Sung Hoon
Sung Hoon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Bang In Kyu February 14, 1983 |
| Education | Yong In University Social and Physical Education |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2011-present |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 성훈 |
| Revised Romanization | Seong Hun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏng Hun |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 방성훈 |
| Revised Romanization | Bang Seong-hun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pang Sŏng-hun |
Sung Hoon (born Bang In-Kyu on February 14, 1983) is a South Korean actor.[1][2][3] Sung Hoon was a member of the national swim team and specialised in butterfly stroke. He swam on the team for 14 years but had to quit because of a spinal injury. He then enlisted into the military, but the same injury sent him home early. Sung Hoon debuted as an actor in 2011 with New Tales of Gisaeng, landing the lead role despite having no modeling or acting experience.[4]
Career
Sung Hoon's breakthrough role was in New Tales of Gisaeng where he portrayed the character of an arrogant chaebol Ah Da Mo who was excellent in sports, business, women and popularity. His acting in this drama earned him a SBS Acting award for the Best New Actor in 2011.
In 2012 he acted in his first Chinese drama The Bodyguard. His character was a Security chief named Guo Xu. In the same year he acted in Faith as Chun Eum-ja, a villainous white-haired man with a deadly flute. Later that year he was cast in the drama The Birth of a Family as a businessman named Han Ji-hoon. He was once again cast as a lead character, a chaebol named Kang Moo Yool in 2013 in the drama Passionate Love. In 2014, Sung Hoon acted in a web drama 6 Persons Room. His character Min Soo, a successful businessman and womaniser until he suffers an injury and finds himself in a hospital surrounded by strange patients.[5]
His popularity rose with the mini-series in 2015 Noble, My Love, in which he played a chaebol named Lee Kang Hoon, CEO of the Korean Branch of D.O.L, the world's biggest corporation. One day, he is kidnapped and dramatically escapes from the bad guys but he bleeds so much that he blackouts in front of an animal hospital. Yoon Seo, a veterinarian, finds him and cures him. The success of the mini-series led him to his next project Oh My Venus where he plays the professional boxer Jang Joon-sung AKA "Korean Snake", who is trained by John Kim (played by So Ji-sub). HIs character used to be an orphan but John Kim gladly took him as his student and trained him to become a successful boxer.[6]
Sung Hoon is also a talented musical Disc jockey. He is conducting his DJ activities under the name ROI. In June 2015, Sung showcased his DJ skills at Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Same year in August Sung performed in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.[7]
In 2016 Sung Hoon returned to the Korean small screen with KBS's weekend drama Five Enough. He played the character Kim Sang-min, a model turned professional golfer and Yeon-tae's (played by Shin Hye-sun) love interest.
Sung Hoon was confirmed to cast in the film "Come Back to Busan Port" (literal title). He played the role of Tae-Soon's (Lee Jung-jin) younger twin brother. The twins were separated at an early age. The younger brother is a part of a crime gang and the older brother is a detective. Filming began in June, 2016 in Busan.[8]
In November 2016, Sung Hoon landed a leading role in the drama My Secret Romance, in which he played a second-generation chaebol, Cha Jin-wook. The drama was pre-produced, and aired from April-May 2017 on cable network OCN, making it the first romance drama by OCN.
Sung Hoon starred as an entertainment company producer, Kang Shin-Hyuk, in The Idolmaster KR, an Interactive Media Mix, Inc. production. The series, which is based on a The Idolmaster Japanese video game, began to air on April 28, 2017 via several SBS-related channels, as well as through Amazon Prime.
Filmography
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | New Tales of Gisaeng | Ah Da-mo | SBS |
| 2012 | The Bodyguard | Guo Xu | CCTV |
| Faith | Chun Eum-ja | SBS | |
| The Birth of a Family | Han Ji-hoon | SBS | |
| 2013 | Passionate Love | Kang Moo-yeol | SBS |
| 2014 | 6 Persons Room | Min-soo | KOSHA's webseries |
| 2015 | Noble, My Love | Lee Kang-hoon | Naver TV Cast |
| Oh My Venus | Jang Joon-sung | KBS2 | |
| 2016 | Five Children | Kim Sang-min | KBS2 |
| 2017 | My Secret Romance | Cha Jin-wook | OCN |
| The Idolmaster KR | Kang Shin-hyuk | SBS funE |
Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Come Back to Busan Port | Tae-soon |
Reality and Variety Shows
| Year | Title | Network | Appearance | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Home Sweet Home (Dalgona) | SBS | Ep 13 | New Tales of Gisaeng Special |
| 2012 | Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 | KBS2 | Ep 124 | Won gold medal (individual race) |
| Strong Heart | SBS | Ep 92-93 | ||
| 2015 | Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education | KBS2 | Ep 113-124 | 9th sport, Swimming! |
| 2016 | Happy Together | KBS2 | Ep 455 | |
| Knowing Bros | JTBC | Episode 39 | ||
| Running Man | SBS | Episode 317 | ||
| My Ear's Candy | TVN | Episode 9 - 10 | with Heo Youngji | |
| Sing Street | Mnet | Episode 1 - 8 | ||
| 2017 | Secretly Greatly | MBC | Episode 15 | |
| Law of the Jungle | SBS | Episode 265-268 | Filmed in New Zealand. | |
| I Live Alone | MBC | Episode 212, 214-215, 217 | ||
| Section TV Entertainment | MBC | Episode 891 |
Musical theater
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Summer Snow | Dr Yoonjae | musical debut |
Music video appearances
| Year | Title | Singer | Album | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Because I Love You (사랑하기 때문에) | White Brown | single | video |
| 2010 | Promise Me (약속해줄래) | Oh Yun Hye (오윤혜) ft. Red Roc (레드락) | Promise Me | video |
| 2013 | Just the Two of Us (둘이서 한잔해) | Davichi | Mystic Ballad | video |
| 2015 | Sunlight | Crayon Pop's Geummi ft. Sung Hoon | 6 Persons Room | video |
| 2016 | CLIMAX (클라이막스) | Nop.K (Feat. Hoon.J) | CLIMAX | video |
| 2016 | Dream | Real Girls Project |
Fan Meetings
In June, 2017 it was reported Sung Hoon is set to travel on a Global Fan Meeting Tour.[9] He has planned to hold fan meetings in thirteen countries: beginning from Thailand, followed by Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, UAE (Dubai), USA, Canada and will conclude in Seoul, South Korea.[10] However the exact dates are not yet announced.[11]
In the same month, Sung Hoon attended a fan meeting together with his co-star Song Ji-eun from My Secret Romance held in Seoul after the drama ended.[12]
Discography
| Year | Song title | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sunlight | duet with Geummi | |
| Has It Started? (시작인가요) | duet with Kim Jae-kyung | ||
| Has It Started? (시작인가요) | Solo version | ||
| Nothing is Easy | Solo version | ||
| 2017 | Same (똑 같아요) | duet with Song Ji-eun | |
| You Are the World of Me (너뿐인 세상) | Solo |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20th SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award | New Tales of Gisaeng | Won |
| 2016 | 5th APAN Star Awards | Best actor in a Serial Drama (Excellence Award) | Five Children | Nominated |
| 1st Asia Artist Awards | Best Choice Award | Won | ||
| 30th KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Five Children | Won |
References
- ^ "7 facts about My Secret Romances Sung Hoon and Song Ji Eun thatll make you go aww". Dramafever. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "ONE Exclusive Interview - Sung Hoon". ONE TV ASIA. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ^ Ho, Stewart (30 July 2012). "Actor Sung Hoon Sheds 5kg for Faith Role". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ^ Vivi (29 September 2015). "8 Korean actors you didn't know were sports stars". DramaFever. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
- ^ Ceki91 (18 October 2015). "A Stalker's Guide to Sung Hoon". MyDramaList. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Vivi (9 October 2015). "Sung Hoon takes second lead in Oh My Venus as Jo Eun Ji, Henry, and Jung Gyu Woon also confirm roles". DramaFever. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
- ^ Yoon, Sarah (12 June 2015). "Actor Sung Hoon to tour 5 Asian countries as DJ". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
- ^ "Sung Hoon cast in movie "Come Back to Busan Port"". Blog.AsianWiki.com. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
- ^ Dan (3 June 2017). "Korean actor Sung Hoon to begin global fan meeting, Philippines included". KStreet Manila. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ^ Ferrer, RG (4 June 2017). "'My Secret Romance' Star Sung Hoon To Showcase Musical Side In Upcoming Fan Meeting Tour". Korea Portal. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ^ Lee, Ji-hyun (2 June 2017). "SungHoon holds world tour of 13 countries ... # Heart _ I'll grab you _ brother". Sports Chosun. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ^ "Sung Hoon-Song Ji Eun Ceria di Fanmeet 'My Secret Romance', Netter: Tolong Pacaran". WoW Keran (in Indonesian). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
