Kim Jong-soo
Birthday: Born in 1964-11-30 in Busan, South Korea
Deathday: Alive
Kim Jong-soo (김종수) is a South Korean actor. His acting career began in 1985 when he took on the role of Alan in the play Equus. He gained recognition through his performances in various theatrical productions in Ulsan, earning him several awards. In 1996, he was honored with the Gyeongnam Theater Award for Best Actor, followed by the Outstanding Acting Award at the Ulsan Theater Festival in 2000 and the Mayor's Achievement Award at the Ulsan Arts Festival in 2002. Moreover, he also held the position of president in the Ulsan Actors Association. In 2007, Kim Jong-Soo made his film debut with an appearance in Secret Sunshine, directed by Lee Chang-dong. Subsequently, he appeared in movies like No Forgiveness, Wish, War on Crime, Home Sweet Home, The King of Flattery, Man in Love, Legendary Fist and Minority Opinion. Kim has been recognized through his supporting roles in television dramas such as Six Flying Dragons, The Producers, Three Days, Misaeng: Incomplete Life, Pied Piper, Kingdom, The Emperor: Owner of the Mask, and Snowdrop. Starting from 2016, he embarked on a series of film projects, starring in The Prosecutor's Abduction, Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River, Asura: The City of Madness, Tunnel, Horror Stories 3, One Way Trip, The Map Against the World and Insane.
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피리부는 사나이
Character: Yang Chung Jang
Drama series follows a police crisis negotiation team as they try to solve cases without using force. The police crisis negotiation team works on such cases like attempted suicides, hostage situations and terror situations....
배가본드
Character: An Gi-dong
Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant....
출장 십오야
Character: Self
A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'....
설강화
Character: Kim Man-dong
In 1987, bloodied man Soo-ho jumps into a women's university dormitory in Seoul. Yeong-ro, a female student who fell in love with him at a group blind date, tends to his wounds as the dormitory is ensnared in intense surveillance. As Soo-ho's secrets unravel, he must eventually face the conflict between his heart to Yeong-ro and responsibility to his comrades, as well as to his sibling who awaits him in his home country. What will be of their fate?...
무빙
Character: Hwang Ji-sung
Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together....
긍정이 체질
Character: Professor Ma
Film student Hwan-dong reunites with his ex, popular drama actress Hye-jeong to make his debut film. Hwan-dong struggles with such things as casting and budget, which reality does not make easy....
뷰티풀 마인드
Character: Shin Dong Jae
Lee Young-O is an excellent neurosurgeon with zero sympathy. One day, he becomes involved in bizarre patient deaths. He also falls in love and recovers his humanity....
프로듀사
Character: Baek Bo-sun
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....
추리의 여왕
Character: Police Superintendent Shin
Yoo Seol-Ok liked mystery novels and wanted to become a detective, but she gave up her dream after marrying. Now, she is a housewife with a husband who works as a prosecutor. She meets Ha Wan-Seung. He is a passionate detective and they decide to collaborate to solve cases....
KBS 드라마 스페셜
Character:
Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership....
징비록
Character: Hwang Yoon-gil
Jingbirok, the name of a book written by real-life Joseon historian and scholar Ryu Seong Ryong (Kim Sang Joong),detailing the Imjin War (1592-1598). The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character, in the samevein as “Jung Do Jun”(who influenced the founding of the Joseon dynasty). Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seonjo’s reign in the late 16th century. He was a brilliant Confucian scholar who was put in charge of military operat...
킹덤
Character: Kim Soon
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people....
어쩌다 마주친, 그대
Character: Yoon Byung-gu
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...
미생
Character: Kim Bu-ryeon
Since he was a child, the board game baduk has been everything to Jang Geu-rae. But when he fails at achieving his dream of becoming a professional baduk player, Geu-rae must leave his isolated existence and enter the real world armed with nothing but a high school equivalency exam on his resume....
괴물
Character: 창훈
A murder of a woman in her 20s in the middle of Seoul. Tae Seok who is a student of a prestigious university accidentally kills Mi Na who's a gold digger. Tae Seok's father is about to run for councilman election and asks Lawyer Kim Hyeon Su to take care of the murder. Hyeon Su tells Tae Seok to turn himself in and claims he'll be found innocent. The prosecutor in charge of this case, Chae Jin Wook, was a fellow trainee with Hyeon Su. He's very determined to put Tae Seok in jail....
파인: 촌뜨기들
Character:
A dangerous story of rough people obsessed with shameless greed who gather together with their own greed and logic to find underwater artifacts off the coast of Shinan....
모두의 거짓말
Character: Kim Seung-Cheol
Kim Seo-hui’s life is changed forever when her politician father dies in a car crash and her husband disappears – all in one day. She enters the world of politics and join hands with small-town detective Jo Tae-sik to uncover the truth when she finds out that the car crash might not have been an accident after all....
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....
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Home Sweet Home
Character: Teacher Ma
Tae-Su had wealth and honor. But all that changed when he certifies his friend"s debt. To avoid creditor"s suspicion Tae-Su goes to Busan and meets a girl named Se-Ra who starts a secret relationship with him. As time goes by, Tae-Su decides to go back to home. By the way, he ends up killing his wife, not knowing what to do....
Phantom
Character: Projectionist
In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization....
Kingmaker
Character: Park Ki-soo
Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative offer that will put his loyalty under the microscope....
Life Is Beautiful
Character: Mokpo High School Teacher
Suddenly learning she is terminally ill, Se-yeon asks her husband, Jin-bong the absurd task of helping her find her first love, and he unwillingly joins her search. Along their journey, Se-yeon and Jin-bong are reminded of the most glittering, beautiful moments of their lives....
Hopeless
Character: Joong-beom
Yeon-gyu is a teenage boy who wants to escape his hometown where violence is commonly enacted among neighbors. He only hopes to have a peaceful life with his mother. However, the world never allows him to have a dream nor hope for life. When Yeon-gyu needs a hand from grown-ups, Chi-geon, a thug of the town, offers a favor. The simple favor leads Yeon-gyu to explore the world of Chi-geon. It ironically results Yeon-gyu gradually falling into Chi-geon’s life. Grasping hope to run away from where ...
Ransomed
Character: Minister Choi
In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money....
Socialphobia
Character: Professor
A woman is attacked by Internet users after posting provocative remarks online. Using her personal information, they go to her place but what they find is her body; she took her own life. Who made her kill herself? Or, was she killed by someone else?...
The Poet and the Boy
Character: CEO of Dongin
A married poet meets a teenage boy working at a donut shop and helplessly develops feelings for him....
Hunt
Character: Director Ahn
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other....
Poongsan
Character: North Korean Defector
Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean defector, into the South, the damsel and rescuer fall in love instead....
Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman
Character: Mr. Hwang
For generations, the eldest son of the village has been the protector, but the current heir, Dr. Cheon, is a fake exorcist who doesn't believe in ghosts. Using his penetrating insight into people's minds, he performs fake exorcisms and resolves cases brought to him. However, Yoo-kyung, a client who can see ghosts, approaches him with an offer too tempting to refuse. With his assistant In-bae, Dr. Cheon heads to Yoo-kyung’s house, and gets involved in a series of strange phenomena. As they delve ...
Alienoid: Return to the Future
Character: Government Official
Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava....
Baseball Girl
Character: Coach Park
A girl baseball player who is about to graduate from high school will try to enter the professional baseball world forbidden to women....
Twenty
Character: Dong-woo's Uncle
A story about three friends who just turned twenty; an age where you can do whatever you want, love whoever you want with opportunities abroad....
The Mayor
Character: Advertiser
For the first time in Korean history, the mayor of Seoul attempts a third term in office, with his entire campaign team ready to soil their hands....
Woman Who Grabbed The Rod
Character:
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Revolver
Character: Director
Su-young, a police detective who went to prison for someone else, is surprised when a mysterious woman named Yoon-sun arrives to collect her on her day of release. As she discovers that the promised compensation for her time behind bars has vanished, Su-young embarks on a mission to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her....
Hijack 1971
Character: Jang Young-hwan
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....
The Unfair
Character: Jo Goo-hwan
Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the demonstration. Death happen that lead to the bigger problem....
Insane
Character: Director Cha
A woman gets kidnapped in the middle of the day and is tortured in a psychiatric hospital. A Journalist gets on the trace of the case and tries to find out the truth....
Our Love Story
Character: Ji-soo's Father
A fine arts student meets an attractive bartender, and the two women begin an intimate relationship....
Asura: The City of Madness
Character: Eun Choong-ho
A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor....
Bogota: City of the Lost
Character:
In the 1990s, 19-year-old Kook-hee moves to Bogota with his family, wishing for a better life only to end up living from hand to mouth. Beginning at the bottom of the ladder, he goes through hell and high water and now dominates the black market of Bogota....
The Sheriff In Town
Character: Yong-hwan
After he leaves the police force, Dae-ho establishes himself as the sheriff of his town. He then investigates Jong-jin, a businessman, because of his alleged ties to drugs....
Room No.7
Character: Real Estate Agent
In a DVD-themed sex hotel, a young employee has hidden drugs in room #7 for criminals in exchange for wiping off his debt. But then his boss hides a dead body in the same room and locks the door. And a dangerous battle of wits ensues between a man who must lock away the secret behind the door, and another, who must go inside....
1987: When the Day Comes
Character: Park Jung-ki
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eru...
Your Noir
Character: Young-Kwang
Hyeong-Ju is a gang member. He begins to follow a woman. The woman is the wife of a prosecutor investigating his gang. The woman was also Hyeong-Ju's teacher when he was younger and he liked her at the time. Hyeong-Ju still has feelings for her....
Mongolian Princess
Character: Actor
One day, you fell from the sky. I never knew loving somebody could bring so much happiness. I see the world differently because of you. I am a different person because you live in my heart....
One Way Trip
Character: Chief Oh
Four best friends, Yong-bi, Ji-gong, Sang-woo and Doo-man who just turned twenty and just came of age took the road to Pohang, a small city near the beach—since one of the friends, Sang-woo, is enlisting in the marine corps the day after. On the last day before Sang-woo goes off to the army, a life-changing incident dawns in front of them. The four best friends now face a situation beyond their control, and are forced through an irrevocable day....
Extreme Job
Character: Chicken Restaurant Owner
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected....
Dark Figure of Crime
Character: Captain Ma-soo
A serial killer is caught for his seventh murder. A cop tries to solve the first six cases with the killer's help, but starts to suspect that he has ulterior motives. Based on a true story....
Money
Character: Team Director Kim
Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens to get him in trouble....
The Drug King
Character: Security Chief
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night....
Nameless Gangster
Character: Manager Jang
A corrupt customs official joins forces with a vicious gangster to form the most powerful crime partnership in Busan....
Innocent Witness
Character: Man-ho
An old man is found dead, and his housekeeper is charged with the murder. Her defense attorney is surprised to learn the only witness to the crime is a teenage girl with autism....
Bring Me Home
Character: Team Leader Choi
Jung-yeon receives a tip-off that her son who went missing six years ago is in a fishing village. Local officers get in her way, trying to cover up a secret that might be related to her case....
Start-Up
Character: Mr. Gong
Two boys are becoming real adults during a turbulent time as they experience a world that doesn't go their way....
Before I Grow Up
Character: Lee Won-il
Many banners has been put up all over a town. The banners read, “Asshole living in room 302 in Rainbow villa has carried on with my wife for five years. I will kill him without fail.” A boy asks his first love if she would like to him to remove them. She answers, “Fuck you.”...
Dream
Character: Kim Hwan-dong
With hard work and dedication on lock, a group of homeless men trains to compete in a global tournament — despite a cranky coach....
Samjin Company English Class
Character: Bong Hyun-chul
In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company....
Secret Sunshine
Character: Mr. Shin
Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God....
Daddy in the Bag
Character: Dad
While her father remains in a vegetative state. His daughter carries around a robot that stored her father’s memory in her bag....
Horror Stories 3
Character: Father-in-law (segment 1)
Three horror stories, with each set in the past, present and future....
Smugglers
Character: Lee Jang-choon
During the 1970s, in Kunchon, there were women divers who were able to dive without equipment, including two best friends Choon-ja and Jin-sook, Jin-sook's brother and Hammer. They always collected seafood under water for living. But, as fewer factories started to be built near the beach, the women divers started to have trouble with what they were doing for living. Without any choice, the ship crews decided to join the smuggling business in the water to seek a way for their living. But the smug...
Okay! Madam
Character: Choi Young-cheol
A working class family wins a free vacation to Hawaii. But when their plane takes flight, it gets hijacked by terrorists. To save her family and the other passengers, the wife must reveal her secret past and fight back....
Tunnel
Character: Drilling Company Executive
A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help....
Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
Character: Phoenix fraud noble man
In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River....
The Killers
Character: CEO (segment "Contractors")
Four master helmers from Korea reload the hitman flick. Vampire sleaze, assassin slapstick, neo-noir, and an avant-garde mind-bender to die (kill) for!...