Song Kang-ho

Not to be confused with Song Kang or Sung Kang.
In this Korean name, the family name is Song.

Song Kang-ho
Song in 2016
Born (1967-01-17) January 17, 1967 (age 57)
Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
AgentSublime
Spouse
Hwang Jang-suk
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(m. 1995)​
Children2, including Jun-pyoung
AwardsBest 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
宋康昊
Revised RomanizationSong Gangho
McCune–ReischauerSong 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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  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
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