Song Chang-eui

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Song Chang-eui
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Born (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979 (age 45)
Seoul, South Korea
Education Seoul Institute of the Arts – Theater
Occupation Actor
Years active2002–present
AgentYK Media Plus [1]
Spouse
Oh Ji-young
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(m. 2016)​
Children1
Korean name
Hangul
송창의
Hanja
Revised Romanization Song Chang-ui
McCune–Reischauer Song Ch'ang-ŭi
Website www.changeui.com

Song Chang-eui (born January 24, 1979) is a South Korean actor. Though better known as a musical theatre actor, notably in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Gwanghwamun Love Song , Song has also starred in television dramas such as The Scales of Providence and Life Is Beautiful .

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Career

Song Chang-eui began his career in musical theatre in 2002's Blue Saigon. [2] [3] Most famous for playing a transgender rocker in Hedwig and the Angry Inch , [4] he also starred in the stage adaptation of Hollywood film The Graduate , [5] the musical adaptation of romantic comedy 200 Pounds Beauty with Bada, [6] [7] a musical based on The Sorrows of Young Werther , [8] popular German musical Elisabeth with Ock Joo-hyun, [9] [10] [11] [12] and Korea's first jukebox musical Gwanghwamun Younga (younga is the Korean word for "love song" or "sonata") featuring the hit songs of the late composer Lee Young-hoon. [13] [14] [15] [16]

After doing small roles on television starting 2005, Song gained fame in 2007 when he starred in Golden Bride , [2] a drama about an inter-cultural marriage between an elite Korean man (Song) and a young Vietnamese woman (played by Lee Young-ah). [17] He followed that with leading roles in the revenge court thriller The Scales of Providence, [18] and the post-war film Once Upon a Time in Seoul . The latter, titled Boys Don't Cry in Korean, is about two orphaned friends (played by Song and Lee Wan) who become involved in the black market to escape poverty. Song had to lose 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds) and shave his head for his role. [19] In 2009 he was cast as the antagonist in the Kwon Sang-woo starrer Cinderella Man , a Prince and the Pauper tale set in the world of fashion merchandising, which drew lackluster ratings. [20]

Penned by renowned drama writer Kim Soo-hyun, the 2010 weekend family drama Life Is Beautiful became memorable and somewhat controversial for its depiction of a loving, functional relationship between two homosexual men, the first Korean show to do so in the primetime slot of a public network. [21] [22] [23] The drama was a hit with average ratings of 20%, and Song earned praise for his portrayal of a gentle, kind doctor of internal medicine, who happens to be openly gay and in love with Lee Sang-woo's divorcee character. [24] [25] [26]

Song and Seo Ji-hye played a married couple in melodrama A Lone Tree (the Korean title Tree that Sleeps Standing speaks to the theme of a person's desire to stay next to and support a loved one), then he had a supporting role in A Reason to Live , a contemplative film on grief and forgiveness starring Song Hye-kyo. [27]

He returned to television in the 2011 campus romance Heartstrings (also known as You've Fallen for Me). The drama was co-produced by the Seoul Institute of the Arts, which provided its campus for filming. Song, a graduate of the arts-specialized university, said the classrooms, library and the atmosphere made him feel nostalgic. [28] He and co-star Park Shin-hye had previously worked together as voice actors for the local hand-drawn animated film Green Days: Dinosaur and I . [29] [30] [31]

Song starred in two series in 2012: Syndrome , a medical drama on cable about neurosurgeons, [32] [33] and The Great Seer , a historical epic about the founding of the Joseon Dynasty. [34] Kim Soo-hyun cast him again in her 2013 weekend drama Thrice Married Woman , in which his character has lingering feelings for his ex-wife.

In 2014, Song played the titular character in police procedural Dr. Frost , adapted from the webtoon of the same title. He was then cast as a widowed father with a troubled son in the Make a Woman Cry (2015). [35]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2002 Emergency Act 19 adviser 2
2005 My Girl and I Park Jong-goo
2007Pacchigi! Love & PeaceJin-sung
2008 Once Upon a Time in Seoul Tae-ho
2010A Lone TreeJung Gu-sang
2011 Green Days: Dinosaur and I Kim Cheol-sooanimated, (voice)
A Reason to Live Ji-suk
2020 Beyond That Mountain Kim Ik-hyun
2021The ReconKang Sung-gu [36]

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2005Rainy Day on the TenthYoon-seok
Wedding Yoon Hyung-chul
The Youth in BarefootHwang Joon-hyuk
Drama City "My Sweet Bloody Lover"Jin-wooone act-drama
2006 The 101st Proposal Seo Hyun-joon
2007 Golden Bride Kang Jun-woo
Yi San Jeong Yak-yong
2008 On Air HimselfCameo (episode 11)
The Scales of ProvidenceJang Joon-ha
2009 Cinderella Man Lee Jae-min
2010 Life Is Beautiful Yang Tae-sub
2011 Heartstrings Kim Suk-hyun
A Thousand Days' Promise Noh Young-soo
2012 Syndrome Cha Yeo-wook
The Great Seer Lee Jung-geun
2013 Thrice Married Woman Jung Tae-won
2014 Dr. Frost Baek Nam-bong
2015 Make a Woman Cry Kang Jin-woo
2017 The Secret of My Love Han Ji-seob / Kang Jae-wook
2018 Hide and Seek Cha Eun-hyuk [37]
2023 Twinkling Watermelon adult Kang Hyeon-yulCameo (episode 16) [38]

Television shows

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2021The Cultural History of Spoons and PotsNarratordocumentary history [39]

Music video

YearSong titleArtist
2005"What My Tears Are Saying"Kyun-woo
"Sad Diary"
2006"Alcohol" Vibe
2007"Yesterday is Different From Today"Kim Ji-eun
"Your Love is Enough" Baek Ji-young
"Please Find Her"The Name
2008"It Was You"Kyun-woo
2015"She Has Come"99 (NINTYNINE)

Theater

YearTitleRole
2002Blue Saigon
The Play
2003Songsan YahwaKim Hyun
Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ
2004The Play X
Singin' in the Rain Don Lockwood
Funky Funky
2006 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig
2007 The Graduate Benjamin Braddock
2008 200 Pounds Beauty Han Sang-jun
2009 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig
2010 Turandot
The Sorrows of Young Werther Werther
2011Gwanghwamun Love SongSang-hoon
2012 Elisabeth Death
Gwanghwamun Love SongSang-hoon
2013 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph
Hedwig and the Angry Inch [40] Hedwig
2014 Blood Brothers Mickey
2015 Rebecca Maxim de Winter
2016 Mata Hari Armand
2019I Loved YouLee Joon-hyuk

Discography

Album informationTrack listing
I Love You - Golden Bride OST
  • Single
  • Released: January 7, 2008
Track listing
  1. 사랑합니다 (I Love You) - Song Chang-eui
  2. 사랑합니다 (Instrumental)
  3. 사랑합니다 - Kim Ji-hoon
Love 101
  • EP
  • Released: March 28, 2008
Track listing
  1. 사랑이라는 이유로 (Virtue of Love) - Song Chang-eui
  2. 4월이 왔어 (April Has Come) - Wax
우주에서
Track listing
15. 우주에서 (featuring 철수) - Song Chang-eui and Park Shin-hye

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2007 SBS Drama Awards Top 10 Stars Golden Bride Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaNominated
2008 44th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (TV)Won
SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama SpecialThe Scales of ProvidenceNominated
2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (Film) Once Upon a Time in Seoul Nominated
17th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best New ActorWon
46th Grand Bell Awards Best New ActorNominated
30th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New ActorNominated
201026th Korea Best Dresser Swan AwardsBest Dressed, Culture/문화인 category—Won
SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama Life Is Beautiful Won
20116th Asia Model Festival AwardsBBF Popular Star Award—Won
2012 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special The Great Seer Nominated
2014 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Thrice Married Woman Won
2015 4th APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Make a Woman Cry Nominated
2015 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Make a Woman Cry Won
2017 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama The Secret of My Love Won
2018 6th APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama [41] Nominated
MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Special Project Hide and Seek Nominated
202014th SBS Entertainment Awards Best Teamwork Award [42] Same Bed, Different Dreams 2: You Are My Destiny Won

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