Kim Min-seok (actor)

Kim Min-seok
Kim Min-seok in June 2021
Born (1990-01-24) January 24, 1990 (age 33)
Busan, South Korea
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
Agents
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Min-seok
McCune–ReischauerKim Minsŏk

Kim Min-seok (born January 24, 1990) is a South Korean actor. He played the role of the main character in Shark: The Beginning (2021). He had supporting roles in television series such as Flower Band (2012), Descendants of the Sun, The Doctors (2016) and Innocent Defendant (2017).

Career

Kim participated in Superstar K 3, a survival audition show for singers on Mnet. He showed up at the preliminary regional audition in Daegu but never made it to the group of 11 contestants that actually competed in the show. Shortly after, Kim made his debut in tvN's music youth series Flower Band, playing an ambitious keyboard player.

He gained recognition with his role in the pan-Asia hit drama Descendants of the Sun. The same year, he starred in SBS' medical drama The Doctors and won the Best New Actor award at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards.

In 2017, Kim played supporting roles in SBS' legal thriller Innocent Defendant, JTBC's coming-of-age drama Hello, My Twenties! 2 and tvN's romantic comedy series Because This Is My First Life. On November 16, 2017, it was reported that Kim's contract with Woollim Entertainment had expired and he had not renewed with the company. It was later reported that he had signed to Respect Entertainment.

In 2018, Kim played his first lead role in the drama special Almost Touching. In December 2018, Kim enlisted in the military to serve his conscripted duty.

In September 2020, Kim joined the cast of multi-season rom-com web series City Couple's Way of Love of Kakao TV, which will depict the real love stories of young people who live fiercely with "another me" in a complex city. The first series Lovestruck in the City is set to air on December 8, 2020 and it will be available for streaming on Netflix also.

In 2021, Kim's upcoming film Shark: The Beginning will be released on Original Film TVING, which will premiere in June 2021. and Kim will be Cameo appearing in the drama Racket Boys.In June 2021, Kim confirmed to appear in Engine On From Today, airing on KakaoTV with a total of four episodes.

In 2022, Kim renewed his contract with Respect Entertainment.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Moebius Thug 1 cameo - 2017 A Special Lady Joo-hwan
2018 Monstrum
2019 Jesters: The Game Changers Pal-poong
Man of Men Jeong Gi cameo
2021 Shark : The Beginning Cha Woo-sol Original Film TVING
1+1 Cha Ji-cheon Documentary film

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Flower Band Seo Kyung-jong
2014 Hi! School: Love On Park Byung-wook
2015 Who Are You: School 2015 Min-suk
2015–2016 Imaginary Cat Yook Hae-gong
2016 Descendants of the Sun Kim Gi-beom
The Doctors Choi Kang-soo
2017 Innocent Defendant Lee Sung-gyu
Hello, My Twenties! 2 Seo Jang-hoon
Because This Is My First Life Sim Won-seok
2018 The Beauty Inside Han Se-gye Cameo (Episode 5–6)
Drama Special – Almost Touching Kang Seong-chan One act-drama
Heart Surgeons Surgeon Cameo (Episode 32)
Drama Stage – Withdrawal Person Byung Doo One act-drama; Season 2
2021 Racket Boys Hun-hoon Cameo (Episode 2)
2023 Delivery Man Do Gyu-jin
2023–2024 A Good Day to Be a Dog Kang Eun-hwan Special appearance
TBA Bloody Romance Lloyd

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Aftermath Jo In-ho
2020–2021 Lovestruck in the City Choi Kyeong-jun
2021 Engine On From Today Cha Dae-hyun
2023 Shark : The Storm Cha Woo-sol Follow-up drama to the movie Shark: The Beginning

Television show

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Superstar K 3 Contestant Audition, appeared in the semi-finals
2016 Celebrity Bromance Main cast Season 6 with L (Infinite)
King of Mask Singer Contestant as "The Sun's Junior", episodes 59–60
Flower Crew Main cast
2017 Law of the Jungle in Kota Manado Ep. 252 – 255 along with Infinite's Sungyeol
2018 It's Dangerous Beyond the Blankets Ep. 1–2 & 6–7 (Season 2)
2021 Long Live Independence
2023 Empty Nesters - Suri Suri Village Suri Host Season 3

Hosting

Title Year Role Notes Ref.
Inkigayo July 3, 2016 – January 22, 2017 Main MC with Gong Seung-yeon and Yoo Jeong-yeon

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist Ref.
2017 "One Late Morning" Joo
2022 "Lovender" Han Seung-yoon

Discography

Soundtrack

Year Song Album Notes
2012 "Somehow you (어쩌다 널)" Flower Band OST Released: February 20, 2012

Awards and nominations

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.
APAN Star Awards 2016 Best New Actor Descendants of the Sun Nominated [citation needed]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 Best New Actor – Television The Doctors Won
Grime Awards 2016 Best New Actor Descendants of the Sun Nominated [citation needed]
Korea Drama Awards 2016 Best New Actor Nominated [citation needed]
KBS Drama Awards 2016 Best New Actor Nominated [citation needed]
SBS Entertainment Awards 2016 Best Entertainer Award Inkigayo Won
SBS Drama Awards 2016 New Star Award The Doctors Won
2017 Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Innocent Defendant Nominated
Soompi Awards 2017 Breakout Actor Descendants of the Sun Won
2018 Best Supporting Actor Because This Is My First Life Nominated style="text-align:center"[citation needed]
The Seoul Awards 2017 Best New Actor (Drama) Innocent Defendant Won

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