Portrait of Kim Eui-sung

Acting

Kim Eui-sung

Career

Active from 1995 to 2025, with a break from 2001 to 2010, busiest in 2016 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kim Eui-sung Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.2, average 3.8
  • Biographical
    0.5, average 1.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Korean Cinema 6
  • Political Intrigue 6
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Fast-Paced 5
  • Intriguing Mystery 4
  • South Korean Cinema 4
  • High-Octane Action 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Slice of Life 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

79
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Knock-Off
Knock-Off

TV show · as Bae Pil-gu

Code
Code

TV show · as Jo Cheol-ho

2020s

25 titles · average score 73
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (2025)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Choi Jo-eun

Lobby
Lobby (2025)

as Manager Choi

Low Life
Low Life (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Alienoid: Return to the Future
Alienoid: Return to the Future (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jajang / Doctor

Check in Hanyang
Check in Hanyang (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Black Knight
Black Knight (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Tick-tock Grandpa

12.12: The Day
12.12: The Day (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

as Oh Gook-sang

Special Delivery
Special Delivery (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

as CEO Baek

Alienoid
Alienoid (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

as Jajang / Doctor

Under the Queen's Umbrella
Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Hwang Won-hyeong

Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver (2021)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Jang Sung-cheol

Stone Skipping
Stone Skipping (2020)

as Priest

2010s

41 titles · average score 66
My Fellow Citizens
My Fellow Citizens (2019)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Kim Joo-Myung

Golden Slumber
Golden Slumber (2018)
GoodWatch score 47

as Mr. Min

Rampant
Rampant (2018)
GoodWatch score 62

as King Lee Jo

Steel Rain
Steel Rain (2017)
GoodWatch score 66

as President Lee

The King
The King (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

as Kim Eung-su

Train to Busan
Train to Busan (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

as Yong-suk

W
W (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Oh Sung-moo

Yourself and Yours
Yourself and Yours (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as Kim Joonghaeng

The Truth Beneath
The Truth Beneath (2016)
GoodWatch score 70

as No Jae-soon

The Priests
The Priests (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

as Clergy Dean

The Face Reader
The Face Reader (2013)
GoodWatch score 65

as Han Myung-hoi

Architecture 101
Architecture 101 (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

as Professor Kang

2000s

4 titles · average score 69
Tazza: The High Rollers
Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)
GoodWatch score 75

as Ah-gwi's Subordinate

Flying Boys
Flying Boys (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

as Soo-in

If
If (2000)

as Mr. Park

Chu Noh-Myoung Bakery
Chu Noh-Myoung Bakery (2000)

as Editor in chief

1990s

7 titles · average score 64
3pm Paradise
3pm Paradise (1997)

as Im Wan-gi

Barricade
Barricade (1997)

as Han-sik

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hyo-sub

The Real Man
The Real Man (1996)

as Jealous man

Mom Has a New Boyfriend
Mom Has a New Boyfriend (1995)

as Chang-se

Sunset on the Neon Lights
Sunset on the Neon Lights (1995)

as Kim Won

Go Alone Like Musso's Horn
Go Alone Like Musso's Horn (1995)

as Director Park