Kim Nam-gil

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Kim Nam-gil

Kim Nam-gil in July 2013
Born (1981-03-13) March 13, 1981
Seoul, South Korea
Other names Lee Han
Education Myongji University - Theater and Film (dropped out)
Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies - Chinese
Occupation Actor
Years active 2003–present
Korean name
Hangul 김남길
Hanja 金南佶
Revised Romanization Gim Nam-gil
McCune–Reischauer Kim Nam-kil

Kim Nam-gil (Hangul: 김남길; born March 13, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for playing Bidam in the hit period drama Queen Seondeok.

Career

Kim Nam-gil began his acting career on television with a minor role in the 1999 KBS youth drama School 1. Four years later, he won the 2003 Talent Audition conducted annually by MBC, and appeared in various minor roles on the network's shows, while using the stage name Lee Han.

In 2006, Kim made the bold decision to portray a homosexual character in the controversial queer indie No Regret in a role which included several gay sex scenes. The film was critically praised and traveled the film festival circuit, but it failed to boost Kim's popularity. Instead, he continued taking on more supporting roles in television dramas, among them Goodbye Solo, Lovers, and When Spring Comes.

Kim had previously stated in interviews that his role model is actor Jung Jae-young, who attended the same high school he did. He got to work with Jung in 2008's Public Enemy Returns. Upon the advice of the film's director Kang Woo-suk, Kim stopped using the stage name Lee Han and reverted to his birth name. Later that year, Kim played his first leading role in a major commercial film, Portrait of a Beauty. Though his co-star Kim Min-sun garnered most of the attention for the erotic costume drama, Kim's strong performance did not go unnoticed.

In 2009, Kim was cast as one of the supporting characters in the historical drama Queen Seondeok. It became one of the highest-rated TV series of that year (reaching a peak of over 40%[1]), and Kim became a household name and the series' breakout star.[2] For his portrayal of the playful but tragic Bidam, Kim said he was inspired by comic book characters such as Han Bi-kwang in Ruler of the Land, Miyamoto Musashi in Vagabond, and Kang Baek-ho in Slam Dunk. The writers rewrote the script to respond to Bidam's popularity with the viewing audience, giving the character more screen time and emphasizing his romance with the titular Seondeok (despite the historical inaccuracy), until Kim became the de facto male lead of the series.[3][4][5] A horse-riding-related injury on set,[6] and a brief hospitalization due to H1N1 flu,[7] were minor negatives compared to the impact the series had on Kim's career. He won several awards for his performance, gained more local and international fans,[8][9] received advertisement offers, and was flooded with film and TV scripts.

Another side benefit of Kim's newfound popularity post-Seondeok was the theatrical release in 2010 of his indie Lovers Vanished,[10] a relationship drama which the director described as a "Korean Leaving Las Vegas."[11]

Kim then returned to television as an antihero in Bad Guy, a dark melodrama about revenge, ambition, and fatal love.[12][13][14][15][16] But while still in the middle of filming, Kim received his draft notice for mandatory military service.[17] He tried to ask for deferment in order to wrap up the shoot for the series, but it was not granted.[18] Kim shot as much as he could (his scenes were reduced, and a body double was also used) then entered the army two days later on July 15, 2010. He received four weeks of basic training at Nonsan, and served for two years as a public service worker.[19]

Following his discharge from the army in 2012,[20] Kim produced the film Ensemble, a music mockumentary about a group of classical musicians who form a group and take to the streets to perform outside their usual concert halls, showing their youthful passion in making music accessible. It premiered at the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival.[21] He then published a book titled Way Back to the Road, his memoir of the past two years, which contained photos Kim had taken himself. It also featured New Zealand scenery captured by photographer Cho Nam-ryong, and contributions from writer Lee Yoon-chul.[22]

He was also one of four celebrities in 2013 who directed a short film using smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4 with the theme "Meet a Life Companion"; his short Hello, Mom depicted the love between a mother and her daughter, and evoked the warm feeling of an analog film.[23] This was followed by his casting in the big screen thriller The Man Who Runs Backwards.[24]

Kim then starred in the revenge TV series Shark (also known as Don't Look Back), from the makers of Resurrection and The Devil.[25][26] After cracking his ribs while filming an action scene in Shark, he also fell and suffered contusions over his body during the shoot of 2014 period adventure film Pirates, which reunited Kim with his Shark costar Son Ye-jin.[27]

Kim released his debut single in Japan in July 2013. The title track is a cover of Kōji Tamaki's "Roman," and the single also includes Kim's two songs in the Queen Seondeok soundtrack.[28]

Filmography

As actor

As director

As producer

  • Ensemble (2012)

Television

Theater

Music video

Discography

Photo book

  • Way Back to the Road (2012)
  • Into the Wild (2010)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actor Public Enemy Returns Nominated
2009 46th Grand Bell Awards Best New Actor Modern Boy Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Nominated
17th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards Best New Actor for Film Won
2nd Style Icon Awards New TV Icon Won
MBC Drama Awards Best Couple Award with Lee Yo-won Queen Seondeok Won
Excellence Award, Actor Won
2010 46th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor for TV Won
2013 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama Shark Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actor Nominated

Reference list

  1. ↑ Kim, Lynn (22 December 2009). "Seon-deok wraps up final shooting today". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  2. ↑ Beck, Una (31 December 2009). "FOCUS: The 16 stars of 2009 - Part 3". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  3. ↑ Choi Ji-eun, Wee Geun-woo (4 November 2009). "INTERVIEW: Kim Nam-gil from Seon-deok (Part 1)". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  4. ↑ Choi Ji-eun, Wee Geun-woo (4 November 2009). "INTERVIEW: Kim Nam-gil from Seon-deok (Part 2)". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  5. ↑ Choi Ji-eun, Wee Geun-woo (4 November 2009). "INTERVIEW: Kim Nam-gil from Seon-deok (Part 3)". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  6. ↑ Moon, Yong-sung (26 October 2009). "Seon-deok hero Kim hospitalized for checkup". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  7. ↑ "Actor Kim Nam-gil Comes Down With H1N1 Virus". The Korea Times. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  8. ↑ Ko, Jae-wan (10 February 2010). "Actor Kim Nam-gil to hold fan meeting in Korea". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  9. ↑ Hong, Lucia (15 May 2012). "Tribute event for Kim Nam-gil to take place in Japan next month". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  10. ↑ Lee, Ji-hye (11 March 2010). "Kim Nam-gil says his love was weak compared to Vanished". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  11. ↑ "Lovers Vanished - Press Kit". M-LINE Distribution. Retrieved 2012-10-07. 
  12. ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (31 March 2010). "Press conference for drama Bad Guy". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  13. ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (20 May 2010). "Kim Jae-wook says Kim Nam-gil "like a time bomb" - Part 1". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  14. ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (20 May 2010). "Kim Jae-wook says Kim Nam-gil "like a time bomb" - Part 2". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  15. ↑ Han, Sang-hee (25 May 2010). "Will Kim, Han create magic thru Bad Boy". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  16. ↑ Choi, Ji-eun (16 June 2010). "INTERVIEW: Bad Boy Actors Kim Nam-gil and Kim Jae-wook". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  17. ↑ Ko, Kyoung-seok (9 March 2010). "Kim Nam-gil to enter military "between fall and winter"". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  18. ↑ Kim, Lynn (12 July 2012). "Kim Nam-gil to enter Korean military next week". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  19. ↑ Park, Jong-kyu (15 July 2010). "Kim Nam-gil bids farewell to fans upon entering military". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  20. ↑ Sunwo, Carla (14 August 2012). "Kim Nam-gil's first step back into spotlight". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  21. ↑ "Ensemble". 8th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival. Retrieved 2012-10-07. 
  22. ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (23 November 2012). "Kim Nam-gil to launch photo book". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-23. 
  23. ↑ Jang, Sung-ran (9 May 2013). "4 Celebrities Make Smartphone Shorts". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 
  24. ↑ Lee, Tae-ho (25 September 2012). "Kim Nam-gil Cast in New Thriller". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  25. ↑ Oh, Jean (22 May 2013). "Kim Nam-gil back to being bad". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-05-22. 
  26. ↑ Bae, Sun-young (23 May 2013). "Kim Nam-gil and Son Ye-jin Returning with Hot Romance and Cold Revenge". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-05-23. 
  27. ↑ Lee, Sun-min (6 September 2013). "Actor injured during filming". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-09-06. 
  28. ↑ Kang, Jung-yeon (30 May 2013). "Kim Nam-gil to Make Singer Debut Japan in July". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-06-02. 
  29. ↑ Ho, Stewart (14 January 2013). "Actor Kim Nam Gil Joins as First Singer for Yawang's OST". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-01-14. 

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