&aid=0002491880|script-title=ko:고수 망사패션..12년전 '광끼' 톱스타역|date=7 March 2011|website=MT|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904185754/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=008&aid=0002491880|url-status=live}}

Go drew critical praise for his performance in the television drama Piano in 2001, with one review describing him as an "actor with precision".{{cite web|url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?art_id=200111061641161|title=SBS미니시리즈'피아노'출연 조인성&고수|date=6 November 2001|website=Khan|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://news.joins.com/article/4182136|title=탤런트 고수, SBS 드라마 '피아노'에 출연|date=3 December 2001|website=JoongAng Ilbo|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005644/https://news.joins.com/article/4182136|url-status=live}}

Go made his big screen debut as a drug crime officer in 2004's Some, in which he performed his own stunts and was later recognized as Best New Actor at the Grand Bell Awards.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000706231|script-title=ko:<고수, 1년만에 강한 남자로 돌아온다>|date=19 July 2004|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032908/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000706231|url-status=live}} Go reunited with Ad Madness co-star Park Ye-jin in TV series When A Man Loves A Woman in the same year.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=028&aid=0000079074|script-title=ko:“널 부숴버리겠어” 복수의 화신에 도전|date=21 September 2004|website=Hankook Ilbo|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005612/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=028&aid=0000079074|url-status=live}}

In 2005, he starred in the revenge drama Green Rose, which was shot on location in China and Korea. He played a simple man who falls in love with a rich woman and gets accused of a crime he did not commit.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0000006473|script-title=ko:고수, 복수극 주인공으로 안방극장 컴백|date=5 February 2005|website=Star News|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112005422/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0000006473|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=111&aid=0000007286|script-title=ko:'그린로즈', 고수의 눈빛에 활짝 피어나다|date=28 March 2005|website=enews24|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005521/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=111&aid=0000007286|url-status=live}} Then in the romantic comedy Marrying a Millionaire, Go played a delivery man who is asked by a TV producer to act like a rich bachelor to attract several women on a televised reality dating show.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0001092981|script-title=ko:고수ㆍ김현주 가짜 백만장자 이야기 주인공|date=7 September 2005|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032908/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0001092981|url-status=live}}

=2006–2008: Military service=

Go began his two-year mandatory military service on March 2, 2006 and he was assigned as a Civil Service Personnel in Gangnam District, Seoul. He was discharged on April 25, 2008, and received recognition for being an outstanding Public Interest Service Personnel.

=2009–present: Comeback=

For his first post-army project, Go surprised fans by choosing a stage play. Invited to join the "Best Play Series" by veteran actor Cho Jae-hyun (Jo was his costar in Piano, and the senior colleague he "most respects"), Go made his theater debut as the lead actor in The Return of President Eom, which ran from May 23 to August 3, 2008.{{cite web|last=Chung |first=Ah-young |title=Theater Series Much Closer to Audience |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/05/135_24723.html |work=The Korea Times |access-date=2013-03-18 |date=25 May 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206084313/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/05/135_24723.html |archive-date=2015-02-06 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/new-play-to-be-staged-starring-actor-go-soo-13767.html|title=New play to be staged starring actor Go Soo|date=12 May 2008|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020856/https://www.hancinema.net/new-play-to-be-staged-starring-actor-go-soo-13767.html|url-status=live}}

In 2009, he starred in the dark mystery film White Night, based on the Japanese novel Byakuyakō by Keigo Higashino. Go said he was "completely absorbed by the intriguing storyline."{{cite web|last=Lee |first=Hyo-won |title=Son Ye-jin, Ko Soo to Bring Mystery Romance |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/10/141_53971.html |work=The Korea Times |access-date=2013-03-18 |date=21 October 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716190312/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/10/141_53971.html |archive-date=16 July 2013 }} Go then made his television comeback in the melodrama Will It Snow for Christmas?, a tale of rekindled childhood love penned by renowned TV writer Lee Kyung-hee.{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2913354|title=Ko Soo back in Christmas drama|date=2 December 2009|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-date=17 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117171528/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2913354|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|title=New Drama to Bring Warmth This Christmas|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/12/201_56463.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2013-03-18|date=1 December 2009|archive-date=2009-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207215007/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/12/201_56463.html|url-status=live}} He described his character as "hurt by love and tries to overcome that pain."{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Is SBS' new melodrama classic or stale?|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20091202000050|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=2013-03-18|date=2 December 2009|archive-date=2014-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064336/http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=200912020050|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Myoung-seok|title=SBS drama Will It Snow On Christmas? is all about love|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009112713380633319|access-date=2013-03-18|work=10Asia|date=27 November 2009|archive-date=2014-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221174059/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009112713380633319|url-status=live}}

His next film Haunters, in which he played the only man immune to a psychic's supernatural powers, was a box office hit in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.hancinema.net/kang-dong-won-ko-soo-cast-in-new-action-thriller-22607.html|title=Gang Dong-won, Ko Soo cast in new action thriller|date=15 March 2010|work=HanCinema|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-date=29 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329152648/http://www.hancinema.net/kang-dong-won-ko-soo-cast-in-new-action-thriller-22607.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Wee|first=Geun-woo|title=INTERVIEW: Actor Ko Soo - Part 1|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010110416091911375|work=10Asia|access-date=2013-03-18|date=4 November 2010|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002845/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010110416091911375|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Wee|first=Geun-woo|title=INTERVIEW: Actor Ko Soo - Part 2|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010110417091480193|work=10Asia|access-date=2013-03-18|date=4 November 2010|archive-date=2010-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227065223/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010110417091480193|url-status=live}}

On May 13, 2011, he signed under the management of Lee Byung-hun known as BH Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011051611201094467|title=Actor Ko Soo signs with Lee Byung-hun's agency|date=16 May 2011|work=10Asia|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811185348/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011051611201094467|archive-date=11 August 2017}} He next played a soldier in the Korean War-set The Front Line,{{cite web|url=http://m.asiae.co.kr/view.htm?no=2011061415373961932|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811185140/http://m.asiae.co.kr/view.htm?no=2011061415373961932|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2017|title=Ko Soo was "shocked" by 1st-time war flick experience|date=14 June 2011|work=10Asia}}{{cite web|last=Park |first=Sung-hee |title=The Front Line spotlights the Forgotten War |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/06/135_89035.html |work=The Korea Times |access-date=2013-03-18 |date=16 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028093550/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/06/135_89035.html |archive-date=2012-10-28 }} then a grieving firefighter in the 2012 romance drama Love 911.{{cite web|title=Ko Soo, Han Hyo-joo Ask to Dial Love 911|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012112114260439018|work=10Asia|date=22 November 2012|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326113213/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012112114260439018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Ko Soo Out to Prove He's More Than Just a Pretty Face|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/12/15/2012121500323.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2013-03-18|date=15 December 2012|archive-date=2021-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726194239/https://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/12/15/2012121500323.html|url-status=live}}

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Afterwards, he collaborated with the makers of The Chaser for Empire of Gold, a TV series about the power struggle within a rich family living through Korea's turbulent economy of the 1990s, produced by SBS; in this series, he played an antihero.{{cite web|last=An|first=So-hyoun|title=Go Soo to Star in Drama Empire of Gold|url=http://enewsworld.interest.me/enews/contents.asp?idx=34608|work=enewsWorld|publisher=CJ E&M|access-date=2013-04-27|date=23 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624174707/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/34608?enewsLang=EN|archive-date=24 June 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://en.tenasia.com/2013/05/24/ko-soo-lee-yo-won-to-struggle-for-power-and-money-in-the-golden-empire/|title=Ko Soo, Lee Yo-won to Struggle for Power and Money in New TV Series|date=24 May 2013|work=10Asia|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811222132/http://en.tenasia.com/2013/05/24/ko-soo-lee-yo-won-to-struggle-for-power-and-money-in-the-golden-empire/|url-status=live}} Later that year, he starred in melodrama film Way Back Home, playing the devastated husband of a woman wrongfully accused of drug smuggling. Go said the reason he chose the film was because he wanted to work with acclaimed actress Jeon Do-yeon, and that through his character he "was able to tackle the challenge of internal and external change".{{cite web|url=http://en.tenasia.com/2013/01/07/jeon-do-yeon-and-ko-soos-new-film-project-to-start-shooting/|title=Jeon Do-yeon and Ko Soo's New Film Project to Start Shooting|date=7 January 2013|work=10Asia|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811223736/http://en.tenasia.com/2013/01/07/jeon-do-yeon-and-ko-soos-new-film-project-to-start-shooting/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Tae|first=Sang-joon|title=WAY BACK HOME Nears Release Date: Cast and Director Participate in Press Conference|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2765|work=Korean Film Council|access-date=2014-02-07|date=14 November 2013|archive-date=2011-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928122245/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2765|url-status=live}}

In 2014, Go appeared in two short films. Directed by Kang Je-gyu, Awaiting is about a married couple separated for sixty years by the division of North and South Korea. Awaiting was one of the four short films comprising Beautiful 2014, an omnibus project that premiered at the 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival.{{cite web|last=Tsui|first=Clarence|title=Beautiful 2014 (Mei Ho 2014/Mei Hao 2014): Filmart Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beautiful-2014-mei-ho-2014-690957|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2014-06-17|date=25 March 2014|archive-date=2014-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115412/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beautiful-2014-mei-ho-2014-690957|url-status=live}} Meanwhile, Myohyangsangwan ("View of Mount Myohyang"), which depicted the rendezvous of a South Korean painter and a North Korean waitress in a North Korean restaurant, is a collaboration by contemporary artists Moon Kyung-won and Jeon Joon-ho, and combined a theatrical plot, experimental imagery, dance and performance art.{{cite web|title=Myohyangsangwan|url=http://www.newsfromnowhere.kr/MYOHYANGSANGWAN|website=News From Nowhere|access-date=2014-08-22|archive-date=2023-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404175028/https://newsfromnowhere.kr/myohyangsangwan/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Moon|first=So-young|title=Mergers with pop culture good for art business|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2983587|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-08-22|date=16 January 2014|archive-date=2023-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326113159/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2983587|url-status=live}} He then starred in the period film The Royal Tailor, in the role of an upstart new designer whose talent and instincts challenges the traditional master artisan of royal attire.{{cite web|last=Conran|first=Pierce|title=HAN Suk-kyu and KO Soo Headline New Period Film|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2846|website=Korean Film Council|access-date=2014-08-22|date=26 December 2013|archive-date=2022-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226013706/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2846|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Seung-mi|title=Go Soo lightens up for The Tailors|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2998703|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-12-27|date=19 December 2014|archive-date=2022-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501105350/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2998703|url-status=live}}

In June 2015, Go Soo has amicably parted ways with BH Entertainment, and joined a new agency named Yubon Company founded by his previous manager at BH Entertainment. He then returned to BH Entertainment in February 2017. {{cite web|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20150602n31126?mid=n0107|title=[단독] 고수, BH와 아름다운 결별…신생 회사 새 둥지|date=2 June 2015|website=Nate|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003050994|title=[인터뷰④] 고수, 유본 떠나 BH로 재 이적? "계약 만료 때문"|date=16 February 2017|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005736/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003050994|url-status=live}}

Go made his small screen comeback after three years in MBC's 55th-founding anniversary historical drama directed by a famed director Lee Byung-hoon, The Flower in Prison.{{cite web|url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/05/398_204261.html|title='Flower in Prison' set to be next hit drama|date=8 May 2016|work=The Korea Times|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809213903/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/05/398_204261.html|url-status=live}}

In 2017, Go starred in Lucid Dream, a psychological thriller in which Go played a former journalist who attempts to find his kidnapped son using lucid dreaming.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=June|title=KO Soo and SUL Kyung-gu Star in LUCID DREAM|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3312|website=Korean Film Council|access-date=2015-06-18|date=21 January 2015|archive-date=2015-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618155744/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3312|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2017/02/398_224370.html|title=[INTERVIEW] Go Soo sympathizes with father character's instinctive love in 'Lucid Dream'|date=20 February 2017|work=The Korea Times|access-date=9 August 2017|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809213728/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2017/02/398_224370.html|url-status=live}} The same year, Go starred in The Tooth and the Nail, a film based on the 1955 mystery novel by Bill S. Ballinger in which a magician discovers the incinerated teeth and fingernails of his missing butler.{{cite web|last=Jin|first=Min-ji|title=Go Soo will star as magician in film|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3005559|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2015-06-19|date=19 June 2015|archive-date=2015-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619155116/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3005559|url-status=live}} He next starred in period epic film The Fortress, where he worked with his manager Lee Byung-hun.{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=4064|title=LEE Byung-hun, KIM Yun-seok and PARK Hae-il Tapped for NAMHANSANSEONG FORTRESS|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=21 November 2016|access-date=12 February 2017|archive-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028235720/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=4064|url-status=live}}

In 2018, Go was cast in the medical drama Heart Surgeons as a cardiothoracic surgery resident trying to save his mother in need of a heart transplant.{{cite web|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/foreign/starViewEng.html?no=2018061510376939006|title=Go Soo In New Medical Drama|date=15 June 2018|website=Star News|author=Jeon Hyeong Hwa|access-date=15 June 2018|archive-date=10 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310204211/https://star.mt.co.kr/foreign/starViewEng.html?no=2018061510376939006|url-status=live}}

Personal life

=Marriage and family=

Go began dating Kim Hye-yeon, an art student eleven years his junior, shortly after meeting her in 2008. The couple married on February 17, 2012 at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul.{{cite web|last=Suwoo|first=Carla|title=Actor Go Soo to wed in February|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946915|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2013-03-18|date=11 January 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411051228/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946915|archive-date=11 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Actor Go Soo to Exchange Vows with Art Student|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/01/12/2012011200828.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2013-03-18|date=12 January 2012|archive-date=2012-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215171054/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/01/12/2012011200828.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bells are ringing as actor Go Soo gets ready to tie the knot tomorrow|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2948511|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2013-03-18|date=16 February 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411045454/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2948511|archive-date=11 April 2013}} Their son was born on January 28, 2013, and their daughter was born on April 17, 2015.{{cite web|last=Sunwoo|first=Carla|title=Go Soo to take on new role of father|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2958430|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2013-03-18|date=27 August 2012|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215033641/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2958430|archive-date=15 December 2012}}{{cite web|title=Actor Go Soo is happy to be a dad|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2966365|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2013-03-18|date=31 January 2013|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204052217/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2966365|archive-date=4 February 2013}}{{cite web|title=Actor Go Soo welcomes birth of daughter|url=http://www.koreatimesus.com/actor-go-soo-welcomes-birth-of-daughter/|website=The Korea Times|access-date=2015-06-18|date=17 April 2015|archive-date=2015-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714232042/http://www.koreatimesus.com/actor-go-soo-welcomes-birth-of-daughter/|url-status=live}} On September 13, 2017, his wife gave birth to their 3rd child.{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=112&aid=0002960946|script-title=ko:고수 측 "13일 셋째 아들 출산..굉장히 기뻐해"(공식)|date=27 September 2017|website=Herald Pop|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215160635/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=112&aid=0002960946|url-status=live}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | 2004

| Some

| Kang Sung-joo

|

|

scope="row" | 2009

| White Night

| Kim Yo-han

|

|

scope="row" | 2010

| Haunters

| Im Kyu-nam

|

|

scope="row" | 2011

| The Front Line

| Kim Soo-hyuk

|

|

scope="row" | 2012

| Love 911

| Chun Kang-il

|

|

scope="row" | 2013

| Way Back Home

| Kim Jong-bae

|

|

scope="row" rowspan="3| 2014

| Awaiting

| Kim Min-woo

| Short film

|

View of Mount Myohyang

| South Korean painter

| Short film

|

The Royal Tailor

| Lee Gong-jin

|

|

scope="row" | 2016

| The Last Princess

| Prince Lee Woo

| Cameo

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0002797606|script-title=ko:'덕혜옹주' 고수, 이우왕자 특별출연 '강렬한 인상'|date=5 August 2016|website=My Daily|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005743/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0002797606|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"|2017

| Lucid Dream

| Choi Dae-ho

|

|

The Tooth and the Nail

| Lee Suk-jin / Choi Seung-man

|

|

The Fortress

| Seo Nal-soi

|

|

scope="row" | 2022

| Bystanders

| Jeong Ik-jeong

| Web short film

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000524108|author=Yoo Jeong-min|title=고수X이희준, 숨막히는 최악의 국회 청문회 현장...'방관자들' 1차 포스터 공개|trans-title=Go Soo X Lee Hee-jun, the most suffocating National Assembly hearing scene... 'Bystanders' 1st poster released|publisher=Ten Asia|via=Naver|date=January 11, 2022|access-date=January 11, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111041719/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000524108|url-status=live}}

=Television series=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"|1999

| Ad Madness

|

|

|

Jump

| rowspan=2|Go Soo

|

|

My Funky Family

|

|

scope="row" rowspan="3"|2000

| Say It with Your Eyes

| Jang Ki-ryong

|

|

Nonstop

| Go Soo

|

|

Mom and Sister

| Jang Kyung-bin

|

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=020&aid=0000030252|title=[연예가]MBC 새 드라마 '엄마야 누나야' 주연 탤런트 고수|date=11 October 2000|website=The Dong-a Ilbo|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126050955/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=020&aid=0000030252|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | 2001

| Piano

| Han Jae-soo

|

|

scope="row" | 2002

| Age of Innocence

| Tae-suk

|

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=005&aid=0000109252|title=[인터뷰] SBS TV '순수의 시대' 출연 고수|date=1 July 2002|website=Kukmin Ilbo|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005729/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=005&aid=0000109252|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | 2003

| My Fair Lady

| Shin Young-ho

|

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=001&aid=0000398852|title=SBS '요조숙녀',김희선등 주인공낙점|date=5 June 2003|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215160701/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0000398852?sid=103|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | 2004

| When a Man Loves a Woman

| Ji-hoon

|

|

scope="row" rowspan="2"|2005

| Green Rose

| Lee Jung-hyun / Jang Joong-won

|

|

Marrying a Millionaire

| Kim Young-hoon

|

|

scope="row" | 2009

| Will It Snow for Christmas?

| Cha Kang-jin

|

|

scope="row" | 2013

| Empire of Gold

| Jang Tae-joo

|

|

scope="row" | 2016

| Flowers of the Prison

| Yoon Tae-won

|

|

scope="row" | 2018

| Heart Surgeons

| Park Tae-soo

|

|

scope="row" | 2019

| Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency

| Crown Prince

| Cameo; Episode 1

|

scope="row" |2020

| Money Game

| Chae Yi-hun

|

|

scope="row" | 2020–2023

|Missing: The Other Side

|Kim Wook

| Season 1–2

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=009&aid=0004982278|author=Shin Young-eun|title=미씽2' 고수·허준호·이정은·안소희·김동휘·하준, 캐스팅 확정|trans-title=Go Soo, Heo Jun-ho, Lee Jung-eun, Ahn So-hee, Kim Dong-hwi, Ha Jun, cast confirmed for 'Missing 2|publisher=Star Today, Maeil Business News|via=Naver|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624044552/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=009&aid=0004982278|url-status=live}}

scope="row" |2024

|Parole Examiner Lee

|Lee Han-shin

|

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite web|title='Parole Examiner Lee' promises thrilling David-vs-Goliath battle|url=https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20241111007100315|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|last=Woo|first=Jae-yeon|date=November 11, 2024|access-date=December 11, 2024}}

= Web shows =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | 2023

| Saturday Night Live Korea

| Host

| Season 3 Episode 9

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000673124|author=Kim Myung-mi|title=SNL코리아3' 김옥빈-고수 출연, 톱 비주얼 배우들 뜬다[공식]|trans-title=‘SNL Korea 3’ Kim Ok-bin and Go Soo appear, top visual actors rise [Official]|publisher=Newsen|via=Naver|date=January 2, 2023|access-date=January 2, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=January 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102161800/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000673124|url-status=live}}

=Music video appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"| 1998

| "Last Promise"

| Position

|

"Pig Man"

| Noise

|

"Letter"

| Position

|

scope="row" | 2000

| "U Got the Funk"

| Lee Hyun-do (Deux)

|

scope="row" | 2001

| "I'll Be Back"

| Yoo Seung-joon

|

scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2002

| "Sadness"

| Kang Hyung-rok

|

"A Sad Gift"

| Kim Jang-hoon

|

scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2003

| "1:1"

| Juju Club

|

"I Still Bite My Lips"

| rowspan="2"| Lee Soo-young

|

"Left Alone"

|

scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2004

| "Confession"

| Park Hye-kyung

|

"Burying My Face in Tears"

| Jang Na-ra

|

scope="row" | 2022

| "Distance"

| Lee Seok-hoon

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003664824|last=Park|first=Seo-yeon|title=이석훈, '사람, 틈' MV 티저 공개…고수 지원사격|trans-title=Lee Seok-hoon, 'People, Gap' MV teaser released... high-level support|publisher=My Daily|via=Naver|date=November 6, 2022|access-date=November 6, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=November 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106044908/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003664824|url-status=live}}

Stage

=Theatre=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | 2008

| The Return of President Eom ({{lang|ko|돌아온 엄사장}})

| Eom Go-soo

|

Discography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Notes

2006

| I Will Be Happy

| Poetry readings{{cite web|title=Go Soo poem reciting - I Will Be Happy|url=http://www.yesasia.com/global/ko-su-poem-reciting-i-will-be-happy/1004137593-0-0-0-en/info.html|work=YesAsia|access-date=2013-03-18|archive-date=2014-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108235715/http://www.yesasia.com/global/ko-su-poem-reciting-i-will-be-happy/1004137593-0-0-0-en/info.html|url-status=live}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

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

! scope="col" | Award ceremony

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Nominee / Work

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" rowspan="5" | APAN Star Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2013

| Top Excellence Award, Actor

| Empire of Gold

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2016

| Grand Prize (Daesang)

| rowspan="2" | The Flower in Prison

| {{nom}}

|

Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2023

| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama

| Missing: The Other Side 2

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/5276607|title=이준호, '2023 에이판 어워즈' 대상 영예…5관왕 올랐다 - 뉴스1|trans-title=Lee Jun-ho, grand prize winner at the ‘2023 APAN Awards’… Won 5 awards|author=Ahn Tae-hyun|date=December 31, 2023|access-date=December 31, 2023 |website=News1|language=ko|archive-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231045126/https://www.news1.kr/articles/5276607|url-status=live}}

Excellence Award, Actor in a Short Drama

| O'PENing: Summer, Love Machine, Blues

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web |author=Lee Ha-na|date=December 19, 2023|title='재벌집'부터 '더글로리'까지..'APAN STAR AWARDS' 치열한 수상 후보 공개|trans-title=From 'Chaebol House' to 'The Glory'... 'APAN STAR AWARDS' fierce award candidates revealed|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/609/0000804423|access-date=December 25, 2023|publisher=Newsen|language=ko|via=Naver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225062333/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/609/0000804423|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="4" | Blue Dragon Film Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2004

| Best New Actor

| Some

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2010

| Best New Actor

| White Night

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2011

| Popular Star Award

| rowspan="2" | The Front Line

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/1783/the-unjust-wins-top-honors-at-blue-dragon-film-awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002543/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/1783/the-unjust-wins-top-honors-at-blue-dragon-film-awards|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title='The Unjust' Wins Top Honors at Blue Dragon Film Awards|date=26 November 2011|work=enewsWorld}}

Best Actor

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" | Golden Cinema Festival

| style="text-align:center" | 2014

| Best Actor

| Way Back Home

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |{{cite web|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=004&oid=014&aid=0003325544|script-title=ko:고수, ‘집으로 가는 길’로 제34회 황금촬영상 남우주연상 수상|date=22 December 2014|website=Financial News|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215160725/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/014/0003325544?sid=004|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Grand Bell Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2005

| Best New Actor

| Some

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0000013324|script-title=ko:고수, 대종상 신인남우상 수상|date=8 July 2005|website=Star News|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126050953/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0000013324|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Korea Best Dresser Swan Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Model Line – Popularity Award

| Go Soo

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=015&aid=0000665573|script-title=ko:김상일 사장.이영숙 회장, '베스트드레서'에|date=3 December 2003|website=The Korea Economic Daily|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215160724/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/015/0000665573?sid=102|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | MBC Drama Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2000

| Best New Actor

|Mothers and Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000045802|title=MBC 연기대상에 전광렬|date=30 December 2000|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051007/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000045802|url-status=live}}

style="text-align:center" | 2016

| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama

| Flowers of the Prison

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" | Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

| style="text-align:center" | 2010

| Fantasia Award

| White Night

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=http://en.tenasia.com/archives/3643|title=Stars light up opening day of Puchon film fest|date=16 July 2010|work=10Asia|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131105616/http://en.tenasia.com/archives/3643|url-status=dead}}

scope="row" rowspan="11" | SBS Drama Awards

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2001

| New Star Award

| rowspan="2"|Piano

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|{{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000123224|title=SBS 연기대상에「여인천하」전인화.강수연|date=1 January 2002|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926085901/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000123224|url-status=live}}

Popularity Award

| {{won}}

style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 2002

| Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special

| rowspan="3"|Age of Innocence

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000298577|title='2002 SBS 연기대상' 대상에 안재모|date=1 January 2003|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032908/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000298577|url-status=live}}

Top 10 Stars

| {{won}}

Top Excellence Award, Actor

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special

| My Fair Lady

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 2005

| Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama

| Green Rose

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0000033873|title=고수, "술먹고 카메라앞에 서던 내가 수상" 드라마특별기획상(SBS)|date=31 December 2005|website=My Daily|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005615/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0000033873|url-status=live}}

Top 10 Stars

| rowspan="2" | Green Rose / Marrying a Millionaire

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0000033858|title=고수 전도연, 10대스타상 수상(2005 SBS 연기대상)|date=31 December 2005|website=My Daily|language=ko|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051011/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0000033858|url-status=live}}

Top Excellence Award, Actor

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2013

| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special

| Empire of Gold

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2018

| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama

| Heart Surgeons

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003929670|last=Kim|first=Soo-hyung|title=베스트커플→대상" 감우성♥김선아, 노련美로 완성한 '무진커플'의 위력 [2018 SBS 연기대상]|trans-title=Best Couple → Daesang" Gam Woo-sung ♥ Kim Seon-ah, the power of 'Mujin Couple' completed with expert beauty [2018 SBS Drama Awards]|publisher=Osen|via=Naver|date=January 1, 2019|access-date=September 8, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908165620/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003929670|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Style Icon Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2011

| Top 10 Style Icons

| Go Soo

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| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/1355/who-took-home-a-prize-at-the-style-icon-awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201014822/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/1355/who-took-home-a-prize-at-the-style-icon-awards|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2016|title=Who Took Home a Prize at the Style Icon Awards?|date=4 November 2011|work=enewsWorld}}

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