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Shin Seong-il

Actor / Film Director / Film Producer / Politician | * 05/08/1937 († 81, 11/04/2018) | Taegu, Korea
Shin Seong-il (May 8, 1937 – November 4, 2018) was a South Korean actor, film director, producer, and former politician. A legendary actor with 500 films in over 40 years, Shin debuted in director Shin Sang-ok's 1960 film A Romantic Papa and rose to fame through popular youth titles. A star in the 1960s and 1970s, his status as one of Korea's top actors extended well into the 1980s. ()

Born in occupied Korea, Kang Shin-yeong attended Geonguk University, majoring in Korean Literature. He made his filmdebutin director Shin Sang-ok's Romance Papa in 1960 and has appeared in more than 500 movies since then. In hisdebutfilm, director Shin suggested the name Kang Shin-sung-il but that was subsequently shortened to simply Shin Sung-il which he used for his entire professional career. He has won severalawards for best actor or best supporting actor for films such as Gajeong gyosa (1963) and Dalbit sanyang gun (1986). In 1979, he became the chairman of the Korean Actors League and held the position for several consecutive terms. After a long career as an actor and having directed and even produced, Shin Sung-il has retired from the film industry in favor of pursuing a career in politics. He was elected to the National Assembly where he remains to this day.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Action

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Movies with Shin Seong-il as Actor(65)

as Jong-Sub2013 Door to the Night
as President2005 Typhoon
as Kim Eui Chang1991 Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
as Investigator Lee1990 Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
as Yang-boo1990 Watercolors in Rain
as Dong-jin1986 Gilsoddeum
as Lee Tae-yeong1985 The Oldest Son
as Ahn Shin-sam1982 Come Down to a Lower Place
as Heo Min1977 Winter Woman
as Park Dae-ri1977 Night Journey
as Min Jun-tae1976 My Hometown
as 1971 The Midnight Sun
as Jung-ho1968 The Eunuch
as Kim Chul-hoon1968 The General's Mustache
1968 Desire
as King Sukjong1968 Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin
as Huh-wook1968 A Day Off
1968 Woman
1968 Legends
as Yun Gi-jun1967 Mist
as Park In-seok / Kang Min-gu1966 A Student Boarder
as Jin-woo1966 Gunsmoke
as Young-chul1966 I Am a King
as Kim Geun-ho1966 Horse-year Bride
as Cheol1966 An Early Rain
as The male patient1965 An Empty Dream
as Jo Doo-soo1964 The Barefooted Young
1963 Kinship
as Jinseongdaegun1962 Tyrant Yeonsan
as Yeong-gil1961 Under the Sky in Seoul
as Jinseongdaegun1961 Prince Yeonsan
as Barun (Second son)1960 Romance Papa
as Seon Heo1960 Madam White Snake

Movies with Shin Seong-il as Crew(2)

Crew/Presenter1992 Misty
Production/Producer1990 The Woman Who Walks on Water

Full Name: Seong-il Sin Kang
Citizenship: South Korea
Born: Saturday, 05/08 1937 (May) in Taegu, Korea
Died: Sunday, 11/04 2018 (November) in Hwasun County (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Korean (KO, native language)
Educated at: Konkuk University, Kyeongbuk High School
Employer: Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts
Spouses (current/former): Um Aing-ran
Siblings: Kang Shin-il
Other names for Shin Seong-il (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"신성일"
"Sung-il Shin"
"申星一"
"金牛座"
"申圣日"
"Shen Xing-Yi"
"San Sing-Yat"
"Shin-Yeong Kang"
"강신성일"
"Sin Sŏng-il" (McCune-Reischauer Romanization)
"Sin Seong-il" (Revised Romanization)
Shin Seong-il frequently works together with these people:
Shin Sang-ok (16x, Crew)
Hwang Jung-seun (12x, Actress)
Heo Chang-kang (12x, Actor)
Um Aing-ran (10x, Actress)
Kim Ji-mi (9x, Actress)
Lee Man-hee (9x, Crew)
Choi Eun-hee (8x, Actress)
Jeong Yoon-joo (8x, Crew)
Ju Jeung-nyeo (8x, Actress)
Do Kum-bong (8x, Actress)
Kim Seung-ho (7x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:162437, Added: 07/06/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024