Kim Soo-hyun
Birthday: Born in 1988-02-16 in Seoul, South Korea
Deathday: Alive
Kim Soo Hyun (Hangul: 김수현, born February 16, 1988) is one of the highest-paid actors in South Korea. His accolades include four Baeksang Arts Awards, two Grand Bell Awards and one Blue Dragon Film Award. From 2012 to 2016 and in 2021, he has appeared in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 list. He was selected as Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year in 2014 and was featured by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 Asia list of 2016. Kim took acting classes during his school years on his mother's recommendation to overcome his introvert personality. Following a few theatrical works, he made his television debut in 2007 with the family sitcom Kimchi Cheese Smile. He went on to established himself with starring roles in the television dramas Dream High (2011), Moon Embracing the Sun (2012), as well as in the top-grossing films The Thieves (2012) and Secretly, Greatly (2013). His performance as King Lee Hwon in Moon Embracing the Sun won him the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor in the category of Television. He became a top Hallyu star as he gained further success with the fantasy rom-com My Love from the Star (2013), and the variety-drama The Producers (2015), which earned him three Daesangs (Grand Prize). After his movie Real (2017), he enlisted to complete his mandatory military service. On January 2020, Kim joined newly established entertainment agency Gold Medalist as one of the two senior actors under the organization alongisde Seo Yea-ji. He marked his successful return to acting with the romance drama It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) and is set to star in the thriller drama One Ordinary Day (2021).
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무한도전
Character:
Infinite Challenge has been reported as the first "Real-Variety" show in Korean television history. The program is largely unscripted, and follows a similar format of challenge-based Reality Television programs, familiar to the audiences in the West, but the challenges are often silly, absurd, or impossible to achieve, so the program takes on the aspect of a satirical comedy variety show, rather than a more standard reality or contest program. In order to achieve its comedic purposes its 6 hosts...
크리스마스에 눈이 올까요?
Character: Cha Kang-jin (young)
Cha Kang Jin grows up in a poor family who is constantly on the move. After relocating to his mother's hometown when Kang Jin is a teenager, his mother falls back into her old ways, opening a bar that draws a group of undesirable men. Kang Jin is forced to watch helplessly from the sidelines, getting into fights with other high school students to protect her honor. When he meets Han Ji Wan at school, sparks fly immediately, but tragedy soon strikes when Ji Wan suddenly must leave town. Eight yea...
해를 품은 달
Character: King Lee Hwon
Years after she's assumed dead by the palace, a young noblewoman, now trained as a shaman, returns to court to reclaim her rightful position as queen....
어느 날
Character: Kim Hyun-soo
A college student gives a young woman he just met a ride to the beach in his father's cab and they end up spending the night together. When he wakes up to find her dead, he gets caught up in her murder case....
드림하이
Character: Top Star Playing Song Sam-dong
Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry....
자이언트
Character: Lee Sung-mo (young)
Giant is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. Giant is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out...
김치 치즈 스마일
Character: Kim Soo-hyun
Kimchi Cheese Smile (Korean: 김치 치즈 스마일; RR: Kimchi Chiseu Seumail) is a South Korean sitcom revolving around the life of a kimchi-like (having a popular & conservative thought) family headed by Shin Goo who are to become in-laws with Sunwoo Eun-sook's cheese-like (rich & stylish class) family. With contrasting classes and family values, the sitcom follows these two families through various events of their lives....
7년 후애(愛)
Character: Chun-jae
Seven Years of Love 2009 (South Korea), also known as 7 Years of Love, 7Nyeon Huae (Ai) , is South Korea drama premiere on Mar 29, 2009 on OBS....
사랑의 불시착
Character: Bang Dong Goo
A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide....
별에서 온 그대
Character: Do Min-Joon
An alien who came to Earth 400 years ago is almost able to return to his own planet, but when he meets a famous actress, he doesn't want to go home....
드림하이
Character: Song Sam-dong
Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry....
프로듀사
Character: Baek Seung-chan
A rookie producer joins the Korean Broadcasting System to be near his secret crush and enters the madcap world of network TV, where ratings rule....
런닝맨
Character: Self
A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop....
아버지의 집
Character: Kang Jae-il
The story revolves on the life of Kang Man Ho, who had a one-night stand with a pianist, Lee Hyun Jae. But because he needs to serve some time in prison, it wasn't until he got released that he realizes he had become a father; the mother has dropped off the boy with his closest relations (with a man that is like a father figure to Choi) and headed back home to the U.S. Although he didn't feel an immediate love for his son, the bond is solidified when both survived a bus crash, and after that nea...
눈물의 여왕
Character: Baek Hyun-woo
The queen of department stores and the prince of supermarkets weather a marital crisis—until love miraculously begins to bloom again....
호텔 델루나
Character: Hotel Blue Moon CEO
When he's invited to manage a hotel for dead souls, an elite hotelier gets to know the establishment's ancient owner and her strange world....
넉오프
Character: Kim Seong-joon
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사이코지만 괜찮아
Character: Moon Gang-tae
Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them....
유 퀴즈 온 더 블럭
Character: Self
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show....
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Miss Granny
Character: Young Mr. Park
An unappreciated old granny magically turns 20 years old again and decides to make the most of her newfound youth....
Secretly, Greatly
Character: Won Ryu-hwan / Bang Dong-gu
Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team....
Dream High Special Concert
Character:
On February 24th, the cast of the popular drama came together to perform on stage for the ‘Dream High Special Concert‘, held at a location right off of Seoul. Besides the performances from the concert, special behind-the-scenes videos were also revealed, and the “Dream High” staff also gave out their ‘Grand Prix’ awards, with the categories being ‘Precious Kkap’, ‘King of NG’s’, ‘Hard Worker’, and ‘Hurricane Tears’....
The Thieves
Character: Zampano
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface....
Real
Character: Jang Tae-yeong
Jang Tae-Young is a popular trouble shooter in the criminal world. He is cold and ambitious. He dreams of building a casino hotel one day. A reporter then goes to Jang Tae-Young....
Jungle Fish
Character: Han Jae-ta
Based on a true story that depicts the pressures placed on students to achieve and gain admission to prestigious colleges and universities....
Worst Friends
Character: Kim Joon-ki
A boy returns to Korea after an unsuccessful American educational trip and meets the girl he deflowered....
Cherry Blossom
Character: Han Hyun-joon
This is a short film which Kim Soo Hyun took part in when he was student in 2008....