Kim Sung-soo (actor)

Kim Sung-soo
Born	May 23, 1973 South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Occupation	Actor, television host
Years active	1997–present
Agent	Fantagio
Korean name
Hangul	김성수
Hanja	金聖洙
Revised Romanization	Gim Seong-su
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Sŏng-su

Kim Sung-soo (born May 23, 1973) is a South Korean actor and television host. After beginning his career as a fashion model, Kim made his acting debut in the tokusatsu series Vectorman and the erotic film The Sweet Sex and Love. He has since appeared in the movies The Red Shoes^[1] and R2B: Return to Base,^[2] and several television series, including Full House, My Precious You,^[3][4] More Charming by the Day and My Lover, Madame Butterfly.^[5] In 2009 he made his stage debut in the play Mom, Do You Want to Go on a Trip?^[6][7]

More recently, Kim has expanded his career to variety shows. He was a regular on the popular reality show Invincible Baseball Team, and was the host of talk show Win Win in 2010. He also hosted several programs on cable, including fashion program Homme, bowling show Lucky Strike 300 and food show Noodle Myeongga.^[8]

Filmography

Film

• Hero Vectorman: Counterattack of the Evil Empire (1999)
• The Sweet Sex and Love (2003)
• The Red Shoes (2005)
• Monopoly (2006)
• Hellcats (2008)
• California High Noon (short film, 2010)
• R2B: Return to Base (2012)
• Fasten Your Seatbelt (2013) - cameo
• The Black Hand (2015)

Television series

• Vectorman: Warriors of the Earth 2 (KBS2, 1999)
• Say You Love Me (MBC, 2004)
• Full House (KBS2, 2004)
• Stained Glass (SBS, 2004)
• Lawyers (MBC, 2005)
• My Beloved Sister (MBC, 2006)
• Bad Love (KBS2, 2007)
• My Precious You (KBS2, 2008)
• More Charming by the Day (MBC, 2010)
• The Slave Hunters (KBS2, 2010) - cameo
• Suspicious Family (MBN, 2012)
• My Lover, Madame Butterfly (SBS, 2012)
• After School: Lucky or Not (Nate/BTV/T-store/Hoppin, 2013) - cameo (ep 3)
• Can We Love? (jTBC, 2014)

Variety show

• Star N the City: Kim Sung-soo in London (XTM, 2009)
• Invincible Saturday: Invincible Baseball Team (KBS2, 2009)
• Homme 1.0 (XTM, 2009) - MC
• Family Outing (SBS, 2010) - Guest, episodes 79-80
• Win Win (KBS2, 2010) - MC
• Homme 2.0 (XTM, 2010) - MC
• Lucky Strike 300 (XTM, 2010) - MC
• Saturday Night Live Korea (tvN, 2012-01-14) - Host, episode 7^[9]
• Running Man Episode 76-77 (SBS, 2012)
• Noodle Myeongga (Olive TV, 2012) - MC
• Master Chef Korea Celebrity (Olive TV, 2013)
• Law of the Jungle in Caribbean/Maya Jungle (SBS, 2013)
• Law of the City in New York (SBS, 2014)

Music video

• "Never Ending Story" (Boohwal, 2002)
• "추억은 시간이 지운다" (Youme, 2005)

Theater

• Mom, Do You Want to Go on a Trip? (2009)

Discography

• As Time Goes By (single, 2011)^[10]

Awards

• 2004 SBS Drama Awards: New Star Award (Stained Glass)
• 2007 Korean Model Awards: Model Star Award, Fashion model category
• 2008 Jewelry Awards: Ruby Award
• 2009 Style Icon Awards: Male Cyon New Chocolate Fashionista
• 2010 MBC Entertainment Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Sitcom/Comedy (More Charming by the Day)
• 2013 SBS Entertainment Awards: Popularity Award (Law of the Jungle in Caribbean/Maya Jungle)

References

1. "K-FILM REVIEWS: 분홍신 (The Red Shoes)". Twitch Film. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
2. Lee, Jin-ho (14 July 2012). "R2Bs Kim Sung Soo – "Rain Doesn’t Seem to be Adjusting to Military Life Well"". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
3. Oh, Jean (2 October 2008). "Youthful drama targets weekend audience". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
4. "Actor Kim Sung-su Vows to Give All to Acting". KBS Global. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
5. Jeon, Su-mi (26 September 2012). "Kim Sung Soo to Return to Television with My Love, Madame Butterfly". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
6. "Two heart-warming plays with brilliant casting (가을소나타 & 엄마, 여행갈래요?)". News Culture. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
7. Kim, Lynn (30 November 2009). "Kim Sung-su wraps up Japan fan meeting in success". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
8. "KIM Sung-su". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
9. "김성수 "내 생애 마지막 '벡터맨' 되겠다" 파격변신 예고" [Kim Sung-soo hosts SNL Korea]. Osen. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
10. Choi, Min-ji (15 September 2011). "Kim Sung Soo Makes Singing Debut". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-17.

External links

• Kim Sung-su on Facebook
• Kim Sung-su at the Korean Movie Database
• Kim Seong-su at the Internet Movie Database
• Kim Sung-soo at HanCinema