Kim Seon-ho is returning with his acting prowess, this time in more engaging dramas and characters Kim Seon-ho. Photo courtesy of Salt Entertainment. After three years since he starred in the 2021 superhit romantic comedy slice-of-life television series, , Kim Seon-ho is back in the K-drama scene.
The noted South Korean actor will feature in different interesting storylines with more interesting characters. “Kim is an expert at expressing and displaying the different facets that make up his characters and encompassing the entirety of their experiences,” I wrote about him in my feature. Beginning as a stage actor, he performed impressively in several plays preceding his on-screen debut in 2017’s .
Kim rose to fame with (2018), (2019), followed again by (2020), and soared in global popularity with . Last year, (2023), a neo-noir action thriller directed by Park Hoon-jung, marked Kim’s cinematic debut. In the film, he had Nobleman (Gwigongja), a mystery pursuer who triggers chaos in the life of Kopino boxer Marco Han (Kang Tae-joo), who travels to South Korea to trace his estranged father.
In tandem with the movie being praised for its violent, bloody alleyways, tense sequences, and unexpected twists, Kim’s robust performance stuck out as a provocative, dark, sarcastic killer—a far cry from the roles we are usually familiar with. His upcoming K-dramas begin with the science fiction , directed by Park Hoon-jung, starring Cha Seung-won, Kim Seon-ho, and Kim Kang-woo. I.
