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Portrait of Kim Nam-gil

Acting

Kim Nam-gil

Career

Active from 2004 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
33
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Song of the Bandits
Song of the Bandits
GoodWatch score82/100

Characters

17

The characters Kim Nam-gil played, best-known titles first.

Kim Nam-gil as Min Tae-joo
Kim Nam-gil as Hyun-soo
Kim Nam-gil as Lee Do
Kim Nam-gil as Jang Sa-jung
Kim Nam-gil as Van
Kim Nam-gil as Song Ha-young
Kim Nam-gil as Kyeong-hoon
Kim Nam-gil as Kim Hae-il
Kim Nam-gil as Lee Yoon
Kim Nam-gil as Heo Im
Kim Nam-gil as Bi-Dam
Kim Nam-gil as Woo-jin
Kim Nam-gil as Jeong Jae-gon
Kim Nam-gil as Lee Kang-soo
Kim Nam-gil as Geon-ok
Kim Nam-gil as Han Yi-soo
Kim Nam-gil as Kim Nam-Gil

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kim Nam-gil Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Nostalgia
    2.8, average 3.9
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7
  • Satire & Parody
    1.4, average 2.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Korean Cinema 5
  • Forbidden Love 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • High Stakes 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Emotional Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Survival Story 2
  • Revenge Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Canvas of Blood
Canvas of Blood

as Prince Suyang

사짜변호사
사짜변호사

TV show

Nightmare
Nightmare

TV show · as Kim Tae-yi

2020s

14 titles · average score 67
Trigger
Trigger (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Lee Do

Nocturnal
Nocturnal (2025)
GoodWatch score 56

as Kang Ho-ryeong

Whenever Possible
Whenever Possible (2024)

TV show

Song of the Bandits
Song of the Bandits (2023)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Lee Yun

A Man of Reason
A Man of Reason (2023)
GoodWatch score 37

as Woo-jin

Island
Island (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Van

Through the Darkness
Through the Darkness (2022)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Song Ha-young

Emergency Declaration
Emergency Declaration (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

as Choi Hyun-soo

Hunt
Hunt (2022)
GoodWatch score 59

as Tokyo Branch Agent 3

The Closet
The Closet (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

as Kyung-hoon

OK! Madam
OK! Madam (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

as Nervous Man

K-Ocean Pathfinders
K-Ocean Pathfinders (2020)

TV show

2010s

14 titles · average score 70
The Fiery Priest
The Fiery Priest (2019)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Kim Hae-Il

Zombie for Sale
Zombie for Sale (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

as Min-geol

Live Up to Your Name
Live Up to Your Name (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Dr. Heo Im

Memoir of a Murderer
Memoir of a Murderer (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

as Tae-ju

One Day
One Day (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

as Kang-soo

Pandora
Pandora (2016)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jae-hyuk

The Shameless
The Shameless (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jung Jae-gon (Lee Young-jun)

The Sound of a Flower
The Sound of a Flower (2015)
GoodWatch score 71

as Heungseon Daewongun

The Pirates
The Pirates (2014)
GoodWatch score 53

as Jang Sa-jung

Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus
Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus (2013)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Han Yi-soo

Bad Boy
Bad Boy (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Shim Gun-wook

Lovers Vanished
Lovers Vanished (2010)
GoodWatch score 62

as Kim Su-in

2000s

15 titles · average score 65
The Great Queen Seondeok
The Great Queen Seondeok (2009)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Bidam

Handphone
Handphone (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jang Yoon-ho

Portrait of a Beauty
Portrait of a Beauty (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

as Kang-mu

Modern Boy
Modern Boy (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hidaka Shinsuke

Public Enemy Returns
Public Enemy Returns (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

as Moon-soo

When Spring Comes
When Spring Comes (2007)

TV show · as Kim Jun-gi

No Regret
No Regret (2006)
GoodWatch score 54

as Song Jae-min

Goodbye Solo
Goodbye Solo (2006)

TV show · as Yoo Ji-an

Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back (2006)

as Seok-Woo

Lovers
Lovers (2006)

TV show · as Tae-san

Be Strong, Geum-soon!
Be Strong, Geum-soon! (2005)

TV show · as Noh Seong-hwan

My Lovely Sam Soon
My Lovely Sam Soon (2005)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Kim Byeong Tae