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  • BIRTH 16/02/1988
  • Country South Korea
  • SHOWS 12
  • MOVIES 5

김수현

Kim Soo Hyun (Hangul: 김수현, born February 16, 1988) is 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. From 2012 to 2016 and in 2021, he has appeared in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 list. 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.

Kim took acting classes during his school years on his mother's recommendation to overcome his introvert personality. Following a few theatrical works, he made his television debut in 2007 with the family sitcom Kimchi Cheese Smile. 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). His performance as King Lee Hwon in Moon Embracing the Sun won him the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor in the category of Television.

He became a top Hallyu star as he gained further success with the fantasy rom-com My Love from the Star (2013), and the variety-drama The Producers (2015), which earned him three Daesangs (Grand Prize). After his movie Real (2017), he enlisted to complete his mandatory military service.

On January 2020, Kim joined newly established entertainment agency Gold Medalist as one of the two senior actors under the organization alongisde Seo Yea-ji. He marked his successful return to acting with the romance drama It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) and is set to star in the thriller drama One Ordinary Day (2021).

김수현

Shows (12)

Queen of Tears
Queen of Tears
Baek Hyun-woo
Crash Landing on You
Crash Landing on You
Won Ryu-hwan
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Moon Gang-tae
Hotel Del Luna
Hotel Del Luna
Hotel Blue Moon CEO
My Love from Another Star
My Love from Another Star
Do Min-joon
The Moon that Embraces the Sun
The Moon that Embraces the Sun
King Lee Hwon
One Ordinary Day
One Ordinary Day
Kim Hyun-soo
Dream High
Dream High
Song Sam-dong / Top Star Playing Song Sam-dong
The Producers
The Producers
Baek Seung-chan
Will it Snow for Christmas?
Will it Snow for Christmas?
Cha Kang-jin (young)
Giant
Giant
Lee Sung-mo (young)
Father's House
Father's House
Kang Jae-il

Movies (5)

리얼
리얼
Jang Tae-yeong
수상한 그녀
수상한 그녀
Young Mr. Park
은밀하게 위대하게
은밀하게 위대하게
Won Ryu-hwan / Bang Dong-gu
도둑들
도둑들
Zampano
최악의 친구들
최악의 친구들
Kim Joon-ki