SONG SEUNG HUN

SONG SEUNG HUN

Profile

* Name: 송승헌 / Song Seung Hun (Song Seung Heon)
* Real name: 송승복 / Song Seung Bok
* Nickname: Tough guy
* Profession: Actor, model and singer
* Birthdate: 1976-Oct-05
* Birthplace: Suyuri, Seoul, South Korea
* Height: 179cm
* Weight: 70kg
* Star sign: Libra
* Blood type: B
* Family: Brother and sister


After beginning his career as a model, Song Seung-hun (b. October 5, 1976) first became known to viewers in the popular sitcom Three Men, Three Women in 1996. The following year he started his extremely successful career in TV dramas, which made him well-known throughout Korea. His feature film debut came in 1999 in the film Calla together with star Kim Hee-sun.

True stardom only came to Song in late 2000, however, with the broadcast of the hugely popular TV drama Autumn Story (a.k.a. Endless Love). The series was exported all over Asia, making pan-Asian stars of both him and co-stars Song Hye-gyo and Won Bin. Since then he has been actively recuited for film roles and advertisements in Hong Kong and other Asian countries.


In 2002, Song starred in the comic-action film Make it Big by director Cho Ui-seok, and also in the Hong Kong film So Close with Hong Kong actresses: Karen Mok, Shu Qi and Zhao Wei. He also starred in Scent of Summer, the third "season-themed" TV drama after Autumn Story and Winter Sonata, which was well-received, but not as popular as the ones that preceded it.

In 2004 Song appeared in two films, but neither was judged to be a success: Ice Rain, shot in the Canadian Rockies, failed to enthuse viewers with its mixture of mountaineering and melodrama, while He Was Cool, based on an internet novel, proved unable to compete with Harry Potter and other films from the 2004 summer season. Meanwhile in late 2004, just as he was getting ready to start shooting another high profile TV drama, it was revealed that the actor had illegally avoided his compulsory military service by taking a drug that made him fail the military's health test. Amidst the press coverage and scandal this aroused, Song agreed to immediately serve his two-year term in the military.


TV Series

* The City of God (SBS, 2008)
* East of Eden (MBC, 2008)
* Summer Scent (KBS2, 2003)
* Law Firm (SBS, 2001)
* Autumn Tale (KBS2, 2000)
* Popcorn (SBS, 2000)
* Love Story (SBS, 1999)
* Happy Together (SBS, 1999)
* Message (SBS, 1999)
* Cheat (SBS, 1998)
* You and I (MBC, 1997)
* Beautiful Lady 아름다운 그녀 (SBS, 1997)
* Three Guys and Three Girls (MBC, 1996)

Movies

* A Destiny (http://www.cafe.daum.net/MOVIEDESTINY) (2007)
* He Was Cool (http://imdb.com/title/tt0415819) (2004)
* Ice Rain / Bing Woo (http://imdb.com/title/tt0389805) (2004)
* So Close (http://imdb.com/title/tt0300620) (2002)
* Make It Big (http://imdb.com/title/tt0319546) (2002)
* Calla (http://imdb.com/title/tt0380242) (1999)

Recognitions

* 2008 MBC Drama Awards: Daesang Award (East of Eden)
* 2008 MBC Drama Awards: Popularity Award (East of Eden)
* 2008 MBC Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (with Lee Yeon Hee in East of Eden)
* 2001 SBS Acting Awards: Top Ten Popularity Award
* 2000 KBS Acting Awards: Most Popular Actor Award
* 2000 KBS Acting Awards: Photogenic Award
* 1999 SBS Acting Awards: Popularity Award
* 1998 Baek Sang Arts Award: Popularity Award