Kim Dong-wook

Kim Dong-wook

Born: July 29, 1983
in Seoul, South Korea
Having been active on screen for a decade, KIM Dong-wook is an experienced performer known in the realms of film, TV and musical theatre. A Korea National University of Arts graduate, KIM started in a number of small roles before finding some meatier parts in low budget fare such as Flying Boys (2004) and No Regret (2006). His big break came in Take Off, which became the second-most popular film of 2009. Since then he has been able to land bigger parts in films such as 2011’s Romantic Heaven, The Cat and Countdown. 2012 was his biggest year yet as he starred as the conflicted king in the popular erotic period thriller The Concubine.

Movies for Kim Dong-wook...

Title: Delightfully Deceitful
Character: Han Moo-young
Released: May 29, 2023
Type: TV
A cooperative drama between a fraudster who cannot empathize and an overly sympathetic lawyer, as well as a revenge play against absolute evil.
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Title: My Perfect Stranger
Character: Yoon Hae-jun
Released: May 1, 2023
Type: TV
An enthralling journey begins as a man and a woman, trapped in May 1987, embark on their adventure.
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Title: Sh**ting Stars
Character: Lee Jung-hoon
Released: April 22, 2022
Type: TV
Sh**ting Stars is about people in the entertainment industry who take care of everything top stars might need. They bleed, sweat, and shed tears to make their celebrities shine. A romance appears between the perfect and flawless top star and the head of the promotion team, who is at the forefront of the star management business. This is about the sparkling stories of the two main characters and others surrounding them.
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Title: The King of Pigs
Character: Hwang Kyung-min
Released: March 18, 2022
Type: TV
Two friends in the past were victims of serious school bulling. One could not resist his trauma, and becomes a serial killer, walking in the path of revenge. Another one tries his best to overcome the trauma and becomes a police detective. He now faces tragic fate to risk his life to capture the serial killer.
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Title: SNL Korea
Character: Self - Host
Released: September 4, 2021
Type: TV
Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.
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Title: You Are My Spring
Character: Ju Young-do
Released: July 5, 2021
Type: TV
A hotel concierge and a psychiatrist with traumatic childhoods form a heartfelt bond when they become entangled in a perplexing local murder case.
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Title: My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince
Character: Self
Released: September 24, 2020
Type: TV
"Coffee Prince", which made our hearts pit-a-pat in that summer is now back in 13 years! "Coffee Prince" became the most famous drama in Korea with 27.8 percent viewer ratings by delicately portraying the trouble and love the youth go through. The cast of the drama are now actors that represent Korea and they gather again to talk about those days. The cast and the director reunite at the cafe in Seogyo-dong and Buam-dong, the actual filming sites, and share the behind-the-scene stories vividly. We hope "My Dear Youth - Coffee Prince" would be a heartwarming gift for fans who still love and remember "Coffee Prince".
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Title: House on Wheels
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2020
Type: TV
A variety program where the cast will experience life in various places around Korea. The cast will build a small, portable home where they’ll live together and invite guests over. They’ll empty their greed for a house and fill their lives with important things in their lives instead.
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Title: Find Me in Your Memory
Character: Lee Jung-hoon
Released: March 18, 2020
Type: TV
A deep connection forms between a news anchor who remembers every moment he's ever lived and an actress who's lost the memories of her past.
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Title: Special Labor Inspector, Mr. Jo
Character: Jo Jin-Gab
Released: April 8, 2019
Type: TV
Jo Jin-Gab was once a promising judo athlete. He protested against corruption at a game and he was kicked out of the sport. After that, Jo Jin-Gab became a gym teacher. Again, he could not control his anger against the son of the school's chairman. Jo Jin-Gab was once again kicked out of his profession.
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Trade Your Love
Title: Trade Your Love
Character: Sung-seok
Released: February 27, 2019
Type: Movie
Sung-seok and Hae-joo, who have been under pressure of marriage, devise a scheme at their first meet; a fake wedding. They reach an agreement under the desire of not only being free from their parents’ meddling but carrying their secret future plan. Sung-seok plans to run away with his lover who has a kid and Hae-joo plans to start her new career abroad after their planned marriage. However, their families get too much excited about this news more than their expectation and their near-flawless plan starts to become a mess.
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Title: The Guest
Character: Yoon Hwa-Pyung
Released: September 12, 2018
Type: TV
The story of a psychic, a priest, and a detective who fight unusual crimes committed by strange powers.
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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Title: Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Character: Kim Su-hong
Released: August 1, 2018
Type: Movie
As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
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The Accidental Detective 2: In Action
Title: The Accidental Detective 2: In Action
Character: Captain Kwon Cheol-in
Released: June 13, 2018
Type: Movie
A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency.
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Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Title: Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Character: Kim Su-hong
Released: December 20, 2017
Type: Movie
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
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Title: Radiant Office
Character: Seo Hyun
Released: March 15, 2017
Type: TV
Ho Won is a young woman who struggles to find a steady job. Tired and hopeless, she attempted suicide. Hospital check-up discovers she might have terminal illness. Soon after, a furniture company accepts her as a contract worker. Faced with a possibility of dying, Ho Won decides to just let herself loose. Her newfound bold attitude puts her at odds with her workaholic manager Woo Jin.
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Title: Riders: Catch Tomorrow
Character: Cha Ki-Joon
Released: November 8, 2015
Type: TV
Cha Ki Joon is a well-educated young man who begins his career in an enviable entry-level job at a large corporation. But he is not happy with his life. On a whim, Ki Joon decides to quit his job and start up a new business with his two childhood friends, Yoon So Dam and Go Tae Ra. So Dam has been working lots of different part-time jobs while trying to make it as an illustrator. Tae Ra is a former cycling athlete who decides to go in with Ki Joon on his new business idea – because it’s a company that will make rickshaws, of all things. As the three friends deal with the real world, changing friendships and budding relationships, can their crazy business possibly succeed?
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Three Summer Nights
Title: Three Summer Nights
Character: Myung-Seok
Released: July 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Seeking a break from their everyday lives, three friends head to the beach looking for a good time, but wind up chased by the police and a gang instead.
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Title: Maids
Character: Kim Eun-gi
Released: December 12, 2014
Type: TV
Set in the Joseon Dynasty, three women learn what love means as they try to navigate through the class system and survive. In Yup (Jung Yoo Mi) is a beautiful noblewoman who becomes a servant overnight when her father is framed and labeled a traitor. She ends up falling in love with a fellow servant, Moo Myung (Oh Ji Ho), while working for the royal family, and becomes friends with her own handmaiden Sa Wol thanks to their shared experiences. Meanwhile Ga Hee is the most famous gisaeng of the city but with her own aspirations for romance. She falls in love with Moo Myung, but what can she do when his heart lies elsewhere?
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The Concubine
Title: The Concubine
Character: Grand Prince Seong-Won
Released: June 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Living a torturous life of poverty and barely able to survive, Hwa-yeon decides to offer herself as one of the king’s concubines. Once inside the royal palace, two men are immediately seized by the woman - the Grand Prince Seong-won, a megalomaniacal ruler drunk with power and lust, and Kwon-yoo, who has everything to lose if his desire for Hwa-yeon is exposed.
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Title: SNL Korea
Character: Himself
Released: December 3, 2011
Type: TV
Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.
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Countdown
Title: Countdown
Character: Fly
Released: September 29, 2011
Type: Movie
A cold-blooded debt collector who never fails to get what he wants meets the beautiful yet mysterious ex-impostor whose every word is nothing but a lie. She has the key to save his life but he discovers that she only puts him into a deeper trouble. Time is running out and he needs to get it done while his heart still beats.
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Title: 위대한 선물
Released: September 11, 2011
Type: TV
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The Cat
Title: The Cat
Character: Jun-seok
Released: July 7, 2011
Type: Movie
So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.
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Romantic Heaven
Title: Romantic Heaven
Character: Ji-wook
Released: March 24, 2011
Type: Movie
The paths of three people intersect at a hospital. A lawyer who mourns the death of his wife, a taxi driver who is taking care of his grandfather that suffers from Alzheimer's, and a girl who is looking for a bone marrow donor to save the life her mother.
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Title: 남자를 믿었네
Released: February 28, 2011
Type: TV
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Finding Mr. Destiny
Title: Finding Mr. Destiny
Character: Dr. Jung
Released: December 8, 2010
Type: Movie
A man sets up the First Love Agency to help people locate their long-lost first love. But then he ends up falling in love with his first client.
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Hello Murderer
Title: Hello Murderer
Character: Det. Jeong-Min
Released: April 8, 2010
Type: Movie
Slacker detective Jeong-min (Kim Dong-wuk) is assigned to investigate a serial killer case. For the first time in his career he puts his heart into his work but Yeong-seok (Yoo Oh-seong), an unemployed man with natural instincts as a detective, gets in the way by trying to catch the killer as well.
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Title: Soul Special
Character: Yoo Gil
Released: September 28, 2009
Type: TV
Jin Mi A has returned back to Korea. Upon exiting the airport she stumbles onto Yu Gil. Thus begins their series of encounters and their story.
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Take Off
Title: Take Off
Character: Choi Heung-cheol
Released: July 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.
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Café Seoul
Title: Café Seoul
Released: July 18, 2009
Type: Movie
Jun, a Japanese freelance reporter, discovers hidden gem of Korean traditional bakery "Moran-dang" by chance in the middle of the city of Seoul, while covering stories of the city. Moran-dang takes him back to his memory of childhood and urges him to stay there for more stories. One day, Moran-dang is vandalized by construction villains in town who maliciously try to take the spot of the bakery and the owner and chef, Sang-woo, gets his hands injured. When Moran-dang is in danger of closing, little brother Sang-hyuk returns home after drifting apart. As Jun inspires Sang-hyuk to restore his family tie and the secret recipes, Sang-hyuk and Jun are connected in friendship to save Moran-dang.
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Five Senses of Eros
Title: Five Senses of Eros
Character: Han Ji-woon
Released: July 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In this anthology film centered around the theme of "Eros," five seperate stories are presented by five top Korean directors. The main characters from each segment are connected with each other in one way or another.
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Title: Partner
Character: Yun Jun
Released: June 24, 2009
Type: TV
"Partner" centers around two law firms as they struggle to defend the accused and those around them. Kang Eun-ho, a widowed single mother & attorney, tangles with the charismatic and ruthless attorney Lee Tae-jo. In the first two episodes the attorneys work on cases involving a step-brother chraged with murdering of his step-sister and a lawsuit between a wealthy mother-in-law and her divorced daughter-in-law. Each successive episode will cover provocative cases like these, while also bringing to light the charms of the attorneys and their daily lives.
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Lost and Found
Title: Lost and Found
Character: Han Ji-hoon
Released: December 17, 2008
Type: Movie
Ji-ho is a writer who cannot forget her first love Min-woo at high school. She meets Min-woo and acts as if she lost her memories to grab his attention. As she lives with him, Dong-sik comes along and annoys her plans.
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Sorry Apple
Title: Sorry Apple
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: Movie
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have her exboyfriend return to her...
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Happy Together
Title: Happy Together
Character: Byung-seok
Released: March 27, 2008
Type: Movie
An amazing tangle of relationships unfolds between several women, their entertainment, their dates, and their children.
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Title: 못말리는 결혼
Released: November 5, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Coffee Prince
Character: Jin Ha-rim
Released: July 2, 2007
Type: TV
Han-gyeol is a smart young man who hates to be tied down to one career in his life. Abhorring the idea of joining the family business, he is ordered by his grandmother to manage a cafe. Unable to disobey his grandmother, he reluctantly takes over the responsibility of running a cafe and begins to immerse himself in the gourmet coffee business. One day, he meets Eun-chan, whom he mistakes as a boy, and learns the meaning of true love...
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램프의 요정
Title: 램프의 요정
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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No Regret
Title: No Regret
Character: Ga-ram
Released: November 16, 2006
Type: Movie
Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs.
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Apt
Title: Apt
Released: July 6, 2006
Type: Movie
A young woman's curiosity propels her to investigate a series of strange deaths in her neighborhood.
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One Night with Miss Marple
Title: One Night with Miss Marple
Character: Hyun-woo
Released: January 9, 2006
Type: Movie
One winter day, a girl who was doing volunteer work for the visually impaired goes to a meeting place instead of her friend at her friend's request. There, a blind man is waiting for her friend, and as the girl says that her friend won't come, she begins to feel sorry for this man and worry about him.
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All for Love
Title: All for Love
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who have just fallen in love.
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Face Value
Title: Face Value
Character: Ji-ho
Released: July 4, 2005
Type: Movie
Gyu-ri struggles with the prejudice and misunderstanding that pretty girls are worth their looks. On the other hand, Jeong-seon is always treated as androgynous because of her easy-going and impressive appearance. Although they are both for different reasons, they are equally hurt by people's stereotypes about their appearance.
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The Fever of Deep Blue Sea
Title: The Fever of Deep Blue Sea
Character: Jin-han
Released: February 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Tae-wook and Bo-young, high school classmates who met for the first time in five years, are reminiscing about those distant times.
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Flying Boys
Title: Flying Boys
Character: Kim Ki-tae
Released: December 3, 2004
Type: Movie
Five high school teens on their way to college. But gradually they go through the struggles of life and end up discovering who they are and what it is they truly want in life.
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My Wife Is A Gangster 2
Title: My Wife Is A Gangster 2
Character: Na Nam-ja
Released: September 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin, who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol, a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
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Tube
Title: Tube
Character: Cameraman
Released: June 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour.
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Seoul
Title: Seoul
Released: February 9, 2002
Type: Movie
Japanese detective Hayase is caught in the midst of a truck robbery on the way to the Seoul airport. Being forced to extend his stay and help identify the robbers, Hayase gets thrown into another situation -- as Japan's Foreign Minister is kidnapped before the upcoming Asian Summit. Is 72 hours enough?
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Title: Not Very Powerful, But Attractive
Character: Dongbang Yoo-bin
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A drama about a powerful squad with the lowest performance rate among police officers across the country, meeting an elite strong squad leader and becoming the best team.