Ahn Sung-ki

Ahn Sung-ki (Korean: 안성기, born 1 January 1952) is a Korean actor.

Biography

A Roman Catholic,^[1] he was born in Daegu and grew up as a child actor - graduating Kyundong junior high school, from which Cho Yong-pil also graduated - appearing in director Kim Ki-young's celebrated film The Housemaid (1960).^[2] Starting from the 1980s, he appeared in nearly 100 movies. He was a graduate of the Vietnamese department of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Because of his ability to speak several foreign languages, UNICEF appointed Ahn as a representative, and his image is often seen in advertisements on planes travelling to Korea. He acted twice as the President of Korea in the movies the Romantic President (2002) and Hanbando (2006).

He had military service after graduating from university as an artillery officer(first lieutenant, 1974 ~ 1976) which he volunteered for.

Go, shogi and Cue sports are well known as Ahn's hobby, but he confesses in the interview that he has not played cue sports; he also tells his profiles publicized about twenty years ago are still on the internet. Ahn is critical about plastic surgery; he told that plastic surgery damaged actors' identity, in Park Joong-hoon's Holiday Talk Show on January 18, 2009.

Ahn has two sons, Dabin and Phillip, who both attended The Lawrenceville School, a prestigious boarding academy in New Jersey. His sons both aspire to pursue art and design in the future.

Filmography

References

• Shim, Yeong-seop (2004-05-01). "미워할 수 없는 남자 안성기 Ahn Sung-ki, The Man You Can't Hate (article & interview)" (in Korean). Dong-a Ilbo. http://www.donga.com/docs/magazine/shin/2004/04/29/200404290500041/200404290500041_1.html. Retrieved 2008-01-29. 

External links

• Ahn Sung-ki at the Internet Movie Database