Song Jae-rim
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
Song was born on February 18, 1985; his mother, a devout Christian, named him after Jesus's Second Coming. 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. He had a younger sister, Su-rim. His family was poor, so much so that it was not affected by the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and Song began working part-time at a young age, modeling to pay for college tuition.In 2003, he enrolled in the Information Systems Department at Chung-Ang University. He did not perform active military service due to a pneumothorax, replacing it with a job at a defense company.
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.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. He also taught himself directing, lighting and screenwriting techniques. He began acting in 2009 with the film Actresses. In early 2011, he worked for three months as a supermodel in Japan using the name Jay Song and appeared in Men's Non-no, Men's Joker and Street Jack magazines, after which he returned to South Korea to further pursue his acting career. His notable roles include a loyal bodyguard in the period drama Moon Embracing the Sun, and a cold-blooded assassin in Two Weeks. He shot to fame after appearing in the fourth season of We Got Married with Kim So-eun. Wanting a change of environment, in early 2024 he turned to theater for the first time, appearing in the Korean adaptation of Samuel Adamson's Wife. His final role was in the Korean musical adaption of La Rose De Versailles, based on the manga series by Riyoko Ikeda.