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BIOGRAPHY

Kwon Sang-woo
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Kwon Sang-woo, born August 5, 1976, in Daejeon, is a South Korean actor. Prior to acting, he worked as a model.

Sang-woo's acting career began with a movie Volcano High. He was cast by a director who had the foresight of Kwon's talent for acting. Then he was in the movie Make it Big with actor Song Seung-heon. He didn't have a large role, but audiences remembered him well for his lean body.

The next movie pushed his popularity over the edge - Tutoring A Friend rose Kwon to stardom as over millions of people came to watch it in theaters! It seems like he was an overnight success.

After making it big in the movies, he moved onto the small screen. It was his character as Cha Song Joo in Stairway to Heaven alongside Choi Ji Woo that boosted his popularity, especially in Asian countries, as Stairway to Heaven was amongst the most popular Korean dramas in the Asian region. After its top ratings and enormous popularity in Korea, the TV drama was exported all over Asia at one of the highest prices.

Sang-woo also starred in a film, Love So Divine, as a Catholic priest. The movie is a sweet love story between Kwon Sang-woo as a priest and Ha Ji-won as a bride-to-be. Kwon Sang-woo, who's voted as most popular actor his charming demeanor is carried throughout the movie. In The Spirit of Jeet Keun Do, he plays a high school student who wants to be like Bruce Lee, discovers love and friendship. The devotion he has for his job becomes apparent through his sincerity in filming - he even does his own stunts.

Sang-woo is a trendsetter and favorite for people of all ages. His popularity is exploding in every direction. But it won't stop there. We look forward to what actor Kwon Sang-woo will show us next!