Song Jong-ho

Song Jong-ho (; born October 5, 1976) is a South Korean actor. Song debuted as a runway model in Park Byung-chul's fashion show in 1995. His print and runway modeling career lasted until 1999, when he turned to acting. He is best known for his roles in Will It Snow for Christmas?, The Princess' Man (2011), and Reply 1997 (2012).

Career Song Jong-ho majored in Computer Statistics at Pyeongtaek University, but he soon realized that his true passion lay in entertainment. In 1995, he made his debut as a model in a fashion show of designer Park Byung-chul. Song's print and runway modeling career lasted until 1999, when he turned to acting. Song first appeared in sitcoms and television dramas in minor and supporting roles.

In 2007, he drew notice as a surgical intern in the medical drama Surgeon Bong Dal-hee, for which he received a New Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards. Another notable role followed in the 2009 melodrama Will It Snow for Christmas?, as a penniless man whose family went bankrupt during the IMF crisis, and thus feels conflicted about falling for an heiress. Song said he cried when he first read Lee Kyung-hee's script, describing it as "so entertaining and sad and it had a lot of great lines," that he begged his manager to get him cast in the drama.

In 2011, Song's profile rose further when he starred in The Princess' Man, a period drama set in the Joseon period which drew both high ratings and critical acclaim. In it, he played a nobleman fallen on hard times who betrays his best friend in order to possess the woman he loves and achieve his ambition. This was followed by the popular Reply 1997, a nostalgic cable drama in which Song played a warm-hearted computer genius-turned-politician loosely based on Ahn Cheol-soo, and was part of the show's central love triangle.

Song returned to the Joseon era in his next two projects. He made his big screen debut in The Grand Heist (2012), an ensemble heist comedy about a group of quirky professionals who attempt to steal ice (a valuable commodity at the time) from the royal storage. Then in The Fugitive of Joseon (2013), Song portrayed an uigeumbu, an intelligent and tenacious investigator hunting down the protagonist until he becomes convinced of the latter's innocence and they join forces.

He then made guest appearances on The Suspicious Housekeeper (as a stalker) and Beyond the Clouds (as the heroine's fiancé whose death early in the drama serves as a catalyst). Not long after, Song headlined The Reason I'm Getting Married, which was featured on the single-episode anthology, KBS Drama Special.

Filmography

Television series Year Title Role Network1999 Invitation KBS2 Jump MBC March SBS 2001 Nonstop 2 MBC 2003 Thousand Years of Love SBS 2004 First Love of a Royal Prince Yoon-joon MBC2007 Surgeon Bong Dal-hee Lee Min-woo SBS Golden Bride Kim Young-min SBS2008 Tazza Ahn Se-hoon SBS My Life's Golden Age MBC2009 Cain and Abel Kang Suk-hoon SBS Will It Snow for Christmas? Park Tae-joon SBS 2010 Three Sisters Lee Min-woo SBS 2011 The Princess' Man Shin Myeon KBS22012 Reply 1997 Yoon Tae-woong tvN KBS Drama Special: "The Flight of the Spoonbill" Kyeong-ho KBS22013 The Fugitive of Joseon Lee Jung-hwan KBS2 The Suspicious Housekeeper Jang Do-hyung/Seo Ji-hoon SBS2014 Beyond the Clouds Gong Woo-jin (cameo) KBS2 KBS Drama Special: "The Reason I'm Getting Married" Han Seung-wook KBS2 Dr. Frost Moon Sung-hyun/Park Dong-hee OCN2015 A Girl Who Sees Smells Chun Baek-kyung SBS Orange Marmalade Han Yoon-jae KBS2 All About My Mom Yoon Sang-hyuk KBS2 Cheo Yong 2 Nam Hui-jun OCN2016 The Promise Park Hwi-kyung KBS2 The Royal Gambler Kim Yi-soo (Cameo) SBS 2017 A Korean Odyssey Kang Dae-sung tvN Band of Sisters Jo Han-sung SBS 2019 Liver or Die Jin Ji-ham KBS2 2019 Arthdal Chronicles Issroob tvN2020Was It Love? Ryu Jin JTBC 2021 Secret Royal Inspector & Joy Jang Ki-wan (cameo) tvN 2022 Love Is for Suckers Kim In-woo ENA

Film Year Title Role 2012 The Grand Heist Kim Jae-joon

Variety show Year Title Notes 2000 Achieve the Goal Saturday 2007 Road Trip 2010 Lucky Strike 300 Host

Music video Year Song title Artist 2004 "For You Not to Know" As One 2007 "Say Goodbye" i

Musical theatre Year Title Role 2008–2009 Music in My Heart Jang Jae-hyuk

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2000 Model Center Model Best 10, Print Model category 2007 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award Surgeon Bong Dal-hee 2011 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor The Princess' Man