Kim Chang-wan
Actor
- Born
- February 22, 1954 (age 72) · Seoul, South Korea
Kim Chang Wan is a South Korean rock singer, composer, musician, actor, TV host, radio DJ, writer, and poet. Kim, along with his younger brothers Kim Chang Hoon and Kim Chang Ik, began composing music during their mid-teens and formed the band "Mui" when they were college students.
After Kim graduated in 1975 from Seoul National University, they went professional and changed their band's name to Sanulrim (meaning "Mountain Echo"). The band's psychedelic rock/hard rock sound (reminiscent of the Sex Pistols) was music Koreans hadn't heard before, and Sanulrim revitalized the Korean music scene, which was currently devastated after several major musicians were arrested for marijuana possession in the 1970s.
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They held a 30th-anniversary concert in 2007 and made plans to release the 14th album. But drummer Kim Chang Ik was killed in a traffic accident in Vancouver, Canada on January 29th, 2008, and Sanulrim disbanded after his death.
Having worked as a music director and film score composer in the early 1990s, Kim also began acting onscreen. He did not only starred in movies such as Blades of Blood, Antique Bakery, Shinsukki Blues, Windstruck, and My Love Ssagajy but also in roughly 30 television shows.
The versatile Kim has also starred in a stage play (A Nap in 2010), hosted variety shows and radio programs, and written several books (some containing poetry).
Known for
Windstruck
June 3, 2004
100 Days with Mr. Arrogant
January 16, 2004
Antique
November 13, 2008
The Ring Virus
June 12, 1999
Blades of Blood
April 28, 2010
Heaven's Postman
November 11, 2009
Doctor
October 13, 2012
Jungle Story
May 18, 1996
A Day
January 20, 2001
Happy Funeral Director
January 8, 2000
The Sound of Light
April 28, 2016
Acting11
- 2016The Sound of Light as Chang Wan
- 2012Doctor as Choi In-beom
- 2010Blades of Blood as King Seonjo
- 2009Heaven's Postman as Lee Moon-gyo
- 2008Antique as White Beard
- 2004Windstruck as Chief of Police Substation
- 2004100 Days with Mr. Arrogant as Ha-young's Father
- 2001A Day as Dr. Jo
- 2000Happy Funeral Director as Cheol-gu
- 1999The Ring Virus