With names like Lee Jung Jae, Kim Soo Hyun and Song Joongki, the South Korean doramas industry is full of celebrities; See who is the best paid!
The South Korean doramas industry is full of names that gained great visibility due to the roles they played on TV, as Lee Jung Jaeactor who gives life to Seong Gi Hun, the protagonist of ‘Round 6’; Kim Soo Hyun who plays Baek Hyun Woo in ‘Queen of Tears’; or even Song Joongki that won the lead role of ‘Vincenzo’ – but which one is the best paid?
The highest paid actor of doramas
Without taking into consideration movies, special or trademark appearances, the actor who earned the highest salary due to his performance on television was Kim Soo Hyunwhich received the industry’s largest payment when starring ‘One Ordinary Day’ (2021).
According to the Korean newspaper Osen (via AdoroCinema), to bring university student Kim Hyun Soo to life, who has the support of an inexperienced lawyer to defend himself against a murder accusation, the actor received $ 423,000 per episode, totaling more than 3 million in revenue after the conclusion had eight episodes.
As regards Lee Jung Jaethe artist received $ 248,000 per episode in ‘Round 6’. Already Song Joongki It was paid with $ 228,500,000 per episode in ‘reborn rich’, making them occupy the second and third positions, respectively, in the ranking of the best paid drama actors.
The complete list is:
- Kim Soo Hyun – 423,000 dollars (based on his salary by One Ordinary Day episode)
- Lee Jung Jae – 248,000 dollars (based on his salary by an episode of Round 6)
- Song Joongki – 228,500,000 dollars (based on his salary by episode of reborn rich)
- Song Hye Kyo – 163,000 dollars (based on his salary by episode of The Lesson)
- Jun Ji Hyun – 163,000 dollars (based on his salary by episode of Jirisan)
- Lee Young AE – 160,000 (based on your salary by an episode by inspector Koo Kyung Yi)
- Hyun bin – 113,000 (based on his salary by episode of Secret Garden)
- Go Hyun Jung – 85,000 (based on your salary by reflected episode)
Who is Kim Soo Hyun?
37-year-old South Korean actor, Kim Soo Hyun Has birthday on February 16. He started working in 2007 and, in addition to having become the highest paid actor of the doramas, is also one of the most awarded artists of his generation, winning awards such as Baeksang Arts Awards, Korea Drama Awards, Asia Artist Awards, among others.
In almost two decades of career, Soo hyun He gathered a huge list of hits in his resume such as ‘Dream High (2011)’, ‘Hotel del Luna (2019)’, ‘landing in love (2019)’, ‘okay not to be normal (2020)’, ‘The Producers (2015)’ and, of course, ‘One Ordinary Day’ (2021).
More about One Ordinary Day
‘One Ordinary Day’ premiered in November 2021 at Coupang Play to tell the story, based on the British Criminal television series Justice written by Peter Moffatby Kim Hyun Soo (Kim Soo Hyun), a college student who after a sequence of bad decisions becomes suspicious of a woman’s murder. Willing to prove his innocence, he ends up joining a dishonest lawyer, Shin Joong Han (CHA YOUNG WON), and a boss of the crime called Ji-Tae (Kim Sung Kyu).
Source: Recreio
