Kim Ji-seok (actor)

Kim is the grandson of Kim Seong-il, who worked as an independent activist in Manchuria during the Japanese colonial era. His grandfather was a student of Kim Gu, a Manchurian independence activist.^[3]

Kim Bo-seok debuted in 2001 as a rapper in the five-member Eurodance boyband LEO (리오), formed to capitalize on the success of then-popular boyband g.o.d, however, LEO never hit it big, and the group disbanded after eight months.^[4][5]

After failing the exam to get into the theater department, Kim majored in German at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Having attended middle school and high school in England, Kim is also fluent in English, and received his secondary teaching certificate in German and English in 2006.^[5] He also has a master's degree in Cultural Contents Planning from Kyung Hee University's Graduate School of Journalism and Communication.^{[citation needed]}

Kim was told by the head of his agency that his birth name could be confused with veteran actors Jung Bo-seok and Kim Bo-seong, he was given the stage name "Kim Ji-seok."^[5]

Kim began his acting career by appearing in the 2004 music video of Kim Hyung-joong's "She's Laughing", followed by several minor roles.^[6] Though his daily drama Likeable or Not recorded high ratings of over 40% in 2007–2008,^[7][8] Kim still did not become a household name. Then a year later, Kim played a member of the Korean national ski jumping team in Take Off, which became the second-highest grossing Korean film in 2009.^[9][10][11] His popularity increased even more when he played an immature, womanizing slave hunter ("chuno") in period drama The Slave Hunters,^[5] the lover of a transgender woman in comedy Lady Daddy,^[12] and a competitive ex-boyfriend in Personal Taste.^[13][14]

Kim's first post-army acting project was horror film Two Moons (also known as The Sleepless), released in July.^[15][16] This was followed by television romantic comedies I Need Romance 2012 in June,^[17] and Cheongdam-dong Alice in December.^[18] Kim then starred in Wonderful Mama (2013),^[19] Angel Eyes (2014),^[20] Unkind Ladies (2015),^[21][22] and Cheer Up.^[23] He also appeared as one of the cast members of talk show Hot Brain: Problematic Men.^[24][25]

Kim then starred in the hit romantic comedy drama, Another Oh Hae-young (2016), garnering praise from viewers for his comic acting.^[26][27] This was followed by acclaimed historical drama The Rebel, which gained him recognition by critics for his outstanding portrayal of King Lee Yong.^[28][29][30] Kim was then cast as the lead male role in the romantic comedy drama Children of the 20th Century (2017) alongside Han Ye-seul,^[31] followed by another romantic comedy drama Top Star U-back as the titular character.^[32]

In 2019, Kim starred in the romantic comedy thriller When the Camellia Blooms.^[33]

In 2021, Kim will write a book, Writing your name on the breath of dawn, to be published on December 13, 2021.^[34]

Kim enlisted for his mandatory military service on May 24, 2010, at the Nonsan training center in South Chungcheong Province for five weeks of basic training.^[35] After serving active duty with the Defense Media Agency of the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, he was discharged in March 2012.^[36][37]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Her Name Is... DHR7	Dong-guk
	Seoul Raiders	Gangster underling		[38]
	Love in Magic	Yoon Woo-suk		[6]
2006	200 Pounds Beauty	Charcoal	cameo
2008	What Happened Last Night?	Elevator guy	cameo	[39]
	Eye for an Eye	Song Yoo-gon		[40]
2009	Take Off	Kang Chil-gu
2010	Lady Daddy	Jun-seok
2012	The Sleepless	Seok-ho
2013	My Paparotti	Drunken man	cameo	[41]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Sang Doo! Let's Go to School		(extra)
2004	Among Agasshi and Ajumma [ko]	Jo Mi-ryeong's younger brother
	Nonstop 5	Kim Ji-seok	guest	[42]
2005	Drama City "Summer, A Tale of Goodbye"	Seong-yeob's friend
2006	I Want to Love	Ji Eun-woo		[43]
	The Vineyard Man	Kim Kyung-min		[44]
	Just Run!	Bae Man-soo		[45]
2007	Couple Breaking	Lee Jung-jae		[46]
	Likeable or Not	Kang Baek-ho
2008	Strongest Chil Woo	Peasant petitioner	Cameo (episode 1)	[47]
	Star's Lover	Actor	Cameo (episode 1)
2009	Hometown Legends "Kiss of the Vampire"	Hyeon		[48]
2010	The Slave Hunters	Wang-son
	Personal Taste	Han Chang-ryul
2011	Marching 1	Corporal Kang Dae-san
2012	I Need Romance 2012	Shin Ji-hoon
	Cheongdam-dong Alice	Tommy Hong
2013	Wonderful Mama	Go Young-soo
	KBS Drama Special "Came to Me and Became a Star"	Kang-seok		[49]
2014	I Need Romance 3	Bar owner with dog	Cameo (episode 3)	[50]
	Angel Eyes	Kang Ji-woon
2015	Unkind Ladies	Lee Doo-jin
	Cheer Up!	Yang Tae-bum
2016	Another Miss Oh	Lee Jin-sang
	Drinking Solo	Lee Jin-sang	Cameo (episode 13)	[51]
2017	Introverted Boss	Yoo-hee's husband	Cameo	[52]
	The Rebel	Lee Yong (Yeonsangun of Joseon)
	Children of the 20th Century	Gong Ji-won
	Irish Uppercut	Woo Si-hyung		[53]
2018	Top Star U-back	Yoo Baek
2019	When the Camellia Blooms	Kang Jong-ryul		[54]
2020	My Unfamiliar Family	Park Chan-hyuk		[55]
2021	Doom at Your Service	Jo Dae-han	Cameo (episode 2)	[56]
	Monthly Magazine Home	Yoo Ja-sung		[57]
2023	New Recruit	Oh Seung-yoon	Season 2	[58]
2025	Okay, Let's Get a Divorce	Ji Won-ho		[59]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	Work Later, Drink Now	Kim Hak-soo	Cameo	[60]
2022	Kiss Sixth Sense	Lee Pil-yo		[61]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021–2022	Double Trouble	Host		[62]
2022	Saturday Night Live Korea		Episode 9 – Season 2	[63]

Year	Song title	Artist
2004	"She's Laughing"	Kim Hyung-joong
2007	"사랑했었는데"	Sung-ah
2013	"The Day to Love"	Lee Seung-chul

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2008	Interview Game	MC	[64]
2010–2012	Work Plus Success
2015–2020	Hot Brain: Problematic Men	Cast member
2021	Save me! Rooms	Host	[65]
2022	Map to Go Again	Host with Kim Shin-young	[66]
	Suspicious Neighbor	Host	[67]
	Golf King	Cast Member; Season 3	[68]

Year	Title	Network	Role	Note	Ref.
2021	Kim Young-chul's Power FM	SBS Power FM	Special DJ	June 30 – July 2	[69]

Album information	Track listing
LEO: The First Album Album Artist: LEO Released: May 9, 2001[70] Label: Synnara Music	Track listing Intro 그대 천천히 (Slow Down, Baby) 그녀가 나를 버렸다 (I Was Abandoned By Her) Good Friend 나를 기억하는지 (If You Still Remember Me) 아버지의 꿈 (Father's Dream) First Time In Love Drive First Dream 우리가 함께 할께 One (We'Ll Be With You) Cherish C'Mon C'Mon (Come On Come On) 함께한 약속 (The Promise That We Made) Slow Down, Baby (Remix Version)
독.불.장.군 Track from Likeable or Not OST Artist: Kim Ji-seok Released: November 16, 2007 Label: KBS Media	Track listing 10. 독.불.장.군