Song Jae-rim

In this Korean name, the family name is Song.

Song Jae-rim
Portrait of Song Jae-rim. He was, at the time, a young man with short hair, wearing casual clothing.
Song in 2020
Born(1985-02-18)February 18, 1985
Seoul, South Korea
DiedNovember 12, 2024(2024-11-12) (aged 39)
Seoul, South Korea
Other namesSong Jae-lim
EducationChung-Ang University[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2009 (2009)–2024 (2024)
AgentSaram Entertainment[2]
Korean name
Hangul
송재림
Hanja
宋再臨[3]
Revised RomanizationSong Jaerim
McCune–ReischauerSong Chaerim

Song Jae-rim (Korean: 송재림; February 18, 1985 – November 12, 2024), also known as Song Jae-lim,[4][5] was a South Korean actor and model.[3] Starting in modelling, Song had a career as an actor in K-dramas.[6]

Career

Song began his career as a runway model for the Seoul collections of Juun. J, Herin Homme, and Ha Sang Beg. He also appeared in the magazines Bazaar Korea, Vogue Girl Korea, Dazed Korea, Nylon Korea, GQ Korea, Arena Homme + Korea, Esquire Korea, and Marie Claire Korea.[7]

Song began acting in 2009 with the film Actresses.[6] His notable roles include a loyal bodyguard in the period drama Moon Embracing the Sun (2012),[8] and a cold-blooded assassin in Two Weeks (2013).[9] He shot to fame after appearing in the fourth season of We Got Married with Kim So-eun.[10] His final role was in the Korean musical adaption of La Rose De Versailles, based on the manga series by Riyoko Ikeda.[6]

Death

On November 12, 2024, Song was found dead at his home in Seongdong District, Seoul at around 12:30 (KST). An official from the Seongdong Police Station said that there was no evidence of foul play.[11] Various news agencies reported that the police found a suicide note at the scene.[12] Song's funeral was held at the Yeouido St. Mary's Funeral Hall on November 14.[13] The family wished for a small service and offered no cause of death.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Actresses Photographer's assistant
2010 Grand Prix Lee In-jae
2012 Give Me Back My Cat Short film
2013 The Suspect Professor Kim [15]
2014 Tunnel 3D Ki-cheol [16]
2018 On Your Wedding Day Lee Yoon-geun Special appearance [17]
2019 The Snob Seo Jin-ho
2022 Yaksha: Ruthless Operations Jae Gyu Netflix film [18][19][20]
Good Morning Barista Yoon [21][22]
TBA Get Rich Oh Gi-roh [23][24]
Salmon Hae-nam [25]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Big Thing Official in the club
Secret Garden Singer
2011 Cool Guys, Hot Ramen Hee-gon [26]
2012 Moon Embracing the Sun Kim Jae-woon [27][28]
2013 Nail Shop Paris Kay [29]
Fantasy Tower Yong-wan [30]
Two Weeks Mr. Kim [31]
2014 Inspiring Generation Mo Il-hwa [32]
Big Man Park Dong-pal Cameo
Secret Love Time slip helper Ep. 1–2 "Missing You"
The Idle Mermaid Kwon Shi-kyung [33]
2015 Unkind Ladies Lee Roo-oh [34]
2016 Goodbye Mr. Black Seo Woo-jin [35]
Thumping Spike Hwang Jae-woong [36]
2016–2017 Our Gap-soon Heo Gap-dol [37]
2017 Borg Mom NIS Agent
2018 Secret Mother Ha Jung-wan [38]
2018–2019 Clean with Passion for Now Choi Ha-in / Dr. Daniel Choi [39][40]
2019 I Wanna Hear Your Song Nam Joo-wan [41]
Drama Stage:
"Big Data Romance" 		Kim Seo-joon Season 3
2021 How to Be Thirty Cha Do-hoon [42]
Work Later, Drink Now Song PD Cameo [43]
2022 Café Minamdang Han Jae-jung [44]
2023 All That We Loved Dr. Go (Adult Go Yoo) [45]
2024 My Military Valentine Sung Jae-hoon [46][47]
Queen Woo Go Pae-eui [48]

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014–2015 We Got Married Season 4 Cast member Partnered with Kim So-eun [49]
2015 House Cook Master Baek [50]
2019 Surfing House [51]

Music videos appearances

Year Song title Artist Ref.
2009 "Molla-ing" May Doni
"Bus" Yeo Hoon-min
"Because of You" After School
2010 "Go Away" 2NE1
2012 "The Day Before" Nell
2013 "Runaway" Kara
"Message" BoA
2014 "Agape" Zhang Liyin
"Not Alone"
2015 "Me, Myself" Shin Seung-hun

Theatre

Year Production Role Venue Ref.
2024 La Rose de Versailles Florian Victor Clement de Gerodelle Chungmu Arts Hall [52]

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.
KBS Drama Awards 2015 Best New Actor Unkind Ladies Nominated
Popularity Award, Actor Nominated
Best Couple Award Song Jae-rim (with Lee Ha-na)
Unkind Ladies 		Nominated
MBC Entertainment Awards 2014 Best Male Newcomer We Got Married Won [53]
Best Couple Award Song Jae-rim (with Kim So-eun)
We Got Married 		Won
SBS Drama Awards 2016 Special Acting Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Our Gap-soon Won [54]
Best Couple Award Song Jae-rim (with Kim So-eun)
Our Gap-soon 		Nominated
2018 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily/Weekend Drama Secret Mother Nominated [55]

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