Kim Dong-wook
Birthday: Born in 1983-07-29 in Seoul, South Korea
Deathday: Alive
Having been active on screen for a decade, KIM Dong-wook is an experienced performer known in the realms of film, TV and musical theatre. A Korea National University of Arts graduate, KIM started in a number of small roles before finding some meatier parts in low budget fare such as Flying Boys (2004) and No Regret (2006). His big break came in Take Off, which became the second-most popular film of 2009. Since then he has been able to land bigger parts in films such as 2011’s Romantic Heaven, The Cat and Countdown. 2012 was his biggest year yet as he starred as the conflicted king in the popular erotic period thriller The Concubine.
TV Credits
바퀴 달린 집
Character: Self
A variety program where the cast will experience life in various places around Korea. The cast will build a small, portable home where they’ll live together and invite guests over. They’ll empty their greed for a house and fill their lives with important things in their lives instead....
너는 나의 봄
Character: Ju Young-do
A hotel concierge and a psychiatrist with traumatic childhoods form a heartfelt bond when they become entangled in a perplexing local murder case....
하녀들
Character: Kim Eun-gi
Set in the Joseon Dynasty, three women learn what love means as they try to navigate through the class system and survive. In Yup (Jung Yoo Mi) is a beautiful noblewoman who becomes a servant overnight when her father is framed and labeled a traitor. She ends up falling in love with a fellow servant, Moo Myung (Oh Ji Ho), while working for the royal family, and becomes friends with her own handmaiden Sa Wol thanks to their shared experiences. Meanwhile Ga Hee is the most famous gisaeng of the ci...
SNL 코리아 리부트
Character: Self - Host
Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members....
돼지의 왕
Character: Hwang Kyung-min
Two friends in the past were victims of serious school bulling. One could not resist his trauma, and becomes a serial killer, walking in the path of revenge. Another one tries his best to overcome the trauma and becomes a police detective. He now faces tragic fate to risk his life to capture the serial killer....
자체발광 오피스
Character: Seo Hyun
Ho Won is a young woman who struggles to find a steady job. Tired and hopeless, she attempted suicide. Hospital check-up discovers she might have terminal illness. Soon after, a furniture company accepts her as a contract worker. Faced with a possibility of dying, Ho Won decides to just let herself loose. Her newfound bold attitude puts her at odds with her workaholic manager Woo Jin....
라이더스: 내일을 잡아라
Character: Cha Ki-Joon
Cha Ki Joon is a well-educated young man who begins his career in an enviable entry-level job at a large corporation. But he is not happy with his life. On a whim, Ki Joon decides to quit his job and start up a new business with his two childhood friends, Yoon So Dam and Go Tae Ra. So Dam has been working lots of different part-time jobs while trying to make it as an illustrator. Tae Ra is a former cycling athlete who decides to go in with Ki Joon on his new business idea – because it’s a compan...
파트너
Character: Yun Jun
"Partner" centers around two law firms as they struggle to defend the accused and those around them. Kang Eun-ho, a widowed single mother & attorney, tangles with the charismatic and ruthless attorney Lee Tae-jo. In the first two episodes the attorneys work on cases involving a step-brother chraged with murdering of his step-sister and a lawsuit between a wealthy mother-in-law and her divorced daughter-in-law. Each successive episode will cover provocative cases like these, while also bringing...
남자를 믿었네
Character:
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강매강
Character: Dongbang Yu-bin
Songwon Police Violent Crimes Unit 2 has the lowest arrest rate in the country. After their chief is demoted, the team is exiled to a closed daycare center. Enter Yubin, their new leader. Despite the team's initial distrust, Yubin and the team start to bond as they solve cases together....
위대한 선물
Character:
A Chuseok special family drama about a woman who is losing her eye-sight and has to depend on guide dog, and a cop who helps her....
별똥별
Character: Lee Jung-hoon
Frustrations and feelings collide when a dynamic PR executive finds herself working with her irksome nemesis — who happens to be a megastar client....
손: The Guest
Character: Yoon Hwa-Pyung
The story of a psychic, a priest, and a detective who fight unusual crimes committed by strange powers....
어쩌다 마주친, 그대
Character: Yoon Hae-jun
Yun Hae Jun is the youngest anchor to ever work at his broadcasting station. He is calm and straightforward as a journalist and kind in his personal life. On the other hand, Baek Yun Yeong dreamed of becoming a writer but wound up working at a publishing company. The two somehow travel back in time to the year 1987. There, Yun Hae Jun tries to find the truth behind a serial murder case, while Baek Yun Yeong attempts to prevent her parents from marrying. They soon realize that their objectives a...
커피프린스 1호점
Character: Jin Ha Rim
Han Kyul gives his family's café a new spin, hiring only good-looking men to work there -- plus an androgynous-looking girl he mistakes for a man....
이로운 사기
Character: Han Moo-young
A cooperative drama between a fraudster who cannot empathize and an overly sympathetic lawyer, as well as a revenge play against absolute evil....
못말리는 결혼
Character:
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특별근로감독관 조장풍
Character: Jo Jin-Gab
Jo Jin-Gab was once a promising judo athlete. He protested against corruption at a game and he was kicked out of the sport. After that, Jo Jin-Gab became a gym teacher. Again, he could not control his anger against the son of the school's chairman. Jo Jin-Gab was once again kicked out of his profession....
SNL 코리아
Character: Himself
Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members....
쏘울 스페셜
Character: Yoo Gil
Jin Mi A has returned back to Korea. Upon exiting the airport she stumbles onto Yu Gil. Thus begins their series of encounters and their story....
그 남자의 기억법
Character: Lee Jung-hoon
A deep connection forms between a news anchor who remembers every moment he's ever lived and an actress who's lost the memories of her past....
청춘다큐 다시, 스물 - 커피프린스
Character: Self
"Coffee Prince", which made our hearts pit-a-pat in that summer is now back in 13 years! "Coffee Prince" became the most famous drama in Korea with 27.8 percent viewer ratings by delicately portraying the trouble and love the youth go through. The cast of the drama are now actors that represent Korea and they gather again to talk about those days. The cast and the director reunite at the cafe in Seogyo-dong and Buam-dong, the actual filming sites, and share the behind-the-scene stories vividly. ...
놀라운 토요일
Character: Self
A group of hungry celebrities listen to poppin’ tunes, from recent hits to all-time-favorites, to correctly dictate a part of the lyrics. The songs may sound familiar, but the part they must dictate are unclear to the naked ear, as the lyrics are slurred, muffled by strong beats, etc. If they get the lyrics right, they get to share exquisite regional dishes. But if they get them wrong, a professional eater gobbles it up instead....
Movie Credits
Finding Mr. Destiny
Character: Dr. Jung
A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client....
The Cat
Character: Jun-seok
So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth....
Hello Murderer
Character: Det. Jeong-Min
Slacker detective Jeong-min (Kim Dong-wuk) is assigned to investigate a serial killer case. For the first time in his career he puts his heart into his work but Yeong-seok (Yoo Oh-seong), an unemployed man with natural instincts as a detective, gets in the way by trying to catch the killer as well....
Romantic Heaven
Character: Ji-wook
The paths of three people intersect at a hospital. A lawyer who mourns the death of his wife, a taxi driver who is taking care of his grandfather that suffers from Alzheimer's, and a girl who is looking for a bone marrow donor to save the life her mother....
램프의 요정
Character:
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The Fever of Deep Blue Sea
Character: Jin-han
Tae-wook and Bo-young, high school classmates who met for the first time in five years, are reminiscing about those distant times....
Face Value
Character: Ji-ho
Gyu-ri struggles with the prejudice and misunderstanding that pretty girls are worth their looks. On the other hand, Jeong-seon is always treated as androgynous because of her easy-going and impressive appearance. Although they are both for different reasons, they are equally hurt by people's stereotypes about their appearance....
One Night with Miss Marple
Character: Hyun-woo
One winter day, a girl who was doing volunteer work for the visually impaired goes to a meeting place instead of her friend at her friend's request. There, a blind man is waiting for her friend, and as the girl says that her friend won't come, she begins to feel sorry for this man and worry about him....
The Concubine
Character: Grand Prince Seong-Won
Living a torturous life of poverty and barely able to survive, Hwa-yeon decides to offer herself as one of the king’s concubines. Once inside the royal palace, two men are immediately seized by the woman - the Grand Prince Seong-won, a megalomaniacal ruler drunk with power and lust, and Kwon-yoo, who has everything to lose if his desire for Hwa-yeon is exposed....
Take Off
Character: Choi Heung-cheol
Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics....
Three Summer Nights
Character: Myung-Seok
Seeking a break from their everyday lives, three friends head to the beach looking for a good time, but wind up chased by the police and a gang instead....
Hijack 1971
Character: Dong-cheol
Pilots Tae-in and Gyu-sik are set to fly to Gimpo. Under the guidance of flight attendant Ok-soon, passengers are busy boarding. However, shortly after takeoff, a homemade bomb explodes, turning the cabin into chaos....
Five Senses of Eros
Character: Han Ji-woon
In this anthology film centered around the theme of "Eros," five seperate stories are presented by five top Korean directors. The main characters from each segment are connected with each other in one way or another....
No Regret
Character: Ga-ram
Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs....
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Character: Kim Su-hong
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial....
Countdown
Character: Fly
A cold-blooded debt collector who never fails to get what he wants meets the beautiful yet mysterious ex-impostor whose every word is nothing but a lie. She has the key to save his life but he discovers that she only puts him into a deeper trouble. Time is running out and he needs to get it done while his heart still beats....
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Character: Kim Su-hong
As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier....
The Accidental Detective 2: In Action
Character: Captain Kwon Cheol-in
A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency....
Happy Together
Character: Byung-seok
An amazing tangle of relationships unfolds between several women, their entertainment, their dates, and their children....
Trade Your Love
Character: Sung-seok
Sung-seok and Hae-joo, who have been under pressure of marriage, devise a scheme at their first meet; a fake wedding. They reach an agreement under the desire of not only being free from their parents’ meddling but carrying their secret future plan. Sung-seok plans to run away with his lover who has a kid and Hae-joo plans to start her new career abroad after their planned marriage. However, their families get too much excited about this news more than their expectation and their near-flawless p...
Lost and Found
Character: Han Ji-hoon
Ji-ho is a writer who cannot forget her first love Min-woo at high school. She meets Min-woo and acts as if she lost her memories to grab his attention. As she lives with him, Dong-sik comes along and annoys her plans....
My Wife Is A Gangster 2
Character: Na Nam-ja
Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin, who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol, a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business....
Sorry Apple
Character:
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have her exboyfriend return to her......
Flying Boys
Character: Kim Ki-tae
Five high school teens on their way to college. But gradually they go through the struggles of life and end up discovering who they are and what it is they truly want in life....
Seoul
Character:
Japanese detective Hayase is caught in the midst of a truck robbery on the way to the Seoul airport. Being forced to extend his stay and help identify the robbers, Hayase gets thrown into another situation -- as Japan's Foreign Minister is kidnapped before the upcoming Asian Summit. Is 72 hours enough?...
All for Love
Character:
A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who have just fallen in love....
Apt
Character:
A young woman's curiosity propels her to investigate a series of strange deaths in her neighborhood....
Café Seoul
Character:
Jun, a Japanese freelance reporter, discovers hidden gem of Korean traditional bakery "Moran-dang" by chance in the middle of the city of Seoul, while covering stories of the city. Moran-dang takes him back to his memory of childhood and urges him to stay there for more stories. One day, Moran-dang is vandalized by construction villains in town who maliciously try to take the spot of the bakery and the owner and chef, Sang-woo, gets his hands injured. When Moran-dang is in danger of closing, lit...
Tube
Character: Cameraman
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour....