Im Si-wan

Im Si-wan is one of those rare performers who made the idol-to-serious-actor leap look genuinely effortless. I first took notice of him in The Attorney alongside Song Kang-ho — he held his own in a politically charged courtroom drama that dominated Korean box offices in 2013, which is no small feat for a guy who debuted in a boy group. His work in Misaeng: Incomplete Life the following year sealed it for me: that portrait of an anxious entry-level office worker felt painfully real, the kind of quiet, internalized acting that gets under your skin. He served his mandatory military service, came back, and kept building a thoughtful résumé. What I respect most is that he never leaned on ZE:A nostalgia — he went out and earned a completely separate reputation as a dramatic actor, one project at a time.

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Name (English)

Im Si-wan

Name (Japanese)

任時完

Reading

いむ・しわん

Born

December 1, 1988 (age 37)

Origin

Busan, South Korea

Occupation

singer / film actor / actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dragon

High school

Gudeok High School

University

Pusan National University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yim_siwang/
• Xhttps://x.com/Siwan_ZEA
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yim%20Si-wan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82788

Tags

• singer
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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