Awards
1980
• Best New Actor award for ‘A Fine, Windy Day’ at the Grand Bell Awards
1982
• Best Actor (Film) award for ‘Mandala’ at the 18th Baeksang Arts Awards
• Best Actor award for ‘Man of Iron’ at the Grand Bell Awards
1983
• Best Actor (Film) award for ‘Village in the Mist’ at the 19th Baeksang Arts Awards
• Best Actor award for ‘Village in the Mist’ at the Grand Bell Awards
• Best Actor award for ‘Polluted Ones’ at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
1984
• Best Actor (Film) award for ‘The Flower on the Equator’ at the 20th Baeksang Arts Awards
• Best Actor award for ‘Village in the Mist’ at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
1985
• Best Actor (Film) award for ‘Deep Blue Night’ at the 21st Baeksang Arts Awards
• Best Actor award for ‘Deep Blue Night’ at the Grand Bell Awards
1989
• Best Actor (Film) award for ‘Age of Success’ at the 25th Baeksang Arts Awards
1990
• Best Actor award for ‘North Korean Partisans in South Korea’ at the 11th Blue Dragon Film Awards
1991
• Best Actor (Film) award for ‘Who Saw The Dragon’s Toenails’ at the 27th Baeksang Arts Awards
1994
• Best Actor (Film) award for ‘Two Cops’ and Grand Prize (Film) at the 30th Baeksang Arts Awards
• Best Actor award (shared with Park Joong-hoon) for ‘Two Cops’ at the Grand Bell Awards
• Best Actor award for ‘Two Cops’ at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
1995
• Best Actor award for ‘The Eternal Empire’ at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
1996
• Best Actor award for ‘Festival’ at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
2001
• Best Supporting Actor award for ‘Musa’ at the 22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards
2006
• Best Actor award (shared with Park Joong-hoon) for ‘Radio Star’ at the 27th Blue Dragon Film Awards
• 50th Anniversary of Debut Award at the Grand Bell Awards
• Best Actor award for ‘Radio Star’ at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
2007
• Best Actor award for ‘Radio Star’ at the Grand Bell Awards
2012
• Best Actor (Film) award for ‘Unbowed’ at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards
• Best Actor award for ‘Unbowed’ at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
2013
• Lifetime Achievement Award (for Social Contributions) at the 49th Baeksang Arts Awards
2019
• Honorary Doctorate in Literature from Kyonggi University in November 2019
2021
• Legendary Award at The Brand Laureate Awards
• Grand Prize (Daesang) at the Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards
2022
• Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grand Bell Awards
• Lifetime Achievement Award (Film) at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
2023
• Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Cinema Film Festival
• Achievement Award at the Wildflower Film Awards
Honours
2005: Bogwan Order of Cultural Merit (3rd Class) at the Korean Culture and Arts Awards
2013: Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit (2nd Class) at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards
