Kim Sung-cheol

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Sung-cheol (Korean: 김성철; born December 31, 1991) is a South Korean actor. He achieved initial success in stage musicals before being cast in his debut television role as Kim Young-cheol (a.k.a. 'Jailbird') in Prison Playbook (2017). He is recognised for his roles in The Battle of Jangsari (2019), Do You Like Brahms? (2020), Our Beloved Summer (2021), and Hellbound (2024).

Kim Sung-cheol
Kim in October 2020
Born	(1991-12-31) December 31, 1991 (age 33) Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	Korea National University of Arts – Department of Acting
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present
Agent	Story J Company[1]
Korean name
Hangul	김성철
Revised Romanization	Gim Seongcheol
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Sŏngch'ŏl

Career

Kim made his debut in the musical Puberty in 2014. In the following years, he appeared in various musicals including My Bucket List, Werther and Fan Letter. For his performance as Tobias Ragg in the 2016 Korean production of Sweeney Todd, he received the award for Best Rookie Actor at the Korea Musical Awards.^[2]

In 2017, Kim made his television debut in Prison Playbook.^{[3][4][unreliable source?]}

In 2018, Kim starred in the musical rom-com To. Jenny opposite Jung Chae-yeon.^[5] Kim also joined in the film Too Hot to Die.^[6] In October 2018, Kim joined the drama OCN Player.^[7]

In 2019, Kim acted in the JTBC drama The Wind Blows as well as the tvN series Arthdal Chronicles.^[8] He also starred in the war film The Battle of Jangsari,^[9] for which he won a Best New Actor award in the 27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards. The same year, Kim played a supporting role in the film Kim Ji-young: Born 1982.^[10]

In 2020, Kim appeared in the SBS drama Do You Like Brahms?,^[11] earning him a nomination for Best New Actor at the 2020 SBS Drama Awards.^[12] The same year, Kim appeared as Jung Ui-myeong in the Netflix apocalyptic horror series Sweet Home.^[13]

In 2021, Kim made special appearances in Vincenzo^[14] and Racket Boys.^[15] In addition, Kim was cast as an MC in Channel A's DIMF Musical Star.^[16] Later in July, Kim was confirmed to star in the SBS drama Our Beloved Summer which premiered in December 2021.^[17] In August 2021, Kim was confirmed to join the historical film The Owl, where the filming began in September 2021.^[18]

Kim made his return to musicals as L in the 2022 Korean production of Death Note.^[19]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Winter Picnic	Seung-jae	Short film	[citation needed]
2017	The Silence of the Dogs	Hwang Guk-yeong		[20]
	Anarchist from Colony	Koto Fumio		[citation needed]
2018	Too Hot to Die	Young Doo-seok		[6]
2019	The Battle of Jangsari	Ki Ha-ryun		[9]
	Kim Ji-young: Born 1982	Kim Ji-seok		[10][21]
2020	Search Out	Joon-hyuk		[22]
2022	The Night Owl	Crown Prince Sohyeon		[23][24]
2024	Troll Factory	Jjingppeotking		[25]
2025	The Old Woman with the Knife	Tuu		[26]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Prison Playbook	Kim Young-cheol		[4]
2018	To. Jenny	Park Jung-min		[5][27]
	Player	Ji Sung-goo	Cameo (episode 1, 2)	[7]
2019	The Wind Blows	Bryan Jung		[28]
	Arthdal Chronicles	Ipsaeng		[8]
2020	Hospital Playlist	No Jin-hyung	Cameo (episode 2)	[29]
	Do You Like Brahms?	Han Hyun-ho		[11]
	Drama Special	Lee Dong-shik	Episode: "One Night"	[citation needed]
	Sweet Home	Jung Ui-myeong	Cameo (season 1; episode 9, 10)	[13]
2021	Vincenzo	Hwang Min-sung	Cameo (episode 8, 20)	[14]
	Racket Boys	Park Jun-young	Cameo (episode 6)	[15]
2021–2022	Our Beloved Summer	Kim Ji-woong		[17]
2023–2024	Death's Game	Hyeon-su	Special appearance	[30]
2024	No Way Out: The Roulette	Sung Joon-woo		[31]
	Hellbound	Jung Jin-soo	Season 2	[32]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2021	DIMF Musical Star	Host	[16]

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Ref.
2023	"Hangang Gongwon" (한강공원)	Bibi	[33]

Theater

Musicals

Musical play performances

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2014	Puberty (사춘기)	Yong-man	[34]
2015	My Bucket List [ko] (마이 버킷 리스트)	Hae-gi	[34]
	Sontag Hotel (손탁호텔)	Jun	[citation needed]
	Pungwolju [ko] (풍월주)	Sa-dam	[34]
2015–2016	Werther (베르테르)	Kainz	[34]
2016	Au Revoir! UFO (안녕! 유에프오)	Sang-gu	[34]
	Sweeney Todd (스위니 토드)	Tobias Ragg	[35]
	Fan Letter (팬레터)	Jung Se-hun	[36]
2017	Mr. Mouse (미스터 마우)	Seo In-hu	[citation needed]
2018	Vampire Arthur (뱀파이어 아더)	Arthur	[citation needed]
2019–2020	Big Fish (빅피쉬)	Will Bloom	[37][38]
2022	Death Note (데스노트)	L	[39]
2023			[40]
	Monte Cristo (몬테크리스토)	Edmond Dantes	[41]

Plays

Theater play performances

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Date	Ref.
2016–2017	Romeo and Juliet (로미오와 줄리엣)	Benvolio	National Theater Daloreum Theater	December 9–January 13	[42]
2017			Gunpo Culture and Arts Center Suri Hall (Grand Performance Hall)	January 21–22	[citation needed]
			Woosong Arts Center Daejeon	February 4–5	[citation needed]
			Suseong Artpia Paper Hall Daegu	February 23–24	[citation needed]
			Andong Culture and Arts Center Woongbu Hall	February 25–26	[citation needed]
2023	Shakespeare in Love (셰익스피어 인 러브 – 서울)	William Shakespeare	Seoul Arts Center CJ Towol Theater	January 28 to March 26	[43]
			Sejong Arts Centre	April 8 to 9

Discography

Soundtrack appearances

Title	Year	Album	Ref.
"Nonhyun-dong Pork Belly"	2018	To. Jenny OST Part 1	[44][unreliable source?]
"Tiramisu Cake" (featuring Choi Yu-ri)
"Grab Me" (featuring Lee Sang-yi)
"Care About You"
"Your Song" (featuring Jung Chae-yeon)		To. Jenny OST Part 2	[45][unreliable source?]
"To. Jenny"

Cast recordings

• Musical Pyungweolju (Original Soundtrack) (2015)^{[46][unreliable source?]}
• My Bucket List (Original Cast Recording) (2016)^{[47][unreliable source?]}
• Musical Mr. Mouse OST (2017)^{[48][unreliable source?]}

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Baeksang Arts Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actor – Film	The Night Owl	Nominated	[49]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2019	Best New Actor	The Battle of Jangsari	Nominated	[50]
Chunsa Film Art Awards	2020	Best New Actor		Nominated	[51]
	2023		The Night Owl	Won	[52]
Director's Cut Awards	2023	Best New Actor in film		Nominated	[53]
Grand Bell Awards	2023	Best New Actor		Nominated	[54]
KBS Drama Awards	2020	Best Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	Drama Special – One Night	Nominated	[citation needed]
Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	2019	Best New Actor in a Film	The Battle of Jangsari	Won	[55]
Korea Musical Awards	2017	Best New Actor	Sweeney Todd	Won	[2]
Interpark Golden Ticket Awards	2023	Best Actor in a Play	Shakespeare in Love	Nominated	[56]
SBS Drama Awards	2020	Best New Actor	Do You Like Brahms?	Nominated	[12]
	2021	Excellence Award for an Actor in a Mini-Series Romance/Comedy Drama	Our Beloved Summer	Nominated	[57]
Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards	2015	Best Musical Actor - Male Rookie Award	Kim Sung-cheol	Won	[citation needed]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Ref.
Allure	2020	Rising stars, New faces on stage	Shortlist[A]	[58]

Notes

1. Shortlist with Jang Eun-ah, Lim Bye-ol, and Kim Seon-ho