# Kim Kyu-chul

Kim Kyu-chul (born April 6, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Kim spent more than a decade as a stage actor before he made his onscreen breakthrough in 1993 with Im Kwon-taek's Seopyeonje, considered one of the classics of Korean cinema. Kim became most active in television, starring in dramas such as When I Miss You (1993) and Resurrection (2005).

## Filmography
### Television series

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1993 | When I Miss You | |
| 1993 | Good Morning, Yeong-dong | Cha Jung-bo |
| 1995 | West Palace | King Gwanghae |
| 1995 | Your Voice | Seok-young |
| 1995 | Wonji-dong Blues | Byung-ha |
| 1996 | Start | |
| 1996 | Hometown Legends "Butterfly's Lament" | Scholar from Namsan |
| 1996 | MBC Best Theater "Me, 28 Years Old and Unmarried" | |
| 1996 | Drama Game "Can I Go to the Post Office to Find a Lost Love?" | |
| 1997 | Your Daughter, My Son | |
| 1997 | MBC Best Theater "Amnesia Story" | Chul-woo |
| 1997 | Hometown Legends "Frost Falling in May" | Sa-ddo |
| 1997 | Light in the Field | Byung-ki |
| 1997 | Spring Day | |
| 1997 | When She Beckons | |
| 1998 | Horse's Hill | |
| 1998 | Paper Crane | Won Hee-jae |
| 1998 | Hong Gil-dong | King Jungjong |
| 1998 | Like Wind, Like Waves | |
| 1998 | Hope Inn | |
| 1998 | The Advocate | |
| 1999 | MBC Best Theater "Head of Dried Walleye Pollack" | Third |
| 1999 | Kuk-hee | |
| 1999 | Invitation | |
| 1999 | Rising Sun, Rising Moon | |
| 1999 | TV Literature "When He Stopped" | Sae-il |
| 1999 | Song-hwa | |
| 1999 | MBC Best Theater "Holiday" | Chul-joo |
| 2000 | Foolish Love | Jung-gook |
| 2000 | Novel: The Mind of Governing the People | Jeong Yak-jeon |
| 2000 | I Want to Keep Seeing You | Kim Jae-yeol |
| 2000 | Promise | Chae Ki-sub |
| 2001 | Delicious Proposal | Park Young-guk |
| 2001 | Orient Theatre | Shin Bool-chool |
| 2001 | Way of Living: Couple | Ki Sun-woo |
| 2001 | Stock Flower | |
| 2001 | Flower Story (Plum Sonata) | |
| 2002 | Love | Seon-jae |
| 2002 | Magic Kid Masuri | Ma Poong-woon |
| 2002 | Sunshine Hunting | Kang In-wook |
| 2002 | Loving You | Supervisor Kang |
| 2002 | Since We Met | Jo Nam-ki |
| 2002 | MBC Best Theater "U-Turn in Sinchon" | Driving school instructor Kyung-seok |
| 2002 | Drama City "Hong-si" | Father |
| 2003 | Age of Warriors | King Uijong |
| 2003 | Over the Green Fields | Sung Joon-geol |
| 2003 | Land of Wine | Kil-soo |
| 2003 | Wedding Gift | |
| 2003 | Full Moon Santa | In-tae |
| 2003 | Not Divorced | Byun Hak-soo |
| 2003 | Rosemary | |
| 2003 | Drama City "Last Present" | Dong-jin |
| 2004 | Drama City "My Cellphone Is Off" | Section chief Pi |
| 2004 | Traveling Women | Oh Yoon-ho |
| 2004 | Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin | Im Chun-soo |
| 2005 | Loveholic | Teacher |
| 2005 | Dangerous Love | Kim In-soo |
| 2005 | TV Literature "When Buckwheat Flowers Bloom" | Saengwon Heo |
| 2005 | Drama City "Treasure Island of Riddles" | Sung-jae |
| 2005 | Resurrection | Choi Dong-chan |
| 2006 | Drama City "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate" | Hitman K |
| 2006 | Bad Family | Ha In-soo |
| 2006 | Drama City "The Stars Shine Brightly" | Man |
| 2006 | Hwarang Fighter Maru | Kim Jin-ho |
| 2006 | Drama City "Fog Street" | |
| 2006 | Drama City "Urban Legends, Stories That Aren't Scary" | Jung-man (episode: "비상구, 하차 그리고 피크닉") |
| 2006 | Dae Jo-yeong | Shin-hong |
| 2006 | Fugitive Lee Doo-yong | Jang Doo-sik |
| 2006 | My Love Dal-ja | Kang Young-sub |
| 2006 | Drama City "Baby Singing a Lullaby" | Dr. Choi Myung-hwan |
| 2007 | The Return of Shim Chung | Deputy Baek |
| 2007 | HDTV Literature "A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball" | |
| 2007 | HDTV Literature "My Bloody Lover" | (episode 1: "Nude Photos") |
| 2007 | Lucifer | Cha Gwang-doo |
| 2007 | Several Questions That Make Us Happy | Seon-jae's older brother |
| 2008 | Strongest Chil Woo | Choe Won-sik (cameo) |
| 2008 | Hometown Legends "Gisaeng House Ghost Story" | Sa-ddo |
| 2008 | The Kingdom of the Winds | Myung-jin |
| 2008 | Don't Be Swayed | Park Hyung-chul |
| 2009 | Partner | Prosecutor (cameo, episode 16) |
| 2009 | Hot Blood | Director Yoon |
| 2009 | Hometown Legends "The Grudge Island" | Yoon Hong-guk |
| 2010 | Stars Falling from the Sky | Jung In-goo |
| 2010 | The Great Merchant | Steward Oh |
| 2010 | Legend of the Patriots | Battalion commander (cameo) |
| 2010 | Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho | Steward Oh |
| 2010 | Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young | Bureau chief of Asahi Shimbun Shanghai |
| 2010 | Giant | Noh Gap-soo (cameo) |
| 2010 | Ang Shim Jung | Min Ki-chul |
| 2010 | The President | Baek Chan-ki |
| 2010 | Thank You for Making Me Smile | |
| 2011 | Detectives in Trouble | Jo Sang-tae |
| 2011 | Baby Faced Beauty | Lee So-young's father |
| 2011 | Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror | Seol Do-an |
| 2011 | Spy Myung-wol | |
| 2011 | Insu, the Queen Mother | Lee Hyun-ro |
| 2011 | Padam Padam | Prosecutor Joo |
| 2012 | Kimchi Family | Jung Sung-min (cameo) |
| 2012 | Love, My Love | Yeo Sam-choo |
| 2012 | Bridal Mask | Woo Byung-joon |
| 2012 | KBS Drama Special "Re-Memory" | Detective Seo |
| 2012 | May Queen | Park Gi-chool |
| 2013 | That Winter, the Wind Blows | Jang Sung |
| 2013 | Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers | Shim Ki-won |
| 2013 | Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus | Jo Eui-seon |
| 2014 | Golden Cross | Park Hee-seo |
| 2014 | Blade Man | Jo Bong-gu |
| 2015 | The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War | Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| 2015 | The Missing | Park Jung-do |
| 2015 | Hello Monster | Park Young-chul (guest, episode 5) |
| 2015 | The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 | Kim Bo-hyun |
| 2016 | Shopping King Louie | Baek Sun-goo |
| 2017 | Manhole | Yang Koo-gil's father |
| 2019 | The Banker | |
| 2019-2020 | Unasked Family | Kang Kyu-cheol |
| 2023-2024 | Live Your Own Life | Kang Jin-beom |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1993 | Seopyeonje | Dong-ho |
| 1995 | Thief and a Poet | Bin-ha |
| 2003 | The Road Taken | |
| 2006 | Righteous Ties | Han-wook |
| 2007 | Going by the Book | Senior colleague Kim (cameo) |
| 2011 | The Show (documentary) | Himself (cameo) |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1996 | Oliver! | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1993 | 4th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best New Actor | Seopyeonje | Won |
| 1993 | 31st Grand Bell Awards | Best New Actor | Seopyeonje | Won |
| 1995 | KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | When I Miss You | Won |
| 1995 | KBS Drama Awards | Popularity Award, Actor | When I Miss You | Won |
| 1999 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor | | Won |
| 2005 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Resurrection | Nominated |
| 2009 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Actor in a One-Act Drama/Special | The Grudge Island | Won |
| 2011 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Detectives in Trouble, Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror | Nominated |
| 2013 | 2nd APAN Star Awards | Acting Award, Actor | That Winter, the Wind Blows | Nominated |