Shin Sung-rok
{{short description|South Korean actor}}
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{{family name hatnote|Shin||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shin Sung-rok
| image = 190603 신성록.jpg
| caption = Shin in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|23}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea{{cite web|url=http://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=12903|title=신성록|website=Cinefox (씨네폭스)|access-date=December 6, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=July 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710124631/https://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=12903|url-status=live}}
| height = {{Height|m=1.89}}
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 2003–present
| agent = Y.ONE ENT
| spouse = {{marriage|Unknown|2016}}
| children = 1
| education =
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 신성록
| hanja = {{linktext|申|成|祿}}
| rr = Sin Seong-rok
| mr = Sin Sŏng-rok
}}
}}
Shin Sung-rok ({{Korean|hangul=신성록}}; born November 23, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He frequently appears in films and television series, but is better known an active in musical theatre.
Early life
Shin had initially aspired to become a basketball player together with his brother Je-rok, who is two years younger.{{cite news|title=신성록, 농구 그만두고 배우로…신제록은 '모리오카 냉면집'오픈|url=https://www.donga.com/news/Entertainment/article/all/20140422/62964671/1|work=The Dong-a Ilbo|date=April 22, 2014|language=ko|archive-date=July 10, 2023|access-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710130520/https://www.donga.com/news/Entertainment/article/all/20140422/62964671/1|url-status=live}} Both brothers attended Whimoon High School, known as one of Seoul's top high school basketball programs.{{cite news|title=어렵기로 소문난 '안중근'역 가슴이 쿵쾅쿵쾅 뛰네요|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/4701611#home|work=JoongAng Ilbo|date=November 24, 2010|language=ko|archive-date=January 25, 2024|access-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125123529/https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/4701611#home|url-status=live}} An injury prompted Shin to reconsider another career and he transferred to Anyang Arts High School. He majored in Theater and Film at the University of Suwon but subsequently dropped out after being cast in a play.[http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20070622000006 "Herald Interview: 'It is heart that embraces character'"]{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. The Korea Herald. June 21, 2007.[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/03/145_41788.html "Shin Flies High in My Scary Girl"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227232057/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/03/145_41788.html |date=December 27, 2024 }}. The Korea Times. March 3, 2009.
Career
Shin made his acting debut in 2003, but found it difficult to find acting jobs since directors were reluctant to cast the 189 centimeter-tall aspiring actor in supporting or minor roles. Thinking he would have a better chance if he gained more acting experience and honed his craft on the stage, Shin switched gears and joined the theater company Hakchon.[http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7460 "Shin Sung Rok: 'Middle Aged Women Fans Have Increased'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202161326/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=7460 |date=February 2, 2014 }}. KBS Global. July 28, 2010.[http://www.hakchon.co.kr/english/10/10.html "What's Hakchon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108130148/http://www.hakchon.co.kr/english/10/10.html |date=November 8, 2011 }}. Hakchon.co.kr. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
When Shin performed in his first musical Moskito, there were only 20-25 audience members in the 500-seat hall. Despite feeling depressed and frustrated, he said the experience made him strong and helped him become an actor with plenty of guts.
While doing the musical Dracula, Shin was cast in his first substantial onscreen role, in the risqué cable drama Hyena (2006). Supporting roles in dramas and films followed, notably in Thank You (2007) and My Life's Golden Years (also known as All About My Family, 2008). He also appeared on season 1 of the MBC dating reality show We Got Married as a "fake couple" with female comedian Kim Shin-young.
Mainstream breakthrough still eluded Shin, but in theater his star was rising. In 2007, Shin was picked from 400 auditionees for the lead role Solomon in Dancing Shadows, a musical adaptation of the realist play Forest Fire by celebrated Korean playwright Cha Beom-seok. He later received a Best New Actor nomination from the Korea Musical Awards.[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/01/145_12483.html Dancing Shadows Sweeps Musical Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713075815/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/01/145_12483.html |date=July 13, 2023 }}. The Korea Times. October 24, 2007.
As Shin starred in one hit musical after another, he continued to impress critics with his acting performances, his strong and powerful baritone vocals and his delicate and clear alto notes.[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/05/135_45088.html Romeo et Juliette Back in Korean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190347/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/05/135_45088.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}. The Korea Times. May 18, 2009. He is now considered a top musical star, even drawing fans from outside Korea to his shows.[https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/03/135_42112.html "Next Hallyu in Musicals?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105024538/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/03/135_42112.html |date=January 5, 2025 }}. The Korea Times. March 27, 2009.
Definitely Neighbors (2010) further boosted his TV profile; for his role as a difficult chef who falls in love with an older divorcee, Shin won Best Supporting Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama at the 2010 SBS Drama Awards.{{cite web|title=Ko Hyun-jung wins grand prize at SBS Drama Awards|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011010309120570290|publisher=10Asia|date=January 3, 2011|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075919/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011010309120570290|url-status=live}} His most popular drama yet was the romantic comedy My Love from the Star (2013), in which he appeared as a villainous businessman.{{cite web|title=Watch out! They 'steal' scenes, your heart|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/04/386_154488.html|publisher=The Korea Times|date=April 1, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2024|archive-date=April 1, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140401202648/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/04/386_154488.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=My Love sparks hallyu sensation|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/03/386_152567.html|publisher=The Korea Times|date=March 2, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303212244/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/03/386_152567.html|url-status=live}} This was followed by supporting roles in the 2014 series Lovers of Music (as a talent agency CEO), Liar Game (as the host of a reality show), and The King's Face (as a face reader).{{cite web|title=Shin Sung-rok to join Lover of Trot|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2989076|publisher=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=May 14, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221134612/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2989076|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kim So Eun, Lee Sang Yoon and Shin Sung Rok Confirmed for Drama Liar Game|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/75765/liar-game-confirms-casting-as-kimsoeun-leesangyoon-and-shinsungrok|publisher=enewsWorld|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=September 16, 2014|archive-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914215936/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/75765/liar-game-confirms-casting-as-kimsoeun-leesangyoon-and-shinsungrok|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/the-king-s-face-shin-sung-rok-s-first-historical-drama-74860.html|title="The King's Face", Shin Sung-rok's first historical drama|date=October 29, 2014|website=Hancinema|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182559/https://www.hancinema.net/the-king-s-face-shin-sung-rok-s-first-historical-drama-74860.html|url-status=live}}
Despite branching out to film and television, Shin has maintained that his heart will always belong to the stage, and has stated, "I feel more affection toward the stage [rather than TV]. I think it is the stage where actors learn life and understand the meaning of acting. It is where I learned how to act and where I gained confidence. I think the core of my life will remain on the stage" (The Korea Herald, 2007). "The musical is like my old home and it made me what I am now, so I can't stop performing the musicals however busy I get" (The Korea Times, 2009)
In September 2021, Shin decided not to renew his contract with HB Entertainment.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0000934732|author=Jeon Hyo-jin|title=[단독] 신성록, HB엔터와 결별…재계약 않기로|trans-title=[Exclusive] Shin Sung-rok breaks up with HB Entertainment... not to renew the contract|work=Sports Donga|via=Naver|date=September 24, 2021|access-date=September 24, 2021|language=ko|archive-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924105238/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0000934732|url-status=live}} Later on September 27, 2021, Shin signed a contract with Screening ENT.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=477&aid=0000320846|author=Shim Eom-kyung|title=[단독]신성록, 신생 기획사 상영이엔티와 전속계약…이민기와 한솥밥|trans-title=[Exclusive] Shin Seong-rok, an exclusive contract with a new agency, Sangyeong ENT... Lee Min-gi and Hansot-bap|work=Spotify News|via=Naver|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=September 27, 2021|language=ko|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927075952/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=477&aid=0000320846|url-status=live}} After his contract with Sangyeong ENT ended in December 2023, Shin Sung-rok signed a contract with Y.ONE Entertainment on January 9th 2025.{{cite web|url=https://imnews.imbc.com/news/2025/enter/article/6675123_36758.html |author=Jang Da-hee|title=[신성록, 1년만 새 둥지 찾았다…와이원엔터와 전속계약|trans-title=[Shin Seong-rok found a new nest for a year...Exclusive contract with Y1 Entertainment|work=MBC News|via=Naver|date=January 9, 2025|access-date=January 9, 2025|language=ko|archive-date=April 20, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420104509/https://imnews.imbc.com/news/2025/enter/article/6675123_36758.html}}
Personal life
Shin has a younger brother. Shin Jae-rok is a former professional basketball player who had short stints with Anyang KT&G Kites and Changwon LG Sakers before retiring. He became a chef and has since opened his own restaurant.{{cite web|title=An Interview with Love from Star Cast Shin Sung Rok and His Chef Brother|url=http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=11160|website=BNTNews|date=April 22, 2014|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312055919/http://bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=11160|url-status=dead}} Both of them appeared on KBS talk show Happy Together on July 30, 2015.
=Relationships=
Shin began dating ballerina Kim Joo-won in 2011; Kim was a principal dancer with the Korea National Ballet for 15 years from 1988 to 2003, and currently teaches at Sungshin Women's University.{{cite web|title=Shin and Kim are a couple|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2988752|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=May 6, 2014|access-date=May 7, 2014|archive-date=May 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042818/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2988752|url-status=live}} The pair broke up after four years of dating in August 2015.{{cite web|url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/news/shin-sung-rok-kim-joo-won-broke-up-093121284.html|title=Shin Sung Rok & Kim Joo Won broke up|date=September 19, 2015|publisher=Star News|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-date=February 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220213129/https://sg.style.yahoo.com/news/shin-sung-rok-kim-joo-won-broke-up-093121284.html|url-status=live}}
In June 2016, Shin married a non-celebrity office worker in Hawaii.{{cite web|title='My Love From the Star' villain to get married next month|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2016/05/25/0200000000AEN20160525007800315.html|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2016|archive-date=September 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921132203/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2016/05/25/0200000000AEN20160525007800315.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:'신성록, 일반인 여친과 6월 하와이 극비 결혼|url=https://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=896873|publisher=TV Report|language=ko|author=Kim Kyung-Ra|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2018|archive-date=August 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827000648/https://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=896873|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:신성록, 다음달 결혼…일반인 여친과 하와이서|url=http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4598332|publisher=No Cut News|language=ko|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2018|archive-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530012549/http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4598332|url-status=live}} In November the same year, Shin became a father to a daughter.{{cite web|title=Hallyu star Shin Sung Rok is now a father to a baby girl|url=http://www.asiastarz.com/articles/16829/20161201/hallyu-star-shin-sung-rok-on-the-way-to-airpot-lee-sang-yoon-kim-ha-neul-jang-hee-jin-choi-yeo-jin.htm|publisher=ASZ News|author=Dianne Sencil|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2018|archive-date=April 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419134245/http://www.asiastarz.com/articles/16829/20161201/hallyu-star-shin-sung-rok-on-the-way-to-airpot-lee-sang-yoon-kim-ha-neul-jang-hee-jin-choi-yeo-jin.htm|url-status=live}}
Filmography
= Television series=
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Ref. |
|---|
| 2005
| Basketball player | |
| 2007
| The Worst Guy Ever | Kwon Jae-hoon | |
| 2008
| Lee Jin-sung | |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| Bloody Innocent | Dong-shik | |
| Finding Mr. Destiny
| Captain Choi (cameo) | |
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| The Story of My Life | Sung-rok | |
| Pitch High
| Kang Dae-hyun (cameo) | |
| 2016
| Jo Hwe-ryung |
| 2017
| Chang-gil |
=Television shows=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |
|---|
| 2009
| Cast | With Kim Shin-young (Ep. 42, 45-54) | |
| 2020
|Host | |
| 2020–2021
| Cast Member | Ep. 102–177 |{{Cite web|url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/5265197|title=신성록, '집사부일체' 새 멤버… 1월 중 첫 등장|website=No Cut News|date=December 29, 2019|access-date=December 29, 2019|archive-date=December 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229121052/https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/5265197|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1111597087|title='집사부일체' 측 "신성록·차은우 하차..본업 집중 하겠다는 뜻 존중"[공식 전문]|last=Park|first=Pan-seok|website=OSEN|access-date=June 6, 2020|language=ko}} |
| 2022
| OCine | Host | |
Stage
=Musical=
= Theater =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Theater play performances ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year ! colspan="2" scope="col" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Role ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Theater ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="sortable" | Date ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| English
! Korean |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2007
| Hamlet | 햄릿 | Universal Art Center | October 12, 2007 – November 11, 2007 | "Fall winds blow Shakespeare to Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. October 4, 2007. |
| scope="row"| 2013
| Closer | 클로저 | Dan | Art One Theatre 1 | August 31, 2013 – December 1, 2013 | |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result ! Ref. |
|---|
| 2007
| Best New Actor | Dancing Shadows | {{nom}} |
| 2008
| Best New Actor | My Life's Golden Age | {{nom}} | |
| 2010
| Best Supporting Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama | {{won}} |
| rowspan=5| 2014
| Hot Star Award | rowspan=4| My Love from the Star | {{won}} |
| 3rd APAN Star Awards
| Best Supporting Actor | {{nom}} | |
| 22nd Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama | {{won}} | |
| SBS Drama Awards
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special | {{won}} |
| KBS Drama Awards
| Best Supporting Actor | Lovers of Music and The King's Face | {{won}} | |
| 2017
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | {{won}} |
| rowspan=2|2018
| rowspan=2|SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | {{won}} | rowspan=2|{{Cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000699063|script-title=ko: [제56회 대종상]'기생충' 작품상 포함 5관왕 달성…이병헌·정유미 주연상(종합) |last= Jeong |first=Hee-yeon|trans-title=[Comprehensive]'SBS Drama Awards' Gam Woo-sung-Kim Sun-ah, Best Couple Award followed by'Joint Grand Prix'|work= Sports Donga|date=January 1, 2019|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611155912/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000699063|archive-date=June 11, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=June 11, 2020|via=Naver}} |
| Best Character
| Return | {{won}} |
| rowspan=5|2019
| Excellence Award, Actor | rowspan=4|Perfume | {{nom}} |
| rowspan=3|KBS Drama Awards
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | {{nom}} | |
| Netizen Award, Actor
| {{nom}} | |
| Best Couple Award with Ko Won-hee
| {{nom}} | |
| SBS Drama Awards
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Vagabond | {{nom}} | {{citation needed|date=January 2020}} |
| rowspan=3|2020
| Best Entertainer Award | {{won}} |
| rowspan=2|MBC Drama Awards
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | rowspan=2|Kairos | {{won}} |
| Best Couple Award with Lee Se-young
| {{nom}} |
| 2022
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | {{nom}} |
References
{{reflist|2}}
External links
- [http://hbenter.com/artist/shin-seong-rok/ Shin Seong-rok] at HB Entertainment {{in lang|ko}}
- [http://cafe.daum.net/shinsungrok Shin Sung-rok Fan Cafe] at Daum {{in lang|ko}}
- {{HanCinema person}}
- {{kmdb person|00042127|Shin Sung-rok}}
- {{IMDb name|3011121|Shin Sung-rok}}
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