Ahn Sung Ki was a South Korean actor. He graduated from Dongseong High School and later, because his older brother was serving in the Vietnam War, he enrolled and then obtained a bachelor's degree in Vietnamese Language and Literature from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

He made his debut in 1957 as a child actor with a role in the film "Twilight Train". In 1959, at the age of eight, he appeared as a pickpocket in Kim Ki Young's "A Rebellion of Teenagers," winning the Best Young Actor Award at the Ministry of Education's Best Domestic Film Awards and the Special Young Actor Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival that year.

While in college, he enrolled in the ROTC to serve in Vietnam, but the war ended before he could be sent to the frontline. He was commissioned as an artillery second lieutenant and served as a GOP observer, liaison officer, and transport officer. After being discharged, he could not find a job and he decided to return to acting in 1978, becoming one of the nation's top actors of his time.

He was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2019 and was declared cured the following year, but the disease later recurred, and the actor had been battling it since. On December 30, 2025, he was rushed to the emergency room after suffering a cardiac arrest and was receiving treatment at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital. However, Artist Company (아티스트컴퍼니) confirmed that he passed away on January 5, 2026 at the age of 75. The memorial altar was set up at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital and he was buried at Byeolgeuridada in Yangpyeong four days later.

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