Song Kang-ho is a Korean acting superstar with an award-winning career spanning a diverse range of roles and four Korean Grand Bell Awards to his name. He rose to cult-level status for his part in the gangster comedy No. 3 (1997), and his role as a North Korean sergeant in box office smash J.S.A Joint Security Area (2000), which made him a household name. Song’s most memorable roles include Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006), Lee Chang-dong’s APSA Best Feature Film winner Secret Sunshine (2007), APSA-nominated The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008) and box office hit historical drama The Face Reader (2013), which won six Grand Bell Awards, including Song’s fourth Best Actor Award.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
