Celebrity Biographies
Biography of Song Kang-ho
| Date of Birth: | 1967, January 17 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 53 years |
| Nation of birth: | South Korea |
| Height: | 5 feet 10 inches |
| Name | Song Kang-ho |
| birth name | Song Kang-ho |
| Dad | In-dae song |
| Nationality | south korean |
| Place of birth / city | Gim-hae, South Gyeongsang Povince |
| Profession | Actor |
| Net worth | $20 million |
| eye color | Dark brown |
| Hair color | Black |
| weight in kg | 75 |
| Married to | Hwang Jang-sook |
| Kids | Song Jun-pyong and Song Ju-yeon |
| Education | Busan Kyungsang University |
| Awards | Asian Film Awards, Screen Actor Guild Awards, Locarno International Film Festival |
| Films | Parasite, Taxi Driver, Snow Chopper, No. 3, Joint Security Area, Secret Sun, The Good, The Bad, The Weird, |
Screen Actors Guild Awards winner Song Kang-ho is widely known for his role in films such as Taxi Driver , Snowpiercer , Secret Sun , No.3, and The Good, the Bad, the Wiring . His role in the movie Parasite won the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Korean Film Critics Association Awards, and the South Korean Grand Bell Awards.
Gimhae High School graduate
Song Kang-ho was born on January 17, 1967 in Gim-hae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. He has South Korean nationality.
Song was fascinated with acting while studying in the eighth grade. While studying at Gimhae High School, he joined the social theater and worked in various plays. He earned his bachelor’s degree in broadcasting from Busan Kyungsang University.
His father, Song In-dae, passed away on November 9, 2018.
acting career
Song Kang-ho began his acting journey from the 1996 film The Day a Pig Fell in the Well . A year later, he appeared in a couple of movies including Green Fish , Bottomless Timeless, Bad Movie, and No.3 . For his role in No.3 , he won the Blue Dragon Award.
Additionally, he gained a new height with his role in the 2007 film The Show Must Go On, Secret Sun, and the 2008 film The Good the Bad the Weird . This fame led to Kang-ho landing her first role in an international film in 2013’s Snowpierce . She worked together with the Hollywood actors. Chris Evans, Jamie Bell and John Hurt in the film.
Song Kang-ho at the Toronto International Film Festival SOURCE: Pinterest
His exact income and salary have yet to be disclosed. But working on several blockbuster projects has earned him more than average. Some of the hit movies he was a part of are listed below with their box office collections.
| Movie | Release year | Star Cast | Budget | Ticket office |
| The host | 2006 | Byun Hee-bong and Park Hae-il | $11 million | $89.4 million |
| The good, the bad, the strange | 2008 | Byung Hun Lee and Jung Woo-sung | $10 million | $44.3 million |
| snowpiercer | 2013 | Tilda Swinton and Jamie Bell | $40 million | $86.8 million |
| The throne | 2015 | Yoo Ah-in Moon and Geun-young | $8.3 million | $45.9 million |
| the age of shadows | 2016 | Gong Yoo and Han Ji-min | $8.62 million | $55.3 million |
| A taxi driver | 2017 | Thomas Kretschmann and Yoo Hae-jin | $13.8 million | $88.7 million (South Korea only) |
| Parasite | 2019 | Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Yeo-jeong | $11 million | $163.3 million |
Song Kang-ho has been married for more than two decades
Song Kang-ho married Hwang Jang-sook in November 1995. The husband and wife are blessed with two children. They gave birth to their first child, a son, Song Jun-pyong, on July 29, 1996. Jun-pyong is a soccer player who plays for Suwon Samsun Bluewing. Her daughter Song Ju-yeon is also an actress in South Korea.