Song Il-kook

Song Il-kook is one of those actors who made a single role feel genuinely epic — his turn as the legendary archer-king Jumong in the 2006 MBC series was the kind of commanding, physical performance that turned a historical drama into a national obsession and then a pan-Asian phenomenon. He clearly did his homework: the role required both battlefield intensity and quiet gravitas, and he delivered both without making it feel overwrought. Trained at Chung-Ang University and with solid stage experience behind him, he brings a theatrical grounding that a lot of TV leading men simply lack. He is not the flashiest name in the Korean acting world, but when the material calls for someone to anchor an entire saga, he is exactly who you want in the room.

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Name (English)

Song Il-kook

Name (Japanese)

ソン・イルグク

Reading

そん・いるぐく

Born

October 1, 1971 (age 55)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor / television actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

High school

Hyundai High School

University

Chung-Ang University

• Official sitehttp://www.c-jes.com/New/artist/news.asp?artist=43
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/songilkook/
• Xhttps://x.com/songilkook
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song%20Il-kook
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484840

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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