Sung Hoon
Born
Bang In-gyu

(1983-02-14) February 14, 1983 (age 41)
Nam District, Daegu, South Korea
Alma materKyungwoon Middle School, Daegu
Dalseong High School, Daegu
Yong In University, majoring in Sociology and Physical Education
Occupation(s)Actor, Model
Years active2009–present
AgentStallion Entertainment
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Korean name
Hangul
방성훈
Hanja
方成勛
Revised RomanizationBang Seong-hun
McCune–ReischauerSŏng Hun
Birth name
Hangul
방인규
Hanja
方仁奎
Revised RomanizationBang In-gyu
McCune–ReischauerPang Ingyu

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

Early life

Sung Hoon's birth name is Bang In-gyu but he legally changed his name to Bang Sung-hoon because since he was young, he was often sick and had many surgeries. He revealed the reason in a variety show I Live Alone in episode 312. He was a swimming champion at his University and specialized in butterfly stroke. He swam for 14 years but had to quit because of a spinal injury. He then enlisted in the military, but the same injury sent him home early.[1] Sung Hoon 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 New Star Award at 2011 SBS Drama Awards.

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: Acting setback and return to television

In 2013, Sung Hoon starred as the lead role in the weekend drama, Passionate Love.[9] In 2014, Sung Hoon starred in the web drama 6 Persons Room, where he played a construction safety engineer who suffers an injury and finds himself in a hospital surrounded by strange patients.[10]

In 2015, Sung Hoon 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 Hoon is also a musical Disc jockey, and conducts DJ activities under the name Roiii. Sung Hoon has performed in various countries such as China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.[13]

2016–2017: Rising popularity

In 2016, Sung Hoon 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 Hoon 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 Hoon 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 Hoon'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 sitcom, The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot,[24][25] as well as the romantic comedy web drama I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street.[26]

In 2019, Sung Hoon returned to small screen with the romantic comedy drama Level Up playing a character of a company restructuring expert.[27][28]

By end of 2020, Sung Hoon returned to web drama with My Secret Star playing a character of a Hallyu star who is hiding a big secret and meets an entertainment journalist who risked her life to get on the scoop, played by Vietnamese actress Hoàng Yến Chibi.[29]

In 2021, Sung Hoon starred as a lawyer who have trouble in maintaining his marriage in season 1 & 2 drama Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce).[30] In 2022, he played the role of Raphael in the SBS romantic comedy drama Woori the Virgin based on American series Jane the Virgin, reuniting with New Tales of Gisaeng co-star Im Soo-hyang.[31]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2018 Brothers in Heaven Tae-sung
2020 Are You in Love? Seung Jae

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 New Tales of Gisaeng Ah Da-mo
2012 The Bodyguard Guo Xu
Faith Chun Eum-ja
The Birth of a Family Han Ji-hoon
2013 Passionate Love Kang Moo-yeol
2015 Oh My Venus Jang Joon-sung
2016 Five Enough Kim Sang-min
2017 My Secret Romance Cha Jin-wook
The Idolmaster KR Kang Shin-hyuk
Jugglers Lee Kyung-joon Cameo (Ep. 1)
2019 Level Up Ahn Dan-te
2021 Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Pan Sa-hyun Season 1–2 [30]
2022 Woori the Virgin Raphael [32]
2023 Perfect Marriage Revenge Seo Do-guk [33]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 6 Persons Room Min-soo
2015 Noble, My Love Lee Kang-hoon
2018 The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot Jo Seok
I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street Kang Joon-hyuk
2021 So I Married the Anti-fan Choi Jae-hee Cameo (Ep. 5, 13, 14 & 15)
My Secret Star Jin Arirang TV YouTube channel video
2023–2024 Death's Game Song Jae-seop Cameo [34]

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 Swimming Team Episode 124 (Coach Bang team, won gold medal with Jang Minho)
2015 Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education Episode 113–124
2017–2022 I Live Alone Cast Member Episode 212–431
2017 Law of the Jungle Wild New Zealand (Episode 265–268)
2018 Law of the Jungle Sabah, Malaysia (Episode 325–329)
Carefree Travellers Season 2 (Episode 1–11)
2020 기맥힌브로 (Gimmac Hinbro) Episode 1–4

Hosting

Year Event Note Ref.
2019 18th FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019 MC for the 18th FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019 Eve Festival
2020 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival MC for opening ceremony with announcer, Lin Hyun Joo [35]

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
Dream Real Girls Project video

Musical theater

Year Title Role Ref.
2014 Summer Snow Dr Yoonjae

Theater

Year Title Role Ref.
2024 Art Serge [36]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Album
"Sunlight"
(with Geummi) 		2016 6 Persons Room OST
"Has It Started?" (시작인가요)
(with Kim Jae-kyung) 		Noble, My Love OST
"Has It Started?" (시작인가요)
"Same" (똑 같아요)
(with Song Ji-eun) 		2017 My Secret Romance OST
"You Are the World of Me" (너뿐인 세상)
"Nothing Is Easy" (쉬운 게 없구나)
"Pumping Jumping"[37] Non-album single
"Think About You" (자꾸 널 생각해) 2018 I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street OST
"With You Forever" (모든 날 함께해)
(with Lee Min-young) 		2021 Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Season 1 OST
"It Will Be Okay" (괜찮아) Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Season 2 OST
"For You"
"I'll Be With You" (있어줄게)[38] 2022 Woori the Virgin OST Part 6
"Truth" (사실은) 2023 Perfect Marriage Revenge OST Part 6

Ambassadorship

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
APAN Star Awards 2016 Excellence Actor in a Serial Drama Award Five Enough Nominated
Asia Artist Awards 2016 Best Choice Award Sung Hoon Won [41]
2017 Best Entertainer Award Won [42]
2018 Favorite Award Won [43]
2021 Best Acting Award Won [44]
Asia Model Awards 2018 Korean Model Star Won [45]
KBS Drama Awards 2016 Best New Actor Five Enough Won [46]
Best Couple Award Sung Hoon with Shin Hye-sun
Five Enough 		Nominated
MBC Entertainment Awards 2018 Best Entertainer in Variety Category (Male) I Live Alone Won
Rookie Award in Variety Category (Male) Nominated
2019 Excellence Award in Variety Category (Male) Won
Best Teamwork Award Sung Hoon (with Henry Lau, Kian84, Lee Si-eon)
I Live Alone 		Won
2020 Top Excellence Award in Variety Category (Male) I Live Alone Won [47]
Best Couple Award Sung Hoon (with Son Dam-bi)
I Live Alone 		Nominated
MTN Ad Festival Awards 2020 Commercial Star Award Sung Hoon Won
SBS Drama Awards 2011 New Star Award New Tales of Gisaeng Won [48]
2022 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama Woori the Virgin Nominated [49]
Best Couple Award Sung Hoon (with Im Soo-hyang and Shin Dong-wook)
Woori the Virgin 		Nominated [50]
StarHub Night of Stars Award 2019 StarHub Dazzling Star Award Sung Hoon Won [51]

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