Kim Kwang-kyu (actor)

This article is about the actor. For the poet, see Kim Kwang-kyu.
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Kwang-kyu
Kim in 2019
Born (1967-12-08) December 8, 1967 (age 56)
Yeongdo District, Busan, South Korea
EducationBusan Arts College
Korea National Open University
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
AgentThink Entertainment[1]
Korean name
Hangul
김광규
Hanja
金光奎
Revised RomanizationGim Gwang-gyu
McCune–ReischauerKim Kwangkyu

Kim Kwang-kyu (Korean: 김광규; born December 8, 1967) is a South Korean actor.[2] He made his acting debut in 1999 in Dr. K, and its director fellow Busan native Kwak Kyung-taek later cast him in a small but memorable role as a physically abusive teacher in the 2001 box-office hit Friend.[3] Kim continued acting in both television and film as a supporting actor, notably in Couple or Trouble (2006), The Secret of Coocoo Island (2008), Scent of a Woman (2011), and I Can Hear Your Voice (2013).[4][5][6] He also appears on the reality shows I Live Alone (since 2013) and Three Meals a Day (2015).[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Kim, Seon-woo (August 31, 2022). "김광규, 생각엔터 전속계약…김호중·손호준 한솥밥" [Kim Kwang-gyu signed an exclusive contract with Think Entertainment... Ho-Jung Kim and Ho-Jun Son One Pot Rice] (in Korean). JTBC. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Naver.
  2. ^ "김광규 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Cuvism Magazine" 조연으로 시작해, 예능계의 대세남이 된, 배우 김광규. Cuvism Mag (in Korean). May 7, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. ^ Seo, Bo-hyeon (October 22, 2008). 김광규의 느리게 걷기 "국민배우가 내 마지막 목표" (인터뷰). Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. ^ 김광규 "대머리 노총각이지만 멜로 해보고 싶다"(인터뷰). JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). July 13, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  6. ^ 김광규 "예능 프로그램, 참 묘한 것 같아요". Yonhap (in Korean). May 5, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  7. ^ Ko, Hong-ju (March 8, 2013). "Pilot Program When a Man Lives Alone Given a Regular Time Slot as I Live Alone". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  8. ^ "Noh Hong Chul and Kim Kwang Gyu Visits SISTAR's Soyu and Eat Chicken Feet". Soompi. September 11, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Lee, Ji-young (May 6, 2015). "Three Meals in Jeongseon to Start on May 15 with Kim Kwang Kyu Added to Cast". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.