Son Sang-yeon

Son Sang-yeon (; born April 2, 2002) is a South Korean actor. He made his debut as a cast member in the 2016 Tooniverse variety show; Maknae Show 7 and has since starred in other variety shows, television series, web series, films, and a music video. Son established himself as young actor by performing roles as young version of main lead in Suspicious Partner, Revolutionary Love (2017) and Clean with Passion for Now (2018). He rose to prominence with the 2021 television series Racket Boys as Bang Yoon-dam, for which he was awarded the best new actor award at 2021 SBS Drama Awards. In 2022, he starred Netflix series All of Us Are Dead as Jang Woo-jin.

Early life Son is from the Seo district (Seo-gu) of Daejeon where he completed his middle school studies until he and his family moved to Seoul. There, he continued his high school education in the Seoul Baemyeong High School whilst pursuing his acting career.

Career Son is affiliated to Awesome ENT artist talent agency. He debuted in 2016 as a cast member of Maknae Show 7 and has taken on numerous guest and support roles in television and web dramas since then. His first main role was in 2019 in the web drama, Triple Fling.

He is known for his main role in Racket Boys as Bang Yoon-dam, captain of his school badminton team. For which, he extensively trained for months as a badminton player along with the other cast members of the series. He was awarded with Best New Actor award at 2021 SBS Drama Awards for his portrayal of Bang Yoon-dam in the series. Son was discharged from military service on May 7, 2023.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 2017 A Special Lady Gong Myung (10 y.o.) Guest Role 2024Officer Black BeltLee Yang Ho

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2016 My Fair Lady Guest Role First Love Again Hwang Je-ha 2017 Super Family Nephew Guest Role Chicago Typewriter Baek Tae-min (young) Two Cops Cha Dong-tak (young) Revolutionary Love Kwon Je-hoon (young) The Return of Hwang Geum-bok Bully Bad Thief, Good Thief Bully Suspicious Partner Noh Ji-wook (young) Summer Days Kim Ji-yong (young) The Happy Loner Guest Role one act-drama 2018 Clean with Passion for Now Jang Sun-gyeol (young) Cameo (Ep. 5) 2019 Level Up Kang Hoon 2020 Dr. Romantic 2 Kang Ik-joon Cameo (Ep. 11–14) 2021 Racket Boys Bang Yoon-dam 2023 The Matchmakers Lee Si-yeol 2025 My Dearest Nemesis Baek Soo-bin Supporting Role 2025 Our Golden Days Lee Ji-wan

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2019 FAILing in Love Kang Pa-rang Triple Fling Song Ji-ho Season 1–2 2022 All of Us Are Dead Jang Woo-jin

Television shows Year Title Role 2016 Maknae Show 7Cast Member 2016–2017 Dream Junior

Music video appearances Year Song Artist Notes 2020 "Enough" Hoppipolla Male Student

Awards and nominations