Kim Tae-woo (actor)

Kim Tae-woo
Kim Tae-woo
	Kim in May 2015
Born	April 15, 1971 (age 53); Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Education	Chung-Ang University - Theater and Film
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Agent(s)	J,Wide-Company
Family	Kim Tae-hoon (brother)
Korean name
Hangul	김태우
Hanja	金太祐
Revised Romanization	Gim Tae-u
McCune–Reischauer	Kim T'aeu

Kim Tae-woo (born 15 April 1971) is a South Korean actor. After his breakthrough in blockbuster war film Joint Security Area, Kim became best known for his leading roles in arthouse films, such as those directed by Hong Sang-soo, namely Woman Is the Future of Man, Woman on the Beach, and Like You Know It All.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Contact	Ge-chul
1998	A Mystery Of The Cube	Yong-min	Main Role
2000	Joint Security Area	Nam Sung-shik
2002	L'Abri (Bus Stop)
	Saving My Hubby	Han Ju-tae
	The Coast Guard	Private Seo
2004	Woman Is the Future of Man	Kim Hyun-joon
2004	Hypnotized	Seok-won
2006	Don't Look Back	Sergeant Kim In-ho
	Woman on the Beach	Won Chang-wook
	If You Were Me 3		Main Role^[5]^[6]
2007	Epitaph	Kim Dong-won	Main Role
2007	Wide Awake	Oh Ji-hoon
2008	Sa-kwa	Sang-hoon
2009	The Naked Kitchen	Han Sang-in	Main Role
2009	Like You Know It All	Ku Kyeong-nam	Main Role
2010	The Influence	Choi Dong-hoon
	No Doubt	No Choong-sik	Main Role
	A Friend in Need	Hwang Woo-jin
2011	Quick	Junichi Watanabe	special appearance
2012	Horror Stories		special appearance
2012	The Winter of the Year Was Warm	In-sung
2013	The Face Reader	King Munjong
2014	Santa Barbara	Representative Jo	special appearance
2014	The Pirates	Mo Hong-gab
2015	Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies	Kang Sung-gyu
2015	Memories of the Sword	Jon Bok
2018	Rampant	Crown Prince Lee Young	special appearance^[7]
2019	Forbidden Dream	Jung Nam-son
TBA	Silence	Jung Hyun-baek

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Hometown of Legends "Eunjangdo"
1996	First Love	Hyung-ki
1997	Mr. Right	Song Jeong-hwan	Main Role
1998	Lie	Jang Uh
1999	Should My Tears Show	Cho Soo-hyun	Main Role
1999–2000	8 Love Story	Young-suk	Main Role, Ep.8 "Host of Memory"
2000	Virtue	Park Yeong-gook
2001	Blue Mist	Kim Min-kyu	Main Role
2001	Legend	Kang Dae-woong
2002	That Woman Catches People	Oh Cheon-soo
2008	Tokyo Sun Shower	Jeong Hyeon-su
2010	Big Thing	Min-kyu	special appearance, Ep. 1
2010	Quiz of God	Jae-suk	special appearance, Ep. 1
2012	Dummy Mommy	Park Jung-do
2013	That Winter, the Wind Blows	Jo Moo-chul	^[8]^[9]^[10]
2014	God's Gift: 14 Days	Han Ji-hoon	Main Role
2015	The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War	King Seonjo	Main Role
2016	Goodbye Mr. Black	Kim Ji-ryun
2016	The Good Wife	Choi Sang-il
2017	Black	Grim Reaper No.444	special appearance
2018	Queen of Mystery 2	Ha Ji-seung
2018	Secret Mother	Han Jae-yeol	Main Role^[11]
2019	Romance Is a Bonus Book	CEO Kim Jae-min	^[12]
	The Banker	Lee Hae-gon	Main Role
	The Tale of Nokdu	Heo Yoon
2020	The Spies Who Loved Me	Ban Jin-min
2020	Awaken	Oh Jung-hwan
2020–2021	Mr. Queen	Kim Jwa-geun
2021	Bossam: Steal the Fate	King Gwanghae
2022	Cleaning Up	Jin Seong-woo	^[13]
2022	Bad Prosecutor	Kim Tae-ho	^[14]
2022–2023	Missing: The Other Side 2	Noh Yoon-gu	special appearance^[15]
2023	Twinkling Watermelon	Yoon Geon-hyung	^[16]
2024	Love Song for Illusion	Sajo Seung	^[17]

2015 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama (The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War)
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Woman on the Beach)
2002 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama (That Woman Catches People)
2001 Golden Cinematography Awards: Best New Actor (Joint Security Area)
1998 KBS Drama Awards: Best New Actor (Lie)

Kim Tae-woo
Kim in May 2015
Born	(1971-04-15) April 15, 1971 (age 53) Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea^[1]
Education	Chung-Ang University - Theater and Film
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Agent(s)	J,Wide-Company
Family	Kim Tae-hoon (brother)

Korean name
Hangul	김태우
Hanja	金太祐
Revised Romanization	Gim Tae-u
McCune–Reischauer	Kim T'aeu