Kim Soo-hyun

Kim Soo-hyun is, to my mind, one of the actors who genuinely elevated Korean drama's global standing. The hardware backs it up: five Baeksang Arts Awards, two Grand Bell Awards, a Blue Dragon. But what impresses me is the elasticity. He can play a centuries-old alien, a wounded everyman, or a quietly dangerous figure, and somehow they never feel like the same face wearing costumes. He sings and models too, yet his center of gravity is always the acting. As one of the faces that carried Korean storytelling outward, he remains, for me, a performer worth watching closely with every new project.

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Name (English)

Kim Soo-hyun

Name (Japanese)

キム・スヒョン

Reading

きむ・すひょん

Born

February 16, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Height

180 cm

Occupation

film actor / singer / screenwriter / model / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

High school

Joongdong High School

University

Chung-Ang University

• Official sitehttps://goldmedalist.com/en/artistView/soohyun_kim
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/soohyun_k216/
• Xhttps://x.com/ActorKSH
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Soo-hyun
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%20(1988%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F%E3%81%AE%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q496491

Tags

• film actor
• singer
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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