Song Chang-eui

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.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Song.
Song Chang-eui
Scene playbill 2014
Born (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979
Seoul, South Korea
EducationSeoul Institute of the Arts - Theater
OccupationActor
Years active2002-present
AgentWS Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSong Chang-ui
McCune–ReischauerSong Ch'ang-ŭi
Websitewww.changeui.com

Career

Song Chang-eui began his career in musical theatre in 2002's Blue Saigon.[1][2] Most famous for playing a transgender rocker in Hedwig and the Angry Inch,[3] he also starred in the stage adaptation of Hollywood film The Graduate,[4] the musical adaptation of romantic comedy 200 Pounds Beauty with Bada,[5][6] a musical based on The Sorrows of Young Werther,[7] popular German musical Elisabeth with Ock Joo-hyun,[8][9][10][11] 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.[12][13][14][15]

After doing small roles on television starting 2005, Song gained fame in 2007 when he starred in Golden Bride,[1] a drama about an inter-cultural marriage between an elite Korean man (Song) and a young Vietnamese woman (played by Lee Young-ah).[16] He followed that with leading roles in the revenge court thriller The Scales of Providence,[17] 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.[18] 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.[19]

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.[20][21][22] 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.[23][24][25]

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.[26]

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.[27] 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.[28][29][30]

Song starred in two series in 2012: Syndrome, a medical drama on cable about neurosurgeons,[31][32] and The Great Seer, a historical epic about the founding of the Joseon Dynasty.[33] 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).[34]

Filmography

Television series
Year Title Role Network
2005Rainy Day on the TenthYoon-seokMBC
WeddingYoon Hyung-chulKBS2
The Youth in BarefootHwang Joon-hyukMBC
Drama City "My Sweet Bloody Lover"Jin-wooKBS2
2006The 101st ProposalSeo Hyun-joonSBS
2007Golden BrideKang Jun-wooSBS
Yi SanJeong Yak-yongMBC
2008On AirHimself (cameo, episode 11)SBS
The Scales of ProvidenceJang Joon-haSBS
2009Cinderella ManLee Jae-minMBC
2010Life Is BeautifulYang Tae-subSBS
2011HeartstringsKim Suk-hyunMBC
A Thousand Days' PromiseNoh Young-sooSBS
2012SyndromeCha Yeo-wookjTBC
The Great SeerLee Jung-geunSBS
2013Thrice Married WomanJung Tae-wonSBS
2014Dr. FrostBaek Nam-bongOCN
2015Make a Woman CryKang Jin-wooMBC
2017The Secret of My LoveHan Ji-seob / Kang Jae-wookKBS2
2018 Hide and Seek[35] Cha Eun-hyuk MBC

Film
Year Title Role
2002Emergency Act 19adviser 2
2005My Girl and IPark Jong-goo
2007Pacchigi! Love & PeaceJin-sung
2008Once Upon a Time in SeoulTae-ho
2010A Lone TreeJung Gu-sang
2011Green Days: Dinosaur and I (animated)Kim Cheol-soo (voice)
A Reason to LiveJi-suk
2020Beyond That MountainKim Ik-hyun

Theater
Year Title Role
2002Blue Saigon
The Play
2003Songsan Yahwa
Jesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ
2004The Play X
Singin' in the RainDon Lockwood
Funky Funky
2006Hedwig and the Angry InchHedwig
2007The GraduateBenjamin Braddock
2008200 Pounds BeautyHan Sang-jun
2009Hedwig and the Angry InchHedwig
2010Turandot
The Sorrows of Young WertherWerther
2011Gwanghwamun Love SongSang-hoon
2012ElisabethDeath
Gwanghwamun Love SongSang-hoon
2013Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatJoseph
Hedwig and the Angry Inch[36]Hedwig
2014Blood BrothersMickey
2015RebeccaMaxim de Winter
2016Mata HariArmand

Discography
Album information Track 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
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2007SBS Drama AwardsTop 10 StarsGolden BrideWon
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaNominated
200844th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest New Actor (TV)Won
SBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actor in a Drama SpecialThe Scales of ProvidenceNominated
200945th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest New Actor (Film)Once Upon a Time in SeoulNominated
17th Chunsa Film Art AwardsBest New ActorWon
46th Grand Bell AwardsBest New ActorNominated
30th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest New ActorNominated
201026th Korea Best Dresser Swan AwardsBest Dressed, Culture/문화인 categoryN/AWon
SBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily DramaLife Is BeautifulWon
20116th Asia Model Festival AwardsBBF Popular Star AwardN/AWon
2012SBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actor in a Drama SpecialThe Great SeerNominated
2014SBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaThrice Married WomanWon
20154th APAN Star AwardsExcellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaMake a Woman CryNominated
2015MBC Drama AwardsTop Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaMake a Woman CryWon
2017 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama The Secret of My LoveWon
2018 6th APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama[37] Nominated
MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Special Project Hide and Seek Nominated
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  4. Ryu, Seo-hyun (20 April 2007). "The Graduate, 40 years Young". The Dongguk Post. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
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