Son Sang-yeon

In this Korean name, the family name is Son.

Son Sang-yeon (Korean: 손상연; born April 2, 2002)^[1] is a South Korean actor. He made his debut as a cast member in the 2016 Tooniverse variety show; Maknae Show 7 and has since starred in other variety shows, television series, web series, films, and a music video. Son established himself as young actor by performing roles as young version of main lead in Suspicious Partner (2017), Revolutionary Love (2017) and Clean with Passion for Now (2018). He rose to prominence with the 2021 television series Racket Boys as Bang Yoon-dam, for which he was awarded the best new actor award at 2021 SBS Drama Awards.^[2] In 2022, he starred Netflix series All of Us Are Dead as Jang Woo-jin.

Son Sang-yeon
Son Sang-yeon in May 2021
Born	(2002-04-02) April 2, 2002 (age 23) Daejeon, South Korea
Education	Seoul Baemyeong High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2016–present
Agent	Awesome ENT
Korean name
Hangul	손상연
Hanja	孫相延
RR	Son Sangyeon
MR	Son Sangyŏn

Early life

Son is from the Seo district (Seo-gu) of Daejeon where he completed his middle school studies until he and his family moved to Seoul.^[3] There, he continued his high school education in the Seoul Baemyeong High School whilst pursuing his acting career.^[4]

Career

Son is affiliated to Awesome ENT artist talent agency.^[5] He debuted in 2016 as a cast member of Maknae Show 7 and has taken on numerous guest and support roles in television and web dramas since then.^[6] His first main role was in 2019 in the web drama, Triple Fling.

He is known for his main role in Racket Boys as Bang Yoon-dam, captain of his school badminton team.^[7] For which, he extensively trained for months as a badminton player along with the other cast members of the series.^[8] He was awarded with Best New Actor award at 2021 SBS Drama Awards for his portrayal of Bang Yoon-dam in the series.^[9]

Personal life

Military service

Son enlisted in the military training center on November 8, 2021.^[10] Son was discharged from military service on May 7, 2023.^[11]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	A Special Lady	Gong Myung (10 y.o.)	Guest Role	[12]
2019	The Fault Is Not Yours	Yong Joo
	House of Hummingbird	Dae Hoon (Eun-hee's brother)		[13]
2024	Officer Black Belt	Lee Yang Ho		[14]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	My Fair Lady		Guest Role	[15]
	First Love Again	Hwang Je-ha
2017	Super Family	Nephew	Guest Role
	Chicago Typewriter	Baek Tae-min (young)		[12]
	Two Cops	Cha Dong-tak (young)
	Revolutionary Love	Kwon Je-hoon (young)
	The Return of Hwang Geum-bok	Bully
	Bad Thief, Good Thief	Bully
	Suspicious Partner	Noh Ji-wook (young)
	Summer Days	Kim Ji-yong (young)
	The Happy Loner	Guest Role	one act-drama
2018	Clean with Passion for Now	Jang Sun-gyeol (young)	Cameo (Ep. 5)
2019	Level Up	Kang Hoon
2020	Dr. Romantic 2	Kang Ik-joon	Cameo (Ep. 11–14)
2021	Racket Boys	Bang Yoon-dam		[16]
2023	The Matchmakers	Lee Si-yeol		[17]
2025	My Dearest Nemesis	Baek Soo-bin	Supporting Role
2025	Our Golden Days	Lee Ji-wan		[18]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	FAILing in Love	Kang Pa-rang
	Triple Fling	Song Ji-ho	Season 1–2
2022	All of Us Are Dead	Jang Woo-jin

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Maknae Show 7	Cast Member
2016–2017	Dream Junior

Music video appearances

Year	Song	Artist	Notes	Ref.
2020	"Enough"	Hoppipolla	Male Student

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.
SBS Drama Awards	2021	Best New Actor	Racket Boys	Won	[9]