# Sung Hoon (actor)

Bang Sung-hoon (Korean: 방성훈; born February 14, 1983), born Bang In-gyu and known professionally as Sung Hoon, is a South Korean actor and model.

## Early life

Sung Hoon's birth name is Bang In-gyu but he legally changed his name to Bang Sung-hoon because since he was young, he was often sick and had many surgeries. He revealed the reason in a variety show I Live Alone in episode 312. He was a swimming champion at his University and specialized in butterfly stroke. He swam for 14 years but had to quit because of a spinal injury. He then enlisted in the military, but the same injury sent him home early. Sung Hoon then went on and became a swimming trainer. He debuted as an actor in 2009 with White Brown's Because I Love You.

## Career
### 2011–2012: First acting roles and commercial success

Sung Hoon's breakthrough role was in the supernatural romance drama, New Tales of Gisaeng. His performance in this drama earned him a New Star Award at 2011 SBS Drama Awards.
In 2012, he was cast in his first Chinese drama, The Bodyguard. The same year, he featured in historical drama Faith, playing an antagonist role. Later that year, he was cast in the daily drama, The Birth of a Family.

### 2013–2015: Acting setback and return to television

In 2013, Sung Hoon starred as the lead role in the weekend drama, Passionate Love. In 2014, Sung Hoon starred in the web drama 6 Persons Room, where he played a construction safety engineer who suffers an injury and finds himself in a hospital surrounded by strange patients.
In 2015, Sung Hoon starred in the web drama Noble, My Love, and featured in KBS's romantic comedy series Oh My Venus playing a professional MMA fighter.
Sung Hoon is also a musical Disc jockey, and conducts DJ activities under the name Roiii. Sung Hoon has performed in various countries such as China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

### 2016–2017: Rising popularity

In 2016, Sung Hoon returned to the Korean small screen with KBS's weekend drama Five Enough, playing a model turned professional golfer, where his pairing with Shin Hye-sun gained popularity among the viewers.
In 2017, Sung Hoon starred in the romantic comedy drama My Secret Romance, in which he played a second-generation chaebol. He then played an entertainment company producer in The Idolmaster KR, which is based on The Idolmaster Japanese video game. The same year, Sung Hoon was cast in the romance-fantasy film Are You in Love? opposite Kim So-eun. The film premiered in 2020.

### 2018–present: Resurgence and comeback to television

In 2018, Sung Hoon's debut action film Brothers in Heaven was released in January. He acted alongside Jo Han-sun as fraternal twins. He was also cast in the sitcom, The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot, as well as the romantic comedy web drama I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street.
In 2019, Sung Hoon returned to small screen with the romantic comedy drama Level Up playing a character of a company restructuring expert.
By end of 2020, Sung Hoon returned to web drama with My Secret Star playing a character of a Hallyu star who is hiding a big secret and meets an entertainment journalist who risked her life to get on the scoop, played by Vietnamese actress Hoàng Yến Chibi.
In 2021, Sung Hoon starred as a lawyer who have trouble in maintaining his marriage in season 1 & 2 drama Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce). In 2022, he played the role of Raphael in the SBS romantic comedy drama Woori the Virgin based on American series Jane the Virgin, reuniting with New Tales of Gisaeng co-star Im Soo-hyang.

## Philanthropy

Sung Hoon became the first Korean actor to hold a fan meeting in Brazil and donate all of the proceeds to Brazilian flood victims. On May 10, 2024, Sung Hoon held a solo fan meeting titled 'MOMENTO SECRETO COM SUNG HOON' at Espaço Unimed in São Paulo, Brazil, and had a meaningful time with 2,400 local fans.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2018 | Brothers in Heaven | Tae-sung |
| 2020 | Are You in Love? | Seung Jae |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | New Tales of Gisaeng | Ah Da-mo | |
| 2012 | The Bodyguard | Guo Xu | |
| 2012 | Faith | Chun Eum-ja | |
| 2012 | The Birth of a Family | Han Ji-hoon | |
| 2013 | Passionate Love | Kang Moo-yeol | |
| 2015 | Oh My Venus | Jang Joon-sung | |
| 2016 | Five Enough | Kim Sang-min | |
| 2017 | My Secret Romance | Cha Jin-wook | |
| 2017 | The Idolmaster KR | Kang Shin-hyuk | |
| 2017 | Jugglers | Lee Kyung-joon | Cameo (Ep. 1) |
| 2019 | Level Up | Ahn Dan-te | |
| 2021 | Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) | Pan Sa-hyun | Season 1–2 |
| 2022 | Woori the Virgin | Raphael | |
| 2023 | Perfect Marriage Revenge | Seo Do-guk | |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2014 | 6 Persons Room | Min-soo | | |
| 2015 | Noble, My Love | Lee Kang-hoon | | |
| 2018 | The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot | Jo Seok | | |
| 2018 | I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street | Kang Joon-hyuk | | |
| 2021 | So I Married the Anti-fan | Choi Jae-hee | Cameo (Ep. 5, 13, 14 & 15) |
| 2021 | My Secret Star | Jin | Arirang TV YouTube channel | video |
| 2023–2024 | Death's Game | Song Jae-seop | Cameo | |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2 | Swimming Team | Episode 124 (Coach Bang team, won gold medal with Jang Minho) |
| 2015 | Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education | Swimming Team | Episode 113–124 |
| 2017–2022 | I Live Alone | Cast Member | Episode 212–431 |
| 2017 | Law of the Jungle | Cast Member | Wild New Zealand (Episode 265–268) |
| 2018 | Law of the Jungle | Cast Member | Sabah, Malaysia (Episode 325–329) |
| 2018 | Carefree Travellers | Cast Member | Season 2 (Episode 1–11) |
| 2020 | 기맥힌브로 (Gimmac Hinbro) | Cast Member | Episode 1–4 |

### Hosting

| Year | Event | Note | Ref. |
| 2019 | 18th FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019 | MC for the 18th FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019 Eve Festival | |
| 2020 | 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival | MC for opening ceremony with announcer, Lin Hyun Joo | |

### Music video

| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Ref. |
| 2009 | Because I Love You (사랑하기 때문에) | White Brown | Single | video |
| 2010 | Promise Me (약속해줄래) | Oh Yun Hye (오윤혜) ft. Red Roc (레드락) | Promise Me | video |
| 2013 | Just the Two of Us (둘이서 한잔해) | Davichi | Mystic Ballad | video |
| 2015 | Sunlight | Crayon Pop's Geummi ft. Sung Hoon | 6 Persons Room | video |
| 2016 | CLIMAX (클라이막스) | Nop.K (Feat. Hoon.J) | CLIMAX | video |
| 2016 | Dream | Real Girls Project | | video |

## Musical theater

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2014 | Summer Snow | Dr Yoonjae | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2024 | Art | Serge | |

## Discography
### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Sunlight" (with Geummi) | 2016 | 6 Persons Room OST |
| "Has It Started?" (시작인가요) (with Kim Jae-kyung) | 2016 | Noble, My Love OST |
| "Has It Started?" (시작인가요) | 2016 | Noble, My Love OST |
| "Same" (똑 같아요) (with Song Ji-eun) | 2017 | My Secret Romance OST |
| "You Are the World of Me" (너뿐인 세상) | 2017 | My Secret Romance OST |
| "Nothing Is Easy" (쉬운 게 없구나) | 2017 | My Secret Romance OST |
| "Pumping Jumping" | 2017 | Non-album single |
| "Think About You" (자꾸 널 생각해) | 2018 | I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street OST |
| "With You Forever" (모든 날 함께해) (with Lee Min-young) | 2021 | Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Season 1 OST |
| "It Will Be Okay" (괜찮아) | 2021 | Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Season 2 OST |
| "For You" | 2021 | Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Season 2 OST |
| "I'll Be With You" (있어줄게) | 2022 | Woori the Virgin OST Part 6 |
| "Truth" (사실은) | 2023 | Perfect Marriage Revenge OST Part 6 |

## Ambassadorship

* 2019 - Honorary Ambassador for 18th FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019
* 2021 - Daegu's Public Relations Ambassador

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result |
| APAN Star Awards | 2016 | Excellence Actor in a Serial Drama Award | Five Enough | Nominated |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2016 | Best Choice Award | Sung Hoon | Won |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2017 | Best Entertainer Award | Sung Hoon | Won |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2018 | Favorite Award | Sung Hoon | Won |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2021 | Best Acting Award | Sung Hoon | Won |
| Asia Model Awards | 2018 | Korean Model Star | Sung Hoon | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Best New Actor | Five Enough | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Best Couple Award | Sung Hoon with Shin Hye-sun Five Enough | Nominated |
| MBC Entertainment Awards | 2018 | Best Entertainer in Variety Category (Male) | I Live Alone | Won |
| MBC Entertainment Awards | 2018 | Rookie Award in Variety Category (Male) | I Live Alone | Nominated |
| MBC Entertainment Awards | 2019 | Excellence Award in Variety Category (Male) | I Live Alone | Won |
| MBC Entertainment Awards | 2019 | Best Teamwork Award | Sung Hoon (with Henry Lau, Kian84, Lee Si-eon) I Live Alone | Won |
| MBC Entertainment Awards | 2020 | Top Excellence Award in Variety Category (Male) | I Live Alone | Won |
| MBC Entertainment Awards | 2020 | Best Couple Award | Sung Hoon (with Son Dam-bi) I Live Alone | Nominated |
| MTN Ad Festival Awards | 2020 | Commercial Star Award | Sung Hoon | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2011 | New Star Award | New Tales of Gisaeng | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2022 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama | Woori the Virgin | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2022 | Best Couple Award | Sung Hoon (with Im Soo-hyang and Shin Dong-wook) Woori the Virgin | Nominated |
| StarHub Night of Stars Award | 2019 | StarHub Dazzling Star Award | Sung Hoon | Won |