Sung Hoon

Bang Sung-hoon (; 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 the 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).

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; 2,400 fans attended.

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 Faith Chun Eum-ja 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 2017My Secret Romance Cha Jin-wookThe Idolmaster KR Kang Shin-hyukJugglers 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 2025The DefectsCameo

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2014 6 Persons Room Min-soo 2015 Noble, My Love Lee Kang-hoon 2018 The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot Jo Seok 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) 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 2Swimming Team Episode 124 (Coach Bang team, won gold medal with Jang Minho) 2015 Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education Episode 113–124 2017–2022 I Live AloneCast Member Episode 212–4312017 Law of the Jungle Wild New Zealand (Episode 265–268) 2018 Law of the Jungle Sabah, Malaysia (Episode 325–329)Carefree TravellersSeason 2 (Episode 1–11)2020기맥힌브로 (Gimmac Hinbro)Episode 1–4

Hosting Year Event Note 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 YearTitleArtist AlbumRef. 2009 Because I Love You White Brown Single video 2010 Promise Me Oh Yun Hye ft. Red Roc Promise Me video 2013 Just the Two of Us Davichi Mystic Ballad video 2015 Sunlight Crayon Pop's Geummi ft. Sung Hoon 6 Persons Room video 2016 CLIMAX Nop.K (Feat. Hoon.J) CLIMAX video Dream Real Girls Project video 2021 "Lost" Sung Hoon Cover

Musical theater Year Title Role 2014 Summer Snow Dr Yoonjae

Theater Year Title Role 2024 Art Serge

Discography Singles TitleYearAlbum "Sunlight" (with Geummi) 2016 6 Persons Room OST "Has It Started?" (with Kim Jae-kyung)Noble, My Love OST "Has It Started?" "Same" (with Song Ji-eun) 2017My Secret Romance OST "You Are the World of Me" "Nothing Is Easy" "Pumping Jumping" "Think About You" 2018 I Picked Up a Celebrity on the Street OST "With You Forever" (with Lee Min-young) 2021Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Season 1 OST "It Will Be Okay" Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) Season 2 OST "For You" "I'll Be With You" 2022 Woori the Virgin OST Part 6 "Truth" 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 AwardFive Enough Asia Artist Awards 2016 Best Choice Award Sung Hoon 2017 Best Entertainer Award 2018Favorite Award 2021 Best Acting Award Asia Model Awards 2018 Korean Model Star KBS Drama Awards 2016 Best New Actor