1. Kim Kang-woo is best known from his roles in The Taste of Money and The Missing.
24 Facts About Kim Kang-woo
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Kim Kang-woo majored in Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University.
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In 2001, Kim made his acting debut in SBS TV Movie's and MBC Serie's Wuri's Family as bit part.
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Kim Kang-woo's first leading film role was in Jeong Jae-eun's 2005 sophomore feature The Aggressives, for which he and co-star Chun Jung-myung were the co-recipients of the "Best New Actor" award at the 6th Busan Film Critics Awards.
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In 2007, Kim Kang-woo starred in Park Heung-sik's The Railroad, which told the story of two strangers who reveal their inner pain to each other when they are stranded at the last railway station before the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
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Kim Kang-woo was upset when the film was only released in ten theaters, and went to screenings by himself in an effort to promote the film, where he greeted and conversed with members of the audience.
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In spite of its poor box office performance, The Railroad found favour with critics, and Kim Kang-woo won the "Best Actor" award at the 25th Torino Film Festival.
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Kim Kang-woo admitted to being anxious because of the increased expectations people would have over his future performances.
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Kim Kang-woo found commercial success with his next film, Le Grand Chef, which despite opening during a slow season sold more than three million tickets to become the fourth biggest selling South Korean film of 2007.
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Kim Kang-woo next starred in the crime thriller Rainbow Eyes the same year, portraying a tough detective who is a homosexual.
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In 2008, Kim Kang-woo took on the lead role in Marine Boy, portraying a former professional swimmer who falls into a debt trap.
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Kim Kang-woo returned to the small screen in 2009, playing a psychopath in the action thriller The Slingshot.
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Kim Kang-woo was then cast in the Japanese film Black Dawn, playing a Korean agent.
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Kim Kang-woo then starred in the short film The Heavenly Creature as part of Kim Jee-woon's science-fiction anthology film Doomsday Book; and played the lead role in erotic thriller The Taste of Money by Im Sang-soo.
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Kim Kang-woo returned to the small screen in the romantic comedy action drama Lovers of Haeundae.
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Kim Kang-woo then starred in thriller Tabloid Truth as a talent manager, a film focusing on the tabloid culture of South Korea.
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Kim Kang-woo next featured in the ensemble drama Cart, a film depict a story about contract workers in a large discount store who are faced with wrongful dismissals.
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Meanwhile, on the small screen, Kim Kang-woo took on the lead role in the revenge thriller Golden Cross.
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In 2015, Kim Kang-woo starred in the period film The Treacherous, playing a tyrant king who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures.
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Kim Kang-woo then starred in his first cable television series; mystery thriller The Missing; followed by another thriller Goodbye Mr Black, taking on a villainous role.
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In 2017, Kim Kang-woo starred in the science fiction drama Circle alongside Yeo Jin-goo.
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In 2018, Kim Kang-woo starred in the psychological thriller The Vanished, a remake of the 2012 film The Body.
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In 2019, Kim Kang-woo starred in the fantasy drama Item as the antagonist.
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On June 18,2010, Kim Kang-woo married his longtime girlfriend Han Mu-young, the elder sister of actress Han Hye-jin.