Kwon Sang-woo

On September 28, 2008, he tied the knot with South Korean actress and former Miss Korea, Son Tae-young. They have two children; a son born on February 6, 2009, and a daughter, born on January 10, 2015.

Kwon Sang-woo was born on August 5, 1976, in Daejeon, South Korea. He lost his father when he was just eight months of age. His mother is a Roman Catholic; he later followed her footsteps to convert himself after playing a seminarian in the 2004 South Korean romantic comedy film ‘Love, So Divine’. The confirmation name of Kwon is Francisco.

He attended ‘Hannam University’ and obtained a B.A. degree in Education. Meanwhile in 1998, after attending six months of first year of university, he was inducted into South Korean Army for military training. He finished his compulsory training in 2001.

Considered a fine example of mom-zzang (combo of the Korean words for 'best' and 'body’) movement, Kwon landed up in the world of glitz, glamour and entertainment in the late 1990s as a fashion model.

His acting debut happened in 2001 with the South Korean romance comedy drama TV series ‘Delicious Proposal’ where he played the role of a motorcycle delivery guy Choon-shik. That year he also landed up with his first film ‘Volcano High’, a South Korean martial arts action comedy.

He received the New Star Award at the 2002 SBS Drama Awards for portraying Yoon Ho-jae in the romantic comedy TV series ‘We Are Dating Now’ (2002).

His first lead role came in the 2002South Korean comedy film ‘Make It Big’ where he starred along with Song Seung-heon, and Kim Young-jun.

He landed up with his big break the following year with the February 7, 2003, released South Korean romantic comedy film ‘My Tutor Friend’ starring opposite Kim Ha-neul. The film topped box office for five weeks in a row and emerged as the third best selling Korean film of that year. It shot Kwon to stardom.