Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year

Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year (Korean: 한국갤럽 올해를 빛낸 영화배우) and Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year (한국갤럽 올해를 빛낸 탤런트) are annually selected through a year-end public survey conducted across South Korea by Gallup Korea. The survey, first conducted in 2005, includes respondents who are South Koreans aged 13 and older. This survey is distinct from the Gallup Korea's Favorite Actor, which measures long-term public preference and is released only every five years.

Song Kang-ho has been selected as Film Actor of the Year five times (2008, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020) and has placed within the top 10 a total of 17 times. Lee Byung-hun has ranked first three times in the film category (2009, 2012, 2025) and once in the television category (2018). Ma Dong-seok has ranked first in the film category thrice (2018, 2023, 2024). Among actresses, Go Hyun-jung has led the Television Actor of the Year poll twice (2009, 2010). Actors Song Joong-ki (2012, 2017) and Park Bo-gum (2016, 2025) have each topped the Television Actor of the Year poll twice as well. In 2016, Park was the youngest actor to achieve a first-place ranking in the survey at age 23 and later became the first actor to top the poll for a streaming project in 2025.

Survey period: December 5–16, 2005^[1][2][3][4]

Survey period: December 5–16, 2007^[5][6]

Survey period: November 19 – December 4, 2008^[7][8]

Demographic Leaders: Kim Myung-min (20s–40s), Choi Jin-sil (50+).

Survey period: November 12-30, 2009^[5][9]

Survey period: November 17 – December 7, 2010^{[10][11][12][13]}

Survey period: November 17 – December 7, 2011^{[14][15][16][17]}

Survey period: November 15–30, 2012^{[18][19][20][21]}

Survey period: November 1–18, 2013^{[5][22][6][23]}

Survey period: October 29 – November 25, 2014^[24][25]

Survey period: October 29 – November 21, 2015^[26][27]

Survey period: November 4–25, 2016^[28][29][30]

Survey period: November 8–28, 2017^[31][32][33]

Survey period: November 7–30, 2018^[34][35]

Survey period: November 8–28, 2019^[36][37]

Note: Song Kang-ho took first place across all age groups and generations.

Survey period: November 5–29, 2020^[38][39][40]

Note: Song Kang-ho took first place across all age groups for the second consecutive year.

Survey period: November 5–28, 2021^[41][42]

Survey period: November 7–24, 2022^[43][44][45]

Survey period: November 2 – December 4, 2023^[46][47][48]

Demographics: Namgoong Min took first place in all age groups.

Survey period: November 11–25, 2024^[49][50][51]

Survey period: November 11–28, 2025^{[52][53][54][55][56]}

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