The Bloodhounds cast has totally won over audience with their stellar performances in the latest original Netflix Korean drama series. Releasing on June 9, 2023, the series has helped expand the OTT platform’s Korean catalogue with high charting responses from the viewers all around the world. What particularly took them by surprise (pleasantly as ever) was the leading duo’s charming brotherhood, which stayed constant till the explosive finale that brought on a fiery series of action sequences stitched together.

Much like every time watching a K-drama, this series has also hit the audience with a sense of deja vu in terms of having spotted the cast members in other previous Korean content releases. So, if you’re wondering that some of them seem familiar to you, then you’re probably right because they’ve all previously held the fort together with their astounding deliveries in several other Korean dramas. Here’s where you may have spotted them before!

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Who’s Who in the Bloodhounds Cast and Where We’ve Seen Them Before

1. Woo Do-hwan as Kim Gun-woo

Taking his post as the leading character of the show in stride with the heart of a boxer, Woo Do-hwan has won his rightful place as the suave and endearing heartthrob. However, this isn’t the first time he’s succeeded at pulling people’s interest in his corner. You may have last caught him in 2020 K-drama series The King: Eternal Monarch in a double role, playing the main characters Jo Yeong and Jo Eun-sup.

Before that he left everyone in awe of his abilities in the Mad Dog drama series as Kim Min-joon. In 2019, he led the charge as Nam Seon-ho in the historical drama show My Country: The New Age. As Kang Han-soo, he also made his mark with the portayal in Joseon Attorney.

2. Lee Sang-yi as Hong Woo-jin

Portraying Woo-jin, the loquacious and rambunctious best friend in the times of need, the extraordinarily likeable actor was recently spotted playing many cameo roles in shows like Crash Course in Romance, Poong the Joseon Psychiatrist and Yuma’s Cells. Other than that, he’s quite well known for his roles of Ji Seong-hyun in Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, Lee Soo-chan in Youth of May, Yoon Jae-seok in Once Again and more.

3. Kim Sae-ron as Cha Hyun-joo

Although the actress was edited out of some episodes of the show due to her DUI controversy, she still took on one of the most prominent roles in the 2023 Netflix K-drama as Hyun-joo, the neighbourhood vigilante out to catch all the con men looting real poor and homeless people’s IDs. She teams up with with the two aforementioned characters over the season and forges a strong sibling-like relationship with them. However, the end barely turns out in her favour.

She was earlier casted in the web series The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim, Love Playlist and TV shows like Nobody Knows, Secret Healer, Leverage and more.

4. Park Sung-woong as Kim Myeong-gil

The chances of you spotting in him in a familiar role are as high as the sky. The much-experienced actor was able to nail his role as Myeong-gil, aka the CEO of SMILE Capital and basically an illegal loan shark who can’t be held by the law, owing to his knack of playing such characters. He’s previously donned the suit of a gangster in the 2013 film New World and that of a serial killer in The Deal (2015). His menacing smirk in Bloodhounds had us all on the edge of our seats as he compelled us to hate him by command.

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However, that’s not all he is. He’s led a cameo appearance in the renowned comedy series Welcome to Waikiki. Additionally, he was seen as the president of Silver Lining in Unlock My Boss. Moreover, his antics had the variety show Men on a Mission cast cackling in 2020, proving that he’s not just the intimidating and much-feared person he’s often depicted as onscreen. His other appearances were noted in Snowdrop and again a special cameo in Crash Landing on You among many other features.

5. Huh Joon-ho as Choi Tae-ho or President Choi

His love for Hyun-joo was the first highlight that caught our eye when watching Bloodhounds, which was followed by his shockingly pleasant plans of benevolence by helping out those in dire need of monetary resources. Handing out loans at a zero percent interest rate, his choices may have made you question his motives early on, but as the show progresses, we come to realise that some people are good simply because they choose they be so.

As President Choi, he may have stacked up boxes of money and other gems on his side, but his worrisome nature tends to look out more for the safety of the young adults he’s enrolled in his crew, even if it means for him to bite the dust. The veteran Korean actor had previously taken on the role of Eun Chang-soo in Snowdrop, An Hyun in Kingdom, Jang Pan-seok, in Missing: The Other Side, Rim Young-soo in the 2021 film Escape from Mogadishu.

6. Choi Si-won as Hong Min-beom

Playing a chaebol who ends up on the wrong side of the tracks upon his not so meet-cute with gang leader Kim Myeong-gil, Si-won’s dimple-worthy smile can’t be missed regardless of where he goes. K-pop enthusiasts may know him well as one of the members of the SM Entertainment boy group Super Junior, whereas others who’re more interested in his acting career may have first seen as one of the main characters in She Was Pretty. Alongside Lee Da-hee, he was also in Love is for Suckers. Revolutionary Love may be yet another show where you could’ve seen him.

7. Ryu Soo-young as Lee Doo-young

While Soo-young’s brutal fate had us all crying with his character’s storyline in Bloodhounds, earlier this years he was spotted in yet another original Netflix K-drama Queenmaker as the conniving Baek Jae-min, contesting in the mayoral elections against Moon So-ri’s character. His portrayal therein had many of us pulling at our hair as a means of expressing our hatred for Jae-min. He started his journey on a bloody note in the past, and while he switches lanes in the present to find recluse with his new small family, his dreams and comfort comes crashing down in the end at the hands of Park Sung-woong’s ultimate antagonist.

All 8 episodes of the Bloodhounds Kdrama (사냥개들) are now streaming on Netflix. Read our review of Season 1 here.

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