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In January 2010, KeyEast signed an exclusive contract with Kim becoming his management company. He also co-hosted Mnet's Boys & Girls Music Countdown along with Kara's Han Seung-yeon in 2009. In 2009, Kim acted in the short film Worst Friends by Namkoong Sun, which won the Best Film in Social Drama award at the Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival and the well-received SBS drama special Father's House where he acted alongside veteran actor Choi Min-soo. įor the latter half of the year, Kim appeared in the food-based variety show Delicious Quiz (also known as The Taste of Life) as one of the hosts and in the short film Cherry Blossom. The drama won a number of awards, including the US Peabody Award. Based on a true story, it tackles the serious issues of school cheating, competitive academic standards, and interactive blogging in a fresh way. Kim made his television debut with a supporting role in the 2007 family sitcom Kimchi Cheese Smile, and in 2008, landed a lead role in KBS's critically acclaimed youth drama, Jungle Fish.

Career 2007–2010: Television career beginnings He enrolled at Chung-Ang University's Film and Theater Department in 2009.

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īy 2006, Kim completed elementary, middle and high school in Gangnam, Seoul and debuted as a TV actor in 2007 after auditions. His later work in the theatre includes the role of Kenickie and Hamlet in the musical Grease and tragedy Hamlet. His first major acting was in a stage play of Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream delivering the role of Puck. His aspirations to be an actor really took off between his middle school and high school. Kim's mother encouraged him to take acting classes during his school years to help him overcome his shy and introverted personality. 2.5 2019–present: Comeback from militaryīorn on February 16, 1988, Kim's father is Kim Chung-hoon and was the lead singer of the 80's band 'Seven Dolphins'.2.4 2017–2019: Military enlistment and discharge.2.2 2011–2013: Rising popularity and breakthrough.2.1 2007–2010: Television career beginnings.He marked his return to acting with the romantic comedy It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) and the thriller One Ordinary Day (2021). Following the box-office failure Real (2017), he enlisted to complete his mandatory military service. Kim became a top Hallyu star as he gained further success with the fantasy romantic comedy My Love from the Star (2013–14), and the variety-drama The Producers (2015), which earned him three Daesang (Grand Prize). His performance as King Lee Hwon in Moon Embracing the Sun won him the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor – Television. He went on to established himself with starring roles in the television dramas Dream High (2011), Moon Embracing the Sun (2012), as well as in the top-grossing films The Thieves (2012) and Secretly, Greatly (2013). Following a few theatrical works, he made his television debut in 2007 with the family sitcom Kimchi Cheese Smile. Kim took acting classes during his school years on his mother's recommendation to overcome his introvert personality. He was selected as Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year in 2014 and was featured by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 Asia list of 2016. From 2012 to 2016 and in 2021, he has appeared in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 list. One of the highest-paid actors in South Korea, his accolades include four Baeksang Arts Awards, two Grand Bell Awards and one Blue Dragon Film Award. Kim Soo-hyun ( Korean: 김수현 Hanja: 金秀賢 born February 16, 1988) is a South Korean actor.