Shin Seung-ho

In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.

Shin Seung-ho (born 11 November 1995) is a South Korean actor and model. As one of the leads, Shin received the most attention after appearing on A-Teen (2018).^[2][3] He is also known for appearing on Love Alarm (2019), D.P. (2021), and Alchemy of Souls (2022).

Shin Seung-ho
Shin in 2024.
Born	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 29) Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2016–present
Agent	King Kong by Starship
Korean name
Hangul	신승호
Revised Romanization	Sin Seungho
McCune–Reischauer	Sin Sŭngho

Career

At the age of ten, Shin started playing soccer, which he practiced for eleven years until 2016, when he quit after a knee injury and the realization that soccer was no longer the path for him.^[4][5][6] He later began working as a model, walking in Seoul Fashion Week and Seoul 365 Fashion Show; he also reached the final stage of the SBS Supermodel Selection Contest.^[7][8] At the same time, he was advised to become an actor to take advantage of his tone of voice, so he enrolled in an acting academy and joined an agency through auditioning.^[4] He made his debut in the 2018 teen web series A-Teen, playing the male lead Nam Si-woo.^[4][9] This was followed by two more roles as a high school student in the teen dramas At Eighteen and Love Alarm (2019).^[10] In late 2020, he was cast in his first feature film, Baek Seung-hwan's Double Patty,^[11] for which he also recorded a soundtrack song.^[6]

He gained attention in 2021 for his portrayal of Hwang Jang-soo, a villainous sergeant who relentlessly bullies his juniors in the television series D.P.,^[7][12][13] for which he was nominated for the Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actor – Television.^[14] While filming D.P., he received an offer to play Go Won, a grumpy crown prince who hides a sweet side, in the historical fantasy Alchemy of Souls.^[15][16] The character, initially absent from the original script, was tailor-made for him by director Park Joon-hwa and the Hong sisters after meeting him, and Shin described it as the closest to his real-life personality.^[16][17][18] Also in 2022, he starred as the leader of a gang of thugs in Weak Hero, a teen action series based on the webtoon of the same name, in which he once again worked with D.P. director Han Jun-hee.^[19] Shin initially had to turn down the part because filming would have overlapped with Alchemy of Souls, but they eventually agreed to have him as a special appearance,^[20] and despite his short screentime, he received positive reviews for bringing a three-dimensional character to life.^[21] At the end of the year, he reprised his role as Go Won in the second season of Alchemy of Souls,^[21] and was cast in his second feature film, Pilot, in which he played Seo Hyun-seok, a junior airline pilot.^[22] In 2023, he signed contracts for two more films, the action movie Resurrected Man, based on a webtoon,^[23] and the mystery thriller Only God Knows Everything.^[24]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2021	Double Patty	Kang Woo-ram	[7]
2024	Pilot	Seo Hyun-seok	[25]
2025	Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint	Lee Hyun-sung	[26]
TBA	Only God Knows Everything	Do-woon	[24]
	Resurrected Man	Black	[23]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	At Eighteen	Ma Hwi-young		[7]
2020	How to Buy a Friend	Heo Don-hyuk		[27]
	Homemade Love Story	Nam Si-woo	Cameo (episode 1)	[28]
2022–2023	Alchemy of Souls	Prince Go-won		[29]
2023	The Good Bad Mother	Civil servant	Cameo (episode 5)	[30]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2024-present	Handsome Guys	Main cast		[31]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	A-Teen	Nam Shi-woo		[32]
2019	A-Teen 2			[7]
	Love Alarm	Il-sik	Season 1	[7]
2021–2023	D.P.	Hwang Jang-soo	Season 1 – (Season 2; Cameo)	[33]
2022	Weak Hero Class 1	Jeon Seok-dae		[19]

Discography

Title	Year	Album
"The Night Sky"[34]	2021	Double Patty OST

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Baeksang Arts Awards	2022	Best New Actor – Television	D.P.	Nominated	[14]
KBS Drama Awards	2020	Best Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	How to Buy a Friend	Nominated	[35]
Brand customer loyalty Awards	2023	Male Rising Star Award	Alchemy of Souls	Won	[36]