Sung Joon | |
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![]() Sung Joon in 2012 | |
Born | Bang Sung-Joon July 10, 1990 Seoul, South Korea |
Occupation(s) | Actor, model |
Years active | 2011–present |
Agent | Gilstory ENT [1] |
Spouse | Unknown (m. 2020) |
Children | 1 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 방성준 |
Hanja | 方盛駿 [2] |
RR | Bang Seongjun |
MR | Pang Sŏngjun |
Bang Sung-joon (born July 10, 1990), credited mononymously as Sung Joon, is a South Korean actor and model. [3] [4] [5] [6] He became best known for his leading roles in the television series Flower Band (2012), Can We Get Married? (2012) and I Need Romance 3 (2014). He also appeared in the films Dangerously Excited (2012), Horror Stories 2 (2013), Pluto (2013) and The Villainess (2017). His recent works include starring in web series Island (2022-2023) and Call lt Love (2023) as well as in the television series The Fiery Priest 2 (2024).
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]
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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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] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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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] | |
2025 | The Scandal of Chunhwa | Park Chae-jun | Ep.1 |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2021 | Casting a Spell to You | Choi Ji-woo | [42] |
2022–2023 | Island | Gung-tan | [43] |
2023 | Call lt Love | Yoon Jun | [44] |
2025 | Butterfly | Sanghoon |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2011 | Show! K Music | MC |
2013 | Miracle Korea | |
Year | Song title | Notes |
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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 |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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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 | Nominated | ||
28th KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Nominated | ||
2015 | 23rd SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Nominated | |
Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special | Nominated | |||
Best Couple (with Uee) | Nominated | |||
2016 | tvN10 Awards | Romantic-Comedy King | Nominated | |
2024 | 2024 SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Seasonal Drama | Won | |
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