Kim Jung-tae

Acting

Kim Jung-tae

Born

1972-12-13 (53)

Place of birth

Busan, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Kim Jung-tae (born Kim Tae-wook on December 13, 1972) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles on film and television.

Known for

Law of the Jungle poster
5.5

Law of the Jungle is a hybrid reality show combining elements of drama and documentary. The show is hosted by comedian Kim Byung Man, and each episode invites various celebrities from the various field. So far, many of idol stars and famous actors have appeared on the show. The show introduces viewers to exotic locations around the world where celebrities must work together in order to complete missions and survive. The cast celebrities travel to less habituated, natural places to survive on their own and experience life with local tribes and people. In each location, the guests are tasked to hunt and prepare their meals and also create shelter for the tribe. They sometimes confronted by many difficult challenges. Where will the tribe visit? And how will they survive on their own? Stay tuned to check out!

Law of the Jungle

2011

Busted! poster
7.8

Suspense, surprises and fun abound in this Korean variety game show featuring big personalities and even bigger mysteries in every episode.

Busted!

2018

Dream High poster
6.9

Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry.

Dream High

2011

Doctor Kkang poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Doctor Kkang

2006

The Prosecutor's Proposal poster
6.8

A victim’s son and a killer’s son reunite as a prosecutor and investigator, fighting systemic corruption while becoming each other's salvation.

The Prosecutor's Proposal

2026

The Good Thieves poster
4.1

There are thieves who come from different backgrounds and situations, but were not born as thieves. For the most part, they lived by the rules even while growing up poor and worked hard to better their lives. They are actually generous people. But the cruel realities of society have pushed them to the edge. And to ensure that their past problems do not hamper their own children, they fight to exact revenge from those in power, search for their long-lost family members and commit one last heist to mete out justice. This TV show will entertain viewers with a story revolving around thieves from the low rungs of society who burglarize the home of powerful men in order to unmask them. They do this to put an end to those who stand above the law and get away with thievery scot-free.

The Good Thieves

2017

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 23 titles

Miracle in Cell No. 7 poster
7.9

A story about a mentally ill man wrongfully imprisoned for murder and his relationship with his 6 year old daughter.

Miracle in Cell No. 7

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

Mourning Grave poster
7.2

A boy who can see ghosts moves to a small town, where he befriends a female ghost. The two work together to investigate a masked ghost who is murdering students one by one.

Mourning Grave

2014

All About My Wife poster
6.5

A man asks a womanizer to seduce his wife in order to catalyze a divorce.

All About My Wife

2012

Granny's Got Talent poster
7.7

A national cussing battle audition is the nation's hype. People from all over the country audition in becoming the "Cussing King." However, redundant cussing auditioners cause viewership to drop dramatically. The producer decides to revive the show by introducing a regular looking grandmother...

Granny's Got Talent

2015

Mr. Go poster
6.6

A 15-year-old circus ringmaster Wei-wei is left all alone with gorilla Ling-ling after grandfather passes away. Thanks to her grandfather's love for baseball, Ling-ling was trained to play baseball and has developed remarkable hitting skills.

Mr. Go

2013

The Scent poster
5.7

A detective Seon-woo, who moonlights as a private investigator, has a beautiful new client Soo-Jin. The woman asks the detective to take photos of her husband in the midst of having an affair with another woman. When the detective goes to take pictures he discovers that the woman's husband is already dead. Now the detective becomes a suspect. The detective is chased by another detective Gil-ro. He must now set out for the real killer.

The Scent

2012

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

Love On-Air poster
6.1

Jin-ah, a radio host and singer, works hard to make sure she does well on air. When she is accused of plagiarism, her life is turned upside down and she must revive her career.

Love On-Air

2012

Officer of the Year poster
6.6

Two police stations from neighboring precincts are in constant fierce competition with each other, including for the Officer of the Year award. But then a high-profile case forces them to work together.

Officer of the Year

2011

Salut d'Amour poster
7.9

Sung-chil works at the Jang-soo Store which is owned by Jang-soo. Sung-chil is stubborn and has a bad temper, but he changes after meeting Geum-nim. Geun-nim runs a flower shop and her daughter Min-jung does not like her meeting Sung-chil.

Salut d'Amour

2015

Tough as Iron poster
6.5

Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.

Tough as Iron

2013

S.I.U. poster
5.5

Sung-Bum is a hot-tempered detective who relies on his intuition to crack cases. He rarely comes across a case that he cannot solve. The body of a police officer is then discovered in a burned out car near an abandoned building. Drugs are also found near the dead officer. To catch the killer the police department sets up a special investigation unit for the case. Sung-Bum takes part in the investigation. Ho-Ryong is a young, confident man who works as a criminal profiler. He trained with the F.B.I. in the United States. Ho-Ryong is also assigned to the special investigation unit. Ho-Ryong relies on evidence rather than instinct. Detective Sung-Bum takes an immediate dislike for Ho-Ryong.

S.I.U.

2011

How to Use Guys with Secret Tips poster
6.4

An overworked woman tries to improve her standing with men using a self-help video.

How to Use Guys with Secret Tips

2013

He's on Duty poster
5.4

A South Korean man named Bang Tae-Sik looks more like someone from Southeast Asia and has difficulties finding employment. One day, Bang Tae-Sik disguises himself as a man from the country of Bhutan named ?Bangga? and succeeds in finding a job. Bang Tae-Sik then witnesses racism that migrant workers face in Korea

He's on Duty

2010

Queen of the Night poster
6.0

A timid husband discovers the shady hidden past of his supposedly perfect wife.

Queen of the Night

2013

Shoot Me in the Heart poster
7.7

After a young man is forcibly institutionalized, he plans to break out – bringing formerly-passive fellow resident along for the ride!

Shoot Me in the Heart

2015

Hearty Paws 2 poster
6.0

When loveable Labrador Maeumee has a set of puppies, Dong-Wook's grades start to suffer. Because of this, Dong-Wook's mother decides to get rid of Maeumee and the puppies. The dogs then stay at a relative's video shop until the animals can be placed into an animal training center. Meanwhile, two unscrupulous jewel thieves come into the video store and spots the little puppies. Hyeok-Pil decides to steal the littlest puppy to use as a runner to transport diamonds. Maeumee spots the two men taking away her young puppy and goes after the thieves! Can Maeumee save her puppy? Will Dong-Wook ever get to see Maeumee and the puppies again?

Hearty Paws 2

2010

Chasing poster
6.1

Seung-ju, robbed clean of his wallet and phone by four high schoolers! Jung-taek, swept into the chase only to have his gun snatched away by the same teens. An erratic pursuit by two men, stripped of their precious possessions and completely run down and four teenagers, running the grown-ups through a proper drill right in the middle of the night. The furious chase has begun.

Chasing

2016

Human Casino poster
2.0

Jae-Sung (Lee Jang-Woo) is a veterinarian. He wants to marry his fiance Jung-Sun (Kim Min-Seo) and he plans to propose to her on the Hangang pleasure boat. On that day, Jung-Sun disappears and Jae-Sung receives a phone call to play a game. Because nobody believes that Jung-Sun was kidnapped, he tries to find her himself.

Human Casino

2011

I Came from Busan poster
5.0

An 18 year-old girl reluctantly gives her baby up for adoption. As time goes by, her yearning for the baby gets bigger and she visits the adoption center to ask if she can have the baby back.

I Came from Busan

2010

Around the World poster
7.0

The little siblings Ji Ho and Seon Ho live on their own without a protector. They lost their mother to a hit-and-run accident and their father has been wandering all around the nation trying to catch the culprit. But they valiantly live every day loving each other. One day, they receive a phone call from the police station, which makes them misunderstand without a second thought.

Around the World

2015

Super Star poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Super Star

2012

2000s · 14 titles

The Classic poster
7.6

Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.

The Classic

2003

The Duelist poster
6.5

Detective Nam-soon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the counterfeit money. She discovers that one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face, is related to the truth. Nam-soon and Sad Eyes confront each other in a series of duels and become confused between love and obligation to duty.

The Duelist

2005

Windstruck poster
7.1

Kyung-jin, a police officer who finds herself chasing down a suspected bag-snatcher on her day off. However, the man she catches turns out to be Myungwoo, a passer-by who was himself trying to apprehend the real criminal.

Windstruck

2004

My Brother poster
7.0

The story of two brothers, growing up in 1970s Korea, who each take two completely different paths. One goes to school to become a doctor, the other becomes a gangster. Their story is told through flashbacks after one of them is murdered.

My Brother

2004

Friend poster
6.9

Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s. But as time goes by, each of them takes a different life path.

Friend

2001

Sunflower poster
6.9

Tae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets a second chance in life. His former gang tries to destroy his new home in order to build a night club but he won’t let them destroy his new family.

Sunflower

2006

Clementine poster
3.2

Kim, a Taekwondo champion decides to give up his fighting career for good in order to take care of his daughter Sa Rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps Sa Rang, Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa Rang's freedom.

Clementine

2004

Ardor poster
5.0

In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, Mi-huen gradually finds happiness and satisfaction in the affair and decides to turn her back on her quiet life.

Ardor

2002

Never to Lose poster
6.7

“Never to Lose” concerns the men of Homicide Unit 3, who are in dire straits at the moment. While Unit 3’s cops are full of ambition and talent, they never seem to crack a case. The team is comprised of Detective Koh, a 15 year veteran, Detective Kim (Min-jun Kim), a rookie eager to make a name for himself, Detective Koh, a married man who spends more time on the job than with his wife, and Detective Ryung ( Sang-mi Nam ), who can’t get taken seriously by her peers because she’s a woman. While at a party with his girlfriend, Kim happens upon information about a drug deal that could get the team the respect they’ve been looking for. But what the team gets into turns out to be not just a big drug bust, but a case that makes Homicide Unit 3 the target of the largest drug lord in Korea .

Never to Lose

2005

Mutt Boy poster
6.2

Life is tough for Chol-Min - his mother died during labor, forcing him to grow up alonge with his stoic police officer father. However, Chol-Min lives a high-spirited life and roams around town with his own mutt, a half-bred police dog, making friends and enemies along the way.

Mutt Boy

2003

Insadong Scandal poster
5.8

A fabled painting from royal palace was discovered after 400 years. Once properly restored, it could fetch at least $40 million in the international auction market. Bae is the owner of the gallery which possesses the painting. She scouts top-tier restoration artist Lee to work on the painting. With Lee's expert stroke, the controversy surrounding the painting is slowly unveiled. As the painting's true form is restored, art experts in Korea hold a collective breath. Little do they know that they're only a part of a bigger scheme.

Insadong Scandal

2009

City of Fathers poster
5.5

Kang-soo is a third-rate street thug in Busan; he's an alcoholic and gambling addict who's always on the run from loan sharks. But when his rebellious teenage son Jong-chul is diagnosed with kidney cancer, he tries to be a real parent for the first time and seeks out Jong-chul's biological father, Tae-suk, a pimp. Tae-suk, however, refuses to help.

City of Fathers

2009

The Bird Who Stops in the Air poster
7.5

KIM serves as a professor of film studies at a rural college, away from his family. Having kept the memories of birds from his childhood, he intends to make a film based on the images of birds that appear in his dreams. In his position as educator, KIM finds himself torn between artistic ideals of the film and the realities of life which his student's must encounter daily. It is in this setting that he struggles to discover the nature of his identity. A middle school science teacher, Young-hee, although a long-time lover of KIM's is not confident in their future relationship. She asks KIM to accompany her to her childhood hometown. During the trip, the two begin to realize that each belongs to different realities from the other. Young-hee begins to desire a relationship of a different sort with him. However, KIM's ambition is to redeem his own artistic value blurred between film fantasy and reality.

The Bird Who Stops in the Air

2002

Black Honeymoon poster
5.3

Newlyweds Jun-ho and Eun-jin join six other couples as they all embark on a honeymoon excursion to Cheju Island. But the trip takes a tragic turn when Jun-ho's eyeless corpse is discovered the next morning and detective Pyun-shik must find the killer.

Black Honeymoon

2000

Series credits

Law of the Jungle poster
5.5

Law of the Jungle is a hybrid reality show combining elements of drama and documentary. The show is hosted by comedian Kim Byung Man, and each episode invites various celebrities from the various field. So far, many of idol stars and famous actors have appeared on the show. The show introduces viewers to exotic locations around the world where celebrities must work together in order to complete missions and survive. The cast celebrities travel to less habituated, natural places to survive on their own and experience life with local tribes and people. In each location, the guests are tasked to hunt and prepare their meals and also create shelter for the tribe. They sometimes confronted by many difficult challenges. Where will the tribe visit? And how will they survive on their own? Stay tuned to check out!

Law of the Jungle

2011

Busted! poster
7.8

Suspense, surprises and fun abound in this Korean variety game show featuring big personalities and even bigger mysteries in every episode.

Busted!

2018

Busted! poster
7.8

Suspense, surprises and fun abound in this Korean variety game show featuring big personalities and even bigger mysteries in every episode.

Busted!

2018

Dream High poster
6.9

Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry.

Dream High

2011

Doctor Kkang poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Doctor Kkang

2006

The Prosecutor's Proposal poster
6.8

A victim’s son and a killer’s son reunite as a prosecutor and investigator, fighting systemic corruption while becoming each other's salvation.

The Prosecutor's Proposal

2026

The Good Thieves poster
4.1

There are thieves who come from different backgrounds and situations, but were not born as thieves. For the most part, they lived by the rules even while growing up poor and worked hard to better their lives. They are actually generous people. But the cruel realities of society have pushed them to the edge. And to ensure that their past problems do not hamper their own children, they fight to exact revenge from those in power, search for their long-lost family members and commit one last heist to mete out justice. This TV show will entertain viewers with a story revolving around thieves from the low rungs of society who burglarize the home of powerful men in order to unmask them. They do this to put an end to those who stand above the law and get away with thievery scot-free.

The Good Thieves

2017

The Rebel poster
5.6

The son of a Joseon Dynasty slave reluctantly becomes a leader who protects the common people from an evil king.

The Rebel

2017

Oh My Venus poster
8.1

Dumped by her boyfriend of 15 years for gaining weight, a lawyer gets help from a hotshot personal trainer to get in shape and turn her life around.

Oh My Venus

2015

Goddess of Marriage poster
1.3

A story of love and conflict unfolds between married couples with different values and views on life.

Goddess of Marriage

2013

Time poster
6.7

For a man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, the suffering and hardships others go through every day are not something he can relate to. One day, he unexpectedly becomes involved in a murder incident. He meets a woman who is trapped in time by what happened. He is drawn to her, feeling responsible and guilt for what he had done. Before he can even realize, his feelings towards her grow. He struggles to find the truth so that he can allow himself to love her.

Time

2018

Miss Ripley poster
5.5

Two powerful men become entangled in a dangerous love triangle with a woman whose ruthless ambition threatens to destroy them all.

Miss Ripley

2011

Late Night Restaurant poster
6.8

A restaurant opens at midnight until seven in the morning. Its mysterious owner and chef, simply called the "Master," has no fixed items on his menu, but will take orders from any customer and cook up whatever they ask for. As the Master cooks, his customers tell him their life stories. Korean adaptation of the original Japanese drama.

Late Night Restaurant

2015

Show Window: Queen's House poster
7.4

Han Sun-Joo’s life is perfect. She is married to Shin Myung-Seob and they have children. She tries to help her husband succeed at Rahen Group, a company which her mother runs, and she also tries to raise her children as best as she can. Before their marriage, Shin Myung-Seob was in a poor financial situation and he came from a poor background. His life changed drastically after he married Han Sun-Joo. He is now recognized at work. He is a good husband and father, but he meets Yoon Mi-Ra and becomes attracted to her. Meanwhile, Han Jung-Won is Han Sun-Joo’s younger brother. He has a warm heart and he is a good to Han Sun-Joo.

Show Window: Queen's House

2021

Robber poster
5.5

Romance blossoms between a single mom and a womanizing bad boy.

Robber

2008

Sponsor poster
6.7

A high-stakes game of ambition and survival unfolds as four desperate souls seek a mysterious sponsor who can grant their most dangerous dreams.

Sponsor

2022

H.I.T poster
5.5

H.I.T, also known as Homicide Investigation Team, is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Go Hyun-jung, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Jung-min, and Yoon Ji-min. It aired on MBC from March 19 to May 22, 2007 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. A police procedural crime drama that integrated crime scene analysis with action, suspense, and romance, H.I.T represented a departure from the usual Korean drama subjects of love and relationships.

H.I.T

2007

Can't Lose poster
5.5

Can't Lose is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Choi Ji-woo and Yoon Sang-hyun, who play two bickering, married divorce lawyers who take out their frustrations on each other in and out of the courtroom. It aired on MBC from August 24 to October 20, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. It is a remake of the 2008 Japanese drama The Sasaki Couple's Merciless Battle.

Can't Lose

2011

Killer Girl K poster
6.4

Cha Yeon Jin is a high school girl whose outwardly normal existence and reticent character masks her true identity: she is a professional assassin who is seeking vengeance for her mother after watching her killed in front of her eyes. She infiltrates SS1, the secret organization that her mother was connected to, by becoming one of their killers, all the while trying to track down her mother's murderer.

Killer Girl K

2011

신션한 남편 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

신션한 남편

2019

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