Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk recently explained why Season 2 features a character named Thanos, after the Marvel villain. Speaking to Netflix, Hwang said the name was chosen to give the character global appeal.

Choi Seung-hyun AKA T.O.P plays Thanos in Squid Game season 2. As a rapper, he was a part of the K-Pop boyband BigBang. He left the group in 2023 and has been acting since 2007.

With the death of Thanos, Dong-hyuk now prepares the stage to bring about a grim atmosphere in season 3 of Squid Game. Belying popular expectations, Thanos won't make it to the top three contestants. The air of irreverence and comedy that he brought with him would now be missing on the show, hinting at more sinister developments.

Squid Game star T.O.P., real name Choi Seung-hyun, suffered a tragic incident almost a decade ago that nearly took his life and ruined his career altogether.

Squid Game is finally back for season two, introducing us to a whole new batch of contestants and games, hoping to win a life-changing amount of money in the deadliest game of all. But who is Thanos, and the actor who plays him? Here's what you need to know about the character and the man who plays him: Choi Seung-hyun.

Love him or hate him, Thanos has taken the Squid Game fandom by storm — and he shares some wild parallels with the man who plays him.

South Korean star Choi Seung-hyun, better known by his stage name T.O.P, has opened up about his departure from the iconic boy band BIGBANG and his role in the second season of the hit survival drama "Squid Game.

In first interview in 11 years, K-pop star with BigBang reflects on ‘lost years’, how he saw playing Thanos in Netflix series and the future.