Kim Min-seok

Kim Min-seok (; born January 24, 1990) is a South Korean actor. He played the role of the main character in Shark: The Beginning. He had supporting roles in television series such as Flower Band (2012), Descendants of the Sun (2016), The Doctors (2016), Innocent Defendant (2017), Because This Is My First Life (2017), and Lovestruck in the City (2020–2021)

Career Kim participated in Superstar K 3, a survival audition show for singers on Mnet. He showed up at the preliminary regional audition in Daegu but never made it to the group of 11 contestants that actually competed in the show. Shortly after, Kim made his debut in tvN's music youth series Flower Band, playing an ambitious keyboard player.

He gained recognition with his role in the pan-Asia hit drama Descendants of the Sun. The same year, he starred in SBS' medical drama The Doctors and won the Best New Actor award at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards. On November 16, 2017, it was reported that Kim's contract with Woollim Entertainment had expired and he had not renewed with the company. It was later reported that he had signed to Respect Entertainment.

In 2018, Kim played his first lead role in the drama special Almost Touching.

In September 2020, Kim joined the cast of multi-season rom-com web series City Couple's Way of Love of Kakao TV, which will depict the real love stories of young people who live fiercely with "another me" in a complex city. The first series Lovestruck in the City is set to air on December 8, 2020 and it will be available for streaming on Netflix also.

In 2025, Kim signed with Spring Company.

Filmography Film

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2012 Flower Band Seo Kyung-jong 2014 Hi! School: Love On Park Byung-wook 2015 Who Are You: School 2015 Min-suk 2015–2016 Imaginary Cat Yook Hae-gong 2016 Descendants of the Sun Kim Gi-beom The Doctors Choi Kang-soo 2017 Innocent Defendant Lee Sung-gyu Hello, My Twenties! 2 Seo Jang-hoon Because This Is My First Life Sim Won-seok 2018 The Beauty Inside Han Se-gye Cameo (Episode 5–6) Drama Special – Almost Touching Kang Seong-chan One act-drama Heart Surgeons Surgeon Cameo (Episode 32) Drama Stage – Withdrawal Person Byung Doo One act-drama; Season 2 2021 Racket Boys Hun-hoon Cameo (Episode 2) 2023 Delivery Man Do Gyu-jin 2023–2024 A Good Day to Be a Dog Kang Eun-hwan Special appearance 2024 My Military Valentine Lloyd 2025 Typhoon Family Wang Nam-mo 2026 My Royal Nemesis Baek Gwang-nam Love Doctor Im Yu-seong

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2014 Aftermath Jo In-ho 2020–2021 Lovestruck in the City Choi Kyeong-jun 2021 Engine On From Today Cha Dae-hyun 2024Mr. PlanktonYoon Gi-ho/Kkari

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2011 Superstar K 3 Contestant Audition, appeared in the semi-finals 2016 Celebrity Bromance Main cast Season 6 with L (Infinite) King of Mask Singer Contestant as "The Sun's Junior", episodes 59–60 Flower Crew Main cast 2017 Law of the Jungle in Kota Manado Ep. 252 – 255 along with Infinite's Sungyeol 2018 It's Dangerous Beyond the Blankets Ep. 1–2 & 6–7 (Season 2) 2021 Long Live Independence 2023 Empty Nesters - Suri Suri Village Suri Host Season 3

Hosting Title Year Role Notes Inkigayo July 3, 2016 – January 22, 2017 Main MC with Gong Seung-yeon and Jeongyeon

Music video appearances Year Song title Artist 2017 "One Late Morning" Joo 2022 "Lovender" Han Seung-yoon

Discography + List of soundtrack appearances, showing year released, and name of the album Title Year Album "Somehow you" 2012 Flower Band OST

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 APAN Star Awards 2016 Best New Actor Descendants of the Sun Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 Best New Actor – Television The Doctors Grime Awards 2016 Best New Actor Descendants of the Sun Korea Drama Awards 2016 Best New Actor KBS Drama Awards 2016 Best New Actor SBS Entertainment Awards 2016 Best Entertainer Award Inkigayo SBS Drama Awards 2016 New Star Award The Doctors 2017 Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Innocent Defendant Soompi Awards 2017 Breakout Actor Descendants of the Sun 2018 Best Supporting Actor Because This Is My First Life The Seoul Awards 2017 Best New Actor (Drama) Innocent Defendant