Kim Joo-hyuk

Acting

Kim Joo-hyuk

Born 1972-10-03 · Seoul, South Korea

Kim Joo-hyuk (3 October 1972 – 30 October 2017) was a South Korean actor. He was known for his leading roles in the films My Wife Got Married (2008), The Servant (2010), and Yourself and Yours (2016), his supporting roles in Confidential Assignment (2017) and Believer (2018), as well as the television series Lovers in Prague (2005), God of War (2012), Hur Jun, The Original Story (2013) and Argon (2017). He was also an original regular cast member on the third season of the KBS2's reality-variety show 2 Days & 1 Night.

Acting credits

The Servant poster
5.7

A servant falls in love with a girl whom his master also desires. Although the girl loves the servant, she also longs to improve her station in life.

The Servant

2010

Believer poster
7.2

After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel.

Believer

2018

Confidential Assignment poster
6.8

When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.

Confidential Assignment

2017

The Beauty Inside poster
7.7

Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.

The Beauty Inside

2015

My Wife Got Married poster
5.6

Deok-hoon falls in love with In-ah, who shares his love and passion for football. They quickly become lovers and he proposes. After her initial refusal, they are eventually happily married. Marriage is like a dream until one day In-ah declares her wish to marry another man.

My Wife Got Married

2008

The Truth Beneath poster
6.8

For 15 days, a politician and his wife navigate a scandal after their daughter goes missing on the eve of the national elections.

The Truth Beneath

2016

Love Me Not poster
6.3

Julian has lived off the money he lures from his rich female customers. But now he faces usurious debts from a hasty expansion of his business, and he will be killed unless he clears the debt in one month. The only way to save himself is to pretend to be the long-lost brother of an heiress and kill her to get her huge fortune. Min, the blind heiress, cold-hearted like Julian, slowly opens herself to him, and he, too, falls for her. But Julian has to pay his creditor and what makes it worse for him is that the illness that took Min’s eyesight relapsed, threatening her life.

Love Me Not

2006

Heung-boo: The Revolutionist poster
6.1

During a time of poverty and despair in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, a satirical street play that pokes fun at the ruling class while giving a prophecy of ‘a new leader to save the world’ becomes immensely popular among the people. The author of the fable, Heung-boo, subsequently gains fame around the country and is sought after by both the oppressive political power and the rebellion leader who want to use his name and talent for their differing agendas.

Heung-boo: The Revolutionist

2018

Like for Likes poster
7.3

A notoriously shrewish TV drama writer and a Korean wave star who fight like cats and dogs every time they meet; a spinster flight attendant landlady and a nosy chef tenant who build a sense of camaraderie; a genius relationship-virgin composer who harbors a secret admiration for a scatterbrained producer. As they crash-land into each other's lives, will there be love?

Like for Likes

2016

Intimate Enemies poster
5.2

Four strangers discover a bag full of money which belongs to a corrupt politician. Instead of using the money for themselves, they decide to join forces to take down corrupt conglomerates.

Intimate Enemies

2015

YMCA Baseball Team poster
6.3

Ho-chang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeong-rim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeong-rim, and takes interest in baseball. As a result, he gathers people to form the first YMCA baseball team of Joseon.

YMCA Baseball Team

2002

Couples poster
6.4

A kind-hearted man's heartbreak leads to an unexpected romance when his deceitful fiancée abandons him for a dangerous mobster.

Couples

2011

Singles poster
6.4

Na-nan has known best pals Dong-mi and Jung-joon since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-mi and Jung-joon end up in bed!

Singles

2003

Blue Swallow poster
7.0

At a young age Kyoung-won knows she wants to become a pilot. When she reaches the right age, she travels to Japan to learn how to fly, and becomes Korea's first female pilot.

Blue Swallow

2005

Yourself and Yours poster
6.3

While a South Korean man wanders the city in search of the woman he just broke up with, she successively meets and flirts with two men who claim to have met her before.

Yourself and Yours

2016

When Romance Meets Destiny poster
6.0

Gwang-sik is very shy around women and he can't even speak a word to them. Gwang-tae is a playboy who enjoys sleeping around with other women. They both meet a woman they each like around the same time, and something changes for both of them.

When Romance Meets Destiny

2005

Chang-ok's Letter poster
5.3

Housewife Eun-ha is busy every day: In addition to taking care of her husband who doesn’t help out at all and her willful daughter and son, she has to care for her nagging mother-in-law, who is nearly bedridden.

Chang-ok's Letter

2017

In Love and the War poster
7.0

In June 1950, soon after the start of the Korean War, a troop of North Korean soldiers enter a small South Korean village. Captain Jeong-woong proclaims that they came to liberate the villagers but their true agenda is to ferret out the reactionaries. The villagers and Seol-hee, who is separated from her fiance on her wedding day, offer them heartfelt hospitality and cooperation to avoid falling out of the army's favor. Eventually friendships starts to build up between the soldiers and the villagers.

In Love and the War

2011

The Tooth and the Nail poster
7.1

Seok-jin, a magician at a club, meets a mysterious woman, Ha-yeon, who soon becomes his assistant and fiance. Things take a turn when she is found dead and he must find out what happened.

The Tooth and the Nail

2017

Say Yes poster
5.0

Young married couple Yoon-hee and Jung-hyun go on a road trip, and along the way they pick up a lone drifter, M. M turns out to be a violent and sadistic psychopath who terrorises the couple at every turn. After capturing Jung-hyun, Em gives him a choice: submit to torture or allow Em to kill Yoon-hee.

Say Yes

2001

Mr. Handy poster
6.4

Righteous perfectionist Hye-jin moves down to countryside to open her own dental clinic after getting fired from her former job. There, she meets this Mr. Handy who happens to be a Chinese food deliveryman, a clerk at the convenience store, a singer at a live café , a patrolman and many other things. He gets in her way every day in every possible way. Their struggle to get rid of each other now begins.

Mr. Handy

2004

Pitch High poster
5.0

A touching drama of a baseball player who has past his prime and comes back to the major league after much struggle.

Pitch High

2011