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 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]
Sung Hoon became the first Korean actor to hold a fan meeting in Brazil and donate all of the proceeds to Brazilian flood victims. On May 10, 2024, Sung Hoon held a solo fan meeting titled 'MOMENTO SECRETO COM SUNG HOON' at Espaço Unimed in São Paulo, Brazil, and had a meaningful time with 2,400 local fans.[32]
^Ahn Tae-hyun (October 6, 2021). 오늘부터 우리는' 임수향·성훈·신동욱·홍지윤, 로코 케미로 뭉친다 [From Today On' Lim Soo-hyang, Sung-hoon, Shin Dong-wook, Hong Ji-yoon, Rocco Chemie Unite]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Naver.
^Lee Seung-gil (August 16, 2023). '완벽한 결혼의 정석' 성훈·정유민·강신효·진지희·이민영, 완벽한 5인 라인업 [공식] ['The Standard of a Perfect Marriage' Sung Hoon, Jung Yoo Min, Kang Shin Hyo, Jin Ji Hee, Lee Min Young, perfect lineup of 5 [Official]] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved August 16, 2023 – via Naver.
^Ahn Jin-yong (February 20, 2023). 성훈, 차기작 복귀 초읽기…JTBC '이제 곧 죽습니다' 특별출연으로 시동 [Sung Hoon, countdown to his next work... Started with a special appearance in JTBC's 'I'll Die Soon'] (in Korean). Munhwa Ilbo. Retrieved February 20, 2023 – via Naver.
^Park Ah-reum (June 20, 2022). 성훈 노래까지 잘하네? '우리는 오늘부터' OST도 불렀다 [Sunghoon Is he good at singing? I also sang the OST of 'We Started Today] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved June 20, 2022 – via Naver.
^Bae Jin-nam (April 24, 2019). 광주세계수영대회 공식 유니폼 첫선…배우 성훈 홍보대사 위촉 [The first official uniform of the Gwangju World Swimming Championships...Actor Sung Hoon appointed as an honorary ambassador]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Yonhap News.
^Lee Ji-yoon (May 12, 2021). 배우 성훈 대구시 홍보대사 위촉 대구시청 권영진시장 국민의소리 [Actor Sung Hoon Appointed as Daegu's Public Relations Ambassador] (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^'사내맞선' 안효섭, 미니시리즈 코미디/로맨스 부문 최우수 연기상 수상! #2022SBS연기대상 #SBSdrama [Ahn Hyo-seop from 'Company Match' won the best acting award in the mini-series comedy/romance category! #2022 SBS Drama Awards #SBSdrama] (in Korean). SBS Drama. December 31, 2022. Event occurs at 0:01. Retrieved January 1, 2023 – via YouTube.
^Park, Ro-sa (December 31, 2022). '사내맞선' 베스트커플상 싹쓸이 김민규♥설인아→안효섭♥김세정 [SBS 연기대상] ['Business Proposal' Best Couple Award Sweep Kim Min-kyu ♥ Seol In-ah → Ahn Hyo-seop ♥ Kim Se-jeong [SBS Drama Awards]] (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. Retrieved December 31, 2022 – via Naver.