Kim Hee-won

For the ice hockey player, see Kim Hee-won (ice hockey). For the South Korean director, see Kim Hee-won (director).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Hee-won (Korean: 김희원; born January 10, 1971) is a South Korean actor and director. Since 2007, he has played supporting roles in films and television series, with notable titles including The Man from Nowhere (2010), Mr. Go (2013), and Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014).^[2][3][4]

Kim Hee-won
Born	(1971-01-10) January 10, 1971 (age 54) Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea[1]
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts - Theater
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007-present
Agent	Han Geo Rum Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	김희원
RR	Gim Huiwon
MR	Kim Hŭiwŏn

Filmography

As actor

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Miracle on 1st Street	Chief Kim
	Underground Rendezvous	Staff sergeant Kim
	Scout	Jung Byung-hwan
2009	Running Turtle	Teukgong Moosool instructor
	Fortune Salon	Byung-soo
	Lady Daddy	Detective Kim
2010	The Man from Nowhere	Man-seok
	Twilight Gangsters	Detective Kim
2011	My Way	Choon-bok
2013	Mr. Go	Lin Xiaogang
	Steal My Heart	Auctioneer	Cameo
	The X	Boss	Short film
2014	Hot Young Bloods	Teacher Lee Jong-pal
	No Tears for the Dead[5]	Department head Byun
	Scarlet Innocence	Casino Mr. Choi
	Cart[6]	Convenience store boss
2015	The Beauty Inside[7]	Woo-jin
	Collective Invention[8]	Lawyer Kim
2016	Missing	Detective Park
	Canola	Suk-ho
	Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned	Do-kyun
2017	The Merciless	Ko Byung-gab
	The King's Case Note	Nam Gun-hee
	Marionette	Oh Kook-chul
2019	Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong
	Another Child	Teacher Kim
	The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful	Teacher Ddong	[9]
2020	Pawn	Jong-bae	[10]
	Best Friend
2021	Voice	Lee Kyu-ho	[11]
	Perhaps Love	Sunmo	[12]
2023	Unlocked	Detective Ji-man	[13]
	Project Silence	Dr. Yang	[14]
2025	Hi-Five	Yak-sun	[15]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2008	Tazza	Brown Bear's underling	SBS
2010	Oh! My Lady	Jung Yoon-seok	SBS
	KBS Drama Special "I'm a Butterfly"	Kang Mu-seong	KBS2
2011	Midnight Hospital	Choi Kwang-guk	MBC
	Lights and Shadows	Yang Tae-sung	MBC
2012	KBS Drama Special "Do You Know Taekwondo?"	Kwang-hyun	KBS2
	Ji Woon-soo's Stroke of Luck	Ji Woon-soo's Ka Center friend (cameo)	TV Chosun
2013	Gu Family Book	Buddhist monk Sojung	MBC
	Monstar	CEO Go	Mnet
	My Love from the Star	Detective Park Byung-hee	SBS
2014	Misaeng: Incomplete Life	Park Jong-shik	tvN
2015	Angry Mom	Ahn Dong-chil	MBC
	Let's Eat 2	Im Taek-soo	tvN[16][17]
	Songgot: The Piercer	Joo Kang-min	JTBC
2016	Bring It On, Ghost	Detective	tvN
	Drinking Solo	Cameo
	Listen to Love	Won Gi	JTBC
2017	Oh, the Mysterious	Park Soo-Chil	SBS
2019	The Light in Your Eyes	Kim Hee-won	JTBC
2023	Behind Your Touch	Won Jong-mook[18]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2023	Moving	Choi Il-hwan	[19][20]
	Han River Police	Lee Chun-seok	[21]

Variety show

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2020–present	House on Wheels	Cast Member	Season 1–4[22]

As filmmaker

Series performance

Year	Title		Note	Ref.
	English	Korean
2024	Light Shop	조명가게	Director	[23]

Theater

Year	Title	Notes
	A Midsummer Night's Dream
	Othello
	Hamlet
	Subway Line 1
	Moskito
	Master Wonsul
	Jesus Christ Superstar
	Song of Grass
	Jang Bogo's Dream
2009–2010	Laundry	Theatre director[24]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2017	26th Buil Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Merciless	Won
	54th Grand Bell Awards			Nominated
	38th Blue Dragon Film Awards			Nominated
	4th Korean Film Producers Association Awards			Won
2018	54th Baeksang Arts Awards[25]	Best Supporting Actor (Film)		Nominated
	23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards[26]	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2021	Golden Cinematography Awards [27]	Best Supporting Actor	Pawn	Won
2022	58th Grand Bell Awards[28]	Best Supporting Actor	Perhaps Love	Nominated