Kim Tae-hoon (actor)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Tae-hoon (born May 26, 1975) is a South Korean actor. Kim graduated from Hanyang University, then began his acting career with the Hanyang Repertory Theatre in 1997.^[2] Onscreen, he has played leading roles in indie films such as Way to Go, Rose (2006), The Pit and the Pendulum (2009) and When Winter Screams (2013).^[3][4] Kim also stars in mainstream films and television dramas such as The Man from Nowhere (2010), You're So Pretty (2011), The Innocent Man (2012), An Ethics Lesson (2013), and Pure Love (2013).^[5][6][7][8]

Kim Tae-hoon
Kim in April 2023
Born	(1975-05-26) May 26, 1975 (age 50) Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1]
Education	Hanyang University (Theater and Film)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Agent	El Julai Entertainment
Family	Kim Tae-woo (brother)
Korean name
Hangul	김태훈
Hanja	金太勳
RR	Gim Taehun
MR	Kim T'aehun

His older brother Kim Tae-woo is also an actor.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Are You Seeing Anyone[10]	Tae-hoon	short film
2005	Mr. Housewife	AD Cheon
2006	Way to Go, Rose	Kang Nam-dae
2009	The Origin of Water	Kim Joong-bae
	Q & A	Man in the audience	short film
	6 Hours[11]	Taxi driver Sun-woo	short film
	The Pit and the Pendulum	Sang-tae
2010	Parallel Life	Jung Min-soo (cameo)
	Short! Short! Short! 2010: Fantastic Theater[12]	Director Kim	segment: "Ten Million"
	The Man from Nowhere	Detective Kim Chi-gon
2011	Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow	Im Geo-seon
	If You Were Me 5[13]	In-kwon	segment: "Her Story Taking"
	Shotgun Love	PD Park
2012	Ghost Sweepers	Young male ghost	Special appearance
	A Stranger	Cold man	short film
2013	South Bound	Teacher Lee
	An Ethics Lesson[14]	Han Hyun-soo
	When Winter Screams	Yeon-soo
2014	Gyeongju[15]	Detective Lee Young-min
	The Admiral: Roaring Currents	Kim Jung-geol
2015	The Long Way Home	General Jo	Special appearance
	The Sound of a Flower	Low level official
2016	Snow Paths	Jeong-woo
	Trick	Do-joon
	A Quiet Dream	Tae-hoon	Special appearance
2017	Glass Garden	Ji-hoon
2018	Love+Sling	Seung-hyuk
	The Pension	Man
2019	Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission	Park-hoon
2021	Mission: Possible	Shin Ki-roo
	A Good Person	Kyung-seok	[16]
2022	Excellence	Jo Moon-gil	[17]
TBA	Taste of Horror – The Beginning		Short Film[18]
	Dream Palace		[19]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Goodbye Solo	Shin Sik
	Drama City "While the Memory Is Asleep"	Sang-wook
2007	Sexi Mong	Yoon Jae-yi
	Eight Days, Assassination Attempts against King Jeongjo	Kim Han-ju
2010	The King of Legend	Buyeo San
2011	You're So Pretty	Park Chi-young
2012	Operation Proposal	Time conductor Kang Jin-woo
	KBS Drama Special "Rememory"	Detective Kang Ji-hoon
	The Innocent Man[20]	Ahn Min-young
2013	Pure Love	Jung Woo-sung
	Drama Festival "Boy Meets Girl"	Hyung-gu
2014	Secret Door	Kang Pil-jae
	Bad Guys	Prosecutor Oh Jae-won
2015	Angry Mom[21]	Do Jung-woo
	This is My Love	Choi Jae-ho
	Hidden Identity[22]	Min Tae-in
	Reply 1988	Cardiac surgeon	Special appearance (Eps. 8)
2016	One More Happy Ending	Kim Gun-hak
	Fantastic	Dr. Hong Joon-ki
2017	The Guardians	Kim Eun-jung
2018	Hold Me Tight[23]	Seok-jun
	Live	Sang-soo's older brother	Special appearance
2019	Persona	IU's father
	Secret Boutique	Wi Jung-hyuk
2019	Kingdom	Lee Gang-yun
2020	My Unfamiliar Family	Yoon Tae-hyung
2021	Navillera	Ki Seung-joo
2022	Never Give Up	Hwang Eun-ho [24]
2023	Delightfully Deceitful	Jay / Chairman[25]
	My Dearest	Choe Myeong-gil[26]
2023	My Demon	Noh Seok-min[27]
2025	Friendly Rivalry	Yoo Tae-joon	[28]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Alice, the Ultimate Weapon	Spicy		[29][30]
2022–2023	Shadow Detective	Woo Hyeon-seok	Season 1–2	[31]
2023	Queenmaker	Ma Jung-seok		[32]
2024	Chicken Nugget			[25]

Hosting

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	19th Gwanghwamun International Short Film Festival	Host for the Opening and closing ceremonies	with Kwon Yul	[33]

Theater

Year	Title	Role
2004	상사주
2005	Dancing at Lughnasa
| Proposal
| Pelléas and Mélisande

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Asiana International Short Film Festival	2009	Face in Shorts Award	Q & A	Won	[34]
MBC Drama Awards	2018	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries	Hold Me Tight	Nominated
SBS Drama Awards	2023	Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama	My Demon	Nominated	[35]
Wildflower Film Awards	2022	Best Actor	A Good Person	Won	[36]