Sul Kyung-gu launches one-man agency ‘Actors 99’ following C-JeS exit
Sul Kyung-gu establishes a one-man agency. Courtesy of CJ ENM
Veteran actor Sul Kyung-gu has founded his own management agency, marking a new chapter in his decades-long career.
Sul revealed the news in a handwritten letter posted to his official fan cafe on Thursday.
“I started a company. It even has a name — Actors 99. I came up with it myself,” he wrote. “I’m continuing to work with my manager from C-JeS, the one who was with me on my last project there. On the outside, nothing has really changed.”
Sul, however, admitted to feeling a “strange” sense of renewal, though not necessarily a completely new mindset.
“I’m the only actor at Actors 99,” he said. “But I’ll continue to move forward, feeling the full range of emotions — joy, anger, sorrow and happiness — with sincerity. I believe you’ll support me.”
Sul had been with C-JeS Entertainment since 2013. The agency recently announced it would be withdrawing from the actor management business to focus instead on core operations such as content and music production. The move was described as part of an effort to “streamline cost structures and improve organizational efficiency.”
Following his departure from C-JeS, Sul officially began a new phase as the sole talent at Actors 99.
Most recently, the acclaimed actor appeared in the Disney+ series “Hyper Knife.” The psychological thriller follows Se-ok (played by Park Eun-bin), a once-promising genius doctor, as she reunites with her former mentor Deok-hee (played by Sul), the very person responsible for her downfall, and engages in a tense battle of wits.
This article from the Hankook Ilbo, a sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.