Um Sang-hyun (Hangul: ì—„ìƒ í˜„; Hanja: 嚴祥鉉; born December 29,
1971) is a South Korean voice actor who began his career by joining
Educational Broadcasting System's voice acting division in 1998.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 and working as
the assistant director for South Korean musicals Gaeddongi and Moskito
the same year. In 1992, he also appeared in a South Korean independent
film Opening the Closed School Gates.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 2012 Nickelodeon Korea
Kids' Choice Award 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 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness,
gaining 3,121 votes, which is about 38% of the entire poll.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 voicing Calcifer on the Korean dub of a Studio
Ghibli animation Howl's Moving Castle, L Lawliet on the Korean dub of
a 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 a South Korean animated children's television
series Robocar Poli.
1971) is a South Korean voice actor who began his career by joining
Educational Broadcasting System's voice acting division in 1998.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 and working as
the assistant director for South Korean musicals Gaeddongi and Moskito
the same year. In 1992, he also appeared in a South Korean independent
film Opening the Closed School Gates.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 2012 Nickelodeon Korea
Kids' Choice Award 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 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness,
gaining 3,121 votes, which is about 38% of the entire poll.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 voicing Calcifer on the Korean dub of a Studio
Ghibli animation Howl's Moving Castle, L Lawliet on the Korean dub of
a 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 a South Korean animated children's television
series Robocar Poli.
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