# Kim Dong-wan

Kim Dong-wan (Korean: 김동완; born November 21, 1979) is a South Korean entertainer, known as a member of South Korean boy band Shinhwa. He has been acting since 2002, and has starred in television dramas such as A Farewell to Sorrow and Children of Heaven. He has said that given the opportunity he would prefer a career in acting rather than as a singer, However, since the release of his debut album, he has stated that now he prefers singing more. From Shinhwa, Kim is the fourth member to go solo, following Lee Min-woo, Shin Hye-sung, and Jun Jin.

## Early life

Kim was a child actor and starred in several dramas as a teenager but opted not to pursue acting as a career. He later joined S.M. Entertainment as a trainee after being "streetcasted". He was educated in Whimoon High School.

## Career
### 1998: Debut with Shinhwa

Kim made his debut in 1998 as a vocalist in the boy band Shinhwa. Although he is not the lead vocalist, he began singing bigger parts on Shinhwa's 7th album, Brand New. In one song from the album "Liar", Kim is the vocalist, and he is accompanied by Eric Mun's rapping. He also wrote, composed, and arranged a song on the album, titled "Set Free". Though he had branched out as a solo artist, he is part of Shinhwa and just released Shinhwa's 9th album.
Kim was one of several Korean celebrities praised by the Japanese media for giving generous donations for flood victims in 2006.
On April 16, 2007, Kim appeared as a guest on MC Mong's "Pleasure and Pain" radio show. When asked about an incident early in his career where he injured his nose, he confessed that he had undergone plastic surgery to change its shape.

### 2007: Solo debut

Kim released his debut solo album, Kimdongwan Is, on July 5, 2007, which featured collaborations with his fellow Shinhwa members, including Lee Andy rapping in the song "Loving Summer", Shin Hye Sung singing a duet with Kim in "The One Left Alone", and Eric rapping in "My Love". The other members have contributed to the album as well, with Lee Min Woo writing, composing and arranging the song "My Love" and Jun Jin helping him with choreography. Kim expressed gratitude for their contributions, saying, "I’ve been working together with the group Shinhwa, thus there was a lot of pressure working on the solo album, but since the other members showed up and helped me with most of it, it has been a great big help for me". Kim's first single was the ballad, "Handkerchief", a song about a guy who consoles his girlfriend and wipes away her tears. Despite Shinhwa's musical genre being predominantly American R&B and bubblegum pop, Kim said he wanted his album to be more J-pop influenced, having redone a song by GLAY×EXILE in the album.
For the debut album, Kim also lost a lot of weight, saying that "it's not good for a ballad singer to have a muscular image. Someone singing ballads should have a lean, 'hungry-looking' image." His album sold over 25,000 copies in two days, with 41,490 copies sold by the end of 2007; it was ranked 19th in album sales for the year. In 2008, he released his 2nd solo album, The Secret; Between Us. The album featured collaborations with Tiffany of SNSD, Jade Valerie, Shinhwa bandmate Eric, and Heritage.

### 2008–2011: Military service and musical

Kim enlisted for mandatory military service in November 2008, at an army training camp in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province He was discharged on 17 December 2010, after serving 24 months as an administrative worker at the Seodaemun-gu District Office.
Upon being discharged Kim joined Shinhwa bandmate Shin Hye-sung at Liveworks Company and has since played the lead role of Hedwig in theatrical musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Sang Sang Art Hall in Seoul. In August 2011, Kim played the role of Korean independence activist, Lee Youk-sa in MBC two-part special drama, The Peak, also known as Life of Lee Youk-Sa, the Poet who Embraced Epoch. It was broadcast on Korea's Liberation Day, 15 August 2011. Lee Youk-sa was a poet during the Japanese Colonial Period who died in prison at the age of 40, leaving behind a collection of some 40 works of poetry.

### 2012: Shinhwa comeback and acting

In March 2012, Kim reunited with his Shinhwa bandmates for their comeback after four years, under the management of 'Shinhwa Company'. It is a joint venture agency for members to perform as a group, of which Eric and Lee Min-woo are co-CEOs and the remaining members are shareholders. The Company manages the group as a whole, whilst members' individual activities are managed by their respective agencies. The group released their tenth studio album The Return on 23 March 2012, launched their comeback concerts 2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour: The Return throughout Asia and their first exclusive variety program Shinhwa Broadcast premiered on 17 March 2012 on cable channel JTBC.
In July, Kim co-starred with Kim Myung-min and Lee Hanee in thriller Deranged as Jae-pil, a detective agonized with guilt for squandering his brother's money in the stock market. In August, Kim was cast as the title role of Kim Tae-pyung in KBS' daily drama, Cheer Up, Mr. Kim!, about a male domestic cleaner and housekeeper, the guardian of three, later four, children, none of whom are his own. The series premiered in November and marked Kim's first television drama since Good Bye, Sadness in 2005. At the 2012 KBS Drama Awards, Kim received the Best Actor in Daily Drama award for his portrayal of Mr Kim.

## Philanthropy

In April 2015, after the earthquake in Nepal, Kim was reported to have donated ₩36,000,000 (equivalent to approximately $33,660 USD) towards the relief fund.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR RIAK | Sales |
| Kimdongwan Is | Released: July 5, 2007 (SDL-0009) Repackaged: October 4, 2007 (SDL-0051) Label: H2 Entertainment Format: CD Track listing Dongwan Is (Intro) 내 잘못이니까 (It's My Fault) 손수건 (Handkerchief) 삼총사 (feat. MC Mong, Ho In-chang) (Three Musketeers) Scream (feat. D.Bace, DJ Tukutz of Epik High) 사랑이 가여워 (Love... Poor) My Love (feat. Eric) 여름이 좋아 (feat. Andy) (Loving Summer) 남은 사람 (duet with Shin Hye-sung) (The One Left Alone) 사랑해선 안 될 사람 (duet with Byul) (Cannot Love You) 진담 (Truth) Scream (Instrumental) Repackage track listing Dongwan Is (Intro) 들어봐 (For 신화창조) Listen (For Shinhwa Changjo) 내 잘못이니까 (It's My Fault) 손수건 (Handkerchief) 삼총사 (feat. MC Mong, Ho In-chang) (Three Musketeers) Scream (feat. D.Bace, DJ Tukutz of Epik High) 사랑이 가여워 (Love... Poor) My Love (feat. Eric) 여름이 좋아 (feat. Andy) (Loving Summer) 남은 사람 (duet with Shin Hye-sung) (The One Left Alone) 사랑해선 안 될 사람 (duet with Byul) (Cannot Love You) 진담 (Truth) 손수건 (Remix)(Handkerchief) | 4 | KOR: 41,490 |
| The Secret | Released: May 13, 2008 (SDL-0111) Repackaged: July 22, 2008 (SDL-0140) Label: H2 Entertainment Format: CD Track listing 남자의 사랑 (Man's Love) 비밀 (narration by Tiffany of Girls' Generation) (Secret) 왜 그래 (feat. Heritage) (What's Wrong?) Honey (feat. Eric) 사랑하는 사람아 (Person You Love) 바람의 노래 (Wind's Song) 사이 키스 (Kiss Between Us) 떠나도 돼 (You Can Leave) 악녀 탈출 (Witch's Escape) 좋을 사람 (Good Person) 잊어야겠다 (I Need to Forget) You Don't Know Me (duet with Jade Valerie) 비밀 (Instrumental) 왜 그래 (Instrumental) Repackage track listing 남자의 사랑 (Man's Love) 비밀 (narration by Tiffany of Girls' Generation) (Secret) 왜 그래 (feat. Heritage) (What's Wrong?) Honey (feat. Eric) 사랑하는 사람아 (Person You Love) 바람의 노래 (Wind's Song) 사이 키스 (Kiss Between Us) 떠나도 돼 (You Can Leave) 악녀 탈출 (Witch's Escape) 좋을 사람 (Good Person) 잊어야겠다 (I Need to Forget) 후애 (After) 이별 전화 (duet With Wanted Kim Jae-seok) You Don't Know Me (duet with Jade Valerie) 비밀 (Instrumental) 왜 그래 (Instrumental) | 2 | KOR: 16,537 |

### Mini albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR Gaon | Sales |
| D | Released: October 21, 2015 Label: CI Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Track listing I'm Fine Piece (feat. C Jamm) My Friend (feat. Danny Ahn of g.o.d) Piece (Inst.) My Friend (Inst.) | 5 | KOR: 11,580 |
| W | Released: November 27, 2015 Label: CI Entertainment Format: CD, digital download Track listing 잘자 (feat. Andy of Shinhwa) DU DU DU HE_SUNSHINE DU DU DU (Inst.) 잘자 (Inst.) | 6 | KOR: 7,272 |
| Trace of Emotion | Released: November 14, 2017 Label: CI Entertainment Format: CD, digital download | 9 | KOR: 15,546 |
| ...LER | Released: January 21, 2020 Label: Office DH Format: CD, digital download | 3 | KOR: 11,359 |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | JPN | Sales |
| Japan Premium Best | Released: December 15, 2010 Label: Tsubasa Records Format: CD+DVD Track listing CD 聞いて...(for Shinhwa Changjo) 僕のせいだから (It's My Fault) ハンカチ (Handkerchief) My Love (feat. Eric) 夏が好き Feat. Andy (Loving Summer) 愛してはいけない人 (feat. Byul) (Cannot Love You) もう、いいよ (It's Good) とうして？ (feat. Heritage) (Why?) 秘密 (narration by Tiffany of Girls' Generation) (Secret) サイキス　－キスとキスの間－ (Kiss Kiss -Between the Kisses-) 風の歌 (Wind's Song) いい人 (Good Person) 後愛 (After Love) 約束 (duet with Younha) (Can't Forget) 君がいるべき場所 (feat. K) DVD ハンカチ (Handkerchief) 秘密 (narration by Tiffany of Girls' Generation) (Secret) 約束 (duet with Younha) (Can't Forget) 君がいるべき場所 (feat. K) | 57 | |

### Singles

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Track listing |
| Title | Details | KOR (RIAK) | JPN (Oricon) | Track listing |
| "약속" ("Promise") | Released: November 7, 2008 (SDL-0187) Label: H2 Entertainment Format: CD Language: Korean | - | - | Track listing Intro 약속 (duet with Younha) (Promise) 못잊어 (Can't Forget) 약속 (Instrumental) |
| "My Summer Girl" | Released: August 24, 2011 (POCE-92007, POCE-32007) Label: Universal Music Format: CD Language: Japanese | - | 109 | Version 1 Track listing My Summer Girl (duet with Kohmi Hirose) Time Machine My Summer Girl (instrumental) Time Machine (instrumental) Version 2 Track listing My Summer Girl (duet with Kohmi Hirose) Time Machine My Summer Girl (instrumental) Time Machine (instrumental) My Summer Girl (KDW Solo Version) |
| "He_Sunshine" | Released: November 21, 2014 Label: Format: Digital Language: Korean | | | Track listing He_Sunshine He_Sunshine (instrumental) |
| "He_Starlight" (Feat. Jeon So-min | Released: December 23, 2014 Label: Format: Digital Language: Korean | | | Track listing He_Starlight He_Starlight (instrumental) |

### Video albums

| Title | Details | Track listing |
| 약속: 첫번째 라이브 콘서트 Promise: The First Live Concert | Released: June 18, 2009 Released Under: Language: Korean Formats: DVD | Track listing DiscConcert Honey 악녀탈출 비밀 사랑이 가여워 내 잘못이니까 후애 잊어야겠다 여름이 좋아 들어봐 사이키스 Say Anything + Always 바람의 노래 이별전화 좋을 사람 왜 그래 Scream 남자의 사랑 Brand New 손수건 Disc 2Concert Special Special Talk 텐텐클럽 Multi Angles – 사이키스 Concert Making Film |

## Filmography
### Television dramas

* 2001 – Nonstop
* 2002 – Children of Heaven (KBS)
* 2005 – MBC Best Theater – "Magic Power Alcohol"
* 2005 – Beating Heart
* 2005 – A Farewell to Sorrow
* 2007 – The One I Love
* 2011 – The Peak
* 2012 – Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! (KBS)
* 2016 – Moorim School: Saga of the Brave
* 2017 – Drama Stage – The Picnic Day (TVN)
* 2019 – I Hate Going to Work (KBS2)

### Film

* 2002 – Emergency Act 19 – cameo with Shinhwa
* 2004 – Spin Kick, aka Taekwon Boys
* 2012 – Deranged - as Jae-pil, an investigator and younger brother of Jae-hyuk, played by Kim Myung-min
* 2015 – Springtime Fantasy
* 2015 – Glory Day
* 2015 – The Megalomaniac
* 2021 – A Long Day
* 2022 – B Cut - as Seung Hyun
* 2022 – The Clown: The Singer as Fallen Yangban

### Variety shows

* 2003 – Yoon Do-Hyun's Love Letter “Lately” – KBS
* 2004 – Yoon Do-Hyun's Love Letter “Cigarette Shop Girl” – KBS
* 2005 – Public Relations – Officer of JeonJu International Film Festival
* 2005 – Love Letter (ep 1 to 14) – SBS
* 2005 – X-Man – SBS
* 2006 – Heroine 6
* 2006 – New X-Man – SBS
* 2012–2013 – Shinhwa Broadcast (ep 1 - 49) - JTBC
* 2015 – I Live Alone (ep 99 - 150) - MBC
* 2015 – King of Mask Singer Contestant with the stage name "Holding the End of the Night" (Episode 29-30) - MBC
* 2018 – Worldwide Correspondence - TVN
* 2018 – Battle Trip - KBS
* 2018 – 2 Days & 1 Night - (ep 705 - 706) - KBS
* 2021 – Chosun Panstar - MBN (judge)

### MC

* 2000–2002: DJ for Ten Ten Club
* 2003–2005: Host for SBS Inkigayo
* 2006: Host for SBS I Love My Teacher Day Concert
* 2018: Host for Worldwide Correspondence of TVN

## Stage
### Musical

Musical performances :
| Year | Title | Title | Role | Ref. |
| Year | English | Korean | Role | Ref. |
| 2011 | Hedwig | 헤드윅 | Hedwig | |
| 2013 | Le Passe Muraille /The Man Who Breaks Through Walls | 벽을 뚫는 남자 | Dutilleul | |
| 2014 | Hedwig | 헤드윅 | Hedwig | |
| 2016 | Edgar Allan Poe | 에드거 앨런 포 | Poe | |
| 2017 | Cyrano | 시라노 | Cyrano | |
| 2018 | Gentleman's Guide: Love and Murder | 젠틀맨스 가이드: 사랑과 살인편 | Monty Navarro | |
| 2022 | Something Rotten | 썸씽로튼 | Nick Bottom | |
| 2022 | Seopyeonje | 서편제 | Dong-ho | |

### Theater

Theater performances :
| Year | Title | Title | Role | Theater | Date | Ref. |
| Year | English | Korean | Role | Theater | Date | Ref. |
| 2020 | Theatrical Battle 8 - Lungs | 연극열전8 - 렁스 | M | Art One Theater Hall 2 | March 9 to July 5 | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result |
| 2004 | 25th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best New Actor | Spin Kick | Nominated |
| 2005 | KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | A Farewell to Sorrow | Won |
| 2005 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Couple | A Farewell to Sorrow | Nominated |
| 2007 | SBS Inkigayo | Mutizen Award | Handkerchief | Won |
| 2007 | Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best Ballad Performance | Handkerchief | Nominated |
| 2012 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama | Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! | Won |
| 2013 | 49th Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actor (Film) | Deranged | Won |
| 2013 | 6th Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor | Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! | Won |
| 2015 | SBS M The Show | The Show Choice winners | I'm Fine | Won |
| 2015 | MBC Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award, Variety Show | I Live Alone | Won |