Kim Ji-seok (actor)

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Ji-seok

Kim Ji-seok at the I Need Romance 2012 press conference in April 2012
Born Kim Bo-seok
(1981-04-21) April 21, 1981
Seoul, South Korea
Other names Kim Ji-suk
Education Hankuk University of Foreign Studies - German
Kyung Hee University Graduate School of Journalism and Communication - Cultural Contents Planning
Occupation Actor
Years active 2001-present
Korean name
Hangul 김지석
Hanja 金知碩
Revised Romanization Gim Ji-seok
McCune–Reischauer Kim Ji-sŏk
Birth name
Hangul 김보석
Hanja 金寶石
Revised Romanization Gim Bo-seok
McCune–Reischauer Kim Bo-sŏk

Kim Ji-seok (born Kim Bo-seok on April 21, 1981) is a South Korean actor.

Career

Kim Bo-seok debuted in 2001 as a rapper in the five-member Eurodance boyband LEO (리오), formed to capitalize on the success of then-popular boyband g.o.d. But LEO never hit it big, and the group disbanded after eight months.[1][2]

After failing the exam to get into the theater department, Kim majored in German at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Having attended middle school and high school in England, Kim is also fluent in English and he received his secondary teaching certificate in German and English in 2006.[2] He also has a master's degree in Cultural Contents Planning from Kyung Hee University's Graduate School of Journalism and Communication.

Told by the head of his agency that his birth name could be confused with veteran actors Jung Bo-seok and Kim Bo-seong, he was given the stage name "Kim Ji-seok."[2] Kim began his acting career by appearing in the 2004 music video of Kim Hyung-joong's "She's Laughing", followed by several minor roles. Though his daily drama Likeable or Not recorded high ratings of over 40% in 2007-2008,[3][4] Kim still did not become a household name. Then a year later, Kim played a member of the Korean national ski jumping team in Take Off, which became the second-highest grossing Korean film in 2009.[5][6][7] His popularity increased even more when he played an immature, womanizing slave hunter ("chuno") in period drama The Slave Hunters,[2] the lover of a transgender man in comedy Lady Daddy, and a competitive ex-boyfriend in Personal Taste.[8][9]

He enlisted for his mandatory military service on May 24, 2010 at the Nonsan training center in South Chungcheong Province for five weeks of basic training.[10] After serving active duty with the Defense Media Agency of the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, he was discharged in March 2012.[11][12] Kim's first post-army acting project was horror film Two Moons (also known as The Sleepless), released in July.[13][14] This was followed by television romantic comedies I Need Romance 2012 in June,[15] and Cheongdam-dong Alice in December.[16]

Kim then starred in Wonderful Mama (2013), Angel Eyes (2014) and Unkind Ladies (2015). He also appeared as one of the cast members of talk show Hot Brain: Problematic Men.[17]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2005 Her Name Is... DHR7 Dong-guk
Seoul Raiders Gangster underling
Love in Magic Yoon Woo-suk
2006 200 Pounds Beauty Charcoal (cameo)
2008 What Happened Last Night? Elevator guy (cameo)
Eye for an Eye Song Yoo-gon
2009 Take Off Kang Chil-gu
2010 Lady Daddy Jun-seok
2012 The Sleepless Seok-ho
2013 My Paparotti Drunken man (cameo)

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2003 Sang Doo! Let's Go to School (extra) KBS2
2004 Among Agasshi and Ajumma Jo Mi-ryeong's younger brother MBC
Nonstop 5 Kim Ji-seok (guest) MBC
2005 Drama City
"Summer, A Tale of Goodbye" 		Seong-yeob's friend KBS2
2006 I Want to Love Ji Eun-woo SBS
The Vineyard Man Kim Kyung-min KBS2
Just Run! Bae Man-soo KBS2
2007 Couple Breaking Lee Jung-jae CGV
Likeable or Not Kang Baek-ho KBS1
2008 Chil-woo the Mighty Peasant petitioner (cameo, episode 1) KBS2
Star's Lover Actor (cameo, episode 1) SBS
2009 Hometown Legends
"Kiss of the Vampire" 		Hyeon KBS2
2010 The Slave Hunters Wang-son KBS2
Personal Taste Han Chang-ryul MBC
2011 Marching, Season 1 Corporal Kang Dae-san KFN
2012 I Need Romance 2012 Shin Ji-hoon tvN
Cheongdam-dong Alice Tommy Hong SBS
2013 Wonderful Mama Go Young-soo SBS
Drama Special
"Came to Me and Became a Star"		 Kang-seok KBS2
2014 I Need Romance 3 Bar owner with dog (cameo, episode 3) tvN
Angel Eyes Kang Ji-woon SBS
2015 Unkind Ladies Lee Doo-jin KBS2
Cheer Up! Yang Tae-bum KBS2
2016 Another Oh Hae-young Lee Jin-sang tvN

Music video

Year Song title Artist
2004 "She's Laughing" Kim Hyung-joong

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2005 X-Man SBS Guest, episodes 89-91
2006 Love Letter SBS
2008 Interview Game SBS MC
2009 Come to Play MBC Guest, episode 254
2010-2012 Work Plus Success KFN
2012 Strong Heart SBS Guest, episode 126[18]
2013 Hwasin – Controller of the Heart SBS Guest, episode 15
2014 Running Man SBS Guest, episode 190
A Celebrity Lives in Our House MBC Guest, episode 3
2015 Hot Brain: Problematic Men tvN Cast member

Discography

Album information Track listing
LEO: The First Album
  • Album
  • Artist: LEO
  • Released: May 9, 2001[19]
  • Label: Synnara Music
독.불.장.군

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2007 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor Likeable or Not Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Nominated
2008 44th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (TV) Nominated
2009 17th Chunsa Film Art Awards Ensemble Acting Award Take Off Won
32nd Golden Cinematography Awards Best New Actor Won
30th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actor Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Best Actor in a One-Act Drama/Special Kiss of the Vampire Nominated
2013 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Cheongdam-dong Alice Nominated
2014 SBS Drama Awards Special Award, Actor in a Drama Special Angel Eyes Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Kyung-nam (11 April 2012). "Kim Ji Suk's Past Idol Days Revealed on Strong Heart". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Choi, Ji-eun (19 January 2010). "MY NAME IS: Kim Ji-suk". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ↑ "Actors of Likeable or Not Say Being 'Lovey-Dovey' is Fun". KBS Global. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Likable or Not Reach Highest Drama Ratings since 2000". KBS Global. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ↑ Park, Sun-young (3 July 2009). "Tale of Korea’s ski jumpers flies onto the big screen". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  6. ↑ Kim, Jessica (11 September 2009). "Behind-the-scenes photos of film Take Off revealed". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  7. ↑ Han, Lisa (1 November 2009). "Korean cinema regains its confidence in 2009/Analysis of the Korean Film Industry 2009". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  8. ↑ Kim, Lynn (26 March 2010). "Son Ye-jin says relieved Lee Min-ho "not young-looking" (1)". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  9. ↑ Kim, Lynn (26 March 2010). "Son Ye-jin says relieved Lee Min-ho "not young-looking" (2)". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  10. ↑ Park Sung-Ki; Jessica Kim (24 May 2010). "Kim Ji-seok salutes fans before entering military". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  11. ↑ Park, Sung-ki (24 May 2010). "Kim Ji-suk enters Korean military today". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  12. ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (2 May 2012). "Kim Ji-suk delights fans in Japan". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  13. ↑ Ho, Stewart (12 April 2012). "Park Han Byul, Kim Ji Suk Cast in Horror Movie Two Moons". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  14. ↑ Suk, Monica (23 May 2012). "Two Moon reveals still shots of Kim Ji-seok". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  15. ↑ Hong, Lucia (25 April 2012). "Kim Ji-seok to make comeback in new tvN's TV series". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  16. ↑ Ho, Stewart (4 October 2012). "Kim Ji Suk in Negotiation to Star Opposite Moon Geun Young in Cheongdamdong Alice". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  17. ↑ Ghim, Sora (25 February 2015). "The Problematic Men Show Their Real Selves". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  18. ↑ Ko, Hong-ju (18 April 2012). "How Lee Wan Uses His Sister Kim Tae Hee to Get Girls". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  19. ↑ 리오 1집 [LEO 1st Album]. ManiaDB (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-06-14.

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