Kim Soo-hyun

Kim Soo Hyun (Hangul: 김수현, lahir 16 Februari 1988) adalah salah satu aktor dengan bayaran tertinggi di Korea Selatan. Penghargaannya meliputi empat Baeksang Arts Awards, dua Grand Bell Awards, dan satu Blue Dragon Film Award. Dari tahun 2012 hingga 2016 dan pada tahun 2021, ia telah muncul dalam daftar Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40. Ia terpilih sebagai Aktor Televisi Terbaik Gallup Korea Tahun Ini pada tahun 2014 dan ditampilkan oleh Forbes dalam daftar 30 Under 30 Asia tahun 2016. Kim mengambil kelas akting selama masa sekolahnya atas rekomendasi ibunya untuk mengatasi kepribadian introvertnya. Setelah beberapa karya teater, ia membuat debut televisinya pada tahun 2007 dengan sitkom keluarga Kimchi Cheese Smile. Ia kemudian memantapkan dirinya dengan membintangi drama televisi Dream High (2011), Moon Embracing the Sun (2012), serta dalam film terlaris The Thieves (2012) dan Secretly, Greatly (2013). Penampilannya sebagai Raja Lee Hwon di Moon Embracing the Sun membuatnya memenangkan Penghargaan Seni Baeksang untuk Aktor Terbaik dalam kategori Televisi. Ia menjadi bintang Hallyu papan atas saat ia memperoleh kesuksesan lebih lanjut dengan komedi romantis fantasi My Love from the Star (2013), dan variety-drama The Producers (2015), yang memberinya tiga Daesang (Hadiah Utama). Setelah filmnya Real (2017), ia mendaftar untuk menyelesaikan wajib militernya. Pada Januari 2020, Kim bergabung dengan agensi hiburan yang baru didirikan, Gold Medalist, sebagai salah satu dari dua aktor senior di bawah organisasi tersebut bersama dengan Seo Yea-ji. Dia menandai kesuksesannya kembali ke dunia akting dengan drama romantis It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) dan akan membintangi drama thriller One Ordinary Day (2021).

Kim Soo Hyun (Hangul: 김수현, born February 16, 1988) is one of the highest-paid actors in South Korea. His accolades include four Baeksang Arts Awards, two Grand Bell Awards and one Blue Dragon Film Award. From 2012 to 2016 and in 2021, he has appeared in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 list. He was selected as Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year in 2014 and was featured by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 Asia list of 2016. Kim took acting classes during his school years on his mother's recommendation to overcome his introvert personality. Following a few theatrical works, he made his television debut in 2007 with the family sitcom Kimchi Cheese Smile. He went on to established himself with starring roles in the television dramas Dream High (2011), Moon Embracing the Sun (2012), as well as in the top-grossing films The Thieves (2012) and Secretly, Greatly (2013). His performance as King Lee Hwon in Moon Embracing the Sun won him the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor in the category of Television. He became a top Hallyu star as he gained further success with the fantasy rom-com My Love from the Star (2013), and the variety-drama The Producers (2015), which earned him three Daesangs (Grand Prize). After his movie Real (2017), he enlisted to complete his mandatory military service. On January 2020, Kim joined newly established entertainment agency Gold Medalist as one of the two senior actors under the organization alongisde Seo Yea-ji. He marked his successful return to acting with the romance drama It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) and is set to star in the thriller drama One Ordinary Day (2021).