1. Kim Rae-won first rose to fame with his appearances in the 2003 romantic comedy series Cats on the Roof.
24 Facts About Kim Rae-won
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Kim Rae-won is best known for the movies My Little Bride, Sunflower, The Prison, as well as television series Love Story in Harvard, Gourmet, A Thousand Days' Promise, Punch, The Doctors, Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me, and The First Responders.
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Kim Rae-won initially wanted to become a professional basketball player, but when an injured ankle tendon ended that childhood dream, he turned to acting and studied Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University.
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Kim Rae-won made his acting debut in the 1997 teen drama Me, in the role of a newbie at the broadcasting club of his high school.
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In 2002, Kim rose to fame after starring in the romance comedy drama My Love Patzzi.
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Kim Rae-won then played a carefree photographer who enters the life of an introverted girl in melodrama.
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Kim Rae-won continued playing romantic heroes on television, in dramas such as Snowman, Love Story in Harvard, and Which Star Are You From.
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Kim Rae-won played a lowlife-turned-cop in Mr Socrates, a former gangster attempting to turn over a new leaf in Sunflower, and an antihero art restorer in Insadong Scandal.
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In 2008, Kim Rae-won played an elementary school teacher who falls for a Korean-Japanese jewelry designer in the Japanese film Flower Shadow.
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Kim Rae-won then explored the melodrama genre in A Thousand Days' Promise, by renowned TV screenwriter Kim Rae-won Soo-hyun.
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Kim Rae-won impressed the audience with his portrayal of a character torn between the longtime girlfriend whom his parents approve of, and the woman he truly loves who suffers from early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Kim Rae-won next starred in 2014 legal thriller Punch, where he wowed critics with his portrayal of a prosecutor who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides to use his remaining six months to bring down the corrupt officials within the legal system.
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Kim Rae-won shed 15 kilograms to make his role as a fist-fighting gangster more realistic.
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Kim Rae-won then made his small-screen comeback in the SBS's medical drama Doctors opposite Park Shin-hye.
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In 2017, Kim Rae-won starred in the crime action film The Prison alongside Han Suk-kyu, playing a former detective behind bars.
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The film became a surprise hit at the box office and received critical acclaim; and Kim Rae-won was praised for his realistic execution of action scenes.
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Kim Rae-won next starred in mystery thriller film RV: Resurrected Victims by Kwak Kyung-taek.
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In September 2018, Kim Rae-won was cast in the action film Long Live The King alongside Won Jin-ah, based on a webtoon of the same name.
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Kim Rae-won will take the role of a mob boss who campaigns and becomes a politician.
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In 2019, Kim Rae-won was cast in the romantic comedy film Crazy Romance alongside Snowman co-star Gong Hyo-jin.
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In July 2021, HB Entertainment's contract ended and Kim Rae-won decided not to renew it.
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On 28 September 2011, Kim Rae-won was reportedly involved in a physical altercation with a waitress at a bar in Gangnam, Seoul where he and employees of his then-agency Bless Entertainment were drinking.
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Kim Rae-won issued a denial, claiming he had only interceded in a verbal argument between the woman and an agency rep, and later made a public apology regarding the incident.
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Kim Rae-won has long been rumored to come from a very affluent family, which he denied in a 14 January 2013 guest appearance on talk show Healing Camp, though he confirmed that he did inherit an apartment unit during middle school as well as a large sum of money from his grandmother.