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Song Joong Ki's defining works
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RUNNING MAN (2010-2011)
Song (with co-host Lee Kwang Soo) was part of the original cast of Running Man when the variety show debuted in 2010.
Out of the motley crew, he was known as the enthusiastic, but bumbling, rookie. He was nicknamed the "flower boy" for possessing delicate features and a milky white complexion that would make women jealous.
The wacky game show is where Song scored his other soul mate, Lee Kwang Soo. Born in the same year, 1985, the bickering co-hosts are fast friends to this day.
Song left the show in 2011 to concentrate on his acting career.
THE INNOCENT MAN (2012)
In one of his darker roles, Song sheds his sunshine persona to play a revenge-driven ex-boyfriend who was a promising medical student madly in love with his beautiful neighbour. Life does not go as planned and he takes the rap for his belle and goes to jail, while she leaves him for a rich man.
SUNGKYUNKWAN SCANDAL (2010)
Song was the sidekick in this period drama, which unfolds like a high-school romantic comedy, but his turn as an aristocrat playboy was popular with women in the show and among viewers at home.
A WEREWOLF BOY (2012)
There is no sign of the dashing hero. In this movie, a hit fantasy romance, Song is a wild, animal-like teen who is adopted by a human family. The family's teenage daughter takes it upon herself to train the scruffy feral orphan and a special bond develops between them.
DESCENDANTS OF THE SUN (2016)
Goodbye flower boy, hello hunk. Straight out of the South Korean army, Song was operationally ready for his role as a suave, sculpted solider. In between fighting crime and saving lives, his captain character finds time to pursue a beautiful doctor (Song Hye Kyo). In hindsight, the sparks flying on set were real and the Song-Song couple are real.