Actor

Song Joong-ki

South Korean actor

1985 - today

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Song Joong-ki

His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2024). Song Joong-ki is the 1,018th most popular actor (up from 2,061st in 2024), the 89th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 132nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular South Korean Actor.

Actor Song Joong-ki is most famous for his breakout role as the charming playboy Gu Yong-ha in the historical drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010), which launched him to stardom, followed by massive global success as the heroic special forces captain Yoo Si-jin in the blockbuster military romance Descendants of the Sun (2016)—earning him the Daesang (Grand Prize) at major awards and creating the "Song Joong-ki Syndrome"—alongside acclaimed performances in films like the emotional fantasy A Werewolf Boy (2012), the mafia action series Vincenzo (2021), the revenge drama Reborn Rich (2022), and more recent projects such as My Youth (2025) and upcoming rom-com Love Cloud. He has also gained praise for his versatility in Netflix films like Space Sweepers (2021) and My Name Is Loh Kiwan (2024). Something surprising about him is that before acting, he was a competitive short-track speed skater for 12 years, representing his hometown Daejeon at national levels and winning awards, but an injury forced him to quit and shift focus to academics, where he excelled as a straight-A student and even placed second in a national TV quiz show before being scouted into entertainment.

Memorability Metrics

1.3M

Page Views

Past 12 months

65.88

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

Page views of Song Joong-ki by language

Among Actors

Among actors, Song Joong-ki ranks 1,018 out of 13,578. Before him are Edmund Kean, Sebastian Shaw, David Graf, Cloris Leachman, Michael Dudikoff, and Olof Thunberg. After him are Benicio del Toro, Jean Arthur, Néstor Carbonell, Lucy Liu, River Phoenix, and Yuri Nikulin.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

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Edmund Kean
1787 - 1833
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,012
Sebastian Shaw
1905 - 1994
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,013
David Graf
1950 - 2001
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 1,014
Cloris Leachman
1926 - 2021
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 1,015
Michael Dudikoff
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 1,016
Olof Thunberg
1925 - 2020
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 1,017
Song Joong-ki
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 1,018
Benicio del Toro
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 1,019
Jean Arthur
1900 - 1991
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 1,020
Néstor Carbonell
1967 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 1,021
Lucy Liu
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 1,022
River Phoenix
1970 - 1993
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 1,023
Yuri Nikulin
1921 - 1997
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 1,024

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Song Joong-ki ranks 9. Before him are Luka Modrić, Mohammad bin Salman, Lewis Hamilton, Ruben Amorim, Kaley Cuoco, and Bruno Mars. After him are Roman Reigns, Lana Del Rey, Gal Gadot, Keira Knightley, Lukas Podolski, and Michael Phelps.

Others Born in 1985

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Luka Modrić
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 3
Mohammad bin Salman
POLITICIAN
1985 - Present
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 4
Lewis Hamilton
RACING DRIVER
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 5
Ruben Amorim
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 6
Kaley Cuoco
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 7
Bruno Mars
MUSICIAN
1985 - Present
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 8
Song Joong-ki
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 9
Roman Reigns
WRESTLER
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 10
Lana Del Rey
SINGER
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 11
Gal Gadot
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 12
Keira Knightley
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 13
Lukas Podolski
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 14
Michael Phelps
SWIMMER
1985 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 15

In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Song Joong-ki ranks 89 out of NaN. Before him are Heo Jeong (1896), Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang (1659), Lee Min-ho (1987), Kim Hye-ja (1941), T.O.P (1987), and Kim Jong-pil (1926). After him are Ko Un (1933), Song Hye-rim (1937), Jennie (1996), Goh Kun (1938), Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), and Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957).

Others born in South Korea

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Heo Jeong
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1988
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 83
Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang
COMPANION
1659 - 1701
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 84
Lee Min-ho
ACTOR
1987 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 85
Kim Hye-ja
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 86
T.O.P
SINGER
1987 - Present
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 87
Kim Jong-pil
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2018
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 88
Song Joong-ki
ACTOR
1985 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 89
Ko Un
WRITER
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 90
Song Hye-rim
ACTOR
1937 - 2002
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 91
Jennie
SINGER
1996 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 92
Goh Kun
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 93
Chungnyeol of Goryeo
POLITICIAN
1236 - 1308
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 94
Hwang Kyo-ahn
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 95