Kim Soo Hyun

Kim Soo-hyun (Korean: Soohyun Kim, Romanized: Kim Soo-hyun, February 16, 1988 -) is a South Korean actor. He has won 5 Baeksang Arts Awards, 2 Daejong Awards and 1 Blue Dragon Film Award since his debut. He is one of the most influential representative actors in the Korean entertainment industry. Before the first party publicly named his Chinese name as "Kim Soo-hyun", third parties often referred to him as Kim Soo-hyun. Kim Soo-hyun has been selected as Gallup Korea's most dazzling TV actor of the year and the most dazzling movie actor of the year many times. He has also been selected as "Korean's favorite TV actor" many times. In addition, he is also a frequent visitor to Korea's Forbes Celebrity List, and has been selected as Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 Elite List. Kim Soo-hyun debuted as an actor in the sitcom "Kimchi Cheese Smile" in 2007, and later rose to prominence with "Dream High" (2011), "The Moon Embracing the Sun" (2012), and the movies "A League of Thieves" (2012) and "The Great Hidden" (2013). Among them, the TV series "The Moon Embracing the Sun" received extremely high ratings, and he won the Best Actor Award at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards, further establishing his status as an actor. From 2013 to 2015, Kim Soo-hyun starred in "My Love from the Star" and "The Producer" successively, which not only caused an international craze, but also won many awards. He enlisted in the army in October 2017 for military service. After being discharged from the army in 2019, he starred in the TV series "It's Okay, It's Okay" (2020), announcing his official return to the entertainment industry. In 2024, the TV series "Queen of Tears" starring him set another ratings record and won tvN's all-time ratings championship, further consolidating his status as South Korea's top actor. In March 2025, Kim Soo Hyun became the focus of public and media attention due to accusations related to the controversial relationship with Kim Sae Ron.