| Um Sang-hyun 엄상현 | |||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Korean: 엄상현 | ||||||||||||
| Alias: | Sang-hyun-son Um-oppa/hyung Luke/Luke Um | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1971 | ||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Korean | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Voice actor | ||||||||||||
| Education: | Chung-Ang University Theatre and Film[1] | ||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1998–present | ||||||||||||
| Website: | Official fan club Official Twitter | ||||||||||||
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Um Sang-hyun (; born December 29, 1971) is a South Korean voice actor[2] [3] [4] who began his career by joining Educational Broadcasting System's voice acting division in 1998.[5]
Before making his debut as a voice actor, he used to work in theaters, including performing his roles as a Japanese assassinator and a royal servant in a 1997 South Korean musical The Last Empress[6] and working as the assistant director for South Korean musicals Gaeddongi[7] and Moskito[8] the same year. In 1992, he also appeared in a South Korean independent film called Opening the Closed School Gates.[9]
After his exclusive work at EBS, Um has been a freelancer since 2001. In the early 2000s, he came to prominence after voicing Kira Yamato on the Korean dub of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. Since then, Um has dubbed a number of television animation series such as Chrono Crusade, Digimon Frontier, Fullmetal Alchemist, InuYasha and School Rumble. As a result of his popularity among children audiences, the voice actor won a Nickelodeon Korea Kids' Choice Award in 2012 for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (known as Best Voice Actor/Actress in South Korea). He became the recipient of the award for his role as Po in , gaining 3,121 votes, which is about 38% of the entire poll.[10]
Although having been highly active as a freelancer for more than a decade, Um is also still one of the main voice actors representing EBS. He is best known for his roles as Calcifer on the Korean dub of the Studio Ghibli animated movie Howl's Moving Castle, L Lawliet on the Korean dub of the Japanese television animation series Death Note, Po on the Korean dub of the DreamWorks Animation film series Kung Fu Panda and even more recently, Poli on the South Korean animated children's television series Robocar Poli.
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Run=Dim (런딤: 네서스의 반란) | Cheol-jin[107] | |
| 2003 | The Cat Returns (고양이의 보은) | Prince Lune[108] | |
| 2004 | (엘 시드: 전설의 영웅) | The movie is an animated adaptation of the historical legend of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as El Cid. | |
| Blade of the Phantom Master (신 암행어사) | Jun (浚/준)[109] | ||
| Howl's Moving Castle (하울의 움직이는 성) | Calcifer[110] [111] [112] | This animated film is based on the novel of the same name, written by Diana Wynne Jones (British writer). | |
(스피릿) | Little Creek | The Korean TV edition broadcast on SBS | |
| 2005 | (유희왕 극장판: 빛의 피라미드) | The Professor Yugi Mutou[113] (Yoo-hee) | He voiced Yugi Mutou in 2010 when the film was re-released. |
| 2006 | On a Stormy Night (폭풍우 치는 밤에) | Mei[114] [115] | This is an animated film adaptation covering a series of children's books under the same title. |
| Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (키리쿠, 키리쿠) | Karaba's Soldiers[116] | ||
| Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (포켓몬스터 극장판: 포켓몬 레인저와 바다의 왕자 마나피) | Jack Walker[117] [118] | ||
(천지무용 in Love 극장판) | The Korean TV edition broadcast on Anibox TV | ||
(포켓몬스터 극장판: 열공의 방문자 데오키시스) | Ryū[119] | The Korean TV edition broadcast on AniOne TV/Champ TV | |
| 2007 | TMNT (닌자 거북이 TMNT) | Michelangelo | |
(오! 나의 여신님 극장판) | Keiichi Morisato | The Korean TV edition broadcast on Animax | |
| 2008 | (아주르와 아스마르) | Asmar | |
(짱구는 못 말려 극장판: 헨더랜드의 대모험) | Prince Gorman/Su Noman Pa | The Korean TV edition broadcast on Anibox TV/AniOne TV/Champ TV | |
| Kung Fu Panda (쿵푸 팬더) | Po[120] [121] | ||
| Fly Me to the Moon (플라이 미 투 더 문) | Butch | ||
| 2009 | Garfield's Fun Fest (가필드: 마법의 샘물) | Garfield[122] [123] | |
| Open Season 2 (부그와 엘리엇 2) | Elliot | ||
| The Story of Mr. Sorry | Mr. Sorry (Je Bul-chal)[124] | The movie was created as an animated adaptation of a short story under the same title, which is one of the episodes of "지문 사냥꾼 (Fingerprint Hunter)", a collection of short fantasy fictions published by Lee Juck (South Korean musician).[125] | |
| The Missing Lynx (링스 어드벤처) | Skinny Soldier[126] | ||
| Nocturna (마법의 세계 녹터나) | The Cat Shepherd[127] [128] | ||
(짱구는 못 말려 극장판: 태풍을 부르는 노래하는 엉덩이 폭탄!) | Shigureinji Tsune (Bak Min-ho) |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Astro Boy (아스트로 보이: 아톰의 귀환) | Sparx[129] | |||
| Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms (춤추는 꿈틀이 밴드) | Barry[130] | ||||
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (하늘에서 음식이 내린다면) | Flint Lockwood[131] [132] | This is a film adaptation of the children's book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett. | |||
| Happily N'Ever After 2 (엘라의 모험 2: 백설공주 길들이기) | Mambo | ||||
| The Gruffalo (괴물 그루팔로) | The Mouse | It is a short animated film based on the picture book of the same name, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. In South Korea, a Korean TV edition of that film was broadcast on EBS. | |||
(레고: 클러치 파워의 모험) | Clutch Powers | ||||
| Shrek Forever After (슈렉 포에버) | |||||
| The Five Magic Letters | Yeo-eui-pil[133] | This film is an animated adaptation based on a series of comic books under the same title, which has sold over 12 million copies in South Korea.[134] | |||
(스페이스 침스: 자톡의 역습 3D) | Ham III[135] | ||||
| The Secret World of Arrietty (마루 밑 아리에티) | Shō[136] [137] | ||||
| Despicable Me (슈퍼배드) | Victor "Vector" Perkins[138] | ||||
(가디언의 전설) | Soren[139] | The film is based on Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a fantasy book series written by Kathryn Lasky (American author).[140] | |||
| 2011 | (극장판 메탈 베이블레이드 대 태양: 작열의 침략자 솔블레이즈) | Hyoma (Dong-san-do-ryeong) | |||
| Magic Journey to Africa (아프리카 마법여행) | The Caracal Jana's father[141] | ||||
| Garfield's Pet Force (가필드 펫 포스 3D) | Jon Arbukle/Emperor Jon Nermal/Abnermal[142] [143] | ||||
| Alpha and Omega (알파 앤 오메가) | Garth[144] | ||||
(유희왕 극장판: 시공을 초월한 우정) | Yugi Mutou[145] (Yoo-hee) | ||||
| Rango (랭고) | Spoons[146] | ||||
| Rolling Stars: The Greatest Space Baseball Competition | Sam-shik-yi | ||||
| Kung Fu Panda 2 (쿵푸 팬더 2) | Po[147] [148] Po's parents (in Po's dreams) | The movie used to be the most commercially successful animated film ever released in South Korea, crossing the five-million mark in selling tickets, until later being surpassed by Frozen (10.29 million). It still remains the most widely seen movie of all the animated films that Um has ever dubbed. | |||
| Green Days | Cheol-soo's uncle[149] | Originally English-titled as Dinosaur and I | |||
| Leafie, A Hen into the Wild | Rooster[150] | The film is based on a popular children's book authored by Hwang Sun-mi,[151] and has become South Korea's highest-grossing domestic animated film, attracting 2.2 million viewers. It broke the record previously held by the digital restoration of Robot Taekwon V, which drew 720,000 viewers back in 2007.[152] | |||
| The Smurfs (개구쟁이 스머프) | Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick Winslow[153] | ||||
| Honggildong 2084 | Hong Eui-jang[154] | ||||
| From Up on Poppy Hill (코쿠리코 언덕에서) | Shun Kazama | He voiced the character on the DVD release of this film. | |||
(틴틴: 유니콘호의 비밀) | |||||
| The Prince of Tennis: The Battle of the British City (테니스의 왕자 극장판: 영국식 테니스성 결전) | |||||
| Friends: Naki on Monster Island (프렌즈: 몬스터 섬의 비밀) | Gunjō[155] [156] | The film is based on Naita Aka Oni (meaning "The Red Ogre Who Cried"), a Japanese children's novel by Hirosuke Hamada.[157] | |||
| 2012 | Legend of a Rabbit (레전드 오브 래빗) | Tu[158] [159] | |||
(마다가스카 3: 이번엔 서커스다!) | Mort | ||||
| Go! Anpanman: The Tears of the Mermaid Princess (날아라 | 호빵맨 극장판: 인어 공주의 눈물) | Shokupanman (Breadman) | The Korean TV edition broadcast on Animax | ||
| Go! Anpanman: Gomira's Star (날아라 | 호빵맨 극장판: 쓰레기맨의 별) | Horrorman (Skeletonman) Shokupanman (Breadman) | The Korean TV edition broadcast on Animax | ||
| Go! Anpanman: Nyanii of the Country of Dream Cats (날아라 | 호빵맨 극장판: 꿈고양이 나라의 야옹이) | Horrorman (Skeletonman) Shokupanman (Breadman) | The Korean TV edition broadcast on Animax | ||
| Go! Anpanman: When the Flower of Courage Opens (날아라 | 호빵맨 극장판: 용기의 꽃이 피어날 때) | Horrorman (Skeletonman) Shokupanman (Breadman) | The Korean TV edition broadcast on Animax | ||
| Sammy's Adventures 2: Escape from Paradise (새미의 어드벤처 2) | Jimbo[160] | ||||
| Wolf Children (늑대아이) | Souhei | He voiced the character on the Korean IPTV edition of this film. The Korean dub was shown in small movie theaters across South Korea, and released on DVD the following year. | |||
| Tad, the Lost Explorer (테드: 황금도시 파이티티를 찾아서) | Freddy | ||||
| Go! Anpanman: Dadandan and the Twin Stars (날아라 | 호빵맨 극장판: 우당탕과 쌍둥이별) | Horrorman (Skeletonman) Shokupanman (Breadman) | The Korean TV edition broadcast on Animax | ||
| When Bucketwheet Flowers Blossom | Dong-yi The young Heo Saeng-won[161] | This film is an animated adaptation of a short novel under the same title, published by Lee Hyo-seok (South Korean writer).[162] | |||
| 2013 | (뽀로로 극장판: 슈퍼썰매 대모험) | Toto[163] | The film was created in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Pororo the Little Penguin.[164] | ||
(명탐정 코난: 은빛 날개의 마술사) | Isao Shinjo (Woo Sang-ha)[165] [166] | ||||
| The Life of Guskou Budori (부도리의 꿈) | Guskō Budori[167] | The movie is based on an autobiographical fairy tale of the same name, written by Kenji Miyazawa (Japanese writer).[168] | |||
| Marco Macaco (해양경찰 마르코) | Carlo[169] | ||||
| Ploddy the Police Car (꼬마영웅 경찰차 프로디) | Dottie[170] [171] | ||||
| The Adventures of Jinbao (쿵후 팬더: 영웅의 탄생) | Jinbao[172] | ||||
| The Smurfs 2 (개구쟁이 스머프 2) | Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick Winslow[173] [174] | ||||
| Despicable Me 2 (슈퍼배드 2) | Floyd Eagle-san[175] | ||||
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (하늘에서 음식이 내린다면 2) | Flint Lockwood | ||||
| 2013 | Chichi | He voiced the character Chichi in the Korean cartoon film. |
| Year(s) | Title | Network | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Into the Careers (성공 예감! 직업 속으로) | EBS | Himself | ||
| 2005 | Anitopia (애니토피아) | Himself | He appeared on the segment "Ani-Where (애니웨어)". (Episode 89) | ||
| Career and People (일과 사람들) | Himself | ||||
| 2005-06 | Tok! Tok | Boni, Hani (톡! 톡 | 보니 하니) | Host | He hosted the segment "Tell Me, Show Me (말해 줘, 보여줘)" Thursdays. |
| 2006 | The Morning of the World (생방송 세상의 아침) | KBS | Himself | ||
| 2008 | EBS DocuPrime (EBS 다큐프라임) | EBS | Himself | Episode: "Children's Privacy: Male and Female (아이의 사생활: 남과 여)"[227] |
| Year | Title | Network | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (기동전사 건담 더블오) | Anibox TV | Himself | The voice actor appeared on the trailer for the series.[228] | |
| xxxHolic (xxx홀릭) | Himself | He appeared on the trailer for the second season.[229] | |||
| 2011 | Transformers: Prime (트랜스포머 프라임) | EBS | Himself | He appeared on the ending title for the first season.[230] | |
| 2012 | Nickelodeon Korea Kids' Choice Awards (니켈로디언 코리아 키즈 초이스 어워드) | Nickelodeon Korea | Himself | He appeared as one of the nominees,[231] and the winner for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (Best Voice Actor/Actress).[232] |
| Year | Title | Notes | Credited as | Theater |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Gaeddongi | Assistant director | Munye Theater, Seoul[234] [235] | |
| Moskito | Assistant director | Hakchon Green Small Theater, Seoul[236] [237] |
| width=5% | Year | width=40% | Nominated work | width=45% | Category | width=10% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Po in | Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (Best Voice Actor/Actress) |
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