| Kang Hyung-seok | |||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | Ko | ||||||||||
| Alias: | Kang Hyeong-seok | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1992 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | South Korea | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | actor | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2004 - present | ||||||||||
| Agent: | AM Entertainment | ||||||||||
| Known For: | Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha | ||||||||||
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Kang Hyung-seok (; born January 1, 1992)[1] [2] is a South Korean stage, movie and television actor. He is best known for his role in drama Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (2020), Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021), Lost (2021) and movie Ajoomma (2022).[3]
After graduating from Theater and Film Department, Kang debuted in theater in 2016 with play Crazy Romance. In 2018 he joined another play Re-meet, followed by a Musical Evil Dead. By chance, he had a meeting with a casting manager in charge of in tvN drama Crash Landing on You. Those led into his television debut role as North Korean Soldier in the drama in 2019.[4]
In 2020, he’s done various minor roles in KBS Drama Special, JTBC drama Itaewon Class and Dr. Romantic 2. His first support role was as Ahn Jung-ho in Netflix and KBS2 simulcast drama Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol.[5] This role led him into exclusive contract with his current Agency AM Entertaintment.[6]
In 2020 he venture into big screen through supporting role Kim Eui-song, in indie movie by Director Cho Seung-won. Director Cho Seung-won developed a short story based on his experience of serving as a KATUSA Soldier (a South Korean soldier attached to the USFK) and made it into a feature film. It was released in October 2021.[7] [8]
In 2021, Kang Hyung-seok won audition for role of Choi Eun-cheol, a police officer at the Gongjin Police Station in tvN drama Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha.[9] In the same year, He also cast as role of Jun-hyeok in JTBC drama Lost.
In 2022, Kang appeared as main lead with Singapore actress Hong Huifang in the Korean-Singapore joint film Ajoomma. It was unveiled for the first time at the 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Invited to the 'New Currents' section of 27th BIFF competition, this film tells the story of a Singaporean housewife who is obsessed with Korean dramas and travels to Korea alone.[10] Kang took on the role of Kwon-woo, a travel guide who fluent in Chinese and works hard for a living. Kwon-woo is a person who lives a difficult life due to the pressure of debt and is separated from his family.[11]
In 2023, Kang was appointed as Public Relation Ambassador for The 3rd ASEAN Film Week, which was co-hosted by the ASEAN Cultural Center (run by the Korea Foundation) and the Korea Film Center.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Korean | ||||
| 2021 | We Go Together (Value Capsida) | 가치 캅시다 | Kim Ui-seong | ||
| 2022 | Ajoomma | 아줌마 | Kwon-woo | [13] | |
| Year | Title | Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Korean | ||||
| 2019–2020 | Crash Landing on You | 사랑의 불시착 | North Korean soldier | ||
| 2020 | Itaewon Class | 이태원 클라쓰 | Minor role | ||
| Dr. Romantic 2 | 낭만닥터 김사부 | ||||
| Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol | 도도솔솔라라솔 | Ahn Jung-ho | |||
| 2021 | Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha | 갯마을 차차차 | Choi Eun-cheol | ||
| Lost | 인간실격 | Jun-hyeok | |||
| 2022 | Love in Contract | 월수금화목토 | Woo Kwang-nam | [14] | |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Korean | |||||
| 2018 | Evil Dead | 이블데드 | Rudolph/Multi-roles | Uniflex Hall 1 (Large Theater) | June 12 to August 26 | [15] |
| 2018 Starlight Musical Festival - Incheon | 2018 스타라이트 뮤지컬 페스티벌 - 인천 | Himself | Paradise City, Incheon | October 20 to 21 | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Korean | |||||
| 2016 | Crazy Romance | 발칙한 로맨스 | Gu Bong-pil | Busan BNK Art Hall | June 23 to September 25 | |
| 2018 | Re-meet | 리미트 | JTN Art Hall | August 8 (open run) | ||
| 2019 | Crazy Romance | 발칙한 로맨스 | CK Art Hall Ulsan | January 4 to 31 | [16] | |