Kim Ki-bum

Kim Ki-bum (born August 21, 1987) is a South Korean actor and singer. He was a member of Super Junior. After the release of Super Junior's third studio album Sorry, Sorry in 2009, Kim announced his leave from the group to pursue his acting career. In 2015, Kim announced he ended his contract with SM Entertainment and departure from the group. Kim made his television debut in the Korean television drama, April Kiss, in 2004.

This article is about Super Junior member. For other singers of the same name, see Allen Kim and Key (entertainer).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Ki-bum
김기범
Kim Ki-bum in 2012
Born
Kim Ki-bum

(1987-08-21) August 21, 1987
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Occupation
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2004–present
AgentClover Company
Musical career
GenresK-pop, dance-pop
Instruments
  • Vocal
  • Piano
Years active2005–2015
LabelsSM
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Gibeom
McCune–ReischauerKim Kibŏm

Life and career

1987–2005: Early life and career beginnings

Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. He has a younger sister, Kim Sae-hee, who lives with his mother. One of his cousin is an actor and model, Shin Dong-wook. At the age of ten, he moved to Los Angeles, California, United States where he attended Santa Monica High School. In 2002, he was discovered by a talent agent from South Korea and was recommended to audition for the Starlight Casting System by SM Entertainment. Kim signed a contract with SM Entertainment and became an official trainee, being trained in areas of singing, acting, dancing, and other performing talents such as hosting and modeling. Although he resided in Seoul at the time, he constantly returned to Los Angeles to visit his family and to attend short school sessions.

Kim debuted as an actor on April 21, 2004 in KBS drama April Kiss as young Han Jung Woo. This was followed in March 2005, with Joo Yeo Myeong in another KBS drama, Sharp 2, co-starring labelmates Go Ara and Heechul. In November 2005 he played a small role in the MBC drama, Marrying a Millionaire, appearing in one episode where he plays the young Kim Younghoon.

2005–2009: Debut with Super Junior and solo activities
Main article: Super Junior

Kim debut as part of 12-member rotational project group Super Junior 05 on November 6, 2005 on SBS's music programme Popular Songs, performing their first single, "TWINS (Knock Out)".[1][2] Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released a month later on December 5, 2005 and debuted at No. 3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.[3]

In 2006, he took on the lead role in the MBC daily sitcom, Rainbow Romance, sharing the lead with Kim Heechul for 243 episodes. This was followed by Kim's second drama with Go Ara, Snow Flower in November on SBS. In March 2006, SM Entertainment began to recruit new members for the next Super Junior generation. However, plans changed and the company declared a halt in forming future Super Junior generations. Following the addition of thirteenth member Kyuhyun, the group dropped the suffix "05" and became officially credited as Super Junior.[4] The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on June 7, 2006, which was their most successful single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009.[5]

He appeared in Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, a 2007 high school Korean film that starred all members of Super Junior except Kyuhyun. He plays the narrator of the story; a student who investigates the mysterious happenings at school.[6]

In April 2008, Kim returned to acting after 16 months, starring in another daily MBC drama, Chunja's Happy Events alongside Wang Bitna.[7] He was picked as the co-presenter of Thailand's 12 Plus Powder along with the primary presenter, bandmate Choi Siwon, in early 2008. However, the co-presenter was switched to bandmate Donghae for another product of 12 Plus – "roll-on".

In 2009 when Super Junior released their third album, Sorry, Sorry, Kim was absent during promotions for the first single, "Sorry, Sorry", leading to speculation that he left Super Junior, which was denied by both SM Entertainment and band members. When Super Junior released their second single, "It's You", Kim had no singing solo and was again absent from all promotions. SM finally issued a statement stating that Kim was busy with solo projects, and re-confirmed he would be absent from promotional activities, but that he had not left Super Junior. Even though he is featured in promotional material for their concert tour Super Show 2 Tour, Kim did not take part due to an injury to his foot requiring six weeks of rest. After the release of "Sorry, Sorry – Answer", Kim who was absent from the music video, stated "Firstly, I am in the process of preparing for the play and releasing the drama. Whether I will participate in the fourth album, resume solo activities, or continue acting, need to be further discussed with my company".

2010–2015: Acting career and departure from SM Entertainment

In 2010, Kim starred in his second film Jumunjin, released on the January 21. It is a love story of a ghost man (Kim) and a girl that lives in the country side. From January 26 to March 28, Kim starred in theatrical play A Nap, at Baekam Art Hall in Samseong-dong, Seoul. He played a young version of male lead Young-jin with Lee Joo-seung. The play is based on a short story of the same name by Park Min-gyu and directed by filmmaker Hur Jin-ho.[8] In May 2010 it was confirmed that Kim would neither participate in the fourth album, Bonamana, nor any further Super Junior activities until further notice, as he would be focusing on his acting career.[9]

In October 2011 Kim played Joseon scholar-official Pak Paengnyeon in historical drama Deep Rooted Tree.

In May 2012, Kim will star as the male lead Geum Eun-dong in I Love Lee Tae-ri, where he plays a 14-year-old middle school student who goes to a performance of his favorite singer and becomes a man in his 20s, who is the secretary of a haughty heiress, Lee Tae-ri, played by Park Ye-jin.[10]

Kim will star as Duan Yu in the 2013 Chinese television drama, The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils and the title character in 2014 Chinese television drama, Lucky Tianbao.

On August 18, 2015, Kibum announced via his personal SNS that his contract with SM Entertainment had ended.[11]

2016–present: Return to acting and signed with Clover Company

In 2017 Kibum starred in the Chinese film My Kitchen Lover, released on August 25.[12]

On June 25, 2018, Kibum as an actor signed with Clover Company.[13]

Kibum was confirmed on Nov 8 to be in the new SBS Plus variety show 'Two Feet Life.'[14]

Discography
Further information: Super Junior discography
  • 2006: "Can It Be Love?" – Nonstop OST

Filmography

[15]

Film
YearTitleRole
2007 Attack on the Pin-Up Boys Kibum- Narrator
2010 Jumunjin Ghost
2017 My Kitchen Lover

Television drama
YearTitleRoleNetwork
2004 April Kiss Young Han Jung-woo KBS
2005–06 Rainbow Romance Kim Ki-bum MBC
Marrying a Millionaire Young Kim Young-hoon SBS
Sharp 2 Joo Yuh-myoung KBS
2006–07 Snow Flower Ha Yeong-chan SBS
2008 Chunja's Happy Events Park Jung-woo MBC
2011 Deep Rooted Tree Pak Paeng-nyeon SBS
2012 I Love Lee Tae-ri Geum Eun-dong tvN
2013–14 The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Duan Yu Hunan STV
2016 Lucky Tianbao Zhu Tian Bao

Television show
YearTitleRoleNetwork
2018–19 Two Feet Life Cast SBS Plus

Music video
YearSong TitleArtist(s)
2006 "Passion (My Everything)" The Grace

Theater
YearTitleNotes
2010 A Nap Baekam Art Hall
gollark: If the issue is bizarre school policy on food, did you consider running an illicit food smuggling ring?
gollark: Try consuming additional food.
gollark: Try consuming food.
gollark: I am not accepting feedback on this opinion at this time.
gollark: Bread isn't real anyway.

References
  1. "2005 Super Junior's official debut" Ent.hunantv.com. Retrieved 25 December 2011 (in Chinese)
  2. "SM Unveils 12-Membered Boy Group Named Super Junior" Arirang.co.kr. October 27, 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2011
  3. "Album Sales of December 2005". Recording Industry Association of Korea (in Korean). p. 1. Archived from the original on February 25, 2006. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
  4. "Super Junior adds new member, transformed into 13-person super group" Sina.com. May 24, 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2011 (in Chinese)
  5. "SuperJunior releases third studio album" Archived March 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Epaper.jinghua.cn. March 14, 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2011 (in Chinese)
  6. Cathy Rose A. Garcia "Super Junior Hits Big Screen" Archived May 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Korea Times. July 8, 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2012
  7. "SuJu's Kim Kibum returns to acting after sixteen months" Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Paran.com. April 19, 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2008 (in Korean)
  8. Jang, Kyung-Jin (February 12, 2010). "Filmmaker Hur Jin-ho tries his hand in directing a play". 10 Asia. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  9. "Super Junior with only 10 – Kangin in the army and Kibum in acting". Newsen (in Korean). May 4, 2010. p. 1. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  10. Ho, Stewart "Super Junior’s Kim Ki Bum and Park Ye Jin Cast in ′I ♥ Lee Terry′" CJ E&M enewsWorld. May 5, 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012
  11. "SM 측 "김기범 전속계약 만료, 응원 부탁드린다". Naver. August 20, 2015.
  12. "泡菜爱上小龙虾》定档8.25 元华徐申东传授吃虾秘籍". 凤凰网娱乐. June 25, 2017.
  13. "Clover Company Official Instagram". instagram. June 25, 2018.
  14. "'둘째 출산' 유진, '두발라이프'로 방송 복귀..슈주 출신 김기범도 합류". Naver. November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  15. "김기범". Daum.
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