# Kim Young-kwang (actor)

Kim Young-kwang (born January 11, 1987) is a South Korean actor and model. Kim began his career as a model and has modeled for designers such as Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Etro. In 2008, he was the first Asian model to model at Dior Homme's show. As an actor, Kim has starred in the films Runway Cop (2012), Hot Young Bloods (2014), On Your Wedding Day (2018) and The Soul-Mate (2018), as well as the television dramas Pinocchio (2014), D-Day (2015), Sweet Stranger and Me (2016), The Guardians (2017), and The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019).

## Life and career
### Beginnings

Born as Kim Young-kwang, Kim's father was a veteran of the Vietnam War and died when Kim was in elementary school.

### Acting

Kim began acting in 2008, and later performed in the drama Good Doctor on KBS2.
Kim also starred in the action comedy, Runway Cop (2012) and teen romance drama, Hot Young Bloods (2014).
In 2014 he performed in dramas such as tvN's Plus Nine Boys and SBS's Pinocchio, for which he received an SBS Drama Award as "New Star" for his role as Seo Beom-jo.
In 2015, he starred in the medical drama D-Day, and in the web drama Dr. Ian with Sandara Park.
In 2016, he was cast as the lead in the web drama Gogh, The Starry Night with Kwon Yuri, and in the KBS2 romantic comedy series Sweet Stranger and Me with Soo Ae.
In 2017, he starred in the MBC thriller drama The Guardians as a passionate prosecutor.
In 2018, Kim starred in romance film On Your Wedding Day opposite Park Bo-young. His performance in the film earned him a Best New Actor award in film at the Baeksang Arts Awards. He then starred in fantasy comedy film The Soul-Mate together with Ma Dong-seok. Later that year, he was also cast in tvN's mystery drama Room No. 9.
In 2019, Kim starred in the romance comedy drama The Secret Life of My Secretary, which premiered in May 2019.
In 2021, he starred in the spy action film Mission: Possible opposite Lee Sun-bin, which was released in February.
Also in 2021, he starred alongside Choi Kang-hee in the fantasy romantic comedy Hello, Me!, which premiered in February 2021.
In 2022, he starred in murder thriller netflix series Somebody.

## Personal life

Kim maintains a close friendship with Lee Soo-hyuk, as well as other fellow models-turned-actors: Kim Woo-bin, Hong Jong-hyun and Sung Joon – with whom he has worked onscreen in White Christmas. They were given the nickname of "Model Avengers" by their fans.
On December 12, 2013, Kim began his mandatory military service. However, he was only required to be enlisted for six months as a public service worker due to his father being a Vietnam War veteran, as well as an acknowledged person of national merit. Kim was discharged in June 2014.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Runway Cop | Han Seung-woo | |
| 2014 | Hot Young Bloods | Jo Gwang-sik | |
| 2018 | On Your Wedding Day | Hwang Woo-yeon | |
| 2018 | The Soul-Mate | Tae-jin | |
| 2021 | Mission: Possible | Woo Su-han | |
| 2021 | A Year-End Medley | Seung-hyo | TVING Film |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Worlds Within | Young-woong | |
| 2009 | Triple | Jae-wook | |
| 2009 | My Fair Lady | Jung Woo-sung | |
| 2010 | More Charming By the Day | Lee Young-kwang | |
| 2011 | White Christmas | Jo Young-jae | |
| 2011 | Bachelor's Vegetable Store | Lee Seul-woo | |
| 2012 | Love Rain | Han Tae-sung | |
| 2012 | Can We Get Married? | Gong Ki-joong | |
| 2013 | The Secret of Birth | Park Soo-chang | |
| 2013 | Good Doctor | Han Jin-wook | |
| 2014 | KARA: Secret Love | Yoon Joon-moon | (episodes 3-4: "The Thirteenth Item on the Bucket List") |
| 2014 | Plus Nine Boys | Kang Jin-gu | |
| 2014–2015 | Pinocchio | Seo Beom-jo | |
| 2015 | D-Day | Lee Hae-sung | |
| 2016 | Sweet Stranger and Me | Go Nan-Gil | |
| 2017 | The Guardians | Jang Do-han | |
| 2018 | Room No. 9 | Ki Yoo-jin | |
| 2019 | The Secret Life of My Secretary | Do Min-ik | |
| 2021 | Hello, Me! | Han Yoo-hyun | |
| 2023 | Evilive | Seo Do-young | |
| TBA | The Haunted Palace | | Cameo |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2015 | Dr. Ian | Mo Yi-an |
| 2016 | Gogh, The Starry Night | Kang Tae-ho |
| 2022 | Somebody | Sung Yun-oh |
| 2023 | Call lt Love | Han Dong-jin |
| TBA | Trigger | Moon Baek |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Law of the Jungle in New Caledonia | Main cast | Episodes 220–224 |
| 2017 | Boat Horn Clenched Fists | Main cast | from Episode 2–end |
| 2018 | Law of the Jungle in Antarctica | Main cast | Episode 311–314 |

### Music video

| Year | Song Title | Artist |
| 2007 | "My Heart Is Like That" | Lee Seung-hwan |
| 2007 | "Shout for Love" | MC the Max |
| 2008 | "It's You" | Shin Hye-sung and Lyn |
| 2009 | "Why Are You Such a Nerd?" | XXX |
| 2011 | "Don't Cry" | Park Bom |
| 2013 | "You" | Brown Eyed Soul |
| 2013 | "Runaway" | Kara |

## Theater

| Year | English title | Korean title | Role | Ref. |
| 2009 | Beautiful Sunday | 뷰티풀 선데이 | Joon-seok | |

## Discography
### Soundtrack appearances

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Oh-Sing-Sing-Men Oh Sing Sing Men" (with Ji Chang-wook, Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Young-kwang, Shin Won-ho, Sung-je, and Ji-hyuk) | 2011 | Bachelor's Vegetable Store OST Japanese release |
| "Star Candy" | 2016 | Gogh, The Starry Night OST |

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result |
| Asia Model Awards | 2009 | Best Fashion Model | Kim Young-kwang | Won |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2019 | Best New Actor – Film | On Your Wedding Day | Won |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2018 | Best New Actor | On Your Wedding Day | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2018 | Popular Star Award | On Your Wedding Day | Won |
| Elle Style Awards | 2018 | Man of the Year | Kim Young-kwang | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2013 | Best New Actor | Good Doctor | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Sweet Stranger and Me | Nominated |
| Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards | 2014 | Best New Actor in a Film | Hot Young Bloods | Won |
| Korea Fashion Photographers Association | 2008 | Best New Model | Kim Young-kwang | Won |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2017 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | The Guardians | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2014 | New Star Award | Pinocchio | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2019 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | The Secret Life of My Secretary | Nominated |
| Style Icon Awards | 2009 | Style Icon, Model category | Kim Young-kwang | Won |
| The Seoul Awards | 2018 | Best New Actor (Film) | On Your Wedding Day | Nominated |