Oh Man Seok
Biography
Oh Man-seok (born January 30, 1975) is a South Korean actor. Best known for playing the titular transgender singer in the rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Oh's acting career spans theater, television, and film.
After graduating from the Korea National University of Arts Theater Institute, he debuted in Daehakro in 1999, He played the role of gay clown Gong-gil in the play 'Lee' and won the 2000 Theater Association Rookie Actor Award.
Oh, Man-seok graduated from the School of Drama at Korea National University of Arts with a BFA in Acting. He made his stage debut in Faust in 1999. One of his early notable roles was as the androgynous court jester Gong-gil who becomes the object of obsession of the tyrant King Yeonsan in Yi, which would later be adapted into the hit 2005 film King and the Clown.
Highly acclaimed for his portrayal of Gong-gil, Oh was awarded Best New Actor by the National Theater Association of Korea for the play's first run in 2000, and he reprised the role four more times in 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2010.
More roles followed in The Rocky Horror Show (2001), Return to the Forbidden Planet (2002), Grease (2003), Singin' in the Rain (2004), The Seagull (2004), Woyzeck (2004), and Assassins (2005).
