Kim Sung-bum (actor)

Not to be confused with Kim Sung-bum South Korean judoka.
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Sung-bum
김성범
Born (1978-07-29) 29 July 1978 (age 46)
South Korea
Other namesKim Seong-beom
Alma materDepartment of Theatre
Seoul Institute of the Arts.
Occupations
Years active2007 - present
AgentMedialab Seesaw[1]
Spouse
unknown
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(m. 2013)​
RelativesJung Sung-hwa (brother in-law)
Korean name
Hangul
김성범
Revised RomanizationGim Seong-beom
McCune–ReischauerKim Sŏngbŏm

Kim Sung-bum (Korean: 김성범; born July 29, 1978) is a South Korean actor, comedian, and traditional dancer.[2][3] In 2005, Kim began his career as MBC comedian. Two years later Kim made his television debut with in MBC drama Chosun Cop Season 1 (2007) or also known as Byul Soon Geom. He has since starred in numerous television dramas, with the most recent one were Sell Your Haunted House (2021), Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021) and Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022).[4]

Career

Acting career

Kim is alumni of Department of Theatre of Seoul Institute of the Arts. He started his career in MBC as a comedian in 2005. In 2007, he made his television debut with minor role in MBC drama Chosun Cop Season 1 (2007). While still working as comedian, in 2008 he worked as actor in different fields, from stage play The Crucible (2008), stage musical Pippin (2008) and movie Story of Wine (2008).[5]

Since Kim met Park Bo-young in movie Hot Young Bloods (2014), he starred in several of her projects, such as three tvN dramas Oh My Ghost (2015), Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017) and Abyss (2019), also in her film On Your Wedding Day (2018). Before Park Bo-young moved to her current agency, She and Kim were together in same Actor Management Agency Fidespartium.[6]

In 2015, Kim got his first television supporting role in director Yoo Je-won's drama Oh My Ghost as a police officer Han Jin-goo.[7] He worked again with director Yoo Je-won in drama Abyss (2019)[8] and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021).

Traditional dancer career

Beside being an actor, Kim is a traditional Korean dancer called Goseong Ogwangdae for more than a decades.[9] He is part of Goseong Ogwangdae Preservation Society led by Lee Yoon-seok. His status is graduate member.[10]

In 2015, he performed in Korean Master Singers Workshop in Northern California. It was hosted by the Korean Cultural Center with special support from the Goseong Ogwangdae Conservation Association, the 7th Important Intangible Cultural Heritage. Kim and fellow dancer Yoon Hyun-ho teach at Workshop on September 19 and 21, 2015 at the Silicon Valley Korean Hall. On September 25, 2015, a workshop was held at Doherty Valley High School located in San Ramon, California. On September 26, Kim as Goseong Ohgwangdae mask dance instructors performed the dance at Silicon Valley Korean School.[11]

His most notable project as dancer was in National Theater Company’s Project Yeongeuk-dongne Yeonhui Madang (2018).The concept was “rediscovery of the original Korean theater project in an effort to find the identity of Korean theater in our time: a look at representative traditional performances with theatricality”. It was held as an exciting one-day festival at the Seogye-dong Madang of the National Theater Company. It unfolds into three courtyards where you can examine the originality of Korean theater and the possibility of modernization. Kim performed in the second courtyard, where creative performances, 'Finding the Yangban', a modern re-creation of the elements of the mask dance 'Goseong Ogwangdae', was presented as a showcase. He was part of a large number of theater actors selected by audition participate in the work, demonstrating the unique excitement of mask dance.[12][13]

Since 2019, Kim also involved in 'BBRUN' Project, the first metaverse experience performance in Korea. A new theatrical performance that combines motion capture technology and virtual experience technology. The first performance were hosted by Gwangju Asian Culture Center (ACC) and Asian Cultural Center (ACI), on the 20th until the 22nd November 2020, and was held on the stage of the Cultural Creation Center ACT Studio.[14]

Filmography

Film

Film performances
Year Title Role Ref.
2008 Story of Wine Real Estate Agent [15]
Sleeping Beauty Young-hoon's friend [16]
The Guard Post Choi Il-byeong [17]
2010 Enemy at the Dead End Doctor 1 [18]
2011 The Showdown Dusu Son 1 [19]
My Way Joseon Soldier [20]
2013 Jit (Act) Chief Kim [21]
Rough Play Star Phil's Chief [22]
2014 Hot Young Bloods Chang-su [23]
2015 The Phone Coltegi's Boss [24]
Love at the End of the World Song Do-young [25]
2017 A Stray Goat Detective 2 [26]
2018 On Your Wedding Day Store Clerk [27]

Television

Television drama

Television acting performances
Year Title Role Ref.
2007 Chosun Police 1 Minor role [28]
2008 Painter of the Wind Minor role [29]
2015 Oh My Ghost Han Jin-goo [30]
Come Back Mister Minor role [31]
2016 Mrs. Cop 2 Minor role [32]
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God Minor Role
Driver who hits the Angel of Death with his car (and thinks it is a hog) 		[33]
2017 Strong Girl Bong-soon Ahn Dong-ha
Fight for My Way Lee Byung-ju
2019 Abyss Detective Choi [34]
2020 Queen: Love and War Ki-chil [35][36]
2021 Sell Your Haunted House Kang Han-seok [37]
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha Bang Yong-hoon [4]
2022 Extraordinary Attorney Woo Jo Hyeon-woo [38]

Television comedy show

Television comedy performances
Year Title Role Ref.
2008 ITV Funny Children's Hope Journey Comedian [5]
2006-2008 MBC It's a gag Comedian
2005 MBC Comedy Show Blessings come when you smile Comedian

Performance

Dance performances
Year Title Role Theater Date Ref.
English Korean
2015 Korean Master Singers Workshop in Northern California Dancer and Workshop Teacher The Silicon Valley Korean School September 26 [11]
2018 Rediscovery of the original form of our theater: Goseong Ogwangdae 우리연극 원형의 재발견: 고성오광대 Dancer National Theater Company Seogye-dong Madang September 30 [12]
2022 BBRUN Project Dancer the Cultural Creation Center ACT Studio November 20–22 [14]

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