Kim Jung-hyun (actor, born 1990)
|Born|
|Education||Korea National University of Arts – Department of Acting|
|Occupation||Actor|
|Years active||2015–present|
|Agent||O& Entertainment|
|Height||183 cm (6 ft 0 in)|
|Awards||List of Awards|
|Korean name|
|Hangul|
|Hanja|
|Revised Romanization||Gim Jeong-hyeon|
|McCune–Reischauer||Kim Chŏnghyŏn|
|Website||Instagram: jhkim0405 Kim Jung-hyun on Instagram|
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Kim Jung-hyun (born April 5, 1990) is a South Korean Actor. He is best known for his roles on television series Welcome to Waikiki, Crash Landing on You and Mr. Queen.
Early life[edit]
Kim was born in Busan in South Korea. He has majored in Acting at the Korea National University of Arts.
Military enlistment[edit]
Kim completed his mandatory military service as an assistant in Kangwon-do’s 3rd division when he was 21 years old. [1]
Career[edit]
2015: Beginnings[edit]
After having acted in several Musical theatre plays, Kim made his silver screen debut in the film Overman, which premiered at the 2015 Busan International Film Festival.[2] This earned him Best New Actor nominations at 25th Buil Film Awards and 22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards.[citation needed]
2016–2018: Rising popularity[edit]
Kim made his small screen debut in 2016 and gained attention with his role as Gong Hyo-jin's little brother in the romance comedy Don't Dare to Dream.[3]
Thereafter, he starred in historical drama The Rebel.[4] The series was a critical and commercial success and Kim won the Best New Actor award at the 2017 MBC Drama Awards.[citation needed]
The same year, he was cast in MBC's two-episode series, Binggoo alongside Han Sun-hwa.[5]
Thereafter, he played the male lead in KBS2's teen drama School 2017[6][7] alongside Gugudan's Kim Se-jeong. The series was very popular among the youth leading to his increased popularity and Kim's portrayal of a troubled and rebellious student was praised by the critics and audience.[citation needed] The series earned him Best New Actor nominations at the 54th Baeksang Arts Awards, the 2017 KBS Drama Awards and the 1st The Seoul Awards.[citation needed]
Kim then featured in 4Men's Music Video Break Up In The Morning.
Later in the year Kim was cast in a lead role in KBS2 drama special Buzzcut Love.[8]
In 2018, Kim starred in JTBC's youth series titled Welcome to Waikiki playing a cynical but kind-hearted movie director.[9] The series was a popular across Asia and solidified Kim's status as a versatile actor.[citation needed]
He then started in the 4DX VR movie Stay With Me alongside Seo Yea-ji playing the role of an aspiring musician with stage fright.[10] Kim lent his vocals to the OST of the movie titled Moonlight.
Later he starred in MBC melodrama Time[11] alongside Girls' Generation's Seohyun, playing a chaebol whose time is running out due to his failing health. Kim's portrayal of a terminal patient was praised but he had to drop out of the drama in the midway following his Eating and Sleeping disorder.[12][better source needed]
2019–present: Comeback and international fame[edit]
In December 2019, after the hiatus, Kim was cast in the tvN romance drama Crash Landing on You alongside Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin and Seo Ji-hye.[13] It became the highest-rated tvN drama and the third-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history. Kim's portrayal of Goo Seung-joon, the former fiancé of Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin) and eventual love interest to Seo Dan (Seo Ji-hye), was positively received among the audience. His character's name “Goo Seung-joon” went on to trend at No. 1 in Korea’s realtime search rankings, which he, later in an interview, described as incredibly rewarding.[14]
In May 2020, Kim made a cameo appearance in his Crash Landing on You co-star Seo Ji-hye's drama Dinner Mate playing the role of her long-term boyfriend.[15]
On June 5, 2020, it was confirmed that Kim would lead tvN's fusion sageuk drama, Mr. Queen alongside Shin Hye-sun playing the role of King Cheoljong.[16] The drama aired from December 2020 to February 2021; as of February 15, 2021, Mr. Queen is the seventh-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history and the fifth highest rated tvN drama.[17] The Korea Times's article praising Kim's portrayal of the complex emotions of the two-faced King wrote that he "left a deep impression on viewers with a heavy presence that took the center of the play."[18] Kim contributed his vocals to the soundtrack with Like the First Snow; he also penned down the lyrics for the same.[19]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Television series[edit]
Music video[edit]
|Year||Song Title||Artist|
|2017||Break Up In The Morning||4Men|
Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
|Title||Year||Album|
|"Moonlight"||2018||Stay with me OST|
|"Like the First Snow "||2021||Mr. Queen OST|
Theatre[edit]
|Year||Title||Role||Ref.|
|2013||경성아리랑 26년 MusicalArirang||[28]|
|Therese Raquin||Laurent LeClaire|
|2015||조그만 입술|
|가야십이지곡 Gayageum Jigok Musical|
Endorsements[edit]
|Year||Company||Product||Type||Co-appearance|
|2017||JK Company||Paperplanes||Shoes|
|MK Trend Co. Ltd.||Buckaroo||Clothing||Hwang Seung-eon|
|SK Telecom||T Membership||Ahn Sol-bin|
|2018||Otsuka Pharmaceutical||ULOS||Cosmetics||Yunho|
|2020|
|2020||Panasonic|
Awards and nominations[edit]
|Year||Award||Category||Nominated work||Result||Ref.|
|2016||25th Buil Film Awards||Best New Actor||Overman||Nominated|
|2017||22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards||Nominated|
|36th MBC Drama Awards||Best New Actor||The Rebel||Won||[29]|
|1st The Seoul Awards||Best New Actor (Drama)||School 2017||Nominated|
|31st KBS Drama Awards||Netizen Award-Male||Nominated||[30]|
|Best New Actor||Nominated|
|Best Couple Award (with Kim Se-jeong)||Nominated|
|2018||13th Annual Soompi Awards||Nominated||[31]|
|Breakout Actor Award||Nominated|
|54th Baeksang Arts Awards||Best New Actor (TV)||Nominated||[32]|
|37th MBC Drama Awards||Best Couple Award (with Seohyun)||Time||Nominated||[33]|
|2020||Asia Artist Awards 2020||Popularity Award (Actor)||Crash Landing on You||Nominated||[34]|
|7th APAN Star Awards||Best Supporting Actor||Nominated||[35]|
References[edit]
- ^ "Kim Jung Hyun, Ryu Jun Yeol, Park Seo Joon, and Ahn Jae Hyun, 4 Actors Who Undergo Military Service At A Young Age". CastKo. May 2, 2018.
- ^ "Overman". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
- ^ a b "Moon Ga-yeong, Kim Jung-hyun, An Woo-yeon in "Incarnation of Jealousy"". HanCinema. July 17, 2016.
- ^ a b "[TV체크] '역적' 김정현, 수련 중 섬뜩한 냉(冷) 미소 포착". Sports Donga (in Korean). March 26, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Sunhwa Confirmed as Lead Role for MBC Special Drama "And Spring"". HanCinema. November 23, 2016.
- ^ "[공식] '학교2017' 측 "김정현·장동윤, 주연 확정"…김세정과 호흡". My Daily (in Korean). June 6, 2017.
- ^ "김정현 "데뷔 후 가장 행복…상상치 못했던 일 계속 일어나"[화보]". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). September 26, 2017.
- ^ a b Kim Nae-hee (November 3, 2017). "[공식입장] 김정현, KBS2 드라마 스페셜 '까까머리의 연애' 주연 캐스팅". OSEN (in Korean).
- ^ a b "김정현·이이경·손승원, '으라차차 와이키키' 캐스팅 확정 [공식]". My Daily (in Korean). December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Kim Jung Hyun & Seo Ye Ji Star On World's First 4DX VR Movie "Meet The Memories"". HELLOKPOP. March 23, 2018.
- ^ a b "서현X김정현, MBC 새 수목극 '시간' 주연 확정...7월 방송 [종합]". Osen (in Korean). May 3, 2018.
- ^ "Kim Jung Hyun To Step Down From Drama "Time" Due To Health Concerns". Soompi. August 26, 2018.
- ^ "김정현 측 "박지은 작가 신작 '사랑의 불시착' 합류 확정"(공식)". Newsen (in Korean). July 15, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Naver.
- ^ "김정현 "'사불' 구승준 실검 1위 깜짝 놀라, 배우로서 뿌듯했다" [화보]". Exsports News (in Korean). March 19, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Naver.
- ^ a b "[단독]"'불시착' 구단커플은 계속"…김정현, 서지혜 드라마 특별 출연". SPOTV News (in Korean). March 27, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "tvN 퓨전사극 '철인왕후', 신혜선X김정현 캐스팅 확정[공식]". News 24. June 5, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Naver.
- ^ "'철인왕후' 해피엔딩에 17.4%…tvN 역대 시청률 5위". etoday.co.kr. February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ "'철인왕후' 김정현, 숨멎 엔딩으로 빛난 하드캐리 열연". The Korea Times. February 7, 2021.
- ^ "김정현 '철인왕후' OST 참여 [공식]". Sports Trend. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Naver.
- ^ "The Beginning Of Murder". Naver.
- ^ "Tomorrow's Time". Naver.
- ^ "[who are you] 배우란, 감정을 선물하는 일 - <초인> 김정현". Cine21 (in Korean). May 13, 2016.
- ^ "VR Melodrama MEET THE MEMORIES – FIRST LOVE Cranks Up". Korean Film Biz Zone. December 11, 2017.
- ^ "'활동중단' 김정현, '그대 이름은 장미' 깜짝 등장". Newsen (in Korean). January 3, 2019.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLmBsi2M2hm/?igshid=19fzhnhk70b65
- ^ "[매진] 섹션 10, 섹션 13 전좌석 매진되었습니다". blog.naver (in Korean).
- ^ Hwang, Hye-jin. "김정현 측 "박지은 작가 신작 '사랑의 불시착' 합류 확정"(공식)". Naver (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ "Kim Jung Hyun". onent.
- ^ "Winners of the 2017 MBC Drama Awards". Hancinema. December 30, 2017.
- ^ "[2017 KBS 연기대상] 김영철·천호진 공동대상…'쌈마이' 최다 수상 (종합)". Sports Donga (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ^ "Nominees: Best Couple in the 13th Annual Soompi Awards". YouTube.
- ^ "제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개". JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018.
- ^ "MBC drama award 2018 nominees". Facebook.
- ^ "2020 Asia Artist Award Actor Shortlist". Twitter.
- ^ "2020 APAN STAR AWARDS". chosun.com.
External links[edit]
- Best New Actor for MBC Drama Awards winners
- 1990 births
- 21st-century South Korean male actors
- Living people
- Male actors from Busan
- South Korean male film actors
- South Korean male television actors
- Korea National University of Arts alumni