Song Kang-ho

Early life

Song Kang-ho was born on 17 January 1967, in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province. He graduated from Gimhae High School and had aspirations of becoming an actor since his second year at Garak Middle School. At the time, the country had just five theater and film departments. Despite failing the entrance exam once, he eventually studied at Gyeongsang National University in Busan. However, he was drafted for mandatory military service soon after. After completing his service, Song did not return to college and instead joined a theater company in Busan at age 23.

Career

1991–1997: Early career

In 1990, Song Kang-ho attended a performance of "Mr. Choi," a play by Yeonwoo Theater Company in Busan. This experience ignited his passion for acting and inspired him to pursue his dream. The following year, at the age of 23, he moved to Seoul with the sole purpose of realizing his ambition, and he immediately headed to Yeonwoo Theater without any concrete plans. Song approached Ryu Tae-ho, the director of Yeonwoo Theater Company, and humbly pleaded for an opportunity to stay and contribute, even if it meant working as a theater cleaner. Determined to make his mark, he visited the theater four times and left his contact information. As fate would have it, he was eventually called upon to assist with an event organized by the theater due to a staff shortage.

During this event, Song had an encounter with director Yi Sang-woo. Impressed by Song's dedication, Yi Sang-woo offered him the advice: "Yeonwoo Theater shouldn't be your ultimate goal. It should be a place where you immerse yourself to fulfill your own purpose." Then, Yi Sang-woo welcomed Song Kang-ho as a member of the theater. In 1991, Song made his stage debut in the play of "Dongseung" (A Little Monk). Over the next few years, he honed his craft on stage, earning a reputation as a remarkably talented actor.

In 1995 Song joined Theater Company Chaimu, founded by theater director Yi Sang-woo. Director Yi Sang-woo said, "I saw Song Kang-ho and Yoo Oh-sung, who were drinking all the time at my officetel in 1995, and thought, 'Everyone is going to be ruined like this.' That was the beginning," he explained. Song became an early member of the troupe alongside Moon Seong-geun, Yu Oh-seong, Ryu Tae-ho, film director Yeo Gyun-dong, and drama writer Jeong In-ok.

Although Song was regularly approached to act in films, he always turned down the opportunity until he was in his 30s. In 1996, he finally accepted a role as an extra in Hong Sang-soo's 1996 film The Day a Pig Fell into the Well. After that, Song drew attention for his acting as Pan-soo in Lee Chang-dong's Green Fish in 1997. His portrayal of a gangster who wielded an iron pipe and jumped into the car Mak-dong (played by Han Seok-kyu) in an underground parking lot was so realistic that rumors even circulated that a real gangster had been cast. The following year, Song played one of the homeless characters in Jang Sun-woo's documentary-style Bad Movie. Song gained cult notoriety for his performance as Jopil, a stuttering gangster who trained a group of young recruits in Song Neung-han's No. 3. Song became the most notable actor of 1997, sweeping the Best New Actor Award at the Grand Bell Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards.

1998–2002: Path to leading roles

Director Kim Jee-woon opened a new path for Song, who had been cast mainly as bullies and gangsters, by casting him as Young-min, the eldest son of Park In-hwan and Na Moon-hee, in his debut film, The Quiet Family (1998) The movie was his second large role with Choi Min-sik. He then took on his first leading role as agent Lee Jang-gil, Han Suk-kyu's partner, in Kang Je-gyu's blockbuster thriller Shiri (1999). However, it was director Kim Jee-woon who elevated Song into leading actor status in his film The Foul King (2000). The movie was released in cinemas in February 2000, with Song portraying Lim Dae-ho, a bank clerk turned professional wrestler, for which he did most of his own stunts. Song's comedic acting was often praised as being topped with wide emotional range, and his popularity surged from the success of The Foul King. Song states this role was his hardest role as an actor.

Song's performance in the Myung Film production Joint Security Area (2000) as North Korean Army sergeant Oh Joong-pil established him as one of South Korea's leading actors. He won the Best Actor Award at the 38th Grand Bell Awards for this performance. Song also starred in the first installment of Park Chan-wook's acclaimed Vengeance trilogy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), which centers on a father's pursuit of his daughter's kidnappers. In 2002, Song starred in another major production by Myung Films, YMCA Baseball Team (2002), which is about Korea's first baseball team formed in the early 20th century.

2003–2018: Prominence

In 2003, Song played a leading role as Park Doo-man, an incompetent rural detective, in another critically acclaimed hit, Memories of Murder, from young director Bong Joon-ho. It was the first of several critically acclaimed movies they would make together, with commentators describing Bong's relationship with Song as a "great actor-director collaboration". With it, Song swept the best actor awards at various awards ceremonies, including the 40th Grand Bell Awards in 2003, establishing himself as the best actor in the Korean film industry in the early 2000s.

In 2004, Song starred in The President's Barber by debut director Im Chan-sang, which imagines the life of South Korean president Park Chung Hee's personal barber.

In 2006, through director Bong Joon-ho's film The Host, Song rose to the ranks of 10 million actors. The film helped to broaden international awareness of Song's talent, and in March 2007 he was named Best Actor at the inaugural Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. More high-profile projects followed: The Show Must Go On saw him star as an aging gangster, for which he received a Blue Dragon Film Award for best actor.

Song starred opposite Jeon Do-yeon in Lee Chang-dong's film Secret Sunshine (2007), as a local mechanic in Miryang Kim Jong-chan and won Best Actor at the 6th Korean Film Awards,10th Director's Cut Awards, and Palm Springs International Film Festival. Jeon Do-yeon won the Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress) at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, making her the first Korean ever to receive an acting award at Cannes Film Festival.

In 2008, Song acted in Kim Jee-woon's western film set in 1930s Japanese-occupied Manchuria, The Good, the Bad, the Weird. The film showcased an ensemble of stars with Lee Byung-hun as "the bad", Jung Woo-sung as "the good" and Song as "the weird". The film earned in North America and in other territories, bringing the worldwide gross to . It was the second highest grossing Korean film in 2008 after Scandal Makers, beating The Chaser and it is one of the highest-grossing films of all time in South Korea which attracted 6.68 million viewers.

In 2009, Song acted in Park Chan-wook's vampire film Thirst, opposite Kim Ok-vin. Song notably appeared full frontally nude in this film. In the same year, Song acted as North Korean spy Ji-won in spy thriller Secret Reunion. A shootout in the middle of the city brings together Ji-won and National Intelligence Service agent Lee. The operation to capture an assassin spy known as 'Shadow' ends in disaster and the agent Lee is dismissed from his post. Ji-won is also abandoned by his organization after being framed as a traitor.

Two 2012 films, the gangster love story Hindsight, and the suspense film Howling, were considered as Song's box office slump. However, in 2013, Song made a splendid resurrection by becoming an actor of 20 million through three films in which he appeared. Starting the English-language dystopian blockbuster Snowpiercer with 9.35 million viewers. The period drama The Face Reader, where Song acted as Nae-kyeong, the greatest face reader of Joseon, who can see through people by looking at their faces, reached 9.13 million viewers. The Attorney which was inspired by Roh Moo-hyun's early days as a human rights Lawyer, was breaking records, surpassing 10 million viewers only within 32 days, the shortest time ever.

Song continued to star in a number of critically acclaimed films, including Lee Joon-ik's period film The Throne. Song played as King Yeongjo, the Korean ruler who infamously had his belligerent son, the Crown Prince Sado (played by Yoo Ah-in), suffocated to death in a large wooden chest filled with rice. Later, Song reunited with director Kim Jee-woon after eight years in the period action film The Age of Shadows. Song won Best Actor in 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards for his role as Lee Jung-chool, a Korean police captain that has been charged by the Japanese colonial government with rooting out members of the country's resistance movement. The success of the film in reaching over the 7.4 million viewers mark, made Song the first leading actor in Korean cinema to record over 100 million admissions throughout the course of his career.

In 2016, Song starred in the film A Taxi Driver, as Kim Man-seob, a widowed taxi driver. The film centers on a taxi driver from Seoul who unintentionally becomes involved in the events of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980. It is based on a real-life story of German journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter's interactions with driver Kim Sa-bok. The film was released on 2 August 2017, in South Korea. On the same day, the film had its international premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where Song was awarded as Best Actor for his role in the film.

2019–2023: ''Parasite'' and international stardom

In 2019, Song starred as Kim Ki-taek in the critically acclaimed film Parasite, also directed by his frequent collaborator Bong Joon-ho. It won the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Korean film to receive the award. It was selected as the South Korean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, Bong's second selection after 2009's Mother.

In 2020, The New York Times released a list of the 25 greatest actors of the century. In the list of 25 internationally known screen figures, Song Kang-ho was ranked sixth. The newspaper also published an interview with director Bong Joon-ho. Song is known as Bong's muse, having featured in four of his films.

In the same year it was announced that Song co-starred in Kore-eda Hirokazu's debut Korean-language film Broker, alongside Lee Ji-eun, Bae Doona and Gang Dong-won*.* He started filming in 2021 and acted as Ha Sang-hyeon, the owner of a hand laundry who takes babies from a baby box at a nearby church and sells them with the help of his partner Dong-soo.

In 2021, Song was selected as one of the nine judges in the competition section of the 74th Cannes Film Festival to be held from 6 July to 17 July. In the same year, Song reteamed for the fifth time with leading Korean director Kim Jee-woon on the feature film Cobweb. The scriptwriter of Cobweb was Shin Yeon-shick, who also wrote the screenplay for the sports film One Win, in which Song also starred.

The following year, Broker was released on 8 June 2022. Song was awarded Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Broker. Song was the first Korean to win Best Actor Award at Cannes.

Song also acted in the lead role in the blockbuster disaster film Emergency Declaration. Song plays the role of the detective In-ho. This film is directed by Han Jae-rim, who worked with Song in the historical film The Face Reader (2013). The film was first screened in the out of competition section of the 74th Cannes Film Festival on 16 July 2021. It was slated to release theatrically in January 2022, but due to a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic its release was delayed. It was finally released theatrically in South Korea on 3 August 2022 and it was released in the United States on 12 August 2022.

In May 2023, it was reported that Song would be the male lead in a Korean remake of the Indian film Drishyam.

2024–present: Venture to small screen

In 2022, Song was reported to star alongside Byun Yo-han in Uncle Samsik, marking Song's television series debut. Set in the 1960s, the series depicts the intertwined story of two men, exploring themes of pride, greed, and their camaraderie. Shin Yeon-shick wrote and directed the series, making it his third collaboration with Song, following the feature films Cobweb and One Win. For his portrayal, Song won Best Actor at the 19th Seoul International Drama Awards.

In December 2024, Song agreed to appear in the second season of the American comedy-drama series Beef.

Endorsements

In 2001, Song was signed by traditional liquor company Kooksoondang to promote a traditional liquor called baeksaju. Thanks to Song, the popularity of the brand in Japan skyrocketed. The contract was renewed for five years from 2001 to 2005, and in 2009, Song signed a three-year exclusive CF model contract with Kooksoondang. Typically, models sign contracts for six months or one year, then extend them yearly, but Song's three-year model contract was the first of its kind in the industry.

Song also did advertisements for other products such as food, electronics, and finance. In 2002, he was a model for a Kimchi refrigerator brand. In 2003, he modeled for a pizza brand. In 2005, Song received a 100 million won guarantee as a model for an air purifier brand. In 2007, Hana Financial Group announced that Song and Jeon Do-yeon were selected as their new advertising models. In 2008, Song appeared in a CF movie for Hyundai Card with Jung Woo-sung and Lee Byung-hun. In 2012, the Chungmuro pride trio, Song with Choi Min-sik and Seol Gyeong-gu, were selected as NH Nonghyup Bank's advertising models. In 2014, Nongshim hired Song and Yu Hae-jin as the advertising models for their ramen product, Nongshim Shin Ramyun. Shin Ramyun upgraded its taste and design after 28 years since its launch, with an advertisement concept focusing on the better taste of Shin Ramyun.

Following the success of Parasite in 2020, Song returned to the advertising world after a six-year break. Lina Life Insurance announced on 28 September that it had signed a contract with Song Kang-ho. He also did an overseas CF for China's Lilith Games popular strategy game Rise of Kingdoms.

Personal life

Song Kang-ho married Hwang Jang-sook, a fellow theater actress, in November 1994, amid a time of great financial difficulty. The couple has two children: son Jun-pyeong and daughter Joo-yeon. Their son, Song Jun-pyoung, born in 1996, is a former football player who retired due to injuries. Jun-pyeong started playing in elementary school and was a player on the Suwon Samsung Bluewings U-18 team of Maetan High School's Football Department. In an interview, Jun-pyeong said, "I'm not going to talk about my father. My father didn't want me to be exposed as a football player, either."

In 2005, police caught Song driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.095%. His license was suspended for 100 days.

Philanthropy

On 6 March 2022, Song donated 100 million won to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to assist recovery efforts from a massive wildfire that started in Uljin County, North Gyeongsang Province, and spread to Samcheok, Gangwon Province.

On 22 July 2022, he donated 200 million won at the start of the March 2020 COVID-19 crisis and another 100 million won when bushfires broke out in March on the east coast. He also joined the Honors Club, a large donor group.

Filmography

Film

Television

Hosting

Theater

Plays

Musicals

Accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Song Kang-ho

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