Sung Hoon

Sung Hoon (born Bang In-kyu on February 14, 1983) is a South Korean actor and voice actor.

For the South Korean singer, see Sung Hoon (singer). For the name, see Sung-hoon (name).
In this Korean name, the family name is Bang.
Sung Hoon
Born
Bang In-kyu

(1983-02-14) February 14, 1983
Nam District, Daegu, South Korea
Alma materYong In University
OccupationActor, Voice Actor, Model
Years active2009–present
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Korean name
Hangul
방성훈
Hanja
方成勛
Revised RomanizationSeong-hun
McCune–ReischauerSŏng Hun
Birth name
Hangul
방인규
Hanja
方仁奎
Revised RomanizationBang In-gyu
McCune–ReischauerPang Ingyu

Early life

Sung Hoon 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.[1] Sung then went on and became a swimming trainer. He debuted as an actor in 2009 with White Brown's Because I Love You.[2][3]

Career

2011–2012: First acting roles and commercial success

Sung Hoon's breakthrough role was in the supernatural romance drama, New Tales of Gisaeng.[4] 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.[5] The same year, he featured in historical drama Faith, playing an antagonist role.[6][7] Later that year, he was cast in the daily drama, The Birth of a Family.[8]

2013–2015: Rising popularity

In 2013, Sung starred as the lead role in the weekend drama, Passionate Love.[9] 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.[10]

In 2015, he starred in the web drama Noble, My Love,[11] and featured in KBS's romantic comedy series Oh My Venus playing a professional MMA fighter.[12]

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.[13]

2016–2017: Acting setback and return to television

In 2016, Sung returned to the Korean small screen with KBS's weekend drama Five Enough, playing a model turned professional golfer, where his pairing with Shin Hye-sun gained popularity among the viewers.[14][15][16]

In 2017, Sung starred in the romantic comedy drama My Secret Romance, in which he played a second-generation chaebol.[17] He then played an entertainment company producer in The Idolmaster KR, which is based on The Idolmaster Japanese video game.[18] The same year, Sung was cast in the romance-fantasy film Are You in Love? opposite Kim So-eun.[19][20] The film premiered in 2020.[21]

2018–present: Resurgence and comeback to television

In 2018, Sung's debut action film Brothers in Heaven was released in January. He acted alongside Jo Han-sun as fraternal twins.[22][23] He was also cast in the second season of the sitcom, The Sound of Your Heart,[24][25] as well as the romantic comedy webdrama I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street.[26] The same year, Sung guested on the variety show I Live Alone.[27]

In 2019, he returned to small screen with the romantic comedy drama Level Up playing a character of a company restructuring expert.[28][29]

Filmography

Television series
Year Title Role Network Notes
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 KBS2 Cameo
2018 Sound of Heart - Reboot Jo Seok Netflix
I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street Kang Joon-hyuk Oksusu
2019 Level Up Ahn Dan-te MBN, Dramax
2020 My Secret Star Jin Arirang TV
2021 Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Pan Sa-hyun TV Chosun [30]

Film
YearTitleRole
2018Brothers in HeavenTae-sung
2020Are You in Love?Seung Jae

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 video

Variety Shows
Year Title Role Network Notes
2015 Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education Swimming Team KBS Episode 113-124
2017-present I Live Alone Cast Member MBC
2019 Carefree Travellers Cast Member JTBC Season 2 (Episode 1-11)

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 [31]

Musical theater
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Summer Snow Dr Yoonjae musical debut[32]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2011 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award Power Battle Watch Car Won [33]
2016 5th APAN Star Awards Best Actor in a Serial Drama (Excellence Award) Five Enough Nominated
30th KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor Won [34]
Best Couple Award with Shin Hye-sun Nominated
1st Asia Artist Awards Best Choice Award N/A Won [35]
2017 2nd Asia Artist Awards Best Entertainer Award Won [36]
201813th Asia Model AwardsKorean Model StarWon [37]
3rd Asia Artist Awards Favorite Award Won [38]
18th MBC Entertainment Awards Best Entertainer - Variety I Live Alone Won
Rookie Award, Variety Category (Males) Nominated
2019StarHub Night of Stars AwardStarHub Dazzling Star AwardN/AWon [39]
19th MBC Entertainment Awards Best Teamwork Award (with Henry Lau, Kian84, Lee Si-eon) I Live Alone Won
The Male Excellence Award - Variety Won
2020 20th MBC Entertainment Awards Best Couple Award with Son Dam-bi Nominated [40]
Top Excellence Award in Variety Category – male Won [41]

References
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  2. "ONE Exclusive Interview - Sung Hoon". ONE TV ASIA. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  3. "[Interview] Sunghoon "I Want to Become an Actor that Other Actors Acknowledge"". BNT News. 8 August 2017.
  4. "'파워배틀 와치카' 성훈, "생각보다 많은 인생 굴곡, 큰 재산"[인터뷰]". Chosun (in Korean). 24 July 2011.
  5. "韩星成勋演风流少侠《保镖之翡翠娃娃》将播". Sina (in Chinese). 2 September 2009.
  6. Ho, Stewart (30 July 2012). "Actor Sung Hoon Sheds 5kg for Faith Role". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  7. ""Faith" Sung Hoon white hair and flute, mysterious and chic". Hancinema. 30 July 2012.
  8. "성훈 '가족의 탄생' 긴급 투입". Sports Hankooki (in Korean). 25 February 2013.
  9. "[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.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. "성훈, 웹드라마 '6인실' 출연 확정 '꽃미남 대리님'". Star MK (in Korean). 1 October 2014.
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  23. Jung Do-hoon (2 January 2018). "[공식]'돌아와요 부산항애(愛)' 3일 →17일로 개봉일 변경". Seoul Economic Daily.
  24. "Sung Hoon replaces Lee Kwang Soo in 'Sound of Heart' second season". International Business Times. 27 October 2017.
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  34. "KBS Drama Awards 2016 Winners". Hancinema. 31 December 2016.
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  36. "Kim Hee Sun & EXO win Grand Prize Awards at the 2017 Asia Artist Awards". KBS World. 16 November 2017.
  37. "[2018 아시아모델어워즈] 한혜진·비투비, 아시아 스타상 수상…뉴이스트W, 2관왕(종합)". MBN Star (in Korean). May 6, 2018.
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