Sung Hoon

He was born on February 14, 1983, in Nam District, Daegu, South Korea. Not much is known about early life and family background of this charismatic and charming actor excepting that he attended Yong In University where he studied Social and Physical Education.

Hoon is a talented swimmer who remained a national swim team member for fourteen years. A butterfly stroke specialist, he had to leave the team after he suffered a spinal injury.

He then resolved to serve the military and in that pursuit got himself enlisted in the service, however the same spinal injury impeded him to continue with such service.

Although Hoon had no early experience in either modelling or acting, he made his debut in the latter with the role of Ah Da-mo in the South Korean TV series ‘New Tales of Gisaeng’, which also happened to be his breakthrough role. The series aired on SBS for 52 episodes starting from January 23, 2011 to July 17, 2011.

His portrayal as a supercilious second-generation chaebol in ‘New Tales of Gisaeng’ shot him to limelight and garnered him the New Star Award at the 20th SBS Drama Awards in 2011.

He then landed up with his first Chinese drama titled ‘The Bodyguard’ in 2012 essaying the role of Guo Xu, a security chief. The series was aired in ‘China Central Television’ (formerly Beijing Television) commonly called CCTV network.

The South Korean television drama ‘Faith’ that aired on SBS for 24 episodes from August 13, 2012, to October 30, 2012, saw him playing the nefarious and shady character of Chun Eum-ja who carries a deadly flute. The other series he featured that year, also aired in SBS, was ‘The Birth of a Family’ where he played an entrepreneur Han Ji-hoon.

The next lead character he portrayed was that of a handsome and rich chaebol Kang Moo Yool in the South Korean weekend TV drama series ‘Passionate Love’ that aired on SBS for 47 episodes from September 28, 2013 to March 23, 2014.