1. Kim Myung-min is best known for his leading roles in the television series Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin, White Tower, Beethoven Virus, Six Flying Dragons, and Law School, as well as the films Closer to Heaven and the Detective K film series.
19 Facts About Kim Myung-min
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Kim Myung-min debuted as an actor when he won the 6th SBS public talent audition in 1996.
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Kim Myung-min then decided to end his acting career and emigrate to New Zealand with his family following the birth of his son.
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Kim Myung-min was then cast in leading roles, playing a comical ex-gangster in Bad Family and a detective in Open City.
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Kim Myung-min then played a surgeon in two productions: the television series White Tower and film Wide Awake.
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Kim Myung-min won the Best Actor awards at the year-end Baeksang Arts Awards and Grimae Awards, and was chosen as the Best Performer of the year by producers.
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Kim Myung-min received the Grand Prize at the MBC Drama Awards and his second Baeksang for Best Actor in television.
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Kim Myung-min was widely commended for this feat, and won Best Actor Awards in Korea's leading film ceremonies, the 46th Grand Bell Awards and the 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
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Closer to Heaven was followed by another film, Man of Vendetta, where Kim Myung-min portrayed the role of a father for the first time.
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In January 2011, Kim Myung-min took on the role of Joseon's Sherlock Holmes in historical comedy-mystery film Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow.
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Kim Myung-min then starred in sports movie, Pacemaker, where he played a marathon runner.
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Kim Myung-min then starred in The Spies, his second collaboration with Woo Min-ho, director of his 2010 film, Man of Vendetta.
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Kim Myung-min made a comeback to the small screen after four years in satire dramedy The King of Dramas, where he played a drama production company CEO.
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Kim Myung-min next played a brilliant but cynical lawyer who gets into an accident and loses his memory in A New Leaf.
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In 2015, Kim Myung-min reprised his role as Detective K in Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island, the second installment in the Detective K series.
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Kim Myung-min next starred in the disaster film Pandora, portraying the aftermath of an explosion in a nuclear plant.
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Crime drama Proof of Innocence followed, where Kim Myung-min played a former cop-turned-legal broker.
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In 2018, Kim Myung-min again reprised his role as Detective K in Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead, the third installment in the Detective K series.
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In 2019, Kim Myung-min starred in the war film The Battle of Jangsari.