26 Facts About Shin Goo

Shin Soon-ki, known professionally as Shin Goo, is a South Korean film, theater, and television actor.

Shin Goo won the Best Actor award at the 6th Dong-A Theatre Award for his portrayal of Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire," and later, at the 8th Dong-A Theatre Award, he won the Best Actor award for his performance as Harry in Luv.

In 2010 Shin Goo, was awarded the 2011 Bogwan Order of Cultural Merit by the government.

In 2022, Shin Goo received Special Award from Lee Hae-rang Theater Award, one of the major theater awards in Korea.

Shin Goo was born as Shin Soon-ki on August 13,1936.

Shin Goo's parents were both illiterate, with his father selling vegetables in Wangshimi Central Market and his mother working as a housekeeper.

Shin Goo himself attended Dongmyeong Elementary School, located on the outskirts of Seoul, and later went on to graduate from Gyonggi Middle School and Gyeonggi High School.

Shin Goo was admitted to the Department of Korean Literature at Sungkyunkwan University, but his initial goal was to attend the Department of Commerce at Seoul National University.

Shin Goo attended an audio-visual education center next to Taegeukdang in Myeong-dong.

Shin Goo's stage name was given to him by playwright Yoo Chi-jin when he was a first-year student at the Namsan Drama Center's Theater Academy.

Actor Park In-hwan recommended Shin Goo to apply for the 6th Seoul Central Broadcasting System Talent Recruitment in 1969.

Shin Goo passed the audition, but was only given minor roles in historical dramas, such as holding a knife or guarding a door.

Shin Goo decided to branch out to television to make ends meet, to provide for his old Mother.

Shin Goo devoted himself to acting, juggling his work between the theater stage and television.

In 2005, Shin Goo starred in "The Big Family Who Went Away" as a displaced father who had left his family in North Korea.

Shin Goo won the best acting award in the play category for the play "Feel Like Heaven" at the 35th Baeksang Arts Awards in 1999.

From 1999 to 2009, Shin Goo played Chief Judge in KBS show The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War.

In 2005, Shin Goo won Achievement Award from KBS Entertainment Awards.

In 2002, Shin Goo appeared in a hamburger commercial lying on a boat with snow crabs.

Shin Goo acted in the movie A Bold Family and Murder, Take One directed by Jang Jin.

Shin Goo-gu played a grandfather who lives a difficult life with his six-year-old granddaughter while gathering waste paper.

In 2010 Shin Goo won Best Actor in 3rd Korea Theater Awards for Driving Miss Daisy.

Shin Goo starred in Season 1 alongside Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Seo-jin, Park Seo-joon and Jung Yu-mi.

In 1974, Shin Goo married Ha Jung-sook, who was four years younger than him.

Two months after their wedding, their son, Shin Goo Gyeong-hyeon, was born.

In March 2021, Shin Goo temporarily dropped out of the play Last Session due to deteriorating health.