Kim Young-kwang (actor)

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Kim Young-kwang
Kim Young-kwang in 2014
Born (1987-01-11) January 11, 1987 (age 37)
Incheon, South Korea
EducationHanyang University – Theater and Film
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
AgentWide-s company
Korean name
Hangul
김영광
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Yeong-gwang
McCune–ReischauerKim Yŏnggwang

Kim Young-kwang (born January 11, 1987) is a South Korean actor and model. Kim began his career as a model and has modeled for designers such as Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Etro. In 2008, he was the first Asian model to model at Dior Homme's show.[1] As an actor, Kim has starred in the films Runway Cop (2012), Hot Young Bloods (2014), On Your Wedding Day (2018) and The Soul-Mate (2018), as well as the television dramas Pinocchio (2014), D-Day (2015), Sweet Stranger and Me (2016), The Guardians (2017), and The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019).

Life and career[edit]

Beginnings[edit]

Born as Kim Young-kwang, Kim's father was a veteran of the Vietnam War and died when Kim was in elementary school.[2]

Acting[edit]

Kim began acting in 2008, and later performed in the drama Good Doctor on KBS2.[3]

Kim also starred in the action comedy, Runway Cop (2012) and teen romance drama, Hot Young Bloods (2014).[4][5]

In 2014 he performed in dramas such as tvN's Plus Nine Boys[6] and SBS's Pinocchio,[7] for which he received a SBS Drama Award as "New Star" for his role as Seo Beom-jo.[8]

In 2015, he starred in the medical drama D-Day,[9][10] and in the web drama Dr. Ian with Sandara Park.[11]

In 2016, he was cast as the lead in the web drama Gogh, The Starry Night with Kwon Yuri,[12] and in the KBS2 romantic comedy series Sweet Stranger and Me with Soo Ae.[13][14]

In 2017, he starred in the MBC thriller drama The Guardians as a passionate prosecutor.[15]

In 2018, Kim starred in romance film On Your Wedding Day opposite Park Bo-young.[16] His performance in the film earned him a Best New Actor award in film at the Baeksang Arts Awards.[17] He then starred in fantasy comedy film The Soul-Mate together with Ma Dong-seok.[18][19] Later that year, he was also cast in tvN's mystery drama Room No. 9.[20][21]

In 2019, Kim starred in the romance comedy drama The Secret Life of My Secretary, which premiered in May 2019.[22][23]

In 2021, he starred in the spy action film Mission: Possible opposite Lee Sun-bin, which was released in February.[24]

Also in 2021, he starred alongside Choi Kang-hee in the fantasy romantic comedy Hello, Me!, which premiered in February 2021.

In 2022, he starred in murder thriller netflix series Somebody.

Personal life[edit]

Kim maintains a close friendship with Lee Soo-hyuk, as well as other fellow models-turned-actors: Kim Woo-bin, Hong Jong-hyun and Sung Joon – with whom he has worked onscreen in White Christmas. They were given the nickname of "Model Avengers" by their fans.[25][26]

On December 12, 2013, Kim began his mandatory military service. However, he was only required to be enlisted for six months as a public service soldier due to his father being a Vietnam War veteran, as well as an acknowledged person of national merit. Kim was discharged in June 2014.[27]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Runway Cop Han Seung-woo
2014 Hot Young Bloods Jo Gwang-sik
2018 On Your Wedding Day Hwang Woo-yeon
The Soul-Mate Tae-jin
2021 Mission: Possible Woo Su-han [28]
A Year-End Medley Seung-hyo TVING Film [29]

Television series[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 Worlds Within Young-woong [30]
2009 Triple Jae-wook [31]
My Fair Lady Jung Woo-sung [32]
2010 More Charming By the Day Lee Young-kwang [33]
2011 White Christmas Jo Young-jae [34]
Bachelor's Vegetable Store Lee Seul-woo [35]
2012 Love Rain Han Tae-sung [36]
Can We Get Married? Gong Ki-joong [37]
2013 The Secret of Birth Park Soo-chang [38]
Good Doctor Han Jin-wook
2014 Kara: Secret Love Yoon Joon-moon (episodes 3-4: "The Thirteenth Item on the Bucket List") [39]
Plus Nine Boys Kang Jin-gu
2014–2015 Pinocchio Seo Beom-jo
2015 D-Day Lee Hae-sung
2016 Sweet Stranger and Me Go Nan-Gil
2017 The Guardians Jang Do-han
2018 Room No. 9 Ki Yoo-jin
2019 The Secret Life of My Secretary Do Min-ik
2021 Hello, Me! Han Yoo-hyun [40]
2023 Evilive Seo Do-young [41]

Web series[edit]

Year Title Role Ref.
2015 Dr. Ian Mo Yi-an
2016 Gogh, The Starry Night Kang Tae-ho
2022 Somebody Sung Yun-oh [42][43]
2023 Call lt Love Han Dong-jin [44]
TBA Trigger Moon Baek [45]

Television shows[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Law of the Jungle in New Caledonia Main cast Episodes 220–224 [46]
2017 Boat Horn Clenched Fists from Episode 2–end [47]
2018 Law of the Jungle in Antarctica Episode 311–314 [48]

Music video[edit]

Year Song Title Artist Ref.
2007 "My Heart Is Like That" Lee Seung-hwan
"Shout for Love" MC the Max
2008 "It's You" Shin Hye-sung and Lyn
2009 "Why Are You Such a Nerd?" XXX
2011 "Don't Cry" Park Bom [49]
2013 "You" Brown Eyed Soul [50]
"Runaway" Kara

Theater[edit]

Year English title Korean title Role Ref.
2009 Beautiful Sunday 뷰티풀 선데이 Joon-seok [51]

Discography[edit]

Soundtrack appearances[edit]

Title Year Album
"Oh-Sing-Sing-Men Oh Sing Sing Men"
(with Ji Chang-wook, Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Young-kwang, Shin Won-ho, Sung-je, and Ji-hyuk)
2011 Bachelor's Vegetable Store OST Japanese release[52]
"Star Candy" 2016 Gogh, The Starry Night OST

Awards and nominations[edit]

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asia Model Awards 2009 Best Fashion Model Kim Young-kwang Won [53]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2019 Best New Actor – Film On Your Wedding Day Won [17]
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2018 Best New Actor Nominated [54]
Popular Star Award Won [55]
Elle Style Awards 2018 Man of the Year Kim Young-kwang Won [56]
KBS Drama Awards 2013 Best New Actor Good Doctor Nominated
2016 Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Sweet Stranger and Me Nominated
Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards 2014 Best New Actor in a Film Hot Young Bloods Won [57]
Korea Fashion Photographers Association 2008 Best New Model Kim Young-kwang Won
MBC Drama Awards 2017 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama The Guardians Nominated
SBS Drama Awards 2014 New Star Award Pinocchio Won [58]
2019 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries The Secret Life of My Secretary Nominated [59]
Style Icon Awards 2009 Style Icon, Model category Kim Young-kwang Won [60]
The Seoul Awards 2018 Best New Actor (Film) On Your Wedding Day Nominated [61]

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