Song Chang-eui (born January , ) 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 '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
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
, Song gained fame in 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 kilograms (. pounds) and shave his head for
his role. In 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.Penned by
renowned drama writer Kim Soo-hyun, the weekend family drama Life Is
Beautiful became memorable and somewhat controversial for its
depiction of a loving, functional relationship between two homosexual
men, the first Korean show to do so in the primetime slot of a public
network. The drama was a hit with average ratings of %, and Song
earned praise for his portrayal of a gentle, kind doctor of internal
medicine, who happens to be openly gay and in love with Lee Sang-woo's
divorcee character.
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 '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
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
, Song gained fame in 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 kilograms (. pounds) and shave his head for
his role. In 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.Penned by
renowned drama writer Kim Soo-hyun, the weekend family drama Life Is
Beautiful became memorable and somewhat controversial for its
depiction of a loving, functional relationship between two homosexual
men, the first Korean show to do so in the primetime slot of a public
network. The drama was a hit with average ratings of %, and Song
earned praise for his portrayal of a gentle, kind doctor of internal
medicine, who happens to be openly gay and in love with Lee Sang-woo's
divorcee character.
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