Kim Jong-soo (actor)

Kim Jong-Soo (Korean: 김종수; Hanja: 金種水; born November 30, 1964) is a South Korean actor.[1] He is best known for his supporting role in Kingdom and The Emperor: Owner of the Mask.

Kim Jong-soo
Born (1964-11-30) November 30, 1964
Busan, South Korea
Alma materUniversity of Ulsan (Department of Chemistry)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
AgentArtist Company
Korean name
Hangul
김종수
Hanja
金種水
Revised RomanizationGim Jong Su
McCune–ReischauerKim Chong Su

Career

In 1984, Kim joined the Whales Theatre and began his career in 1985 directing plays such as Beautiful Autograph, Tropical Thief Story, and My Lime Orange Tree.[2][3] He first debuted in the 2007 South Korean drama film Secret Sunshine as the new President and starred in the film Poongsan (2011) as the North Korean defector.[4][5]

Most recently, he has been featured in the films: The Map Against the World (2016), Asura: The City Of Madness (2016), Our Love Story (2016), Tunnel (2017), Drug King (2018) and Money (2019).[6] According to Artist Company, he is known as "a veteran actor who has a track record of over 70 theatre productions".[7][8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2007 Secret Sunshine New President
2008 Romantic Island Mover
2009 Wish Cosmetic boss
2010 No Mercy Attorney
2011 Play Club boss
2011 Poongsan North Korean defector
2012 Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Manager Jang
2012 Home Sweet Home NA
2012 Mr. XXX-Kisser Director Jung
2013 Fists of Legends Editor in chief
2014 Man in Love Chief of security (Prison)
2015 Mongolian Princess Movie actor
2015 Twenty Dong-woo's uncle
2015 The Unfair Kkeunson
2016 A Violent Prosecutor Head Judge Park Chung-jik
2016 One Way Trip Team Leader Oh
2016 Insane Director Cha
2016 The Boys Who Cried Wolf Goh Suk-tae
2016 Horror Stories 3 Gray-haired old man
2016 Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River Noble man
2016 Tunnel Drilling company executive (cameo)
2016 The Map Against the World Kim Byung-hak
2016 Asura: The City of Madness Eun Choong-ho
2017 The Sheriff in Town Yong-Hwan
2017 The Poet and the Boy CEO of Dongin
2017 Room No.7 Real estate agent
2017 1987: When the Day Comes Park Jung-ki
2018 The Spy Gone North CEO Kim
2018 Dark Figure of Crime Captain Masoo
2018 The Drug King Choi Kwang-hyun
2019 Extreme Job Chicken restaurant owner
2019 Innocent Witness Man-ho
2019 Money Department Head Kim
2019 The Fault Is Not Yours Hospital Director
2019 Start-Up President Kong
2019 Baseball Girl Coach Park

Television series

Year Title Role Networks
2009 Friend, Our Legend Dong-su's father MBC
2013 The Prime Minister and I Kong Taek-soo KBS2
2014 Three Days Byeon Tae-hoon SBS
2014 Misaeng: Incomplete Life Department Head Kim Boo-ryeon TVN
2015 The Jinbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War Hwang Yoon-gil KBS
2015 The Producers Baek Bo-sun KBS2
2015 Six Flying Dragons Lee Saek SBS
2016 Pied Pieper Yang Chung-jang TVN
2016 A Beautiful Mind Shin Dong-jae KBS2
2017 The Emperor: Owner of the Mask Joo Jin-myung MBC
2017 Distorted Min Young-ho SBS
2017 Argon So Tae-seob TVN
2018 Queen of Mystery 2 Shin Jang-goo KBS2
2019 Kingdom Kim Soon Netflix
2019 Haechi Lee Yi-kyum SBS
2019 Vegabond NIS Director General An SBS
2019 The Lies Within Kim Seung-cheol OCN
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References

  1. "Kim Jong-soo (김종수, Korean stage actor/actress, actor)". HanCinema. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. "KMDb – 한국영화데이터베이스". www.kmdb.or.kr (in Korean). Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. "KIM Jong-soo". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  4. "아티스트컴퍼니". 아티스트컴퍼니 (in Korean). Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  5. "Kim Jong Soo". Soompi. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  6. "[영화본색] (13) 김종수, '밀양'에서 시작해 '미생'을 거쳐 '피리부는 사나이'까지…뚜벅뚜벅 걸어온 그의 연기인생". 스포츠Q(큐) (in Korean). February 27, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  7. "아티스트컴퍼니". 아티스트컴퍼니 (in Korean). Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  8. "김종수 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.


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