Kim Sung Kyu Profile
- Birth Name: 김성규 (Kim Sung Kyu)
- Stage Name: Kim Sung Kyu
- Nationality: South Korean
- Date of Birth: 1986.01.06
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Chinese Zodiac: Ox
- Height: 173 cm (5’67″)
- Weight: N/A
- Blood Type: N/A
- Agency: Saram Entertainment
- Debut: 2011 (in theater stage)
- Personal Social Media: Instagram, Fancafe
Kim Sung Kyu Facts & TMI
- Kim Sung Kyu began his career as an actor in 2011 through theater stage ’12 Men’.
- He started gaining public recognition after starring as a supporting actor in movie ‘The Outlaws’.
- He rose to fame through the Netflix series ‘Kingdom’ and movie ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ in 2019.
- Perhaps because he has been steadily acting on theater stages, he is receiving positive reviews for his acting skills even though he doesn’t have a long filmography.
- He received a piano lesson to prepare for his role as Kang In Wook in the drama ‘A Piece of Your Mind’.
- He is raising 2 cats called DeNiro and Lavant (he named his cats after famous actors Robert DeNiro and French actor Denis Lavant).
- He loves eating sweets.
- He was a member of the dance club back in high school, therefore he has good dancing skills.
- He was even preparing to be a back dancer.
- When he was still active as a theater actor, he did various part-time jobs, including serving at a burger cafe, cooking, stage designing, etc.
- Kim Sung Kyu has finished military service, he served in Paju from 2007 to 2009.
- He was invited to Cannes Film Festival after making only 2 movie appearances.
- He graduated with a Theater degree from Daejeon University.
Movie
‘Nineteen Ninety Nine’ (2011/ Short film)
‘Beloved’ (2012/ Short film)
‘The Con Artists’ as Detective team 2 member (2014)
‘Tunnel’ as Civic group member 3 (2016)
‘The Outlaws’ as Yangae (2017)
‘The Accidental Detective 2: In Action’ as Lee Dae Hyun (2018)
‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ as Kang Kyung Ho
TV Series
‘Kingdom‘ as Yeong Shin (Netflix/ 2019–present)
‘A Piece of Your Mind’ as Kang In Wook (tvN/ 2020)
‘One Ordinary Day’ as Do Ji Tae (Coupang Play/ 2021)
‘The King of Pigs‘ as Jung Jongseok (TVING/ 2022)
Theater
’12 Men’ as Jury No.8 (2011)
‘Ctrl A’ as A (2013)
‘Ancient Futures’ as Second Child (2015–2016)
‘Planaria’ as Man (2016)
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