DeathNovember 122024

Song Jae-rim

Song Jae-rim, South Korean actor and model (born 1985)

In context

When
Tuesday, November 12 20242 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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At a glance

Born 1985-02-18; died 2024-11-12.

Known as: actor, film actor, model, and television actor. Citizenship: South Korea.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Song Jae-rim, also known as Song Jae-lim, was a South Korean actor and model. Starting in modelling, Song had a career as an actor in Korean dramas.

Early life

Educated at: Chung-Ang University and Kwangshin High School.

Early life Song was born on February 18, 1985; his mother, a devout Christian , named him after Jesus's Second Coming ("Jae-rim" in Korean). [ 1 ] Song himself was a believer and had a tattoo of two hands in prayer and the verse Philippians 4:13 on his right shoulder as an expression of faith. [ 1 ] He had a younger sister, Su-rim (born in 1986). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His family was poor, so much so that it was not affected by the 1997 Asian financial crisis ,

Path and career

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 . [ 1 ] He developed an interest in acting while performing alternative military service and, seeing it as a way to change his introverted personality, took a leave of absence from college to enroll in an acting academy. [

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