Son Seung-won

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Son Seung-won
Born (1990-06-29) June 29, 1990 (age 34)
South Korea
Education Seoul Institute of the Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2009–2018
Agent Blossom
Korean name
Hangul
손승원
Hanja
孫承源
Revised Romanization Son Seung-won
McCune–Reischauer Son Sŭngwŏn

Son Seung-won (born June 29, 1990) is a South Korean actor. [1] [2] He is most active in musical theatre, and was the youngest Korean actor cast in the leading role in the Korean staging of Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 2013. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Contents

He is known for his role in the television series Hello, My Twenties! [10] and Welcome to Waikiki .

DUI and imprisonment

[11] [12] [13]

In April 2019, Son was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, forfeiting his military service. His acting career has come to an end after this incident. [14] Son was released from prison in May 2020.

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRoleRefs.
2014 KBS Drama Special:
"We All Cry Differently"
Ryu Ji-han [15]
2014–15 Love & Secret Han Jin-woo [16]
Healer Kim Moon-sik (young) [17]
2015 Hello Monster Choi Eun-bok [18]
2016 My Lawyer, Mr. Jo Byun Seung-mo [19]
2016-17Person Who Gives HappinessLee Gun-woo [20]
Hello, My Twenties! Im Sung-min [21]
2018 Welcome to Waikiki Bong Doo-shik [22]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Glove Park Choong-nam

Musical theatre

YearTitleRole
2009 Spring Awakening
2010A Person Who Dreams
2011Welcome MomHim Chan
2011-2012 Thrill Me Nathan Leopold
2012-2013The Birth of Playing Hard to GetSeo Dong
2013Trace UKoo Bon-ha
2013-2014 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig
2013The Veiled Empress of 1895Hwi
2013-2014 Le Passe Muraille News Vendor
2016 Bare the musical Peter
The DaysKang Moo-young
2017-2018Fan LetterJung Se-hoon
2018R&JStudent 1
2018-2019RimbaudRimbaud

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