Personal info
Known for
Actor
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1977-11-04
Location
Seoul, South Korea
Edit pageSo Ji Sub
Biography
So Ji-sub (born November 4, 1977) is a South Korean actor. After making his entertainment debut as a jeans model, he became known for his leading roles in the television series Something Happened in Bali (2004), I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004), Cain and Abel (2009), Phantom (2012), Master's Sun (2013), and Oh My Venus (2015–16), as well as the film Rough Cut (2008). So has also released several hip-hop EPs.
In 2010 So headlined the big-budget Korean War epic Road No. 1, but despite high expectations, the series tanked in the ratings, averaging 6% for its entire run.
So then played a boxer who falls in love with a blind girl in the romantic melodrama Always (Korean title: Only You), directed by auteur Song Il-gon. It was the opening film of the 2011 Busan International Film Festival.
In 2018, So starred alongside Son Ye-jin in the romance film Be with You, based on the Japanese novel of the same name. The same year, he returned to the small screen with the spy comedy-drama My Secret Terrius. So won his first major award, the "Daesang (Grand Prize)" at the MBC Drama Awards for his performance.
In 2022, he starred in the MBC medical-legal drama Doctor Lawyer in the title role as a genius double-board surgeon turned lawyer and appeared in Choi Dong-hoon's science fiction action film Alienoid.
