Alan Kim

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Alan Kim
Born
Alan Sun Kim

(2012-04-23) April 23, 2012 (age 12) [1]
OccupationActor
Years active2019–present
Known for Minari (2020)
IF (2024)
Awards Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer (2021)
Korean name
Hangul
김선
Hanja
金善
Revised Romanization Gim Seon
McCune–Reischauer Kim Sŏn

Alan Sun Kim (born April 23, 2012) is an American child actor, widely known for his critically acclaimed role in the drama film Minari (2020), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

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Early life

Kim was born in Chicago but moved with his parents to Irvine, California. [2] He spoke Korean as his first language and has a first degree black belt in taekwondo. [1]

Acting career

At age 7, Kim was cast as David Yi in the 2020 film Minari, [3] for which he won the 2021 Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Performer and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, [4] [5] becoming one of the category's youngest nominees. [6] Before Minari, the only "acting" he had done was in an ad for Pottery Barn Kids. [7]

In January 2021, it was announced that Kim would star in Latchkey Kids alongside Elsie Fisher. [8] And in March 2021, it was announced that Kim would star in the second season of Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as the young version of Wally, the father of title character Awkwafina. [9]

In January 2022, Kim was cast in the film IF written and directed by John Krasinski. [10]

Filmography

List of Alan Kim film and television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Minari David
2021 Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens Young WallyEpisode: "Tales from the Blackout"
2022 Little America Luke SongEpisode: "Mr. Song"
2023 Theater Camp Alan Park
2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie Nano (voice)
2023-2024 Mickey Mouse Funhouse Kyung Won (voice)3 episodes
2024 Monsters at Work Ben (voice)4 episodes
2024 IF Benjamin [10]
TBA Latchkey Kids ShaeIn development [11]
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2020 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Youth Performance Minari Won
Seattle Film Critics Society Best Youth PerformanceWon
Austin Film Critics Association Breakthrough Artist AwardNominated
2021 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Performer Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared)Nominated
British Academy Film Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated

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