Song Il-kook
{{short description|South Korean actor (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=y|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Song Il-kook
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea
| othername = Song Il-kook
| occupation = Actor, television personality
| years_active = 1998–present
| agent = C-JeS Entertainment
| alma_mater = {{ubl|Chung-Ang University
(Master of Fine Arts)|Cheongju University
(Bachelor of Fine Arts)}}
| parents = {{ubl|Kim Eul-dong (mother)|Song Jeong-woong (father)}}
| relatives = {{ubl|Kim Du-han (grandfather)|Kim Chwa-chin (great grandfather)}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Jeong Seung-yeon|2008}}
| children = 3
| website =
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes
| hangul = 송일국
| hanja = {{linktext|宋|一|國|}}
| rr = Song Il-guk
| mr = Song Ilguk
}}
}}
Song Il-kook ({{Korean|송일국|宋一國}}; born 1 October 1971) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his role in the 2006 hit drama series Jumong as the titular character.
Early life and education
Song is the grandson of politician Kim Du-han, great grandson of Kim Jwa-jin, the famous anarchist and Korean independence movement general during the early 1900s. Song is the son of politician and former actress Kim Eul-dong.{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/jumong-s-song-il-gook-as-most-impressive-second-generation-celebrity-9831.html|title=Jumong's Song Il-gook As Most Impressive Second-Generation Celebrity|work=HanCinema |publisher=HanCinema|access-date=2016-11-28|archive-date=2009-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802133641/http://www.hancinema.net/jumong-s-song-il-gook-as-most-impressive-second-generation-celebrity-9831.html|url-status=live}}
He graduated from Cheongju University, majoring in Performing Arts, and later obtained a master's degree from Chung-Ang University.{{cite news|last=Huh|first=MiKyung|date=2006-12-01|title=송일국 등 중앙대 예술대학원 합격|trans-title=Song Il-gook and others accepted to Chung-Ang University's Graduate School of Arts|url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/entertainment/175586.html|publisher=Hankyoreh Media Group}}{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Hyunrok |date=2006-08-30 |title='주몽' 송일국, 13년만에 대학졸업 |trans-title='Jumong' Song Il-gook, graduates from college after 13 years |url=https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2006082918461790923&type=1&outlink=1 |publisher=starnewskorea}}
Career
Song is the vice-president of the Korean Triathlon Confederation{{cite web |url=http://www.hancinema.net/drama-star-becomes-honorary-citizen-of-tongyeong-7924.html |title=Drama star becomes honorary citizen of Tongyeong |work=HanCinema |publisher=HanCinema |access-date=2016-11-28 |archive-date=2016-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129023925/http://www.hancinema.net/drama-star-becomes-honorary-citizen-of-tongyeong-7924.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.triathlon.or.kr/en/en_company/insa.asp |title=(( Welcome to Triathlon Korea Website )) |access-date=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506090800/http://www.triathlon.or.kr/en/en_company/insa.asp |archive-date=2009-05-06 }} and participated in the 2008 Seoul International Triathlon Competition.{{cite web |url=http://www.hancinema.net/song-il-gook-from-jumong-to-iron-man-triple-attempt--13954.html |title=Song Il-gook 'From Jumong to iron man, triple attempt' |work=HanCinema |publisher=HanCinema |date=2008-05-29 |access-date=2016-11-28 |archive-date=2016-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129024452/http://www.hancinema.net/song-il-gook-from-jumong-to-iron-man-triple-attempt--13954.html |url-status=live }} In April 2008, Song carried the Olympic torch through Seoul.{{cite web|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&sm=tab_ppn&query=%EC%86%A1%EC%9D%BC%EA%B5%AD&os=94512&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService|title=송일국|trans-title=Song Il-kook|website=Naver People|language=ko|access-date=6 August 2011}}{{cite web|title=South Korea Olympic Torch Relay|url=http://www.hancinema.net/song-il-gook-jang-nara-bada-ko-ah-ra-–-runners-for-2008-beijing-olympic-torch--13690.html|website=HanCinema}}
According to Reuters the most popular episodes of Jumong attracted over 90% of Iranian audience (compared to 40% in South Korea), propelling Song Il-gook to superstar status in Iran.
Song is also an amateur sketch artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.hancinema.net/chanmi-s-drama-news-song-il-gook-s-profile-picture-of-choi-jeong-won-drawn-personally--15754.html |title=[ChanMi's drama news] Song Il-gook's profile picture of Choi Jeong-won drawn personally! |publisher=HanCinema |date=2008-09-19 |access-date=2016-11-28 |archive-date=2016-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129024333/http://www.hancinema.net/chanmi-s-drama-news-song-il-gook-s-profile-picture-of-choi-jeong-won-drawn-personally--15754.html |url-status=live }} He has also modelled professionally, both on the runway and in print. In 2008, he was one of the subjects of the Kolon Christmas Photo Shoot.{{YouTube|id=yUEHXU2YYVE|title=Kolon Christmas Photo Shoot}}
In 2009, the state of Hawaii designated March 21 as Song Il-kook day.{{cite web |url=http://www.hancinema.net/march-21-is-song-il-gook-day-in-hawaii-18593.html |title=March 21 is Song Il-gook Day in Hawaii |publisher=HanCinema |date=2009-03-17 |access-date=2016-11-28 |archive-date=2016-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129022220/http://www.hancinema.net/march-21-is-song-il-gook-day-in-hawaii-18593.html |url-status=live }} In April 2010, he was invited to the Blue House to dine with Heads of State, including the president of Kazakhstan, as Jumong garnered immense popularity in the central Asian country.{{cite web |url=http://www.hancinema.net/song-il-gook-to-meet-kazakhstan-president-today-23080.html |title=Song Il-gook to meet Kazakhstan president today |publisher=HanCinema |date=2010-04-22 |access-date=2016-11-28 |archive-date=2016-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129024332/http://www.hancinema.net/song-il-gook-to-meet-kazakhstan-president-today-23080.html |url-status=live }}
In October 2015, Song signed an exclusive contract with management agency C-JeS Entertainment.{{cite web|last1=Jo|first1=Yeon-ju|title=[단독] 송일국, 씨제스行 초읽기… 최민식과 한솥밥 먹나?|url=http://sports.hankooki.com/lpage/entv/201510/sp20151026135032136710.htm|website=Korea Sports|access-date=26 October 2015|date=26 October 2015|archive-date=2016-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116015133/http://sports.hankooki.com/lpage/entv/201510/sp20151026135032136710.htm|url-status=live}}
Personal life
On 15 March 2008, Song was wed to High Court Judge Jung Seung-yeon in a private, traditional Korean wedding at the Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul.{{Cite web |url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1513592_11858.html |title=Actor Song Il-guk Marries Judge |access-date=2008-05-20 |archive-date=2008-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208000819/http://english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1513592_11858.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://popseoul.com/2008/03/19/a-listers-at-song-il-gooks-wedding/ |title=A-listers at Song Il-gook's wedding « POPSEOUL! |access-date=2010-06-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409060008/http://popseoul.com/2008/03/19/a-listers-at-song-il-gooks-wedding/ |archive-date=2010-04-09 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hancinema.net/song-il-gook-weds-traditional-style--12987.html |title=Song Il-gook Weds Traditional Style |publisher=HanCinema |date=2008-03-14 |access-date=2016-11-28 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040430/http://www.hancinema.net/song-il-gook-weds-traditional-style--12987.html |url-status=live }}
Song and Jung became parents to fraternal triplet sons at a hospital in Seoul on 16 March 2012.{{Cite news|url = http://www.segye.com/content/html/2012/03/16/20120316020692.html|title = 송일국 "세 쌍둥이 아빠 됐다"|last = Hyeoun|first = Hwa Yeong|date = 2012-03-17}} Their sons are named Dae-han, Min-guk and Man-se which, when said together mean "Long live the Republic of Korea". Song and his sons starred in the variety show The Return of Superman from 6 July 2014 to 7 February 2016. The triplets also made a cameo appearance in Song's television series Jang Yeong-sil (2016).
Song adheres to a pescetarian diet for both health and ethical reasons.Lee, Seo-hyun, [http://www.shinmoongo.net/sub_read.html?uid=30347 '송일국-이하늬-윤진서-김효진-배종옥' 공통점은!] [Song Il-kook, Lee Ha-nui, Yun Jin-seo, Kim Hyo-jin and Bae Jong-ok have something in common] (2012-01-04) (in Korean), Shinmoongo, Retrieved 2012-05-11, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511134727/http://www.shinmoongo.net/sub_read.html?uid=30347 Archive] (2012-05-11), [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511134727/http://www.shinmoongo.net/sub_read.html?uid=30347 Archive2] (2012-05-11)
Filmography
= Film =
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" | |||
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} | |||
---|---|---|---|
scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2005
| The Art of Seduction || Seo Min-jun || || | |||
Red Eye | Chan-sik | ||
scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2014
| Entangled || Hyun Ki-jeung || || | |||
Fly high
| Chang-beom | | | |||
Vertigo
| Sang-ho | | | |||
scope="row" | 2015
| Tattoo | Han Ji-soon | | |
=Television series=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" | |||
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} | |||
---|---|---|---|
scope="row" rowspan=3|1999
| Did We Really Love? || || || | |||
Goodbye My Love | |||
Into the Sunlight | |||
scope="row" | 2000
| All About Eve || || || | |||
scope="row" rowspan=3|2002
| Hard Love || Na Young-jae || || | |||
Royal Story: Jang Hui-bin | Kim Chun-taek | ||
Album of Life | Shin Hyung-shik | ||
scope="row" rowspan=3|2003
| {{ill|A Dream of a Thousand Years|ko|천년의 꿈 |
|-
| Bodyguard|| Han Sung-soo || ||
|-
| Desert Spring || Ki-hyun || ||
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3|2004
| People of the Water Flower Village || Kang Sung-woo || ||
|-
| Terms of Endearment || Na Jang-soo || ||
|-
| Emperor of the Sea || Yeom Moon/Yeom Jang || ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2006
| Jumong || Jumong, later King Dongmyeong || ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2007
| Lobbyist || Harry/Kim Joo-ho || ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2008
| The Kingdom of the Winds || Prince Muhyul, later King Daemusin || ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2010
| A Man Called God || Michael King/Choi Kang-ta/ Peter Pan || ||
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2|2011
| Crime Squad || Park Sae-hyuk || ||
|-
| Kimchi Family || Ki Ho-tae || ||
|-
! scope="row"| 2016
| Jang Yeong-sil || Jang Yeong-sil || ||
|-
|}
=Television shows=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
---|
scope="row" | 2012
| Triathlon Coach | Ep 173–174, 178–180 | |
scope="row" | 2014–2016
| Cast member | Ep 34–116, 156 | |
Stage
= Musical =
=Theatre=
Awards and nominations
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination ! scope="col" | Award ceremony ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominee / Work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
scope="row" | Asia Model Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2009 | Asia Star Awards | Song Il-kook | {{won}} | |
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scope="row" rowspan="2" | Baeksang Arts Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2007 | Jumong | {{nom}} | |
style="text-align:center" | 2009
| {{nom}} | |
scope="row" | Grimae Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2006 | Best Actor | Jumong | {{won}} | |
scope="row" | Historical Drama Festival
| style="text-align:center" | 2013 | Historical Drama Star Who's Brightened Korea | Song Il-kook | {{won}} | |
scope="row" rowspan="12" | KBS Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2002 | Best New Actor | Album of Life | {{won}} | |
style="text-align:center" | 2003
| Excellence Award, Actor | {{nom}} | |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2004
| Best Couple Award | Song Il-kook {{small|(with Han Ga-in)}} | {{won}} | |
Excellence Award, Actor
| Terms of Endearment | {{nom}} | |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 2005
| Best Couple Award | Song Il-kook {{small|(with Soo Ae)}} | {{won}} | |
Excellence Award, Actor
| rowspan="2" | Emperor of the Sea | {{won}} | |
Popularity Award, Actor
| {{won}} | |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2008
| Best Couple Award | Song Il-kook {{small|(with Choi Jung-won)}} | {{won}} | |
Top Excellence Award, Actor
| {{won}} | |
style="text-align:center" | 2011
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | {{nom}} | |
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2016
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama | rowspan="2" | Jang Yeong-sil | {{won}} | |
Top Excellence Award, Actor
| {{nom}} | |
scope="row" rowspan="2" | KBS Entertainment Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2014 | Producers' Special Award | {{won}} | |
style="text-align:center" | 2015
| Excellence Award, Male in Variety Show Category | {{won}} | |
scope="row" | Korea Producer's Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2007 | Best Actor | Jumong | {{won}} | |
scope="row" | Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2006 | Best Actor | Jumong | {{won}} | |
scope="row" rowspan="2" | MBC Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2006 | Grand Prize (Daesang) | rowspan="2" | Jumong | {{won}} | |
Top Excellence Award, Actor
| {{won}} | |
scope="row" | SBS Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2007 | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Lobbyist | {{nom}} | |
=Honors=
Notes
{{notelist-ua}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Twitter|songilkook}}
- {{HanCinema person}}
- {{IMDb name|1866022|Song Il-guk}}
- {{KMDb person|00018699|Song Il-kook}}
{{Grimae Awards for Best Actor}}
{{KBS Drama Awards for Popularity Award, Actor}}
{{MBC Drama Awards for Grand Prize (Daesang)}}
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Category:South Korean male film actors
Category:South Korean male television actors
Category:Male actors from Seoul