Im Ji-kyu
Appearance
Im Ji-kyu | |
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Born | |
Education | Kosin University – Mathematics |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2004-present |
Agent | Blue Dragon Entertainment |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Revised Romanization | Im Ji-gyu |
McCune–Reischauer | Im Jikyu |
Im Ji-kyu (born March 7, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the indie films Who's That Knocking at My Door?,[1] Milky Way Liberation Front, and Magic.[2] Im also played supporting roles in the television romantic comedies Queen of Reversals and The Greatest Love.[3]
Personal life
Im Ji-kyu married Park Ye-son, his girlfriend of four years, in a small private wedding in Seoul on May 17, 2014. He met his wife, a lawyer, at church.[4]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Fingerprint | short film | |
2007 | Who's That Knocking at My Door? | Min Je-hwi | |
Milky Way Liberation Front | Young-Jae | ||
2008 | In the Boutique | short film | |
Scandal Makers | Park Sang-yoon | ||
2009 | Bubble Wrap | Sung-Taek | short film |
One Step More to the Sea | Waiter | ||
White Night | Yak-Tong | ||
2010 | Read My Lips | Church youth | |
Magic | Myeong-jin | ||
2011 | Children... | Dong-Cheol | |
2012 | Helpless | Stalker | |
Spring, Snow | Young-Jae | ||
The Peach Tree | cameo | ||
2013 | Precious Love | On-Yoo | |
2017 | A Day | Yong-Sun |
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Unstoppable High Kick | (guest, episode 99) | MBC |
2008 | Tazza | Sung-Chan | SBS |
2009 | Partner | Jung Jae-ho (guest, episodes 1-3) | KBS2 |
2010 | Roller Coaster Plus Date Big Bang | Im Ji-kyu | tvN |
Drama Special "Cutting Off the Heart"[5] | Jae-woo | KBS2 | |
Queen of Reversals | Kang-Woo | MBC | |
2011 | The Greatest Love | Kim Jae-seok | MBC |
2012 | Phantom | Byun Sang-woo | SBS |
Drama Special "Do You Know Taekwondo?" | Yoon Do-hyeon | KBS2 | |
2013 | The Suspicious Housekeeper | Eun Se-kyul's homeroom teacher | SBS |
2014 | God's Gift: 14 Days | Ryu Jin-woo | SBS |
Drama Festival "Turning Point" | Kim Young-bok | MBC | |
2015 | Assembly | Shim Dong-chun | KBS2 |
2016 | The Doctors | Gunman | SBS |
The Shining Eun Soo | Park Hyeong-sik | KBS | |
2017 | Man to Man | (guest) | JTBC |
Confession Couple | Park Hyeon-seok | KBS2 | |
2018 | Radio Romance | Lee Seung-soo | |
Your House Helper | Oh Yoon-gi | ||
Fates & Furies | Assistant Kim | SBS | |
2019 | Her Private Life | Kang Seung-min | tvN |
When the Devil Calls Your Name | Kyung-Soo | ||
I Wanna Hear Your Song | Yi-young's blind date (Cameo, Ep. 10) | KBS2 |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2008 | 17th Buil Film Awards | Best New Actor | Milky Way Liberation Front, Who's That Knocking at My Door? |
Won |
2012 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Actor in a One-Act Drama/Special | Do You Know Taekwondo? | Nominated |
References
- ^ Mudge, James (25 January 2009). "Who's That Knocking At My Door? (2007) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (17 June 2010). "Ku's feature debut is more spoof than Magic". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ^ "Actor Im Ji Gyu tweets photo of The Greatest Love cast at their after party". Allkpop. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ^ "Actor Im Ji Kyu to marry his girlfriend of four years". allkpop.
- ^ http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/thedrama/view/preview/preview18.html