Chang Sung Kim

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Chang Sung Kim
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Kim in 2016
Born (1960-01-03) January 3, 1960 (age 63)
NationalityArgentine
OccupationActor
Notable work Graduados
Spouse Clarisa Waldman
Awards Tato Award as new actor

Chang Sung Kim is a Korean-Argentine actor. He works in the 2012 telenovela Graduados and has received the Tato Award for his work in Graduados.

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Biography

Chang Sung Kim (Korean:김창성) moved from South Korea to Buenos Aires with his family at the age of 7, without knowledge of the Spanish language. He studied karate, and got the Black belt rank. Married to the actress Clarisa Waldman, he gave up his job of weaving at the age of 35, and began an acting career as well, as he saw that she enjoyed doing it. Chang Sung Kim studied in the theater school of Raúl Serrano. He worked in TV series as Hombres de Honor and Los Simuladores , and films as Pompeya , Viudas and Mi primera boda . [1]

He worked in the 2012 telenovela Graduados as Walter Mao, the assistant of the owner of a firm played by Juan Leyrado. This is his first steady job in a television series, as he had only worked as a supporting role so far. [2] He pointed that, unlike his previous plays, his character in Graduados avoids the usual stereotypes of Asian people, such as the perceived lack of language fluency. His character, albeit Asian, includes several Argentine customs; Sung feels Argentine himself, despite lacking citizenship. [3] The writers initially envisioned a character similar to Waylon Smithers from The Simpsons ; Sung thought that the idea would not work and provided his own ideas to outline the character. [2] As his character would be a dog in the Chinese astrology, he included traits of a dog in it, such as the loyalty; and although he never worked with Leyrado he admires his work. [4] An episode of the series included a parody of the "Gangnam Style" dance by the South Korean rapper Psy. [1] He received a Tato Bores award for his work in the telenovela, as new actor. [5]

He has signed to work in the 2013 comedy that Underground productions will produce at the end of Graduados. [1]

Works

Television

YearTV seriesChannel
1994 Gerente de familia El Trece
2002-2003 Los simuladores Telefe
2003 Rincón de luz
2005 Criminal Canal 9
2005 Floricienta El Trece
2005 Hombres de honor El Trece
2011 Supertorpe Telefe
2012 Según Roxi MSN
2012 Graduados Telefe
2013 Los Vecinos en Guerra Telefe

Films

YearFilm
2003 El fondo del mar
2004 Los esclavos felices, la secta
2005 Visiones, no todo es lo que parece
2008 S.O.S. Ex
2010 Pompeya
2011 Viudas
2011 Mi primera boda

Awards

YearAwardFor
2012 Tato Award as new actor Graduados

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References

  1. 1 2 3 María Noel Scanarotti (October 25, 2012). "El "Chino" de Graduados, una revelación impensada" [The "Chinese" of Graduados, an unexpected revelation] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Por fin no hago de oriental" [Finally, I'm not playing an oriental character] (in Spanish). Television.com.ar. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  3. "Conocé a Chan Sung Kim, el "chino" de Graduados: "Soy más argentino que el dulce de leche"" [Meet Chang Sung Kim, the "Chinese" of Graduados: "I'm more Argentine than the Dulce de Leche"] (in Spanish). Ciudad. September 8, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  4. Sergio Zuliani (August 24, 2012). "El actor Chan Kim Sung interpreta a Walter Mao en "Graduados"" [The actor Chang Sung Kim plays Walter Mao in "Graduados"] (in Spanish). Cadena 3. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  5. "Y el ganador es..." [And the winner is...] (in Spanish). Clarín. November 18, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.