Kang Shin-il

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Kang Shin-il (born November 26, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Kang graduated from Kyung Hee University with a degree in electronic engineering, but he soon put aside his studies and spent most of his time in Daehangno, Seoul's theater district, where he formed a troupe called Testimony that performed at smaller venues. In 1985, he made his acting debut in Chilsu and Mansu, and soon gained fame as a stage actor in plays such as Kimchigook Goes Crazy and Chronicles of Han.^[2] He appeared onscreen for the first time in the 1988 film adaptation of Chilsu and Mansu and became a prolific supporting actor in Korean cinema and television (notably in Kang Woo-suk's Public Enemy franchise), while continuing to do theater. In 2007, Kang was diagnosed with liver cancer, but after recovering from surgery, he resumed his acting career.^[3]

Kang Shin-il
Born	(1960-11-26) November 26, 1960 (age 63) Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea[1]
Education	Kyung Hee University - Electronic Engineering
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Agent	Starvillage Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	강신일
Hanja	姜信一
Revised Romanization	Gang Sin-il
McCune–Reischauer	Kang Sinil

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1988	Chilsu and Mansu
1999	The Uprising	Ma Chan-sam
2001	Friend	Sang-taek's father
2002	Public Enemy	Chief investigator Uhm
	Jail Breakers	Kim Chi-guk
2003	Sword in the Moon	Joo-sang
	The Legend of the Evil Lake	Minister Mun-su
	Silmido[4]	Keun-jae
2004	Some	Chief Oh
2005	Another Public Enemy	Kim Shin-il
	Mr. Socrates	Beom-pyo
2006	Love Phobia	Cha Jo-kang's father
	Hanbando	Kim Yu-shik
	Maundy Thursday	Manager Lee
2007	Black House[5]	Park Choong-bae
2008	Public Enemy Returns[6]	Squad chief Uhm
2009	My Girlfriend Is an Agent[7]	Doctor Noh Hyung-kyu
	Closer to Heaven	Lee Hak-cheon (cameo)
	Triangle	Vice president Son
2010	A Little Pond[8]	Mr. Kang
	Moss	District prosecutor
2011	Heartbeat	Director Choi
	G-Love	Vice principal
	Always	Boxing gym manager Choi
2012	Deranged	Doctor Hwang
2013	Fists of Legend	Director Jo
	Project Cheonan Ship[9]	Documentary narrator
	Blood and Ties	Han Sang-soo (cameo)
2014	See, Beethoven	Beethoven
2016	Pandora	Mr. Kong
	The Great Actor	Dae-ho
2017	Duck Town
	The Prison	General manager No
	Roman Holiday	Chief Ahn
2019	Black Money	Investigator Jang
2020	Beyond That Mountain	Father Yoon
2022	I Want to Know Your Parents	Principal
2023	My Heart Puppy	Jin-guk's uncle[10]
TBA	Hwapyeong Spot	[11]

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2004	Sunlight Pours Down	Detective Nam
	MBC Best Theater "Jung Malg-eum, Action Movie Star"	Director Ma
	Oh Feel Young	Managing director Min Ki-baek
2005	Green Rose	Investigator Jo
	Resurrection	Seo Jae-soo
2006	Hello, God	Jang Pil-goo
	Alone in Love	Man on blind date (cameo, episode 9)
	Someday	Choi Jae-deok's father
2007	Mermaid Story	Detective Kang
	Flowers for My Life	Choi Pil-goo
	Good Morning Shanghai	Hao Yun's father
	Golden Bride	Kang Woo-nam
2008	Detective Mr. Lee	Section chief Kang
2009	The Return of Iljimae	Kang Se-wook
	Heading to the Ground	Lee Choong-ryul
2010	Personal Taste	Park Chul-han
	My Country Calls	Deputy Shin Ki-joon
	Kim Su-ro, The Iron King[12]	Seon-do
	The President	Lee Chi-soo
2011	The Duo	Sung Cho-shi
	Lie to Me	Gong Joon-ho
	Kimchi Family	Lee Ki-chan
2012	God of War	Monk Soo-beop
	The Chaser	Squad chief detective Hwang
	Glass Mask	Kang In-chul
2013	Flower of Revenge	Mr. Jeon
	When a Man Falls in Love	Seo Kyung-wook
	Secret Love	Ahn In-hwan
	Passionate Love	Han Sung-bok
	Stranger	Detective
	KBS Drama Special "The Unwelcome Guest"[13]	Gook-seo
2014	Emergency Couple	Oh Tae-seok
	God's Gift: 14 Days	Kim Nam-joon
	Triangle	Hwang Jung-man
	Bad Guys	Nam Gu-hyeon
	Pinocchio	Lee Young-tak
2016	Descendants of the Sun	Lieutenant General Yoon
	My Lawyer, Mr. Jo	Jang Shin-woo
2017	Whisper	Shin Chang-ho
	Man to Man	Im-Suk Hoon
2018	Sketch	Moon Jae-hyun
	Mr. Sunshine	Lee Jung-moon
	Room No. 9[14]	Eulji Sung
2019	Doctor Prisoner	Kim Sang-chun
2020	When the Weather Is Fine	Im Jong-pil
	Nobody Knows	Seo Sang-won
	Fatal Promise	Kang Il-seop
2021	Police University	Seo Sang-hak
2022	Bloody Heart	Kim Chi-won
2023	Numbers	Jin Tae-soo
2023–2024	Korea–Khitan War	Monk Jin-gwan
2024	Love Song for Illusion[15]	Jin Mu-dal

Variety show

Year	Title	Notes
2007	Yellow River	Documentary narrator
2013	Tracking Report: Watching	Host

Music Video

Year	Song	Artist
2005	As I Live (살다가)	SG Wannabe

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Reprised
1985	Chilsu and Mansu
	A Crying Bird on the Border
	달라진 저승
	April 9
	A Story of Old Thieves
	Thomas' Testimony
	Kimchigook Goes Crazy
	Faust
	Na Woon-gyu
	The Caucasian Chalk Circle
	Luther
	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
	A Song Like This
	Princess Deokhye
	멍추같은 영감
	얼굴 뒤의 얼굴
	Bone and Flesh
	떠벌이 우리 아버지 암에 걸리셨네
	Mr. Peace
	Moskito
	Made in Japan
	Bride of May
	Come and See Me
2001	Statement[16]		2006
2004	Chronicles of Han
2005	Dry and Worn Away
2006	Han Jeong-rim's Music Diary	(cameo)	2012, 2013
2007	Byun[17]
2009	Namhansanseong	Choi Myung-kil
2010	Bieonso
	Sound of the Heavens, the Music of King Sejong		2012[18]
2011	Kang Shin-il and the Fox
	Red[19]	Mark Rothko	2013-2014[20][21]
2012	Samguk Yusa Project: A Dream
	There	Jang-woo
	House of the Dead 2: The Rat Man / Nobel Prize in Literature Awards Speech	Writer
2013	The Pitmen Painters
2014	Sad Play	Jang Man-ho
	Why Do I Resent Only Small Things?
	Hoy! Style Magazine Show
2015	Sad Fate	Baek Yoon-seok
2022–2023	Miners Painters		[22]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	19th Seoul Theater Festival: Modern Play Awards	Best Actor		Won
	Critics' Association: Best 5 in Theater	Recipient		Won
1998	22nd Seoul International Performing Arts Festival	Best Actor		Won
	The National Theater Association of Korea: Best 5 of the Year	Best Actor		Won
1999	35th Dong-A Theatre Awards	Best Actor	Kimchigook Goes Crazy	Won
2002	10th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Public Enemy	Won
2005	42nd Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Another Public Enemy	Nominated
	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Resurrection	Nominated
2008	45th Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Black House	Nominated
	7th Korean Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Public Enemy Returns	Nominated

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External links

• Kang Shin-il at Star Village Entertainment (in Korean)
• Kang Shin-il at HanCinema
• Kang Shin-il at the Korean Movie Database
• Kang Shin-il at IMDb
• Kang Shin-il Fan Cafe at Daum (in Korean)