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Sung Joon

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In this Korean name, the family name is Bang.
Sung Joon
Sung Joon in 2012
Born
Bang Sung-Joon

(1990-07-10) July 10, 1990 (age 34)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation(s)Actor, model
Years active2011–present
AgentGilstory ENT[1]
Spouse
Unknown
​
(m. 2020)​
Children1
Korean name
Hangul
성준
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeong Jun
McCune–ReischauerSŏng Jun
Birth name
Hangul
방성준
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBang Seong-jun
McCune–ReischauerPang Sŏng-jun

Bang Sung-joon (born July 10, 1990), credited mononymously as Sung Joon, is a South Korean actor and model.[3][4][5] He became best known for his leading roles in the television series Flower Band (2012), Can We Get Married? (2012), I Need Romance 3 (2014), High Society (2015) and Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist (2016). He also appeared in the films Dangerously Excited (2012), Horror Stories 2 (2013), Pluto (2013) and The Villainess (2017).[6]

Career

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Beginnings

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Sung Joon began his entertainment career as a model, but soon switched to acting and debuted in the drama White Christmas in 2011.[7] The same year he was cast in a supporting role in Lie to Me.[8][9] In 2012, he was cast in a leading role in the teen drama Flower Band,[10] where he played a free-spirited leader of a rock band.[11][12][13]

Sung Joon made his film debut with Dangerously Excited.[14][15]

Mainstream acting

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In 2013, Sung Joon was cast in a lead role in the romantic comedy drama Can We Get Married? opposite Jung So-min.[16][17][18][19] The same year, he starred in his first historical drama, Gu Family Book.[20] Sung also starred in the horror film Horror Stories 2[21][22] and in the high school thriller Pluto.[23][24]

In 2014, he was cast in the third installment of TvN's romantic comedy I Need Romance 3 in which he portrayed the character of a care-free songwriter.[25][26][27] Later that year he took on the role of a plastic surgeon for the drama Discovery of Love.[28][29]

In 2015, Sung Joon was cast as the lead in mystery melodrama High Society, playing a man who succeeds in spite of his poor family background.[30] That same year, he also had a supporting role in Hyde Jekyll, Me, a romantic comedy where he played a hypnosis specialist.[31]

In 2016, Sung Joon played the male lead in the romantic comedy drama Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist alongside Han Ye-seul.[32]

In 2017, Sung Joon starred in the mystery comedy, Ms. Perfect alongside Ko So-young, playing a lawyer.[33]

In 2021, Sung Joon joined the film Ghost Mansion, making a comeback to the big screen four years after his discharge from military service.[34]

Personal life

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Sung Joon maintains close friendships with fellow models-turned-actors Kim Young-kwang, Lee Soo-hyuk, Kim Woo-bin and Hong Jong-hyun – all of whom he worked onscreen with in White Christmas. They were given the nickname of Model Avengers by their fans.[35][36]

Sung Joon quietly enlisted for his mandatory military service on December 18, 2018. He completed five weeks of basic training at the Army's 2nd Infantry Division in Gangwon Province.[37] Before his enlistment, he was in a relationship with his non-celebrity girlfriend, with whom he had a child.[38] In August 2020, Sung's agency O& Entertainment announced he would hold a private wedding on September 12, 2020.[39]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Dangerously Excited Min-ki
2013 Horror Stories 2 Cho Dong-Wook Segment Cliff
Pluto Yoo Jin
2017 One Day Young-woo Cameo
The Villainess Jung Hyun-soo
2021 Ghost Mansion Ji-woo [34][40]

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 White Christmas Choi Chi-hoon
Lie to Me Hyun Sang-hee
2012 Flower Band Kwon Ji-hyuk
KBS Drama Special:
"Wetlands Ecology Report" 		Choi Goon one-act drama
Can We Get Married? Ha Jung-hoon
2013 Gu Family Book Gon
2014 I Need Romance 3 Joo Wan
Discovery of Love Nam Ha-jin
2015 Hyde Jekyll, Me Yoon Tae-Joo / Lee Soo-Hyun
High Society Choi Joon-gi
2016 Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist Choi Soo-hyun
2017 Ms. Perfect Kang Bong-goo
2024 The Fiery Priest 2 Kim Hong-sik [41]

Web series

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Year Title Role Ref.
2021 Mojito: The Magic Cha Ji-woo [42]
2022–2023 Island Gung-tan [43]
2023 Call lt Love Yoon Jun [44]

Television show

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Year Title Notes
2011 Show! K Music MC
2013 Miracle Korea

Discography

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Year Song title Notes
2012 "Jaywalking"[45]
Tracks from Flower Band – OST
"Wake Up"
"Today"
"Words You Shouldn't Know"
2014 "Love Is Smiling"[46]
Track from I Need Romance 3 – OST

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012
 26th KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama
Wetlands Ecology Report
 Won
2014
 7th Style Icon Awards New Icon[47]
Himself
 Won
16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best Actor
Gu Family Book
I Need Romance 3
 Nominated
28th KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries
Discovery of Love
 Nominated
2015
 23rd SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries
High Society
 Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special
Hyde Jekyll, Me
 Nominated
Best Couple (with Uee)
High Society
 Nominated
2016
 tvN10 Awards Romantic-Comedy King
I Need Romance 3
 Nominated

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