Kim Ji-hoon (actor, born 1981)

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Ji-hoon (Korean: 김지훈; born May 9, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his romantic comedies on television such as The Golden Age of Daughters-in-Law (2007), Love Marriage (also known as Matchmaker's Lover, 2008), Stars Falling from the Sky (also known as Wish Upon a Star, 2010), and My Cute Guys (2012). In 2010, he also appeared in the film Natalie, and cable mystery series Unsolved.^[1][2][3] In 2023 he appeared in Lee Chung-hyun's Netflix film Ballerina

Kim Ji-hoon
Kim in February 2023
Born	(1981-05-09) May 9, 1981 (age 42) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Kim Ji-hun
Education	Ajou University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Agent	Big Picture
Korean name
Hangul	김지훈
Revised Romanization	Gim Ji-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chihun

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Natalie	Min-woo
2017	The Age of Blood	Lee In-jwa		^[4]
2023	Ballerina	Choi Pro	Netflix film	^[5]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2002	Loving You	Choi Sung-wook
2003	A Problem at My Younger Brother's House	Park Young-goo
2004	MBC Best Theater – "Kang Jang-soo's Love House"	Kang Jang-soo
	Land	young Kim Gil-sang
2005	Love Hymn	Kang Hyuk
	Golden Apple	Kim Kyung-gu
2006	Great Inheritance	Choi Shi-wan
	How Much Love	Seo Dong-soo
2007	Flowers for My Life	Go Eun-tak
	Daughters-in-Law	Lee Bok-su	^[6]
2008	Why Did You Come to My House?	Jo Gi-dong
	Love Marriage	Park Hyun-soo	^[7]
2009	Empress Cheonchu	Hyeonjong	^[8]
2010	Stars Falling from the Sky	Won Kang-ha	^[9]
	Joseon X-Files	Kim Hyung-do	^[10]
2011	Marching	Na Yo-han
2013	My Cute Guys	Oh Jin-rak	^[11]
	Goddess of Marriage	Kang Tae-wook	^[12]
2014	Jang Bo-ri Is Here!	Lee Jae-hwa	^[13]
2015	KBS Drama Special – "Funny Woman"	Oh Jung-woo	^[14]
2016	Sweet Stranger and Me	Jo Dong-jin	^[15]
2017	Please Find Her	Kim Jung-nam	^[16]
	Bad Thief, Good Thief	Han Jun-hee / Jang Min-jae	^[17]
2018	The Rich Son	Lee Kwang-jae	^[18]
2019	Babel	Tae Min-ho	^[19]
2020	Flower of Evil	Baek Hee-Sung

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Yap	Kim Ji-hoon
2016	7 First Kisses	Man in the mall	Cameo (Ep. 1)
2022	Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area	Denver / Oh Taek-su		^[20]^[21]
2023	Love to Hate You	Do Won-jun		^[22]
2023	Death's Game	Park Tae-woo		^[23]^[24]

Television show

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	Hotline	VJ
	Cooking and Cooking Poppang (요리조리 팡팡)	Host
2008	Sang Sang Plus - Season 2
2014	Saturday Night Live Korea	Host	Episode 98
2015	Let's Eat with Friends
	Some Guys, Some Girls
2017	Crime Scene	Cast member	Season 3
2023	Black: I Saw the Devil	Cast member	Crime Thriller Crime Documentary (Season 2)	^[25]

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Ref.
2002	"Propose"	Kangta
	"Don't Go Away Ver. 2"	Chu Ga Yeoul
	"Waiting.."	BoA
	"Wedding"	Shinhwa
2003	"Habit"	Fly to the Sky
	"Maybe"	Dana
	"Because I Want To Hold On"	Eunhyul
2006	"300 Won Coins"	Tutti
	"Memory"	Yurisangja
2007	"Beautiful Woman"	Lee Ki-chan
	"Did You Forget?"	Hana
	"Can't Forget"	PK Heman feat. Lee Ji Hye
2008	"You Said You Love Me"	Sungje
2009	"The Following Car Is Honking"	MC the Max

Theater

Year	Title	Role
2010	University of Laughs	Playwright^[26]

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.
APAN Star Awards	2014	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Jang Bo-ri is Here!	Won
	2018	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	The Rich Son	Nominated	^[27]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2021	Best Supporting Actor (TV)	Flower of Evil	Nominated	^[28]
KBS Drama Awards	2007	Best New Actor	The Golden Age of Daughters-in-Law	Won
		Best Couple Award with Lee Soo-kyung		Won
Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards	2014	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama	Jang Bo-ri is Here!	Won
MBC Drama Awards	2006	Best New Actor	How Much Love	Nominated
	2014	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Jang Bo-ri is Here!	Won
	2018	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera	The Rich Son	Nominated
SBS Drama Awards	2013	Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama	Goddess of Marriage	Won

References

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2. Park, Kun-ouc (October 4, 2010). "Actor Kim Ji-hoon enters military today". 10Asia. from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
3. Sunwoo, Carla (July 12, 2012). . Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. ""최후의 대결"...'역모-반란의 시대' 정해인X김지훈 메인 포스터 공개". Sports Chosun (in Korean). October 19, 2017. from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
5. Jo Ji-young (April 26, 2022). "[공식] 전종서X김지훈X박유림, 넷플릭스 오리지널 영화 '발레리나'로 뭉친다" [[Official] Jeon Jong-seo X Kim Ji-hoon X Park Yu-rim to unite in Netflix original movie 'Ballerina] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022 – via Naver.
6. "New KBS weekend drama to star Lee Soo-kyung and Kim Ji-hoon". HanCinema. June 21, 2007. from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
7. "Comedy, tragedy go head to head". HanCinema. August 25, 2008. from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
8. 김지훈 '천추태후' 현종역으로 첫 사극 도전. Khan (in Korean). August 6, 2009. from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
9. "[PREVIEW] SBS TV series "Wish Upon a Star"". 10Asia. December 29, 2009. from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
10. 김지훈 임정은, 미스터리 사극 '기찰비록' 남녀주인공 캐스팅. Newsen (in Korean). June 15, 2010. from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
11. "Kim Ji-hoon-I in "Flower Boy Next Door"". HanCinema. November 5, 2012. from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
12. 이상우·김지훈, '결혼의 여신' 합류..남상미와 호흡. Star News (in Korean). April 12, 2013. from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
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14. 김지훈-문지인, '웃기는 여자'로 상큼발랄 호흡. Naver (in Korean). March 29, 2015. from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
15. 김지훈, '우리집'서 수애 남친 役.."김은정 작가와 인연" [공식입장]. Osen (in Korean). September 9, 2016. from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
16. "김지훈, KBS 특집 시트콤 '정남이형' 주연 확정". Star News (in Korean). November 17, 2016. from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
17. "Skilled investor Kim Ji-hun goes all in on acting : The 'Bad Thief Good Thief' actor is dedicated to embodying his roles". Korea JoongAng Daily. November 11, 2017. from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
18. "Kim Ji-hoon-I and Kim Joo-hyun to Star in "Wealthy Son"". HanCinema. January 24, 2018. from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
19. . TV Daily (in Korean). November 1, 2018. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
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21. Lee Min-ji (April 29, 2022). "'종이의 집:공동경제구역' 6월 24일 파트1 공개, 하회탈 선택[공식]" [House of Paper: Common Economic Zone' Part 1 released on June 24, Hahoe Mask Selection [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022 – via Naver.
22. Kim Kyung-hee (November 12, 2021). "넷플릭스(Netflix) 시리즈 '연애대전'이 김옥빈, 유태오에 이어 김지훈, 고원희의 출연을 확정 지었다" [The Netflix series 'Love Wars' confirmed the appearances of Kim Ok-bin and Yoo Tae-oh, followed by Kim Ji-hoon and Ko Won-hee]. iMBC (in Korean). from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
23. Kang Min-kyung (August 4, 2023). "[공식] 서인국·박소담→이도현·오정세...'이재, 곧 죽습니다' 출연 확정" [[Official] Seo In-guk · Park So-dam → Lee Do-hyun · Oh Jeong-se... 'Lee Jae, I'll Die Soon' Appearance Confirmed] (in Korean). Ten Asia. from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023 – via Naver.
24. 강, 민경. "서인국·박소담→이재욱·고윤정...세계관 탄탄 '이재, 곧 죽습니다' 대본 리딩 현장". Naver (in Korean). from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
25. Park, Soo-in (March 2, 2023). "'블랙' 시즌2로 컴백, 장진→김지훈·오대환·최영준 출연" [Comeback with 'Black' season 2, Jang Jin → Kim Ji-hoon, Oh Dae-hwan, Choi Young-jun appeared] (in Korean). Newsen. from the original on March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Naver.
26. [Kim Ji-hoon on his theater debut]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). May 28, 2010. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
27. "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트". Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018. from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
28. Kim Jin-seok and Jo Yeon-kyung (April 12, 2021). "57회 백상예술대상, TV·영화·연극 부문 최종 후보 공개". isplus.joins (in Korean). from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.

External links

• Kim Ji-hoon at Big Picture Entertainment
• Kim Ji-hoon at HanCinema