A Roman Catholic, he was born in Daegu, South of Korea and grew up as a child actor - graduating Kyundong junior high school, from which Cho Yong-pil also graduated - appearing in director Kim Ki-young"s celebrated film The Housemaid (1960).
Starting from the 1980s, he appeared in nearly 100 movies. He was a later graduate of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Because of his ability to speak several foreign languages, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund appointed Ahn as a representative, and his image is often seen in advertisements on planes travelling to of Korea.
He acted twice as the President of South of Korea in the movies the Romantic President (2002) and Hanbando (2006).
He had military service after graduating from university as an artillery officer (first lieutenant, 1974 ~ 1976) which he volunteered foreign On 23 June 2012, Ahn, along with Lee Byung-hun, became some of the first Korean actors to leave their hand and foot prints on the forecourt of Grauman"s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Los Los Angeles
He was recommended by the Korean Film Producers Association for his body of work.
