Im Ji-kyu

In this Korean name, the family name is Im.

Im Ji-kyu (born March 7, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the indie films Who's That Knocking at My Door?,^[1] Milky Way Liberation Front, and Magic.^[2] Im also played supporting roles in the television romantic comedies Queen of Reversals and The Greatest Love.^[3]

Im Ji-kyu
Born	(1978-03-07) March 7, 1978 (age 47) Busan, South Korea
Education	Kosin University – Mathematics
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Agent	Blue Dragon Entertainment
Spouse	Park Ye-son ​ (m. 2014)​
Korean name
Hangul	임지규
Revised Romanization	Im Jigyu
McCune–Reischauer	Im Chigyu

Personal life

Im Ji-kyu married Park Ye-son, his girlfriend of four years, in a small private wedding in Seoul on May 17, 2014. He met his wife, a lawyer, at church.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Fingerprint		short film
2007	Who's That Knocking at My Door?	Min Je-hwi
	Milky Way Liberation Front	Young-jae
2008	In the Boutique		short film
	Scandal Makers	Park Sang-yoon
2009	Bubble Wrap	Sung-taek	short film
	One Step More to the Sea	Waiter
	White Night	Yak-tong
2010	Read My Lips	Church youth
	Magic	Myeong-jin
2011	Children...	Dong-chul
2012	Helpless	Stalker
	Spring, Snow	Young-jae
	The Peach Tree	cameo
2013	Precious Love	On-yoo
2017	A Day	Yong-sun
2021	Dark Yellow		short film[5]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2007	High Kick!	(guest, episode 99)	MBC
2008	Tazza	Sung-Chan	SBS
2009	Partner	Jung Jae-ho (guest, episodes 1-3)	KBS2
2010	Roller Coaster Plus Date Big Bang	Im Ji-kyu	tvN
	KBS Drama Special – "Cutting Off the Heart"[6]	Jae-woo	KBS2
	Queen of Reversals	Kang-Woo	MBC
2011	The Greatest Love	Kim Jae-seok	MBC
2012	Phantom	Byun Sang-woo	SBS
	KBS Drama Special – "Do You Know Taekwondo?"	Yoon Do-hyeon	KBS2
2013	The Suspicious Housekeeper	Eun Se-kyul's homeroom teacher	SBS
2014	God's Gift: 14 Days	Ryu Jin-woo	SBS
	Turning Point	Kim Young-bok	MBC
	The King's Face	Heo Gyun	KBS2
2015	Assembly	Shim Dong-chun	KBS2
	I'm After You	Secretary Min	SBS
2016	The Doctors	Gunman	SBS
	Still Loving You	Park Hyeong-sik	KBS1
2017	Man to Man	(guest)	JTBC
	Go Back	Park Hyeon-seok	KBS2
2018	Radio Romance	Lee Seung-soo
	Your House Helper	Oh Yoon-gi
	Fates & Furies	Assistant Kim	SBS
2019	Her Private Life	Kang Seung-min	tvN
	When the Devil Calls Your Name	Kyung-Soo
	I Wanna Hear Your Song	Yi-young's blind date (Cameo, Ep. 10)	KBS2
2020	18 Again	Ji Hoon's older brother (Cameo)	JTBC
2021	The Uncanny Counter	Dong-pal (Cameo, Ep.15)[7]	OCN
	Sell Your Haunted House	Kim Byeong-ho [8]	KBS2
2021–2022	The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won	King Woo[9]	KBS1
2023	Divorce Attorney Shin	Park Hyun-tae	JTBC

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform
2022	Kiss Sixth Sense	Young Adult Kim Hae-jin (Cameo, Ep. 11-12)	Disney+

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2008	17th Buil Film Awards	Best New Actor	Milky Way Liberation Front, Who's That Knocking at My Door?	Won
2012	KBS Drama Awards	Best Actor in a One-Act Drama/Special	Do You Know Taekwondo?	Nominated