Song Seung-heon

What strikes me about Song Seung-heon is his refusal to coast on a famously handsome face. He could have spent his entire career as the brooding romantic lead of Autumn in My Heart, and audiences would have kept watching. Instead he kept testing himself with thrillers like Black and Player and lighter fare like Dinner Mate, quietly expanding his range deep into his forties. I admire actors who treat beauty as a starting point rather than a destination, and he is one of the clearest examples Korean television has produced. The model-turned-actor cliche does not apply here; he earned his longevity scene by scene.

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Name (English)

Song Seung-heon

Name (Japanese)

ソン・スンホン

Reading

そん・すんほん

Born

October 5, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / model / singer / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

University

Hankyong National University

• Official sitehttps://www.songseungheon.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/songseungheon1005/
• Xhttps://x.com/SongSH
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song%20Seung-heon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486455

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• model

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.