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Song Kang-ho | |
|---|---|
 Song in 2016 | |
| Born | January 17, 1967 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 | _ribbon.PNG){kind=small} Ok-gwan Order of Cultural Merit (2019)_ribbon.PNG){kind=small} Bo-gwan Order of Cultural Merit (2022) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 송강호 |
| Hanja | 宋康昊 |
| Revised Romanization | Song Gangho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Song Kangho |
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 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]
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- ^ Brzeski, Patrick (8 September 2019). "How 'Parasite' Actor Song Kang-ho Became South Korea's Everyman Superstar". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Dargis, Manohla; Scott, A.O. (25 November 2020). "The 25 greatest actors of the 21st century (so far)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Lee, Sun-min (13 December 2013). "Song Kang-ho voted 2013's top movie star". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ Kim, Gye-yeon (13 December 2017). 송강호, '올해를 빛낸 영화배우' 1위[갤럽] [Song Kang-ho, 'Film Actor of the Year' 1st place [Gallup]]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Jo, Yeon-kyung (17 December 2019). 송강호, 2019년 빛낸 영화배우 1위…마동석 2위·공유 3위 [Song Kang-ho, the best actor in 2019... Ma Dong-seok 2nd place, Gong Yoo 3rd place]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Hicap, Jonathan (16 December 2020). "Gallup survey reveals top Korean movie stars who shined in 2020". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.