Kim Sung-kyun

Acting

Kim Sung-kyun

Born

1980-05-25 (46)

Place of birth

Daegu, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Kim Sung-kyun (김성균) is a South Korean actor. Born on May 25, 1980, Kim began his career in theatre, then made his screen debut as a gangster boss's faithful henchman in Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, followed by supporting roles in The Neighbor, Reply 1994, Reply 1988 and Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016).

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Endless Rain poster
5.9

About a man and a woman who miss each other but cannot meet. Young-ho, a young man who took several tries to get into college, doesn't have any special goals in life, and starts exchanging letters with someone.

Endless Rain

2021

Hansan: Rising Dragon poster
6.5

In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea.

Hansan: Rising Dragon

2022

Officer Black Belt poster
7.7

A talented martial artist who can't walk past a person in need unites with a probation officer to fight and prevent crime as a martial arts officer.

Officer Black Belt

2024

Sinkhole poster
6.9

A working class family move into a new condo purchased after 11 years of hard work. They throw a housewarming party to show his co-workers when overnight a heavy downpour creates an extremely deep sinkhole that engulfs the entire building.

Sinkhole

2021

12.12: The Day poster
7.6

After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.

12.12: The Day

2023

Seoul Vibe poster
6.5

Chasing speed, dreams and money, a team of drivers get involved in the slush fund investigation of a powerful figure during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Seoul Vibe

2022

Don't Buy the Seller poster
6.8

Soo-hyun, who has recently moved into a new house, buys a used washing machine through a second-hand app but finds out it doesn’t work. Annoyed by the seller’s irresponsibility, she leaves a comment calling the seller a con man, and reports it to the police. Little does she know that the seller is a psychopathic serial killer who uses an online second-hand market to lure his victims. Her comment renders his hunt for a new victim all but impossible so she becomes his next target. She starts receiving obscene phone calls, countless unwanted food deliveries, and strange men knocking on her door looking for a good time. A trip to the sender’s address proves deadly serious when the police and Soo-hyun find a man’s dead body.

Don't Buy the Seller

2023

2010s · 28 titles

Nameless Gangster poster
6.9

Ik-hyeon, a corrupt officer, joins forces with another crook, Hyung-bae, to continue his illegal activities before he loses his job. Eventually, he decides to escape and pin the blame on his partner.

Nameless Gangster

2012

The Suspect poster
6.9

Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.

The Suspect

2013

Hwayi: A Monster Boy poster
7.4

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

2013

The Neighbors poster
7.3

A serial killer murders a girl from his neighborhood. The residents begin to suspect him one by one, as he tries to cover his tracks and plans another kill before escape.

The Neighbors

2012

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant poster
7.1

Set in a village right after the Korean War, poor but good-hearted Heo Sam-gwan sets out to win the most beautiful girl in the village, Heo Ok-ran, by selling his blood to earn money. Years later, the two are happily married with three children, but their family undergoes a crisis when Sam-gwan's eldest son doesn't resemble him and rumors spread about the boy's paternity.

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant

2015

The Prison poster
7.1

An imprisoned ex-police inspector discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate running a crime syndicate and becomes part of the crime empire.

The Prison

2017

The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful poster
7.0

In the 1990s, when Go gambling fever swept Korea, Gui-su loses everything because his father gambled obsessively until there was nothing left. Left all alone in the world, Gui-su meets a mentor and Go teacher, Il-do, and goes through vicious training to become the grandmaster of Go. He sets out for revenge on the world that destroyed his life, but soon finds himself chased by an unknown loner pursuing his own vendetta.

The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful

2019

Kundo: Age of the Rampant poster
6.6

In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

2014

Secretly, Greatly poster
7.0

Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.

Secretly, Greatly

2013

Dino King: Journey to Fire Mountain poster
7.8

Speckles, a ferocious tarbosaurus and his young son junior, mourning the loss of their family in an epic battle, roam the lands in search of food, adventure and peace. Under the watchful eye of his dad, Junior is growing up healthy and strong, but with an overconfidence thanks to his young age. After one encounter results in Junior being kidnapped, Speckles embarks on an adventure to the ends of earth to find his son. Encountering friend and foe, ally and enemy, Speckles will stop at nothing and will take on all corners to save his offspring.

Dino King: Journey to Fire Mountain

2019

South Bound poster
6.8

Hae-gap is a director who makes anti-government documentary films. One day, Hae-gap’s son, Na-ra, runs away from home, but Man-deok, a freeloader living in Hae-gap’s house ends up bringing him back. Later, Man-deok raids the head developer of Deul Island to stop its exploitation, and Na-ra helps and ends up getting caught. In order to bring Na-ra out from jail, Hae-gap signs to stop making anti-government films and moves to Deul Island with his family. Na-ra sees his father leading a good, quiet life there and starts opening up. But when a construction company charges in to clear-out the island and the islanders fall at risk of losing their homes, Hae-gap leads a strike against it and his family fall in grave danger...

South Bound

2013

Fasten Your Seatbelt poster
5.7

Hallyu star Ma Joon-Gyu boards an airplane that will take him from Tokyo to Seoul, but the plane is soon swept up into a typhoon and faces danger.

Fasten Your Seatbelt

2013

The Sheriff In Town poster
6.0

After he leaves the police force, Dae-ho establishes himself as the sheriff of his town. He then investigates Jong-jin, a businessman, because of his alleged ties to drugs.

The Sheriff In Town

2017

The Poet and the Boy poster
5.3

Trapped in routine, a Jeju poet finds himself drawn to a boy—and to emotions he’s never dared name.

The Poet and the Boy

2017

Golden Slumber poster
6.7

A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.

Golden Slumber

2018

Man on the Edge poster
6.7

A gangster is chosen to become a shaman. How can he balance his totally opposite life, between beating people and helping people. Then, his boss coincidentally hates shaman.

Man on the Edge

2013

Summer Snow poster
7.0

Story contains the confessions of couples who are not able to express their feelings due to their closeness.

Summer Snow

2015

The Witness poster
6.7

An ordinary man witnesses a cruel murder and becomes entangled in circumstances out of his control.

The Witness

2018

Feng Shui poster
7.2

Park Jae-sang was a royal geomancer, who helps people designate propitious site for houses, store and even graves under the belief that a grave in a good site will bring future fortune for descendants. But he loses his family because he exposed a conspiracy about crown Prince's grave site. Park Jae-sang plans to make a revenge of his family and learns that there is a much bigger conspiracy about propitious grave site; the place that would make grave owner's son the King of Joseon.

Feng Shui

2018

The Deal poster
5.7

A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.

The Deal

2015

Phantom Detective poster
6.9

Hong Gil-dong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.

Phantom Detective

2016

We Are Brothers poster
6.6

Two brothers were separated in childhood at an orphanage, only to find each other as adults 30 years later. But right after their reunion, their birth mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, suddenly disappears. So Sang-yeon and Ha-yeon team up together and go on a road trip to search for her.

We Are Brothers

2014

The Preparation poster
7.0

In-gyu has intellectual disability. His mother, Ae-soon, takes care of him, nagging him all the time. One day, she is diagnosed with terminal cancer and prepares for her son's independence.

The Preparation

2017

Project 577 poster
7.3

Ha Jung Woo promised that if he won the best actor award 2 years in a row he would walk across South Korea. He did and the adventure begins.

Project 577

2012

I Have a Date with Spring poster
6.7

A director who hasn't been able to film a new movie in almost a decade, has been working strenuously on a story about the earth's destruction. One day, he hears a great explosion, and is soon visited by four strangers.

I Have a Date with Spring

2018

The Chosen: Forbidden Cave poster
5.9

Jin-Myung is a psychiatrist and exorcist. With his assistant, Ji-Kwang, they attempt an exorcism on Geum-Joo. She suffers from a bizarre phenomenon. They then face a powerful existence within Geum-Joo. Extreme horror arises out of her.

The Chosen: Forbidden Cave

2015

A Diamond in the Rough poster
7.3

A man with criminal past makes a promise to his mother to turn his life around after he realizes how miserable he has made her.

A Diamond in the Rough

2019

Wretches poster
5.2

Jae-young is a high school student who is often bullied by the school’s mob leader, Yong-gyu. When Yong-gyu is hospitalized, Hoon wants to take his place at the top of the school. Jae-young hoped doing away with Yong-gyu would help him escape the tedious violence, but he finds himself tormented and harassed even more under the persistent Hoon.

Wretches

2018

Series credits

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

Men on a Mission poster
7.4

Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick.

Men on a Mission

2015

How Do You Play? poster
7.2

Yoo Jae-suk reunites the producing team of Infinite Challenge and presents you How Do You Play? The Indefinitely expanding YOONIVERSE, based on Yoo's blood, sweat, and tears, will entertain viewers at home. Let's follow Yoo and his friends' new projects every week.

How Do You Play?

2019

Moving poster
8.5

Children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together.

Moving

2023

SNL Korea poster
7.0

"SNL Korea"! NBC's flagship program SNL, which won the Emmy Award, has returned for the first time in four years through Coupang Play.

SNL Korea

2021

The Game Caterers poster
8.7

A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.

The Game Caterers

2021

Hospital Playlist poster
8.6

Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.

Hospital Playlist

2020

The Fiery Priest poster
8.2

People commit variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving testimony every week. They believe that they can repent just by having faith. But the truth is that they have faith to repeat the sins again and again without remorse. These people atone for their evil deeds just to feel comfortable and carefree. It is not about the victims who are suffering because of them. They say every people are equal before the religions. But it is time to discriminate people who only uses them for their interest. Screening if they are really good people, punishing if they deserve to be punished, and defending justice is needed for modern day religion. A priest with this sense of justice teams up with a detective and a prosecutor. They try to solve the mysterious death of an elderly priest and serve justice.

The Fiery Priest

2019

Nattering with Nah poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nattering with Nah

2023

D.P. poster
8.0

A young private's assignment to capture army deserters reveals the painful reality endured by each enlistee during his compulsory call of duty.

D.P.

2021

Abnormal Summit poster
8.3

Led by a trio of Korean celebrities, a multinational panel of men engage in mostly lighthearted debates on issues that affect Korea and beyond.

Abnormal Summit

2014

Reply 1988 poster
8.7

Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighbourhood in Seoul.

Reply 1988

2015

Show!terview with Jessi poster
7.0

Jessi is a Korean-American rapper and singer who brings a new style of talk show to South Korea. She is cheerful, straightforward, bold and witty with the hottest singers, actors and personalities in the industry. Jessi conducts an unpredictable and unstoppable interview from the very beginning. The chemistry between MC Jessi and the guests begins!

Show!terview with Jessi

2020

House on Wheels poster
7.5

A variety program where the cast will experience life in various places around Korea. The cast will build a small, portable home where they’ll live together and invite guests over. They’ll empty their greed for a house and fill their lives with important things in their lives instead.

House on Wheels

2020

Whenever Possible poster
8.3

We're looking for someone who has free time to hang out with us. Whenever Possible.

Whenever Possible

2024

Whenever Possible poster
8.3

We're looking for someone who has free time to hang out with us. Whenever Possible.

Whenever Possible

2024

Karma poster
7.5

A fateful accident intertwines six lives in a thrilling tale of karma and crime, where each must face their own dark truths and connections.

Karma

2025

Nine Puzzles poster
7.9

Ten years after discovering her murdered uncle, Ena and Detective Hansaem must cooperate to stop a series of similar murders - each linked by strange puzzle pieces.

Nine Puzzles

2025

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo poster
8.5

A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae Soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.

Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

2016

Reply 1994 poster
7.8

In 1994, college students were crazy about college basketball, and Korea's hip-hop artists; with students from various countryside areas attending college in Seoul, they mingle together for true friendship, love and lots of fun at a boarding house.

Reply 1994

2013

Surely Tomorrow poster
7.7

In their twenties, Lee Kyeong-do and Seo Ji-woo part ways after two passionate relationships. A decade later, they meet again as a reporter who covers an adultery scandal and the wife of the man at the center of that scandal. Reuniting in their late thirties, their youth has passed, but their love remains vivid. Kyeong-do now strives to prove to her and to himself that he still loves her.

Surely Tomorrow

2025

Divorce Attorney Shin poster
7.9

Driven by a personal tragedy, a pianist-turned-lawyer navigates the complex world of divorce — fighting for his clients to win by any means necessary.

Divorce Attorney Shin

2023

Here for Promo poster
NR

A Netflix Korea web variety show where stars from upcoming Netflix releases appear for relaxed interviews, games, and promotion. Its first season, "Not Here for Promo", featured hosts Lee Chang-ho and Lee Byung-gun in a casual, slightly messy apartment setting, jokingly pretending the guests had simply dropped by as friends rather than to promote a show. The program later became "Here for Promo", hosted by Yoo Byung-jae and Jonathan, with a cleaner setup and a more direct focus on discussing, promoting, and playing games related to the guests’ new Netflix titles.

Here for Promo

2024

Grid poster
6.9

In 1997, a mysterious ghost saved humankind and then disappeared. The mysterious ghost appears again 24 years later and helps a serial killer escape. Kim Sae-ha, Jung Sae-byeok and Song Eo-jin pursue the ghost for different reasons.

Grid

2022

Untouchable poster
6.0

The city of Bukcheon has been dominated by the Jang family for 3 generations. Jang Joon-Seo is the second son of family leader Jang Beom-Ho. A woman who Jang Joon-Seo loves dies. After that, he tries to reveal the truth about her death and a secret from his family.

Untouchable

2017

Reply 1988 10th Anniversary poster
8.8

The special follows the cast on a two-day, one-night trip to celebrate the show's anniversary.

Reply 1988 10th Anniversary

2025

Brotherhood Expedition: Maya poster
8.7

Actor Cha Seung-won, passionate for ancient civilizations, sets off on an extraordinary expedition to Mexico alongside actor Kim Sung-kyun and Juyeon from 'THE BOYZ'. Together, they delve into the captivating remnants of the enigmatic Mayan Empire. Throughout their journey, they unravel the mysteries surrounding the Maya civilization by visiting historical sites and immersing themselves in the authentic local lifestyle. In addition to exploring the civilization firsthand, they also showcase their culinary skills by creating fusion dishes that combine Korean and Mexican flavors using traditional ingredients.

Brotherhood Expedition: Maya

2023

No artwork available
NR

About the meeting of the world's first female promoter and a hard-working boxer, and every moment they cry, grumble, and cheer each other on until the day they become world champions, brimming with humanity. Sim Yeong Ja is the world's first female promoter. She transforms from Ko Su Mi, a popular actress who dominated the 1970s, into Sim Yeong Ja, the world’s first female boxing promoter. Known in her high school days as “Sim Dark,” she is a character with powerful charisma and a strong sense of justice who, through her forward-thinking strategies, shook up the boxing scene of the 1980s, a time when women were often excluded.

Promoter

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