Moon Sung-keun

Moon Sungkeun Korean 문성근 born May 28 1953 is a South Korean actor and politician He has won three Blue Dragon Film Awards two Baeksang Arts Awards and two Chunsa Film Art Awards for Best Actor Moon was born in Tokyo Japan His father was Rev Moon Ikhwan who fought for democracy alongside Kim Daejung under the military regime led by Park Chung Hee in 1970s and was a wellknown prounification activist After graduation from Sogang University with a bachelors degree in International Business Moon worked as a salaryman for eight years In 1985 he began acting in theater and became a key figure in the beginning of the renaissance of Daehangno stage plays in the mid1980s playing the leading role in such megahits as Chilsu and Mansu and Till the End of Time Moon made his film debut in 1990 with Black Republic directed by Park Kwangsu During his acting career Moon has won Best Actor award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards thrice Baeksang Arts Awards twice Chunsa Film Art Awards twice and other accolades Moon started his political activities in 2009 becoming the Democratic United Partys temporary chairman in 2012 Since then he has mostly made special appearances in movies In 2017 Moon and a group of South Korean artists filed complaints against two former presidents Lee Myungbak Park Geunhye and other six senior officials asking for a prosecution investigation over the allegation of an artist blacklist Moon is a frequent collaborator of director Lee Changdong He has starred in four of Lees films including critically acclaimed Burning 2018