Kim Jung-hyun born April 5, 1990 is a South Korean Actor. He is best known for his roles on television series Crash Landing on You and Mr. Queen.
Early life
Kim was born in Busan in South Korea. He has majored in Acting at the Korea National University of Arts.
Military enlistment
Kim completed his mandatory military service as an assistant in Kangwon-do’s 3rd division when he was 21 years old.
Career
2015: Beginnings
After having acted in several Musical theatre plays, Kim made his silver screen debut in the film Overman, which premiered at the 2015 Busan International Film Festival. This earned him Best New Actor nominations at 25th Buil Film Awards and 22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards.
2016–2018: Rising popularity
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Kim made his small screen debut in 2016 and gained attention with his role as Gong Hyo-jin’s little brother in the romance comedy Don’t Dare to Dream.
Thereafter, he starred in historical drama The Rebel. The series was a critical and commercial success and Kim won the Best New Actor award at the 2017 MBC Drama Awards.
The same year, he was cast in MBC’s two-episode series, Binggoo alongside Han Sun-hwa.
Thereafter, he played the male lead in KBS2’s teen drama School 2017 alongside Gugudan’s Kim Se-jeong. The series was very popular among the youth leading to his increased popularity and Kim’s portrayal of a troubled and rebellious student was praised by the critics and audience. The series earned him Best New Actor nominations at the 54th Baeksang Arts Awards, the 2017 KBS Drama Awards and the 1st The Seoul Awards.
Kim then featured in 4Men’s Music Video Break Up In The Morning.
Later in the year Kim was cast in a lead role in KBS2 drama special Buzzcut Love.
In 2018, Kim starred in JTBC’s youth series titled Welcome to Waikiki playing a cynical but kind-hearted movie director. The series was a popular across Asia and solidified Kim’s status as a versatile actor.
He then started in the 4DX VR movie Stay With Me alongside Seo Yea-ji playing the role of an aspiring musician with stage fright. Kim lent his vocals to the OST of the movie titled Moonlight.
Later he starred in MBC melodrama Time alongside Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun, playing a chaebol whose time is running out due to his failing health. Kim’s portrayal of a terminal patient was praised but he had to drop out of the drama in the midway following his Eating and Sleeping disorder.
2019–present: Comeback and international fame
In December 2019, after the hiatus, Kim was cast in the tvN romance drama Crash Landing on You alongside Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin and Seo Ji-hye. It became the highest-rated tvN drama and the third-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history. Kim’s portrayal of Goo Seung-joon, the former fiancé of Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin) and eventual love interest to Seo Dan (Seo Ji-hye), was positively received among the audience. His character’s name “Goo Seung-joon” went on to trend at No. 1 in Korea’s realtime search rankings, which he, later in an interview, described as incredibly rewarding.
In May 2020, Kim made a cameo appearance in his Crash Landing on You co-star Seo Ji-hye’s drama Dinner Mate playing the role of her long-term boyfriend.
On June 5, 2020, it was confirmed that Kim would lead tvN’s fusion sageuk drama, Mr. Queen alongside Shin Hye-sun playing the role of King Cheoljong. The drama aired from December 2020 to February 2021; as of February 15, 2021, Mr. Queen is the seventh-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history and the fifth highest rated tvN drama. The Korea Times‘s article praising Kim’s portrayal of the complex emotions of the two-faced King wrote that he “left a deep impression on viewers with a heavy presence that took the center of the play.” Kim contributed his vocals to the soundtrack with Like the First Snow; he also penned down the lyrics for the same.