So Ji-sub
South Korean actor, model and singer
So Ji-sub (Korean: 소지섭; born November 4, 1977) is a South Korean actor. After making his entertainment debut as a jeans model, he became known for his lead roles in television dramas and films. So has also released several hip hop EPs.
Early life
So Ji-sub was born on November 4, 1977, in Seoul, South Korea and moved to Incheon when he was in his third year of elementary school. Self-described as introverted and insecure in his childhood and teenage years, So trained to become a professional swimmer for eleven years and got the bronze medal at the Korean National Games. His parents divorced when he was young. He has one older sister who lives in Australia.
He tried out modeling simply because he wanted to pose alongside hip-hop artist Kim Sung-jae, who was the celebrity face for a clothing brand at the time. "I was never really interested in becoming a celebrity," So said. "My life was all about swimming and hip-hop music.
“So Ji-sub” enters the record as south Korean actor, model and singer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ji-sub, South and Korean can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q484859. VIAF identifies the subject as 95062941. The Library of Congress control number is no2009062245. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977.
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