Portrait of Kim Nam-gil

Kim Nam-gil

Acting

Biography

Kim Nam-gil (김남길) is a South Korean actor, producer, singer and philanthropist. He was born on March 13, 1981. He is best known from leading roles in disaster blockbuster Pandora (2016); crime thriller The Shameless (2015); adventure film The Pirates (2014) and period drama Portrait of a Beauty (2008). His breakthrough role was Bidam in the hit television period drama Queen Seondeok (2009). Kim is also the founder and CEO of a non-profit organization Gilstory that focuses on preserving cultural heritage, promoting arts and raising special purpose relief funds.

Born: March 13, 1981

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Filmography

2025
Trigger

as Lee Do

2025
Nocturnal

as Kang Ho-ryeong

2024
How to Open the Door

as Cheol-su (Adult)

2024
2023
2023
A Man of Reason

as Woo-jin

2023
Salon Drip

as Self

2022
Island

as Van

2022
SUCHWITA

as Self

2022
Hunt

as Tokyo Branch Agent 3

2022
Emergency Declaration

as Choi Hyun-soo

2022
Through the Darkness

as Song Ha-young

2020
Okay! Madam

as Nervous Man

2020
The Closet

as Kyung-hoon

2019
Life of Samantha

as Narrator

2019
The Fiery Priest

as Kim Hae-Il

2019
Zombie for Sale

as Min-geol

2017
2017
One Day

as Kang-soo

2016
Pandora

as Jae-hyuk

2015
The Sound of a Flower

as Heungseon Daewongun

2015
The Shameless

as Jung Jae-gon

2014
The Pirates

as Jang Sa-jung

2014
2010
Bad Guy

as Shim Gun-wook

2010
Lovers Vanished

as Kim Su-in

2010
Tears in the Amazon

as Self - Narrator

2009
Tears of the Amazon

as Self - Narrator

2009
Handphone

as Jang Yoon-ho

2008
2008
Modern Boy

as Hidaka Shinsuke

2008
2007
When Spring Comes

as Kim Jun-gi

2006
No Regret

as Song Jae-min

2006
Lovers

as Tae-san

2006
Don't Look Back

as Seok-Woo

2006
Goodbye Solo

as Yoo Ji-an

2005
My Lovely Sam Soon

as Kim Byeong Tae

2005
Be Strong, Geum-soon!

as Noh Seong-hwan

2004
Sweet Buns

as Hye-jan's boyfriend

2004
Low Life

as Police Officer at Checkpoint