Kim Dong-ho

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Dong-ho (Korean: 김동호; born August 17, 1985), former stage name Kang Dong-ho, is a South Korean actor. He is mostly active in musicals.

Kim Dong-ho
Born	(1985-08-17) August 17, 1985 (age 39) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Kang Dong-ho (former stage name)
Education	Dankook University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Agent	Initial Entertainment[1]
Spouse	Yoonjo (m. 2023)
Korean name
Hangul	김동호
Hanja	金東浩
Revised Romanization	Gim Dong-ho
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Tongho

In 2005, Kim began his acting career with the musical A Secret Garden.^[1][2][3][4] He then made his screen debut in the television series Twinkle Twinkle (2011), which earned him a Baeksang Arts Award nomination. He also appeared in the television series Wild Romance (2012), My Husband Got a Family (2012), Graceful Friends (2020), and Undercover (2021).^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Personal life

On September 11, 2023, Kim announced that he would marry singer Yoonjo, a former member of Hello Venus and UNI.T, in November.^[11] The couple married in a private ceremony on November 19, 2023.^[12]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Reprised
2005	The Secret Garden
	The Sorrows of Young Werther	카인즈	2006
	A Midsummer's Nightmare
2006	Grease	Danny Zuko/Doody	2006–2007, 2007, 2009–2010, 2010
2007	Finding Kim Jong-wook	Kim Jong-wook/First Love	2012[13]
	The Beautiful Game	Frank
2008	Hamlet	Laertes
	Thrill Me	Richard Loeb
2009	Dracula: The Musical?	Dracula/Jonathan Harker
2009-2010	Singles	Su-heon	2010
2010	Rooftop Room Cat	Lee Kyung-min	2011-2012
	Goong: Musical[14]	Lee Shin	2011
2010-2011	True West	Austin
2013	Gwanghwamun Sonata 2[15]	Adam
	High School Musical[16][17]	Troy Bolton
2013-2014	The Wedding Singer	Robbie Hart
2016	Daddy Long Legs	Jervis

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	One Day, The First Love Invaded Me	Young-jae
2021	A Trap	Ki-young
2022	Dan's Family No. 1	Ki-woong

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Twinkle Twinkle	Kang Dae-beom
2012	Wild Romance	Kim Tae-han
	My Husband Got a Family	Han Kyu-hyun
2016	My Runway	Na Jin-wook
2016–2017	Bubbly Lovely	Yoon Dong-joon
2020	Men Are Men	Man at wedding	Cameo (episode 1)
	Graceful Friends	Seo Joo-won
2021	Undercover	Cheon Woo-jin	Guest (episodes 2 and 8)
	The Penthouse: War in Life	Clothing store owner	Cameo (season 3 - episode 13)
2023	The Matchmakers	Ahn Dong-gun	[18]

Variety show

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Exploration of Genders	Cast member
2016	King of Mask Singer	Contestant (A Train to the World) Episode 49
2016–2017	Singing Battle	Contestant 6th Game (episodes 10–11) 10th Game (episodes 18–19)

Discography

Year	Song Title	Notes
2011	"My Love"	track from Twinkle Twinkle OST

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	4th Korea Drama Awards	Best New Actor	Twinkle Twinkle	Nominated
	30th MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actor in a Serial Drama		Nominated
2012	48th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor – Television		Nominated

References

1. "김동호 Kim Dongho". 이니셜 엔터테인먼트 initial entertainment. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
2. Lee, Ga-on (9 August 2012). "강동호: My name is..." [Kang Dong-ho: My name is...]. TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
3. Lee, Ga-on (9 August 2012). "강동호: 정글을 달리는 초식동물". TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
4. Park, Jin-young (6 July 2012). "강동호 "3년간 우울증, 내려놓으니 다 사라지던데요" (인터뷰)". TV Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
5. "Kang Dong-ho is a chic city guy in Wild Romance". Hancinema. 22 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
6. "Lee Joon-hee and Jo Yoon-hee in My Husband Got a Family". Hancinema. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
7. Kim, Mi-gyeom; Lee, Jae-ha (19 July 2012). "'넝쿨' 강동호가 본 대세 이희준 인기비결은..(인터뷰)". Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
8. "Kang Dong-ho's first exclusive fan meeting in Japan". Hancinema. 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
9. Cho, Suyoun (14 February 2014). "Kang Dong Ho Waves to Cameras at Photo Wall of Solid Homme's Event". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
10. Lee, Seul (2 December 2012). "Kang Dong Ho expresses his feelings for NaNa". StarN News. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
11. Ha, Ji-won (11 September 2023). "김동호 측 "♥윤조와 11월 백년가약, 새출발 격려·응원 부탁" [공식입장 전문]" [Kim Dong-ho’s side “♥ Yoonjo and I are celebrating our 100th anniversary in November, please encourage and support us for a new start” [Full official statement]] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023 – via Naver.
12. Yang, So-young (19 November 2023). "윤조♥김동호 오늘(19일) 결혼식…"저 진짜 갑니다"" [Yoonjo♥Kim Dongho wedding today (19th)… “I’m really going”] (in Korean). Nate News. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
13. Park, Hyun-min (29 June 2012). "S.E.S., DBSK, Big Bang Support Musicals and Celeb Friends". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
14. Sunwoo, Carla (28 June 2012). "Friend says Yunho and Park Soo-jin are not an item". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
15. Oh, Jin-ju (12 June 2013). "Ryeo Wook attends Kang Dong Ho's musical". StarN News. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
16. Lee, Sun-min (21 May 2013). "High School Musical comes to Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
17. Yun, Chloe (21 May 2013). "Kang Dong ho, Jae jin, and Ryeo Wook to be triple-cast as Troy of High School Musical". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
18. Yang So-young (September 22, 2023). "'혼례대첩' 로운 조이현 대본리딩 포착...조선판 러브 액츄얼리" (in Korean). Star Today. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023 – via Naver.

External links

• Kim Dong-ho at HanCinema
• Kim Dong-ho at IMDb