Im Ji-kyu (born March 7, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the indie films Who's That Knocking at My Door?,[1] Milky Way Liberation Front, and Magic.[2] Im also played supporting roles in the television romantic comedies Queen of Reversals and The Greatest Love.[3]

Im Ji-kyu
Born (1978-03-07) March 7, 1978 (age 46)
EducationKosin University – Mathematics
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
AgentBlue Dragon Entertainment
Spouse
Park Ye-son
(m. 2014)
Korean name
Hangul
임지규
Revised RomanizationIm Ji-gyu
McCune–ReischauerIm Jikyu

Personal life

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Im Ji-kyu married Park Ye-son, his girlfriend of four years, in a small private wedding in Seoul on May 17, 2014. He met his wife, a lawyer, at church.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Fingerprint short film
2007 Who's That Knocking at My Door? Min Je-hwi
Milky Way Liberation Front Young-jae
2008 In the Boutique short film
Scandal Makers Park Sang-yoon
2009 Bubble Wrap Sung-taek short film
One Step More to the Sea Waiter
White Night Yak-tong
2010 Read My Lips Church youth
Magic Myeong-jin
2011 Children... Dong-chul
2012 Helpless Stalker
Spring, Snow Young-jae
The Peach Tree cameo
2013 Precious Love On-yoo
2017 A Day Yong-sun
2021 Dark Yellow short film[5]

Television series

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Year Title Role Network
2007 High Kick! (guest, episode 99) MBC
2008 Tazza Sung-Chan SBS
2009 Partner Jung Jae-ho (guest, episodes 1-3) KBS2
2010 Roller Coaster Plus Date Big Bang Im Ji-kyu tvN
KBS Drama Special – "Cutting Off the Heart"[6] Jae-woo KBS2
Queen of Reversals Kang-Woo MBC
2011 The Greatest Love Kim Jae-seok MBC
2012 Phantom Byun Sang-woo SBS
KBS Drama Special – "Do You Know Taekwondo?" Yoon Do-hyeon KBS2
2013 The Suspicious Housekeeper Eun Se-kyul's homeroom teacher SBS
2014 God's Gift: 14 Days Ryu Jin-woo SBS
Turning Point Kim Young-bok MBC
2015 Assembly Shim Dong-chun KBS2
I'm After You Secretary Min SBS
2016 The Doctors Gunman SBS
Still Loving You Park Hyeong-sik KBS1
2017 Man to Man (guest) JTBC
Go Back Park Hyeon-seok KBS2
2018 Radio Romance Lee Seung-soo
Your House Helper Oh Yoon-gi
Fates & Furies Assistant Kim SBS
2019 Her Private Life Kang Seung-min tvN
When the Devil Calls Your Name Kyung-Soo
I Wanna Hear Your Song Yi-young's blind date (Cameo, Ep. 10) KBS2
2020 18 Again Ji Hoon's older brother (Cameo) JTBC
2021 The Uncanny Counter Dong-pal (Cameo, Ep.15)[7] OCN
Sell Your Haunted House Kim Byeong-ho [8] KBS2
2021–2022 The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won King Woo[9] KBS1
2023 Divorce Attorney Shin Park Hyun-tae JTBC

Web series

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Year Title Role Platform
2022 Kiss Sixth Sense Young Adult Kim Hae-jin (Cameo, Ep. 11-12) Disney+

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008 17th Buil Film Awards Best New Actor Milky Way Liberation Front,
Who's That Knocking at My Door?
Won
2012 KBS Drama Awards Best Actor in a One-Act Drama/Special Do You Know Taekwondo? Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Mudge, James (25 January 2009). "Who's That Knocking At My Door? (2007) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  2. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (17 June 2010). "Ku's feature debut is more spoof than Magic". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  3. ^ "Actor Im Ji Gyu tweets photo of The Greatest Love cast at their after party". Allkpop. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  4. ^ "Actor Im Ji Kyu to marry his girlfriend of four years". Allkpop. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  5. ^ Lee Seung-mi (June 10, 2021). "[공식]구혜선 연출작 '다크옐로우', 안서현 이어 임지규·연제환·윤혁진 합류". Never (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "미리보기::드라마스페셜". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  7. ^ Lee, Hyun-joo (January 22, 2021). "임지규, '경이로운 소문' 특별출연…새로운 융인" [Im Ji-kyu, surprise appearance on "The Uncanny Counter... new Yung person]. Newsis. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  8. ^ Ahn Eun-jae (April 22, 2021). "배우 임지규, '대박부동산' 특별 출연…유령 변신". Sports Seoul (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  9. ^ Hyun Jung-min (November 23, 2021). "임지규, KBS '태종 이방원' 출연…고려 우왕 役" [Lim Ji-gyu to appear in KBS' 'Taejong Lee Bang-won'... Goryeo King Woo] (in Korean). Sports Word. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021 – via Naver.
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