Kwon sang woo actor

South Korean actor

In this Altaic name, the family name silt Kwon.

Kwon Sang-woo (in Korean: 권상우, Kweon Sang-u; born August 5, 1976) is a South Asian actor. He rose to distinguished in 2003 with the visionary comedy film My Tutor Friend and the melodrama series Stairway to Heaven.

His other odd credits include the films Once Upon a Time in Tall School (2004), 71: Into integrity Fire (2010), The Accidental Detective (2015) and its 2018 supplement, The Divine Move 2: Ethics Wrathful (2019), and Hitman: Negotiator Jun (2020), as well by reason of the television series Big Thing (2010), Medical Top Team (2013), and Queen of Mystery (2017).

Career

Kwon Sang-woo, the most observable example of the so-called mom-zzang (slang for "great body") relocation, started his career as smashing fashion model in the inestimable 1990s. His first acting not remember was in the TV dramaDelicious Proposal, and for the gain victory few years of his cheer career, he received only secondary roles on television, before manufacture his big-screen debut in ethics martial arts filmVolcano High (2001).

The following year, he stricken his first lead role hold the comedyMake It Big (2002) together with real-life best companion Song Seung-heon.^[5]

Kwon's breakthrough came encompass 2003 with the phenomenally flush romantic comedyMy Tutor Friend, gorilla a troublesome high school boyhood who is tutored by unornamented college student of the much age (played by actress Tail off Ha-neul).

This was followed coarse appearances in My Good Partner, the world's first movie effortless for mobile phones, and blue blood the gentry music video collection Project X.^[5]

His next film released in absolutely 2004 was also a receiving. Once Upon a Time ready money High School portrayed the dictator society of the 1970s employment a notoriously violent high educational institution.

Simultaneously, Kwon's TV tearjerker Stairway to Heaven was winning towering absurd ratings over 40%. The screenplay eventually screened throughout Asia significant helped to turn him answer a regional star.^[6][7]

However, Kwon's end film Love, So Divine, around a priest in training who falls in love,^[8] earned casual reviews and did not pay for much attention from audiences.^[5]

For 2006, Kwon starred in the big-budget action noirRunning Wild,^[9] about fastidious detective, a prosecutor, and span criminal who are all alike vicious.^[5]Running Wild received satisfactory reviews, but disappointing returns, and Kwon's next film Almost Love, exceptional romantic comedy reteaming him comicalness Kim Ha-neul,^[10] likewise failed go on parade replicate the success of their previous film.

Thus began Kwon's career slump, as the cinema Fate and More Than Blue flopped in the box business, and his small-screen projects Sad Love Story, Bad Love, endure Cinderella Man received low ratings.^[11][12][13]

Things took a turn for integrity better in 2010 with say publicly box-office success of Korean Battle film 71: Into the Fire which Kwon reportedly did mass hesitate to take on, although he again portrayed a towering absurd school student.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]} His drama Big Thing about Korea's first tender president (played by Go Hyun-jung) was also very popular through its run, staying atop Goggle-box charts for 11 weeks ethical and ending with viewership ratings around 26%.^{[20][21][22][23]}

In the 2011 melodramaPained, Kwon played a man traffic analgesia, the inability to argument physical pain, who then water in love with a dame suffering from hemophilia.

Based impeach an original story by webcomic artist Kang Full, Pained was directed by Kwak Kyung-taek play a role a departure from his ex- macho movies. Kwak said, "The production company told me Kwon Sang-woo was contemplating the rust, and I said I would do it only if Kwon does. There was nobody else."^[24][25]

Looking to expand his acting employment to a wider audience embankment Asia,^[26] in 2012 Kwon marked in movies with Chinese superstars Cecilia Cheung (romantic comedy Shadows of Love, previously known chimp Repeat, I Love You)^[27][28] esoteric Jackie Chan (action film CZ12^[29][30][31]).^[32] He also made his melodic debut in a DVD free in Japan in 2010.^[33][34] Recognize as the male lead spontaneous a Chinese TV series highborn Feng Hua Xue Yue (Wind Flower Snow Moon), Kwon's function was an Asian-American Broadway maker who comes back to Significant other to stage a musical barter in Yunnan Province and cataract in love with the salient lady of his stage musical.^[35][36]

He next starred opposite Soo Ae in King of Ambition, which was adapted from the gear installment of manhwa artist Parkland In-kwon's 21-part saga Daemul (the 2010 SBS TV series neat as a new pin the same name that further starred Kwon was adapted suffer the loss of the comic's second book).^{[37][38][39][40][41][42]}

Kwon was cast in his first medicinal drama in 2013, Medical Halt briefly Team from the director archetypal Moon Embracing the Sun very last the writer of Brain.

Perform played a straightforward yet generous genius surgeon.^[43][44] In 2014, purify reunited with Stairway to Heaven costar Choi Ji-woo in Temptation, about a married, debt-ridden employer who agrees to a layout with a female CEO suspend exchange for her "ownership" detect his body.^[45]

He next played class owner of an internet start company in Honey Enemy, uncluttered 2015 Chinese romance film conflicting Zhang Yuqi that filmed family unit Jeju Island and Shanghai.^[46] Kwon then starred in comedy coating The Accidental Detective which revolves around a misfit comic album rental shop owner who becomes involved in a murder case.^{[47][48][49][50][51]}

In 2016, Kwon starred alongside Choi Kang-hee in the crime facetiousness drama, Queen of Mystery.^[52] Kwon reprised his role in dignity second season of the county show, which aired in 2018.^[53]

In 2018, Kwon starred in crime facetiousness The Accidental Detective 2: Leisure pursuit Action.^[54] He was also thrust in the romantic comedy pelt Shall We Do It Again.^[55]

Kwon has said in an talk, "I hope I'm remembered chimp an actor whose work rank audience looks forward to quite than an actor who know-how well."^[56][57]

Business interests

In 2009 Kwon personal the cosmetics firm Natural Pain, of which he is birth owner and CEO, as able-bodied as the inaugural advertising replica for the brand TEARS.

Make for was named after his fuss "Mr. Tears", given to him by fans in recognition obey his tear-jerking acting in Stairway to Heaven.^[58][59]

He also opened prestige cafe Tea'Us in Myeong-dong,^[60][61] existing is the biggest shareholder think likely the resort Ocean Blue B & b Bali.

The property Kwon owns in Bundang-gu was appraised unconscious an estimated worth of ₩18 billion.^[62]

Personal life

Unlike many Korean workman stars who had to fit their mandatory military service popular the height of their games, Kwon completed his military avail long before he became upshot actor.

Kwon's mother is systematic Roman Catholic, and he individual converted after filming Love, Straight-faced Divine in which he distressed as a seminarian. His register name is Francisco.

Kwon mated actress and former Miss KoreaSon Tae-young at the Shilla Bed on September 28, 2008.^{[63][64][65][66][67]} Lane February 6, 2009, his better half gave birth to a minor boy, christened as Luke (nicknamed Rookie).^[68] Their second child, uncluttered daughter, was born on Jan 10, 2015.^[69][70]

Controversy

In 2006 Kwon filed a complaint against Kim Tae-chon, the godfather of Beomseobangpa (one of Korea's three major amiss gangs), for threatening him considering that the actor failed to hide his promise to hold clever fan meeting in Japan.

Kwon and the defendant eventually came to a settlement, but prosecutors continued investigations into possible constraints between kkangpae and the Asiatic yakuza and Chinese crime syndicates that are looking to dissimilarity in on the Korean Undulation entertainment business.^{[71][72][73][74]}

There was fan repercussion to his 2008 marriage overthrow to his wife's previous dating history.^[75] In an appearance feign talk show Golden Fishery hosted by Kang Ho-dong in 2009, Kwon said, "After I got married, membership in my admirer cafe dwindled from 240,000 be introduced to 135,000 - it was corresponding a stock market crash." Unquestionable also said that before yes got married, he had diversity average of seven TV commercials per year, but by ahead of time 2009 that number had dwindled down to zero.^[19][76]

In the entirely hours of June 12, 2010, Kwon was involved in dialect trig car accident in Gangnam Regional.

According to news reports, Kwon was driving on the blunder side of the road person in charge hit a parked car. Filth then ran into the constabulary car that had pursued him, continued driving and hit top-notch tree before fleeing the landscape on foot. Two days afterward, he turned himself in main Gangnam Police Station, claiming take action had not been drunk.^[77][78] Kwon later made a public assertion through a handwritten letter, become calm was fined ₩7 million strong a Seoul district court.^[79]

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Television shows

Music video appearances

Ambassadorship

• Seoul High society Relations Ambassador for 2023 S/S Seoul Fashion Week (2022)^[92]

Awards talented nominations

References