Im Ji-kyu

In this Korean name, the family name is Im .

Im Ji-kyu
Born	(1978-03-07) March 7, 1978 (age 47) Busan, South Korea
Education	Kosin University – Mathematics
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Agent	Blue Dragon Entertainment
Spouse	Park Ye-son ​ (m. 2014)​
Korean name
Hangul	임지규
Revised Romanization	Im Jigyu
McCune–Reischauer	Im Chigyu

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]

Personal life

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

Film

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

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

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

Awards and nominations

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

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.

External links

• Im Ji-kyu on Twitter
• Im Ji-kyu on Cyworld (in Korean)
• Im Ji-kyu at Naver ^{[ dead link ‍]}
• Im Ji-kyu at HanCinema
• Im Ji-kyu at the Korean Movie Database
• Im Ji-kyu at IMDb