Kim Sang-joong

Kim Sang-joong
Born	(1965-08-06) August 6, 1965 Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korea
Education	Dongguk University - Theater and Film Studies
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990-present
Korean name
Hangul	김상중
Hanja	金相中
Revised Romanization	Gim Sang-jung
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Sang-jung

Kim Sang-joong (born August 6, 1965) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in the television dramas My Husband's Woman (2007), City Hunter (2011), and The Chaser (2012).^[1]

Career

Before becoming an actor, Kim Sang-joong was enlisted in the Marine Corps.^[2] But after graduating from Dongguk University with a degree in Theater and Film, he embarked on an acting career at age 25. Kim made his acting debut in the stage play I Love Bread in 1990, and was one of the co-founders of the theater troupe Extreme Legend.^[3] He soon transitioned to film and television, and became known for his distinctive voice and confident and charismatic acting, often as morally ambiguous characters. Among his notable roles in television dramas include a middle-aged man having an affair with his wife's best friend in My Husband's Woman (2007), the titular besieged monarch in Eight Days, Assassination Attempts against King Jeongjo (2007), a former agent who trains his foster son as a weapon in his plans for revenge in City Hunter (2011), and a presidential candidate willing to go to any lengths to win, including murder and cover-up, in The Chaser (2012).^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

On the big screen, Kim was praised for his comic acting in the gangster comedy My Boss, My Teacher (2006), and has also starred in arthouse films directed by Hong Sang-soo, such as The Day He Arrives (2011) and Our Sunhi (2013).^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Since 2008, Kim has hosted I Would Like to Know, a long-running program with a similar format to Unsolved Mysteries.^[14]

Personal life

Kim is the third child among six siblings, and has two brothers and three sisters. He married in 1991, but he and his wife divorced in 1999. They have one son, born in 1993.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Hosting

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Kim Sang-joong at HanCinema
  
• Kim Sang-joong at the Korean Movie Database
• Kim Sang-joong at the Internet Movie Database