Son Jun-ho (born March 28, 1983) is a South Korean singer and actor, best known in musical theatre. A classically-trained baritone, he made his debut in the 2009–2010 production of The Phantom of the Opera.
Career Having majored in voice at Yonsei University, Son opted against a career in classical music and opera. At that time it was relatively unheard of for voice majors to immediately switch to musical theater and Son later stated that he had shocked his professors upon telling them that he had auditioned for a musical, although they did give him their full support. In 2009 he was double-cast in his first musical and was initially understudy to Hong Kwang-ho, playing Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera.
Son gained wider recognition when he was cast as Aramis in the critically-acclaimed 2013 production of The Three Musketeers. The production received positive reviews and attracted foreign fans, leading to producers bringing it to Japan. For several years, Son limited his participation in musicals to devote more time to his young son and mostly performed in concerts or on Open Concert and Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend with his wife. In 2019 he garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of Merlin in the South Korean premiere of Xcalibur and would return in the same role for its second run two years later.
Personal life Son married musical actress Kim So-hyun in 2011 and they have a son (born in 2012). They first met in The Phantom of the Opera as she was cast as Christine Daaé. As working musical actors, they largely avoid starring as a married couple in the same production but made a rare exception for The Last Empress and Elisabeth.
Son returned to Yonsei to study for his master's degree. He graduated in 2022.
Filmography
Television series YearTitleRoleNotes2022Behind Every StarhimselfCameo (episode 7)
Television show Year Title Notes 2013 Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend 2014 Oh! My Baby Cast Member 2016 Immortal Songs 2017 King of Mask Singer Contestant as "A God of Thunderstorm, Thor" (episodes 97–98) 2021 Crazy Love.X Host 2022 Falling for the Performance 2 Host
Web shows Year Title Role 2021 Ssangssang Invitational Cast Member Radio shows Year Title Role Note 2021 Beautiful Morning This is Kim Chang-wan Special DJ August 10 – August 11 Musical theatre YearTitleRole 2009-2010 The Phantom of the Opera Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny 2013-2014 The Three Musketeers Aramis 2014 Bonnie & Clyde Ted Hinton 2015-2016 Gone with the Wind Ashley Wilkes2016-2017 Phantom Count Philippe de Chandon2018The Last EmpressEmperor GojongThe Three MusketeersAramis 2018-2019 Elisabeth Kaiser Franz Joseph2019XcaliburMerlinMarie AntoinetteAxel von Fersen2019-2020Big FishEdward Bloom2020DraculaAbraham Van HelsingMozart!Hieronymus von Colloredo2021The Last EmpressEmperor GojongDraculaAbraham Van Helsing2021-2022Xcalibur Merlin2025The Last EmpressEmperor Gojong
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