Song Chang-eui
| Song Chang-eui | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 January 1979 Seoul, South Korea |
| Education | Seoul Institute of the Arts - Theater |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Agent | WS Entertainment |
| Website | www |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Song Chang-ui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Song Ch'ang-ŭi |
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.
Song Chang-eui began his career in musical theatre in 2002's Blue Saigon. Most famous for playing a transgender rocker in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, he also starred in the stage adaptation of Hollywood film The Graduate, the musical adaptation of romantic comedy 200 Pounds Beauty with Bada, a musical based on The Sorrows of Young Werther, popular German musical Elisabeth with Ock Joo-hyun, 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.
After doing small roles on television starting 2005, Song shot to stardom in 2007 when he starred in Golden Bride, a drama about an inter-cultural marriage between an elite Korean man (Song) and a young Vietnamese woman (played by Lee Young-ah). He followed that with leading roles in the revenge court thriller The Scales of Providence, 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. 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.
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