Squid Game Actor Wins Golden Globes Award at the Age of 77

Squid Game actor, O Yeong-su won a Golden Globes Award at the age of 77 on January 9th 2021 making him the oldest male actor to ever win a Golden Globe

At the award, the South Korean actor, who portrayed Oh Il-nam otherwise known as Player 001 in the hit Netflix drama,  SQuid Game, won the Best Supporting Actor In A TV Drama category.

He beat Kieran Culkin for Succession, Ted Lasso star Brett Goldestein, and The Morning Show’s Billy Crudup and Mark Duplass to win the award.

At 77, O Yeong-su is now the oldest male actor to ever win a Golden Globe. But he’s still way off being the oldest winner ever, with the late composer Ennio Morricone still holding onto that honour for his Best Score win for The Hateful Eight at 87.

O Yeong-su’s character served as a companion for protagonist Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game, only to end up being at the centre of one of the biggest twists of the whole show.

His win was the only victory for Squid Game at this year’s Golden Globes, where it was also nominated for Best TV Drama and Best Performance In A TV Drama for Lee Jung-jae.

Recall that the creator and director of “Squid Game”, Hwang Dong-hyuk, has confirmed that the Netflix TV series would be back for a second season.

Dong-hyuk revealed this in an interview at an event for the series, as he also revealed a plot twist for the second season.

According to him, one of the show’s major characters, Gi-hun, would be back to do “something for the world”.

The director noted that based on the success of the series, the team is left with no choice but to create a second season, even though most South Korean series end at just a season.