Kim Myung-min

Kim Myung-min strikes me as the kind of actor other actors quietly study. Trained at Seoul Institute of the Arts, he built his reputation on transformation rather than flash, anchoring heavy dramas like Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin, White Tower and Beethoven Virus with a craftsman's discipline. The stories of his extreme physical and behavioral preparation are not gimmicks to me; they signal an artist who treats each role as a problem to solve completely. I admire performers who win on conviction alone, and he is firmly in that camp.

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Name (English)

Kim Myung-min

Name (Japanese)

キム・ミョンミン

Reading

きむ・みょんみん

Born

October 8, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

• Official sitehttp://www.myungminkim.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Myung-min
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490113

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

October 8, 2026

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