Sung Hoon

Sung Hoon
Born Bang In-kyu
(1983-02-14) February 14, 1983
Nam District, Daegu, South Korea
Alma mater 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 방인규
Revised Romanization Bang In-gyu
McCune–Reischauer Pang Ingyu

Sung Hoon (born Bang In-kyu on February 14, 1983) is a South Korean actor.[1] Sung was a swimming champion in his University and specialised in butterfly stroke. He swam 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.[2] Sunghoon then went on and became a swimming trainer. He started as an actor in 2011 with New Tales of Gisaeng.

Career

Sung Hoon's breakthrough role was in the supernatural romance drama, New Tales of Gisaeng.[3] His performance in this drama earned him a SBS Acting award for the Best New Actor in 2011.

In 2012, he was cast in his first Chinese drama, The Bodyguard.[4] The same year, he featured in historical drama Faith, playing an antagonist role.[5][6] Later that year, he was cast in the daily drama, The Birth of a Family.[7]

In 2013, Sung starred as the lead role in the weekend drama, Passionate Love.[8] In 2014, Sung starred in the web drama 6 Persons Room, where he played successful businessman who suffers an injury and finds himself in a hospital surrounded by strange patients.[9]

In 2015, he starred in the web drama Noble, My Love,[10] and featured in SBS's romantic comedy series Oh My Venus, playing a professional boxer.[11]

Sung is also a musical Disc jockey, and conducts DJ activities under the name ROI. Sung has performed in various countries such as China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.[12]

In 2016, Sung returned to the Korean small screen with KBS's weekend drama Five Enough, playing a model turned professional golfer.[13][14]

In 2017, Sung starred in the romantic comedy drama My Secret Romance, in which he played a second-generation chaebol.[15] He then played an entertainment company producer in The Idolmaster KR, which is based on The Idolmaster Japanese video game.[16] The same year, Sung was cast in the romance-fantasy film Are You in Love? opposite Kim So-eun.[17][18]

In 2018, Sung's debut action film Brothers in Heaven was released in January. He acted alongside Jo Han-sun as fraternal twins.[19][20] He was also cast in the second season of the sitcom, The Sound of Your Heart,[21][22] as well as the romantic comedy webdrama I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street.[23]

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
2013 Passionate Love Kang Moo-yeol
2014 6 Persons Room Min-soo KOSHA
2015 Noble, My Love Lee Kang-hoon Naver TV Cast
Oh My Venus Jang Joon-sung KBS2
2016 Five Enough Kim Sang-min
2017 My Secret Romance Cha Jin-wook OCN
The Idolmaster KR Kang Shin-hyuk SBS funE
Jugglers Lee Kyung-joon (Cameo) KBS2
2018 Sound of Heart - Reboot Jo Seok
I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street Kang Joon-hyuk Oksusu

Film

YearTitleRole
2018Brothers in HeavenTae-sung
TBAAre You in Love?

Music video

Year Title Artist Album Ref.
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

Discography

Year Song title Album Notes
2015 Sunlight 6 Persons Room OST duet with Geummi
Has It Started? (시작인가요) Noble, My Love OST duet with Kim Jae-kyung
Has It Started? (시작인가요) Solo version
Nothing is Easy Solo version
2017 Same (똑 같아요) My Secret Romance OST duet with Song Ji-eun
You Are the World of Me (너뿐인 세상) Solo
"Pumping Jumping" N/A [24]

Musical theater

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Summer Snow Dr Yoonjae musical debut

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2011 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award
New Tales of Gisaeng
Won [25]
2016 5th APAN Star Awards Best actor in a Serial Drama (Excellence Award)
Five Enough
Nominated
1st Asia Artist Awards Best Choice Award N/A Won [26]
30th KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor
Five Enough
Won [27]
2017 2nd Asia Artist Awards Best Entertainer Award N/A Won [28]
201813th Asia Model AwardsKorean Model StarN/AWon [29]

References

  1. "ONE Exclusive Interview - Sung Hoon". ONE TV ASIA. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  2. "Sung Hoon returns to swimming pool". Kpop Herald. 8 August 2017.
  3. "'신기생뎐' 성훈, "생각보다 많은 인생 굴곡, 큰 재산"[인터뷰]". Chosun (in Korean). 24 July 2011.
  4. "韩星成勋演风流少侠《保镖之翡翠娃娃》将播". Sina (in Chinese). 2 September 2009.
  5. Ho, Stewart (30 July 2012). "Actor Sung Hoon Sheds 5kg for Faith Role". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  6. ""Faith" Sung Hoon white hair and flute, mysterious and chic". Hancinema. 30 July 2012.
  7. "성훈 '가족의 탄생' 긴급 투입". Sports Hankooki (in Korean). 25 February 2013.
  8. "[Exclusive] Sung Hoon, Nam Gung Min and Choi Yoon Young Cast for SBS Weekend Drama ′Passionate Love′". Mwave. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  9. "성훈, 웹드라마 '6인실' 출연 확정 '꽃미남 대리님'". Star MK (in Korean). 1 October 2014.
  10. ""Noble, My Love" Sung Hoon's abs and wide shoulders". Hancinema. 24 August 2015.
  11. "'Oh My Venus' Sung Hoon shows off soft charisma for former ultimate fighter role". Hancinema. 12 November 2015.
  12. Yoon, Sarah (12 June 2015). "Actor Sung Hoon to tour 5 Asian countries as DJ". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  13. "Sung Hoon is a pro golfer in new drama 'Five Children'". Hancinema. 4 January 2016.
  14. "'Five Enough' surpasses 30 percent viewership". Kpop Herald. 16 May 2016.
  15. "Song Ji-eun's new drama 'My Secret Romance' to air today". Kpop Herald. 17 April 2017.
  16. "성훈, 사전제작 '아이돌마스터.KR' 캐스팅…천재 프로듀서役". Joynews (in Korean). 8 October 2016.
  17. Choi Jung-ah (8 September 2017). "김소은, 3년 만에 스크린 컴백… '사랑하고 있습니까?' 숙맥녀 역". Sports World (in Korean).
  18. "Sung Hoon to hit the big screen with romance". Kpop Herald. 7 September 2017.
  19. "Why did Sung Hoon hesitate on 'Brothers in Heaven'". Kpop Herald. 15 December 2017.
  20. Jung Do-hoon (2 January 2018). "[공식]'돌아와요 부산항애(愛)' 3일 →17일로 개봉일 변경". Seoul Economic Daily.
  21. "Sung Hoon replaces Lee Kwang Soo in 'Sound of Heart' second season". International Business Times. 27 October 2017.
  22. "What is Sung Hoon's 'Sound of Heart'?". Kpop Herald. 23 February 2018.
  23. "Sung Hoon to take on new web drama series". Kpop Herald. 2 July 2018.
  24. "Sung Hoon releases EDM track 'Pumping Jumping'". Kpop Herald. 11 October 2017.
  25. "2011 SBS Drama Awards : Winners List". Hancinema. 31 December 2011.
  26. "[2016 AAA] 조진웅·엑소, 대상 수상…엑소 5관왕 영예[종합]". TV Report. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016.
  27. "KBS Drama Awards 2016 Winners". Hancinema. 31 December 2016.
  28. "Kim Hee Sun & EXO win Grand Prize Awards at the 2017 Asia Artist Awards". KBS World. 16 November 2017.
  29. "[2018 아시아모델어워즈] 한혜진·비투비, 아시아 스타상 수상…뉴이스트W, 2관왕(종합)". MBN Star (in Korean). May 6, 2018.
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