Ahn Sung-ki

Ahn Sung-ki

Ahn Sung-ki at the reception of Japan-Korea Next Generation Film Festival (December 12, 2009)
Born January 1, 1952 (1952-01-01) (age 60)
Occupation Film actor
Years active 1957–present
Partner Park Joong-hoon
Korean name
Hangul 안성기
Hanja 安聖基
Revised Romanization An Seong-gi
McCune–Reischauer An Sŏngki

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

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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

Year Film Role Notes
1957 Twilight Train First film
1959 Defiance of a Teenager San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Special award for child actor
The Ministry of Culture and Information Film Awards
1960 The Housemaid Son of the composer
1961 Take it Easy, Mother
Pig's Dream
1962 Son and Mother
1965 Story of Yalke
1967 A White Crow Last film as a child actor
1977 Soldiers and Girls
1978 The Third Mission
1979 Rainy Days
The Night Fair
1980 A Fine, Windy Day Tok-bae Grand Bell Awards, Best Fresh Actor
1981 Children of Darkness
Mandala Bo-boong Korean Awards of Play, Film and Art, Best Actor
A Small Ball
Come Low Down unto Us Mr. Sung
1982 The Nest of Another People
Man of Iron Dong-ryul Grand Bell Awards, Best Actor
The Fallen Children
The Misty Village Kae-chul Grand Bell Awards, Best Actor
PaekSang Arts Awards, Best Actor
Korean Film Critic Association Award, Best Actor
People in a Slum Chu-suk
1983 Lying Like Grasses Walter
Flower on the Equator Mr. M PaekSang Arts Awards, Best Actor
1984 Between The Knees Cho-bin
At Deep and Deeper
Deep Blue Night Baek Ho-bin Grand Bell Awards, Best Actor
PaekSang Arts Awards, Best Actor
Korean Awards of Play, Film and Art, Best Actor
The Winter Of The Year Was Warm Il-whan
Whale Hunting Min-woo
1985 Eoudong Kalme
Whale Hunting: part two
1986 Hwang Jin yi The Shoemaker
Lee Jang-Ho's Baseball Team Manager Sung Byung-ho
Moonlight
Nae-ssi
1987 Hellow, God! Kim Byung-tae
Story of Lee Seu-il
Our Sweet Days of Youth Kim Yung-min Asia Pacific Film Festival, Best Actor
1988 Chilsu and Mansu Park Man-soo
The Age of Success Kim Bang-chul PaekSang Arts Awards, Best Actor
Gagman Lee Jung-se
Lee Jang-Ho's Baseball Team: part two
1990 North Korean Partisan in South Korea Lee Tae Chunsa Film Art Awards, Best Actor
The Dream Cho-sing
1991 Stairways of Heaven Kim Yun-gyun
Teenage Love Song Je-chul
Berlin Report Sung-min
Who Saw the Dragon's Toenails Choi Jung-soo PaekSang Arts Awards, Best Actor
1992 White Badge Han Ki-ju Asia Pacific Film Festival, Best Actor
Blue In You Lee Ho-suk
1993 Two Cops Cho gyunn-su Grand Bell Awards, Best Actor (with Park Joong-hoon)
To the Starry Island Kim Chul
1994 The Taebaek Mountains Kim Bom-woo
1995 The Hair dresser Henri Park
Declaration as genius Ahn Sang-ki
The Eternal Empire The king Korean Film Critic Association Award, Best Actor
Mommy, star and sea anemone Captain Choi
Bitter & Sweet Mr. Ahn
1996 Festival Lee Jeung-sup Korean Film Critic Association Award, Best Actor
Adventure of Mrs.Park Mr. X, ditective
Sleeping Man Takuji Japanese credit
1997 Taekwondo Mr. Kim Korean / Polish credit
1998 Bedroom & Courtroom Myun Sung-ki
Spring in My Hometown Sung-min's father
The Soul Guardian Father Park Yun-gyu
Art Museum by the Zoo Seo In-gwon
Choi In-gwon
1999 Nowhere to Hide Chang Sung-min
The Truth Game Cho Jae-hyung
2000 Black Hole "I"
Kilimanjaro Bong-ge
2001 Musa Chin Lik-bu Blue Dragon Film Awards, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Last Witness Hwan Seok
Chi-hwa-seon Kim Byung-moon
My Beautiful Girl Mari Kyeong-min (voice) an animation film
2002 The Romantic President President Han Min-wook
2003 Silmido Kim Je-hyun
2004 The Bad Utterances Narrator
Arahan Cha-woon
2005 Duelist
2006 Hanbando The President
A Battle of Wits Xiang Yan-zhong Chinese / Japanese / Korean credit
Radio Star Park Min-soo Grand Bell Awards, Best Actor
Blue Dragon Film Awards, Best Actor (with Park Joong-hoon)
2007 May 18 Park Hoon-soo
2008 My New Partner Kang Min-ho
The Divine Weapon King Sejong
2009 Fair Love
2011 Fool Narrator
Sunny Special appearance in past picture
Sector 7 Jeong-man
201x Pacemaker Unreleased
String Song Unreleased

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