1. Kim Jung-tae was born on Kim Tae-wook on December 13,1972 and is a South Korean actor.
14 Facts About Kim Jung-tae
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Kim Jung-tae is best known for his supporting roles on film and television.
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Kim Jung-tae made his acting debut in 1999 with the film The Uprising under his birth name Kim Tae-wook.
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Best known as a supporting actor, Kim was often typecast in antagonistic roles, mostly as gangsters, loan sharks, and other such villains.
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Kim Jung-tae drew praise in 2010 when he played the leading role in the 25-minute short film Remember O Goddess, a film noir involving memory loss.
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In 2014, he and his son Kim Jung-tae Ji-hoo appeared on The Return of Superman, a reality show that follows celebrity fathers who take over caring for their children for a few days while their wives are away.
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On episode 21, Kim Jung-tae said that he calls Ji-hoo by the nickname "Yakkung" because while playing peekaboo with him as a baby, Ji-hoo would not answer to, but to.
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Kim Jung-tae was later heavily criticized for bringing Ji-hoo while publicly campaigning for Na Dong-yeon of the Saenuri Party, who ran for Yangsan city mayor in South Gyeongsang Province in the June 4,2014 local elections.
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Kim Jung-tae's wife, Jeon Yeo-jin responded that the family was just on a "picnic," and that she and her son had just stopped by to say hello to Na, who is an old friend of her husband.
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Yet due to mounting criticism that a child had seemingly been exploited for political means, Kim Jung-tae's agency announced a week after the incident that Kim Jung-tae and his son had chosen to leave the program The Return of Superman.
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In 2009, Kim Jung-tae married his girlfriend of 19 years, Jeon Yeo-jin; the two have known each other since they were teenagers.
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Kim Jung-tae suffers from cirrhosis and almost died from it on multiple occasions.
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Kim Jung-tae was cared for by his mother, who ultimately died of the same disease.
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Kim Jung-tae has penned over 200 poems since the age of 17 and plans to publish them in a book.