Kim In-kwon

Kim In-kwon (Korean: 김인권; born January 20, 1978) is a South Korean actor. Known for playing memorable supporting characters,^[2][3][4] he starred in his first leading role in the sleeper hit He's on Duty (2010),^[5] followed by Almost Che (2012), Born to Sing (2013), and Apostle (2014).^[6][7]

Kim In-kwon
Kim in September 2024
Born	(1978-01-20) January 20, 1978 (age 46) Suyeong-gu, Busan, South Korea[1]
Education	Dongguk University - Theater and Film
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Agent	YNK Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	김인권
Hanja	金吝勸
Revised Romanization	Gim In-gwon
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Inkwŏn

Kim also directed and starred in the 2002 short film Shivski.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Rainbow Trout	Tae-ju
	Fanta Tropical		short film
2000	Peppermint Candy	Sergeant Lee
	Anarchists	Sang-gu
	Taxi of Terror	male teenager 2
2001	My Wife Is a Gangster	Banse ("Underwear")
	Ciao	adult Tae-won	short film
2002	H	Heo Young-taek
	Shivski	Tae-ju	short film; also credited as director
2003	A Man Who Went to Mars	Ho-geol
	Plastic Tree	Soo
	Please Teach Me English	sergeant
2004	Once Upon a Time in High School	Jjiksae
	Love, So Divine	seminarian Seon-dal
	Twentidentity		segment: "Fucked Up Shoes"
2007	My Father	Shin Yo-seob / Joseph
	Two Faces of My Girlfriend	Gu-chang's sunbae (cameo)
	Miss Gold Digger	Kim Yoon-cheol
2008	Fate	Jeong Do-wan
2009	Tidal Wave	Oh Dong-choon
	Secret	Seok-joon
2010	The Man Next Door	man with sausage (cameo)
	He's on Duty	Bang Tae-shik / Bang-ga
	Haunters	loan shark (cameo)
2011	Quick	Kim Myung-shik
	My Way	Jong-dae
2012	Masquerade	Captain Do
	Almost Che	Kang Dae-oh
	The Tower	Oh Byung-man
2013	Born to Sing	Bong-nam
2014	Apostle: He Was Anointed by God	Joo Chul-ho
	The Divine Move	Kkong-soo ("Tricks")
	Tazza: The Hidden Card	Heo Gwang-chul
2015	C'est Si Bon	Jo Young-nam	(cameo)
	Clown of a Salesman	Il-bum
	Himalaya	Park Jeong-bok
2016	The Map Against The World	Ba Woo
2017	Daddy You, Daughter Me	Driver	(cameo)
2018	Monstrum	Sung-han
	In Between Seasons	Manager Lee
	Too Hot to Die	Byung Nam
	Revenger	Captain Bau
2019	The Battle of Jangsari	Ryu Tae-Seok
	Spring, Again	Jinseol	(cameo)
	Close Game: Reversed War
	How to Live in This World	Young Wook
2020	Hot Blooded Detective	Dong Min
2021	The Cursed: Dead Man's Prey		[9]
2022	Hidden	Director of National Intelligence	[10]
TBA	Executioner's Daughter

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2000	Medical Center	Noh Kang-han
	8.15 Drama "Seongam Island"
2001	Lovers
	MBC Best Theater "Letters for Christmas"
2003	The Bean Chaff of My Life	Jang Sang-doo
	Detectives
2004	Good Morning Gong-ja	Go Kang-seok
	2004 Human Market	Sang-gu
2007	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee	Park Jae-bum
2009	You're Beautiful	Ma Hoon-yi
2010	I Live Without Anything	Shin Byung-dae
2012	My Kids Give Me a Headache	Joo Jae-won (cameo)
2016	Come Back Mister	Kim Young-soo
2017	The Liar and His Lover	Teacher Bong
	Criminal Minds	An Sang-Chul
2019	Angel's Last Mission: Love	Hoo
2020	How to Buy a Friend	Woo Tae-jung
2020–2021	Mr. Queen	Royal Chef Man-bok
2021	Times	Do Young-jae
	The King's Affection	Yang Moon-soo[11]
2022	Cleaning Up	Cheon Deok-gyu[12]
	The Good Detective 2	Lee Seong-gon[13]
2023	Kokdu: Season of Deity	Oksin[14]
	Heartbeat	Go Yang-nam[15]
2024	The Judge from Hell	Gu Man-do[16]
2025	Gwigoong	Kim Eung-soon[17]

Variety show

Date	Title	Notes
2000	Star Survival Dong-geo Dong-rak
2011-12-17	Saturday Night Live Korea	Host[18]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2022	Sleuth	Andrew	[19]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2000	21st Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actor	Anarchists	Nominated
2003	KBS Drama Awards	Best Actor in a One-Act/Special Drama		Won
2007	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee	Nominated
2009	18th Buil Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Haeundae	Won
	46th Grand Bell Awards			Nominated
	30th Blue Dragon Film Awards			Nominated
2012	3rd KOFRA Film Awards		My Way	Won
	21st Buil Film Awards			Nominated
2014	51st Grand Bell Awards		The Divine Move	Nominated
2016	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Fantasy Drama	Come Back Mister	Nominated
2017	22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards	Popularity Award	—	Won
2021	Scene Stealer Festival	Bonsang "Main Prize"	The King's Affection	Won

References

1. "김인권". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
2. Yang, Sung-jin (3 April 2008). "Herald Interview: Kim In-kwon plays a ruthless villain". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Archived from the original on 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
3. Lee, Jin-ho (19 December 2011). "Interview: The Hard-Core Supporting Actor, Kim In Kwon". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
4. Hwang, Hee-yeon; Kim, Hyung-seok (17 October 2014). "10 Scene Stealers② - KIM In-kwon: Acting in Restful Repose". Korean Cinema Today. Archived from the original on 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
5. Lee, Hyo-won (14 October 2010). "Duty falters in satirizing social issues". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
6. Sunwoo, Carla (February 7, 2014). "Apostle tackles Christianity in North Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
7. "Star Focus: A Man with a Thousand Faces, Kim In-kwon". Arirang News. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
8. "Shivski 쉬브스키". Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
9. Jeon Hyeong-hwa (June 11, 2021). "[단독]CJ ENM, 오컬트 스릴러 '방법: 재차의'로 여름대전 합류" [[Exclusive] CJ ENM joins the summer warfare with the occult thriller 'Method: Again']. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
10. Jeon Hyung-hwa (May 4, 2022). "정혜인·공형진·김인권 갬블 액션 영화 '히든' 5월 개봉 확정" [Jeong Hye-in, Gong Hyeong-jin, Kim In-kwon's gamble action movie 'Hidden' confirmed for release in May] (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved May 19, 2022 – via Naver.
11. Kim Myung-mi (June 8, 2021). "김인권 '연모' 출연확정, 박은빈 스승으로 변신(공식입장)" [Kim In-kwon confirmed to appear in 'Yeon-mo', transformed into Park Eun-bin's teacher (official position)] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Naver.
12. Ahn Byung-gil (April 5, 2022). "김인권, JTBC '클리닝업' 출연 확정[공식]" [Kim In-kwon confirmed to appear in JTBC's 'Cleaning Up' [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Naver.
13. Park Soo-in (July 4, 2022). "'모범형사2' 대본연습 메이킹 영상 공개, 뉴페이스 김효진 정문성 등장" ['Exemplary Detective 2' script practice making video released, new face Kim Hyo-jin appeared] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022 – via Naver.
14. Park Ah-reum (November 16, 2022). "김인권 '꼭두의 계절' 합류, 김정현과 재회[공식]" [Kim In-kwon joins 'Kokdu's Season' and reunites with Kim Jung-hyun [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022 – via Naver.
15. Park Jae-hwan (May 10, 2023). "KBS '가슴이 뛴다' 6월 첫 방송... 옥택연-원지안-박강현-윤소희 캐스팅" (in Korean). KBS Media. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023 – via Naver.
16. Choi, Ji-yoon (March 6, 2024). 김인권, 박신혜 돕는 악마...'지옥에서 온 판사' [Kim In-kwon, the devil who helps Park Shin-hye...'The Judge from Hell'] (in Korean). Newsis. Archived from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024 – via Naver.
17. Chang, A-leum (October 25, 2024). '지옥판사' 활약 김인권, '귀궁' 확정...육성재와 케미 [Kim In-kwon, active in 'Judge of Hell', confirmed for 'Return to the Palace'...Chemistry with Yook Sung-jae] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved October 25, 2024 – via Naver.
18. Choi, Eun-hwa (December 13, 2011). "Kim In Kwon To Guest on SNLK". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
19. Kang Seok-bong (November 17, 2022). "연극 '추적', 미친듯한 몰입감으로 한류 속에 빠지다" [The play ‘Chase’, fall into the Korean Wave with a crazy sense of immersion] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved November 17, 2022 – via Naver.

External links

• Kim In-kwon at YNK Entertainment (in Korean)
• Kim In-kwon Fan Cafe at Daum
• Kim In-kwon at HanCinema
• Kim In-kwon at the Korean Movie Database
• Kim In-kwon at IMDb