South Korea's recognized shin-kan actor Sung Dong-woo celebrated his 30th anniversary this year, and recently he starred in the variety show "Joy of Dialogue 3", in which he told various stories of himself from childhood to adulthood, from unknown to famous actors, and with his wife Park Kyung-hye from meeting and falling in love... Attracted the attention of the public. So today we will understand the bumpy life experience of Cheng Dongyi.
Born in 1964, Cheng Dongyi lived without a hukou from birth to the age of 10 because he was an illegitimate child, and the elders in the village at that time called him "Zhong Xun". At that time, his mother was in the seafood business in South Korea, and there were only a few days at home in the year, so Cheng Dongyi lived with his sister, who was 8 years older, most of the time. Later, in order to go to school, Cheng Dongyi met his father for the first time when he was 10 years old, and only then did he apply for a household registration.
Cheng Dongyi in middle school
However, his father did not apologize to him that he had not been raised like this for 10 years, but felt that "why should I live like this (miserably) because of this child", so his father hated Cheng Dongyi very much. Cheng Dongyi clearly remembers that his father beat him the day after the meeting and let others avoid him. Therefore, his dream since he was a child is to "live independently as soon as possible".
Cheng Dongyi, who looks very similar to his eldest son Cheng Jun, was 20 years old
However, Cheng Dongyi, who has always had the dream of "wanting to grow up quickly", came into contact with drama in his 20s at University Road, and for the first time in his life, he had the dream of "wanting to be an actor". Because he thinks "it's amazing that people who don't know themselves can pay attention to themselves."
Sung Dong-yi when starring in a drama
At that time, Cheng Dongyi needed to prepare for each drama, and the final work could only earn 30,000 to 50,000 won, and he only earned 1.2 million won in the 10 years of activity on the drama stage. Eventually, in order to make his mother live a better life, Cheng Dongyi began to find another way, just when the actor who starred with him in the musical told him that SBS was going to open an actor training class, and persuaded Cheng Dongyi to try it. So he cut out his own photo on the drama cast list and prepared his resume, and submitted an application to the first session of the SBS actor training course.
Finally, in 1991, Cheng Dongyi successfully joined the first phase of the SBS actor training class, and officially debuted as an actor the following year. Because of his outstanding looks, at that time, he was also known as the "Three Giants of the United States" together with Zhang Dongjian, a student of MBC's actor training class, and Li Bingxian, a student of KBS's actor training class, and was known as a star of hope. Thanks to this, he starred in the first TV series he starred in, but because Cheng Dongyi could not change the vocal habits of the drama, he left the audience with the impression of poor acting skills, and eventually he had to get off the bus in the middle.
Because of the evaluation of "poor acting skills", Cheng Dongyi's role contract gradually decreased, and even eventually decreased from the starring level to a supporting role. In 1998, Yang Zhengba, who he played in "Silver Reality", was also a supporting role with few roles, but Cheng Dongyi still did not give up, thinking "It's not a big deal to cut it, anyway, I can do my best to act."
However, thanks to the role of Yang Zhengba, Cheng Dongyi ushered in the first heyday of his acting career. He played yang Zhengba, a theater hooligan wearing red socks, in "Silver Reality", because the comedy image was very well interpreted, the audience left a deep impression on him, and then everyone even directly and affectionately called him "red socks". Due to the rapid increase in popularity, Sung Dongyi also released a Trote album and filmed advertisements.
However, in 1999, when he was in the ascendancy period, Sung Dong-yi took on the role of a chaebol II, but because his previous comedy image was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, he eventually failed to control this role and once again experienced the pain of getting off the bus halfway. At that time, Cheng Dongyi got the first income because he starred in many advertisements and programs, so he wanted to create a more stable source of income. At this time, he followed the advice of acquaintances to open a restaurant together, and was eventually defrauded of debt of more than 500 million won.
And when he fell into the trough of life, he happened to meet the fate of his life. When he met an acquaintance in Ulsan, he fell in love with Park Kyung-hye (now his wife) who worked at the Soup Hotel, so he would go to Ulsan to find Park Kyung-hye in Ulsan whether he had filmed or not.
Later, under the active pursuit of Sung Dong-hye, the two became lovers, because Park Kyung-hye's mother died in the third year of high school, and his father was also critically ill due to cirrhosis, so Sung Dong-hye wanted to establish a new family for Park Kyung-hye as soon as possible, and after more than two years of love, the two officially decided to get married. However, park kyung-hye's father died half a month after the meeting ceremony, and in 2003, because of a funeral, Sung Dong-hye and Park Kyung-hye could not hold a wedding, until 2004, when the two officially lived together and began to live married.
After getting married, Sung Dong-yi slowly paid off more than 500 million won in debt, and he often received invitations from variety shows because of his comedic image, but in order to adhere to the "actor's road", he chose to refuse many times. After that, Cheng Dongyi's sister told him: "If there is a variety show or something to invite you, then pick it up, do you know that your wife is actually cleaning the dishes at the stewed potato rib shop." When he knew that his wife had silently paid so much behind his back, Cheng Dongyi realized that "I have neither been a good actor nor the head of the family", so he reflected on himself and began to take variety shows.
Later, in 2010, Cheng Dongyi played the role of The Push Slave Hand Qian Zhihao in the KBS Mizuki drama "Tui Nu", and won the KBS Acting Award for Supporting Actor awards for this drama, and his acting skills were recognized by the public. After that, he starred in the TV series "Please Answer", "It's Okay, It's Love", and the variety show "Daddy! Where are we going? "I'm Going to School" has once again ushered in its heyday. In addition to TV dramas and variety shows, he also starred in popular movies such as "The Trouble of Beautiful Women", "National Representative", "Xu Sanguan", "Real", etc., digesting a variety of positive, villain, and funny roles, from winning the Best Supporting Actor Award to the Outstanding Actor Award, he has become a recognized letter actor step by step through his own efforts.
Cheng Dongyi, who celebrated the 30th anniversary of his debut this year, also expressed his gratitude to his wife when he starred in the variety show "Joy of Dialogue 3": "Even if my wife wants me to kneel now, I will kneel." She is someone I am very grateful to." The decisive event that made him very grateful to his wife was when Cheng Dongyi's father died.
Because Cheng Dongyi has hated his father since he was a child, his father and son have not seen each other for 20 years after adulthood. The last time he learned of his father was when he received a call from the crew that his father had died, when Sung Dong-yi just asked "So I... What should be done", the other party said, "just to tell you", and in the end, Cheng Dongyi did not rush out of the funeral to mourn.
But in fact, his wife Park Kyung-hye had already heard the news that Sung Dong-hye's father was critically ill, and he also knew that her husband hated his father, but in order not to let him have regrets, Park Kyung-hye took the child to see his father 3 days before his father died of illness. He also introduced his son and daughter to his father and explained that "in fact, (Cheng Dongyi) also wants to come"... Because of this, Cheng Dongyi has always been very grateful and touched by his wife's reasonable and did not let him regret it.
At present, Cheng Dongyi and his wife have the eldest son Cheng Jun, the second daughter Cheng Bin, the younger daughter Cheng Lu, the family of five is very happy, I believe everyone through the "Daddy! Where are we going? The show has seen the image of Cheng Dongyi as a national father. As an actor, Cheng Dongyi has starred in hundreds of works since his debut, and this year, after starring in the TV series "Sisyphus: Myth" and the variety show "Home with Wheels 2", he has decided to partner Quan Zhixian, Zhu Zhixun and Wu Zhengshi to star in the TV series "Zhiyi Mountain", which is highly anticipated by the public.
For the future goal of life, Cheng Dongyi once said: "Not an actor with good acting skills, a good personality, the most wanted to hear is a good husband and father." It seems that he has fulfilled his wish and wished Cheng Dongyi and his family of five eternal happiness and happiness!