Kim Sung-bum (Korean: 김성범; born July 29, 1978) is a South Korean actor, comedian, and traditional dancer.[2][3] In 2005, Kim began his career as MBC comedian. Two years later Kim made his television debut with in MBC drama Chosun Cop Season 1 (2007) or also known as Byul Soon Geom. He has since starred in numerous television dramas, with the most recent one were Sell Your Haunted House (2021), Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021) and Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022).[4]
Career
Acting career
Kim is alumni of Department of Theatre of Seoul Institute of the Arts. He started his career in MBC as a comedian in 2005. In 2007, he made his television debut with minor role in MBC drama Chosun Cop Season 1 (2007). While still working as comedian, in 2008 he worked as actor in different fields, from stage playThe Crucible (2008), stage musicalPippin (2008) and movie Story of Wine (2008).[5]
In 2015, he performed in Korean Master Singers Workshop in Northern California. It was hosted by the Korean Cultural Center with special support from the Goseong Ogwangdae Conservation Association, the 7th Important Intangible Cultural Heritage. Kim and fellow dancer Yoon Hyun-ho teach at Workshop on September 19 and 21, 2015 at the Silicon Valley Korean Hall. On September 25, 2015, a workshop was held at Doherty Valley High School located in San Ramon, California. On September 26, Kim as Goseong Ohgwangdae mask dance instructors performed the dance at Silicon Valley Korean School.[11]
His most notable project as dancer was in National Theater Company’s Project Yeongeuk-dongne Yeonhui Madang (2018).The concept was “rediscovery of the original Korean theater project in an effort to find the identity of Korean theater in our time: a look at representative traditional performances with theatricality”. It was held as an exciting one-day festival at the Seogye-dong Madang of the National Theater Company. It unfolds into three courtyards where you can examine the originality of Korean theater and the possibility of modernization. Kim performed in the second courtyard, where creative performances, 'Finding the Yangban', a modern re-creation of the elements of the mask dance 'Goseong Ogwangdae', was presented as a showcase. He was part of a large number of theater actors selected by audition participate in the work, demonstrating the unique excitement of mask dance.[12][13]
Since 2019, Kim also involved in 'BBRUN' Project, the first metaverse experience performance in Korea. A new theatrical performance that combines motion capture technology and virtual experience technology. The first performance were hosted by Gwangju Asian Culture Center (ACC) and Asian Cultural Center (ACI), on the 20th until the 22nd November 2020, and was held on the stage of the Cultural Creation Center ACT Studio.[14]
^Son, Bong-seok (November 25, 2023). "배우 김성범, 미디어랩시소 전속계약". Sports Khan (in Korean). Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^"김성범" [Kim Sung-bum]. 다음 백과 (Daum Encyclopedia) (in Korean). April 13, 2015. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^"김성범" [Kim Sung-bum]. 다음영화 (Daum Movie) (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^ ab"갯마을 차차차 등장인물 소개" [Hometown Cha Cha Cha Characters Introduction]. tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2022-12-28. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
^ ab"김성범 : 네이버 통합검색". m.search.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^Kim, Min-ju (2020-01-10). "김성범, '간택' 합류...이시언과 두 번째 코믹 호흡 기대 [공식]" [Kim Sungbeom joined "Gantaek"...Looking forward to the second comical chemistry with Lee Sieon. [Official]]. YTN star (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^"오 나의 귀신님 | 캐릭터 소개" [Oh My Ghost | Character Introduction]. tvN (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
^"국립극단, 30일 '연극동네 연희마당' 개최…"우리연극 원형 재발견"" [The National Theater Company will hold "Yeonhee Madang in the Theater Town" on the 30th..."Rediscovering the original form of our play"]. NewsPim (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^ ab"국립아시아문화전당 - 서비스 - 공연 - 공연 일정" [National Asian Cultural Center - Service - Performance - Performance Schedule]. www.acc.go.kr. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^"스토리 오브 와인" [Story of Wine]. 다음영화 (Daum Movie) (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
^Baek, Cho-hyun (2015-07-31). "'오 나의 귀신님' 김성범, 범인과 같은 시계 착용한 임주환 의심" ['Oh My Ghostess' Kim Seong-beom suspects Lim Joo-hwan wearing the same watch as the criminal]. Naver News (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
^Lee, Da-hye (2019-04-19). "김성범 '어비스' 출연…강력계 최형사 변신" [Kim Seong-beom to appear in 'Abyss'... Transformation of Detective Choi]. 종합일간지 : 신문/웹/모바일 등 멀티 채널로 국내외 실시간 뉴스와 수준 높은 정보를 제공 (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
^Jang, Woo-yeong (2021-06-02). "'대박부동산' 강말금-강홍석-허동원-조승연-김성범-이채경, 주목해야 할 '키맨'" ['Jackpot Real Estate' Kang Mal-geum - Kang Hong-seok - Heo Dong-won - Jo Seung-yeon - Kim Seong-beom - Lee Chae-kyung, 'Key Man' to pay attention to]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-10-27.
^Beak, Seung-hoon (July 21, 2022). "우영우' 박은빈, 친엄마 진경에 한 방 날렸다" [Woo Young-woo' Park Eun-bin blew a shot at Jin-kyung's mother] (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Naver.