Song Kang-ho
South Korean actor (born 1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Song Kang-ho (Korean: 송강호; born January 17, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Song made his film debut in The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996), and came to national prominence with a series of critically acclaimed performances, including No. 3 (1997), Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Memories of Murder (2003), The Host (2006), Snowpiercer (2013), The Attorney (2013), and A Taxi Driver (2017).
Song Kang-ho | |
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Born | (1967-01-17) January 17, 1967 (age 57) Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1991–present |
Agent | Sublime |
Spouse |
Hwang Jang-suk (m. 1995) |
Children | 2, including Jun-pyoung |
Awards | Best Actor 2022 Cannes Film Festival |
Honours | Ok-gwan Order of Cultural Merit (2019) Bo-gwan Order of Cultural Merit (2022) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 송강호 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Song Gang-ho |
McCune–Reischauer | Song Kangho |
Song rose to international prominence for his performance in Parasite (2019), which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture.[1][2] He was awarded Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Broker (2022). In 2020, The New York Times ranked him #6 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.[3] He has been named Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year four times (2013, 2017, 2019 and 2020).[4][5][6][7]