Seo Kang-jun

Seo Kang-joon is the kind of actor who makes you do a double take — not just because he's ridiculously good-looking, but because there's actually genuine craft behind that face. His breakout in Cheese in the Trap showed he could hold his own in a morally complex role that went way beyond typical second-lead territory, and Are You Human? proved he had the range to carry a full sci-fi rom-com on his shoulders. What I find genuinely interesting is how he keeps picking projects with a darker, thriller-adjacent edge — Watcher, Grid — rather than playing it safe with crowd-pleasing romance. Throw in the fact that the guy plays piano, was part of a real idol group in 5urprise, and you've got someone who quietly built a much more layered career than his pretty-boy debut suggested.

Name (English)

Seo Kang-jun

Name (Japanese)

ソ・ガンジュン

Reading

そ・がんじゅん

Born

October 12, 1993 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

Gunpo, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / singer / television actor / actor / pianist

High school

Sanbon High School

University

Dong Seoul University

• Official sitehttps://www.instagram.com/manofcreation_official/?hl=fr
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/seokj1012/
• Xhttps://x.com/the5urprise
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seo%20Kang-joon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15972890

Tags

• film actor
• singer
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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