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My Take
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.
Overview
Song Seung-heon (Korean: 송승헌; born October 5, 1976) is a South Korean model and actor. He has acted in various television dramas, notably Autumn in My Heart (2000), East of Eden (2008), My Princess (2011), Black (2017), Player (2018), The Great Show (2019), and Dinner Mate (2020).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dragon
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / model / singer / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Hankyong National University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.