Kim Dong-wan

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Dong-wan
Kim Dong-wan in 2019.
Kim Dong-wan in 2019.
Background information
Born (1979-11-21) November 21, 1979 (age 41)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • actor
Years active1998–present
Labels
Associated actsShinhwa
Websitehttp://www.shinhwacompany.co.kr/
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Dongwan
McCune–ReischauerKim Tong-wan

Kim Dong-wan (Korean: 김동완; born November 21, 1979) is a South Korean entertainer, known as a member of South Korean boy band Shinhwa. He has been acting since 2002, and has starred in television dramas such as A Farewell to Sorrow and Children of Heaven. He has said that given the opportunity he would prefer a career in acting rather than as a singer,[1] However, since the release of his debut album, he has stated that now he prefers singing more. From Shinhwa, Kim is the fourth member to go solo, following Lee Min-woo, Shin Hye-sung, and Jun Jin.

Early life[]

Kim was a child actor and starred in several dramas as a teenager but opted not to pursue acting as a career.[2] He later joined S.M. Entertainment as a trainee after being "streetcasted".[3]

Career[]

1998: Debut with Shinhwa[]

Main article: Shinhwa

Kim made his debut in 1998 as a vocalist in the boy band Shinhwa. Although he is not the lead vocalist, he began singing bigger parts on Shinhwa's 7th album, Brand New. In one song from the album "Liar", Kim is the vocalist, and he is accompanied by Eric Mun's rapping. He also wrote, composed, and arranged a song on the album, titled "Set Free". Though he had branched out as a solo artist, he is part of Shinhwa and just released Shinhwa's 9th album.[4]

Kim was one of several Korean celebrities praised by the Japanese media for giving generous donations for flood victims in 2006.[5]

On April 16, 2007, Kim appeared as a guest on MC Mong's "Pleasure and Pain" radio show. When asked about an incident early in his career where he injured his nose, he confessed that he had undergone plastic surgery to change its shape.[6]

2007: Solo debut[]

Kim released his debut solo album, Kimdongwan Is, on July 5, 2007, which featured collaborations with his fellow Shinhwa members, including Lee Andy rapping in the song "Loving Summer", Shin Hye Sung singing a duet with Kim in "The One Left Alone", and Eric rapping in "My Love".[7] The other members have contributed to the album as well, with Lee Min Woo writing, composing and arranging the song "My Love" and Jun Jin helping him with choreography.[8] Kim expressed gratitude for their contributions, saying, "I’ve been working together with the group Shinhwa, thus there was a lot of pressure working on the solo album, but since the other members showed up and helped me with most of it, it has been a great big help for me". Kim's first single was the ballad, "Handkerchief", a song about a guy who consoles his girlfriend and wipes away her tears. Despite Shinhwa's musical genre being predominantly American R&B and bubblegum pop, Kim said he wanted his album to be more J-pop influenced, having redone a song by GLAY×EXILE in the album.

For the debut album, Kim also lost a lot of weight, saying that "it's not good for a ballad singer to have a muscular image. Someone singing ballads should have a lean, 'hungry-looking' image." His album sold over 25,000 copies in two days, with 41,490 copies sold by the end of 2007; it was ranked 19th in album sales for the year.[9] In 2008, he released his 2nd solo album, The Secret; Between Us. The album featured collaborations with Tiffany of SNSD, Jade Valerie, Shinhwa bandmate Eric, and Heritage.

2008-2011: Military service and musical[]

Kim enlisted for mandatory military service in November 2008, at an army training camp in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do[10] He was discharged on 17 December 2010, after serving 24 months as an administrative worker at the Seodaemun-gu District Office.[11]

Upon being discharged Kim joined Shinhwa bandmate Shin Hye-sung at Liveworks Company and has since played the lead role of Hedwig in theatrical musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Sang Sang Art Hall in Seoul. In August 2011, Kim played the role of Korean independence activist, Lee Youk-sa in MBC two-part special drama, The Peak, also known as Life of Lee Youk-Sa, the Poet who Embraced Epoch. It was broadcast on Korea's Liberation Day, 15 August 2011. Lee Youk-sa was a poet during the Japanese Colonial Period who died in prison at the age of 40, leaving behind a collection of some 40 works of poetry.

2012: Shinhwa comeback and acting[]

In March 2012, Kim reunited with his Shinhwa bandmates for their comeback after four years, under the management of 'Shinhwa Company'. It is a joint venture agency for members to perform as a group, of which Eric and Lee Min-woo are co-CEOs and the remaining members are shareholders. The Company manages the group as a whole, whilst members' individual activities are managed by their respective agencies.[12] The group released their tenth studio album The Return on 23 March 2012,[13][14] launched their comeback concerts 2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour: The Return throughout Asia[15][16] and their first exclusive variety program Shinhwa Broadcast premiered on 17 March 2012 on cable channel JTBC.[17]

In July, Kim co-starred with Kim Myung-min and Lee Ha-nui in thriller Deranged as Jae-pil, a detective agonized with guilt for squandering his brother's money in the stock market.[18][19] In August, Kim was cast as the title role of Kim Tae-pyung in KBS' daily drama, Cheer Up, Mr. Kim!, about a male domestic cleaner and housekeeper, the guardian of three, later four, children, none of whom are his own. The series premiered in November and marked Kim's first television drama since Good Bye, Sadness in 2005.[20] At the 2012 KBS Drama Awards, Kim received the Best Actor in Daily Drama award for his portrayal of Mr Kim.[21]

2015: Philanthropy[]

In April 2015, after the earthquake in Nepal, Kim was reported to have donated ₩36,000,000 (equivalent to approximately $33,660 USD) towards the relief fund.[22]

Discography[]

See also: Shinhwa discography

Studio albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
RIAK
[23]
Kimdongwan Is
  • Released: July 5, 2007 (SDL-0009)[24]
  • Repackaged: October 4, 2007 (SDL-0051)[25]
  • Label: H2 Entertainment
  • Format: CD
Track listing
Repackage track listing
 4
The Secret
  • Released: May 13, 2008 (SDL-0111)[27]
  • Repackaged: July 22, 2008 (SDL-0140)[28]
  • Label: H2 Entertainment
  • Format: CD
Track listing
Repackage track listing
 2

Mini albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
Gaon
[30]
D
  • Released: October 21, 2015
  • Label: CI Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
Track listing
 5
W
  • Released: November 27, 2015
  • Label: CI Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
Track listing
 6
Trace of Emotion
  • Released: November 14, 2017
  • Label: CI Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
 9
...LER
  • Released: January 21, 2020
  • Label: Office DH
  • Format: CD, digital download
 3

Compilation albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
[35]
Japan Premium Best
  • Released: December 15, 2010
  • Label: Tsubasa Records
  • Format: CD+DVD
Track listing
 57

Singles[]

Title Details Peak
chart positions 		Track listing
KOR
(RIAK) 		JPN
(Oricon)
"약속"
("Promise")
  • Released: November 7, 2008 (SDL-0187)[36]
  • Label: H2 Entertainment
  • Format: CD
  • Language: Korean
 - -
Track listing
"My Summer Girl"
  • Released: August 24, 2011 (POCE-92007, POCE-32007)[37][38]
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format: CD
  • Language: Japanese
 - 109[39]
Version 1 Track listing
Version 2 Track listing
"He_Sunshine"
  • Released: November 21, 2014[40]
  • Label:
  • Format: Digital
  • Language: Korean
Track listing
"He_Starlight" (Feat. Jeon So-min
  • Released: December 23, 2014[41]
  • Label:
  • Format: Digital
  • Language: Korean
Track listing

Video albums[]

Title Details Track listing
약속: 첫번째 라이브 콘서트
Promise: The First Live Concert
  • Released: June 18, 2009[42]
  • Released Under:
  • Language: Korean
  • Formats: DVD
Track listing

Filmography[]

Television dramas[]

  • 2001 – Nonstop
  • 2002 – Children of Heaven KBS[43]
  • 2005 – "Magic Power Alcohol" – MBC Best Theater (Episode #610)
  • 2005 – Beating Heart
  • 2005 – A Farewell to Sorrow, aka A Farewell to Tears or Goodbye Sadness KBS
  • 2007 – The One I Love, aka The Person That I Love or I Will Not Love
  • 2011 – The Peak (aka Life of Lee Yuksa, the Poet who Embraced Epoch)
  • 2012 – Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! (KBS)
  • 2016 - Moorim School: Saga of the Brave (Episodes 10 & 11)
  • 2017 - Drama Stage – The Picnic Day (tvN one-act drama) [44]
  • 2019 - (KBS2)

Film[]

  • 2002 – Emergency Act 19 – cameo with Shinhwa
  • 2004 – Spin Kick, aka Taekwon Boys[45]
  • 2012 – Deranged - as Jae-pil, an investigator and younger brother of Jae-hyuk, played by Kim Myung-min[46]
  • 2015 – Springtime Fantasy
  • 2015 – Glory Day
  • 2015 – The Megalomaniac

Variety shows[]

  • 2003 Yoon Do-Hyun's Love Letter “Lately” – KBS
  • 2004 Yoon Do-Hyun's Love Letter “Cigarette Shop Girl” – KBS
  • 2005 Public Relations – Officer of JeonJu International Film Festival
  • 2005 Love Letter (ep 1 to 14) – SBS
  • 2005 X-Man – SBS
  • 2006 Heroine 6
  • 2006 New X-Man – SBS
  • 2012 - 2013 Shinhwa Broadcast (ep 1 - 49) - JTBC
  • 2015 I Live Alone (ep 99 - 150) - MBC
  • 2015 King of Mask Singer Contestant with the stage name "Holding the End of the Night" (Episode 29-30) - MBC
  • 2018 - TVN
  • 2018 Battle Trip - KBS
  • 2018 2 Days & 1 Night - (ep 705 - 706) - KBS
  • 2021 Chosun Panstar - MBN (judge) [47]

MC[]

  • 2000–2002: DJ for Ten Ten Club
  • 2003–2005: Host for SBS Inkigayo
  • 2006: Host for SBS I Love My Teacher Day Concert
  • 2018: Host for Worldwide Correspondence of TVN

Awards and nominations[]

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Shinhwa
Year Awards Category Work Result Ref
2004 25th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actor Spin Kick Nominated
2005 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor A Farewell to Sorrow Won
Best Couple Nominated
2007 SBS Inkigayo Mutizen Award Handkerchief Won
Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Ballad Performance Nominated [48]
2012 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! Won [21]
2013 49th Baeksang Arts Awards Most Popular Actor (Film) Deranged Won [49][50]
6th Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! Won
2015 SBS MTV The Show The Show Choice winners I'm Fine Won
2015 MBC Entertainment Awards Excellence Award, Variety Show I Live Alone Won

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