Kil Yong-woo

Kil Yong-woo
Kil Yong-woo
Born	December 17, 1955 (age 69); South Korea
Other names	Gil Yong-woo
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts – Performing Arts ; Sangmyung University Graduate School of Arts – Master's degree
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Agent	Hunus Creative
Korean name
Hangul	길용우
Hanja	吉用祐
Revised Romanization	Gil Yong-u
McCune–Reischauer	Kil Yongu

Last updated June 09, 2025

Kil Yong-woo (born December 17, 1955) is a South Korean actor.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1981	An Embrace in the Dark Night	Kim Young-hoo
1983	A Forbidden Love
	Making Love
	The Sparrow and the Scarecrow	Yoon Sam-yuk
1984	Sweethearts
1985	When Your Tears Run Dry
1985	In the Heat of the Night
1986	Dan
	Red High Heels	Hyun Joon
	Eunuch
	Love Song of a Hero
	Back Car, Front Car
1987	Lethe's Love Song
1988	America, America	Dong-man
1989	Speeding Horse
1992	I Will Forget You Now	Kim Chung-yong
1995	The Apocalypse of Love
2007	Goodbye Day
2008	Lovers of Six Years	Man in hair band (cameo)
2014	58, the Year of the Dog^[8]	Emperor Gojong

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
1981	1st Republic	Lee Kang-seok	MBC
1983	25th Hour of Ambition	Kim Soo-min
	500 Years of Joseon: Tree with Deep Roots	Jang Yeong-sil
	Kan-nan-yi
1984	500 Years of Joseon: The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow	King Seongjong
1985	Eulalia Grass	Lady Shin's husband
1986	Dew on a Blade of Grass	Ji Yong-tae
1987	Samogok (Song of Yearning)	Man-kang	KBS2
1987	Mother		KBS1
1988	Eun-hye's Land		KBS2
1989	500 Years of Joseon: Pamun	Jeong Yak-yong	MBC
	Moonlight Family	Kim Joon-tae	KBS2
	2nd Republic	Kim Young-sam	MBC
1990	Seoul Earthen Bowl	Kwang-ho	KBS1
1991	My Land	Jang Geon-sik	MBC
1992	Don't You Know This Person	North Korean sojwa Jang Il-gu	MBC
	The Three Kingdoms	King Uija	KBS1
	The Chemistry Is Right	Lee Jin-wook	SBS
1993	Fifteen in the Family	Deputy Park Chan-ki	SBS
	3rd Republic	Kim Young-sam	MBC
	How's Your Husband?	Do Joo-seob	SBS
	The Story of Bongi	Bongi Kim Seon-dal	KBS1
	Woman's Mirror	Jung Sang-woo	SBS
1994	The Lonely Man		KBS2
	Partner	Ji-pung	MBC
	Republic of Saravia	Kim Do-dal	KBS2
1995	Two Dads	Security company boss Kil Yong-woo	MBC
	Jang Hui-bin	Jang Hee-jae	SBS
	Korea Gate	Dr. Lee Kyung-seo	SBS
1996	Under Seoul's Sky	Lee Woong-ho	MBC
1997	The Third Man
	Fireworks	Director
	Jae-dong-yi	Jae-dong's father	SBS
	Promise
1998	Three Kim Generation	Kim Young-sam
1998	Eun-ah's Daughter	Kim Myung-soo	KBS1
1999	I'm Still Loving You	Bong Min-seob	MBC
2000	Look Back in Anger	Shin Sung-chul	KBS2
	Emperor Wang Gun	Bok Ji-gyeom	KBS1
	SWAT Police	Jang Dae-gyu	SBS
	The Golden Era	Yoo Hyun-seung	MBC
	Gibbs' Family		MBC
2001	Cool	Kang Joo-cheon	KBS2
2002	Sunlight Upon Me	Choi Tae-kyung	MBC
	The Story of Two Men		KBS2
	Man of the Sun, Lee Je-ma	Jwa-myeong	KBS2
	Age of Warriors	Imperial Ögedei Khan	KBS1
	Affection	Dr. Tak	SBS
2003	Land of Wine	Seo Tae-kwan	SBS
2004	The Age of Heroes	Im Dae-seok	MBC
2004	Emperor of the Sea	King Shinmu	KBS2
2006	Wolf	Company president Han Hong-man	MBC
2006	Dae Jo-yeong	King Bojang	KBS1
2007	Dal-ja's Spring	Kang Soon-hong	KBS2
	Thank You	Min Joon-ho	MBC
	Kimcheed Radish Cubes	Hwang Sang-beom	MBC
2008	Hong Gil-dong	Minister Hong Pan-seo	KBS2
2008	I Am Happy	Park Seung-jae	SBS
2009	Cinderella Man	Seo Yoo-jin's father (guest)	MBC
	Loving You a Thousand Times	Go In-duk	SBS
	Invincible Lee Pyung Kang ^[9]	Woo Pyung-won	KBS2
	Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan on the Final Report	Stephen Kim Sou-hwan	PBC
2011	Twinkle Twinkle	Hwang Nam-bong	MBC
	Poseidon ^[10]	Oh Yong-gap	KBS2
	If Tomorrow Comes	Yoon Won-seob	SBS
	Me Too, Flower!	Cha Bong-sun's father	MBC
2012	Rooftop Prince	Lord Hong Man-pil (guest)	SBS
2012	My Husband Got a Family	Bang Gwi-nam's adoptive father (guest)	KBS2
2013	Here Comes Mr. Oh	Charles Wang (Wang Chul-soo)	MBC
	Pots of Gold	Jung Byung-hoo	MBC
	A Tale of Two Sisters	Han Yong-deok	KBS1
	Heartless City	Attorney General Ji Man-hee	jTBC
2014	Can We Fall in Love, Again?	Kwon Ji-hyun's father	jTBC
	Mother's Garden	Seo Byung-jin	MBC
	Only Love ^[11]	Choi Dong-joon	SBS
2015	My Unfortunate Boyfriend	Jung Hye-mi's father	MBC Dramanet
2015	A Daughter Just Like You	Ma Joong-ki	MBC
2016	Bubbly Lovely	Han Young-mok	SBS
2018	My Healing Love	Choi Jae-hug	MBC
2020	Fatal Promise	Han Kwang-hoon	KBS2
2020	Backstreet Rookie	Yoo Myung-Ki	SBS

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2022	Welcome to Wedding Hell	Seo Jong-soo	^[12]

Variety/radio show

Year	Title	Notes
1991	FM Morning Show	DJ
1998-2010	효도우미 0700	Host

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1975	Min-joong of Danwon
2010	Please Look After Mom	Young-chul

Other activities

Besides acting, Kil is also a full-time faculty member of Jangan University's Department of Entertainment, an adjunct professor at Kyungpook National University, and an adjunct professor at Kaya University.

Ambassadorship

Ambassador of Public Relations to Seoul (2023)^[13]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1980	MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actor		Won
1980	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor		Won
1985	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Eulalia Grass	Won
1986	KBS Drama Awards	Popularity Award, Actor	Samogok	Won
1987	23rd Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actor (TV)	Samogok	Won
2008	16th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	모범연예인상		Won
2009	KBS Drama Awards	Best Couple Award with Choi Myung-gil	Invincible Lee Pyung Kang	Nominated
2011	MBC Drama Awards ^[14]	Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Twinkle Twinkle	Won
2012	3rd Korean Canonical Awards	Recipient, Culture and Arts Development category		Won
2023	Korea Drama Awards ^[15]	Achievement Award	Kil Yong-woo	Won

References

↑ Ha, Eun-jeong (7 March 2008). 연기 33년,결혼 22차 첫 인터뷰 길용우. iBestBaby (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ 골프에 대한 사랑이 남다른 연기자 '길용우'. Golf Journal (in Korean). 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ 길용우, "부모님께 조금 더 효도합시다". Arts News (in Korean). 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ "Actor Kil Yong-woo donates to Africa". The Korea Herald . 1 August 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ Chung, Ah-young (16 December 2009). "Best-Selling Novels Adapted Into Stage Versions". The Korea Times . Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ Chung, Ah-young (1 February 2010). "Play Take Care of Mom Adds New Twist". The Korea Times . Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ "PREVIEW: Please Look After Mom". 10Asia. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ Lee, Ju-hyeon (26 September 2013). 웃픈 우리 영화의 날들: 김태영 감독의 <58년 개띠 노총각감독 서울 위드 러브>, 삶과 꿈 사이 탈출구를 뚫다. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ "Press conference for KBS TV series Invincible Lee Pyung Kang". 10Asia. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ "PREVIEW: KBS TV series Poseidon". 10Asia. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ "Only Love Lee Eung Kyung's Excuses Not Getting Through To Kil Yong Woo". KDramaStars. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ Kim Mi-hwa (April 21, 2022). "이 결혼 잘 할 수 있을까?"..이진욱X이연희, 예비 부부로 만났다 [결혼백서]" [Is this marriage going to go well?"..Lee Jin-wook X Lee Yeon-hee met as a prospective couple [Marriage White Paper]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved April 21, 2022– via Naver.
↑ Kim, Chae-yeon (February 16, 2023). "이석훈, 뉴진스·김용명 등 함께 서울시 홍보대사 위촉.."자랑스럽고 영광" [Lee Seok-hoon, New Jeans, and Kim Yong-myeong were appointed as public relations ambassadors for Seoul..“Proud and honored] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved February 16, 2023– via Naver.
↑ "The Greatest Love snags 7 honors at 2011 MBC Drama Awards". 10Asia. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
↑ Kim, Yang-soo (October 14, 2023). "[종합] '코리아드라마어워즈' 이성민 대상...오정세x김선아 최우수상" [[Overall] 'Korea Drama Awards' Lee Sung-min Grand Prize...Oh Jung-se x Kim Sun-ah Best Actress]. Joy News 24 (in Korean). Retrieved October 14, 2023.

External links

Gil Yong-woo Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at Hunus Creative (in Korean)
Kil Yong-woo at HanCinema
Kil Yong-woo at the Korean Movie Database
Kil Yong-woo at IMDb

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[1] Ha, Eun-jeong (7 March 2008). 연기 33년,결혼 22차 첫 인터뷰 길용우. iBestBaby (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[2] 골프에 대한 사랑이 남다른 연기자 '길용우'. Golf Journal (in Korean). 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[3] 길용우, "부모님께 조금 더 효도합시다". Arts News (in Korean). 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[4] "Actor Kil Yong-woo donates to Africa". The Korea Herald . 1 August 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[5] Chung, Ah-young (16 December 2009). "Best-Selling Novels Adapted Into Stage Versions". The Korea Times . Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[6] Chung, Ah-young (1 February 2010). "Play Take Care of Mom Adds New Twist". The Korea Times . Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[7] "PREVIEW: Please Look After Mom". 10Asia. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[8] Lee, Ju-hyeon (26 September 2013). 웃픈 우리 영화의 날들: 김태영 감독의 <58년 개띠 노총각감독 서울 위드 러브>, 삶과 꿈 사이 탈출구를 뚫다. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[9] "Press conference for KBS TV series Invincible Lee Pyung Kang". 10Asia. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[10] "PREVIEW: KBS TV series Poseidon". 10Asia. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[11] "Only Love Lee Eung Kyung's Excuses Not Getting Through To Kil Yong Woo". KDramaStars. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[12] Kim Mi-hwa (April 21, 2022). "이 결혼 잘 할 수 있을까?"..이진욱X이연희, 예비 부부로 만났다 [결혼백서]" [Is this marriage going to go well?"..Lee Jin-wook X Lee Yeon-hee met as a prospective couple [Marriage White Paper]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved April 21, 2022– via Naver.

[13] Kim, Chae-yeon (February 16, 2023). "이석훈, 뉴진스·김용명 등 함께 서울시 홍보대사 위촉.."자랑스럽고 영광" [Lee Seok-hoon, New Jeans, and Kim Yong-myeong were appointed as public relations ambassadors for Seoul..“Proud and honored] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved February 16, 2023– via Naver.

[14] "The Greatest Love snags 7 honors at 2011 MBC Drama Awards". 10Asia. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

[15] Kim, Yang-soo (October 14, 2023). "[종합] '코리아드라마어워즈' 이성민 대상...오정세x김선아 최우수상" [[Overall] 'Korea Drama Awards' Lee Sung-min Grand Prize...Oh Jung-se x Kim Sun-ah Best Actress]. Joy News 24 (in Korean). Retrieved October 14, 2023.

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v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Most Popular Actor
Film	Son Chang-min (1990) Dokgo Young-jae (1995) Park Shin-yang (1998) Lee Jung-jae (1999) Lee Sung-jae (2000) Song Kang-ho (2001) Yu Oh-seong (2002) Im Chang-jung (2003) Gang Dong-won and Kwon Sang-woo (2004) Gang Dong-won, Kim Rae-won and Lee Dong-gun (2005) Hyun Bin (2006) Lee Joon-gi (2007) Kwon Sang-woo (2008) Ju Ji-hoon (2009) Jang Keun-suk (2010) Choi Seung-hyun (2011) Jang Keun-suk (2012) Kim Dong-wan (2013) Kim Soo-hyun (2014) Lee Min-ho (2015) Do Kyung-soo (2016) Do Kyung-soo (2017)
Television	Jeong Jin, Byun Hee-bong and Lee Deok-hwa (1985) Yu In-chon (1986) Kil Yong-woo and Lee Deok-hwa (1987) Jung Han-yong and Nam Sung-hoon (1988) Im Hyun-sik and Park Geun-hyung (1989) Kim Soon-cheol and Yu In-chon (1990) Jung Han-yong and Joo Hyun (1991) Park Sang-won and Choi Min-soo (1992) Bae Yong-joon and Jang Dong-gun (1997) Cha In-pyo and Song Seung-heon (1998) Ryu Si-won (1999) Yoo Dong-geun and Jun Kwang-ryul (2000) Kang Seok-woo (2001) Yoon Tae-young and Bae Yong-joon (2002) Ahn Jae-mo and Yoon Tae-young (2003) Rain and So Ji-sub (2004) Zo In-sung and Eric Mun (2005) Jo Hyun-jae (2006) Lee Beom-soo (2007) Kang Ji-hwan (2008) Kim Hyun-joong (2009) Lee Seung-gi (2010) Park Yoo-chun (2011) Park Yoo-chun (2012) Park Yoo-chun (2013) Kim Soo-hyun (2014) Lee Jong-suk (2015) Song Joong-ki (2016) Park Bo-gum (2017)
Combined	Jung Hae-in (2018) Doh Kyung-soo (2019) Hyun Bin (2020) Kim Seon-ho (2021) Lee Jun-ho (2022) Park Jin-young (2023) Kim Soo-hyun (2024) Byeon Woo-seok (2025)

v t e KBS Drama Awards for Popularity Award, Actor
1986–1999	Kil Yong-woo (1986) Kim Kyu-chul (1995) Ahn Jae-mo (1998)
2000–2019	Kim Sang-kyung, Song Seung-heon (2000) Lee Chang-hoon, Ryu Jin (2001) Choi Soo-jong, Bae Yong-joon (2002) Cha Seung-won, Kim Seung-woo (2003) Rain, So Ji-sub (2004) Namkoong Min, Song Il-kook (2005) Hyun Bin, Oh Man-seok (2006) Jeong Bo-seok (2007) Jang Keun-suk (2008) Yoon Sang-hyun (2009) Song Joong-ki (2010) Kim Soo-hyun, Park Si-hoo (2011) Joo Won (2012) Ji Sung (2013) Ji Chang-wook, Joo Won (2014) Nam Joo-hyuk, Park Bo-gum (2015)
2020–present	Jung Jin-young, Rowoon (2021) Do Kyung-soo, Kang Ha-neul (2022) Ahn Jae-hyun, Ji Seung-hyun, Lee Sang-hyeob, Rowoon (2023) Kim Myung-soo (2024)
Related article	Korean Broadcasting System KBS Drama Awards

v t e MBC Drama Awards for Best New Actor
1970s	Yu In-chon (1974) Hyun-Seok (1975) Han In-soo (1976) Kim Ho-sung and Kim Dong-hyun (1977) Lee Won-yong (1978) Lim Jeong-ha (1979)
1980s	Kil Yong-woo (1980) Yoon Soo-hong (1982) Lim Young-Kyu (1983) Choi Sang-hoon (1984) Jung Seong-mo (1985) Kim Joo-seung (1986) Park Chan-hwan (1987) Park Sang-won (1988) Moon young-min (1989)
1990s	Pyo Hong-hak (1990) Jung Myung-hwan (1991) Kim Chan-woo (1992) Han Suk-kyu (1993) Cha In-pyo (1994) Ahn Jae-wook (1995) Jung Joon-ho (1996) Yoo Tae-woong (1997) Park Yong-ha and Yu Oh-seong (1998) Kim Sang-kyung, Cha Tae-hyun and Yoon Tae-young (1999)
2000s	Go Soo and Kim Myung-min (2000) Ji Sung and Lee Seo-jin (2001) Kim Jaewon and Kim Sung-min (2002) Gang Dong-won and Kim Min-jun (2003) Eric Mun and Hyun Bin (2004) Daniel Henney, Kang Ji-hwan and Lee Min-ki (2005) Ju Ji-hoon and Won Ki-joon (2006) Han Sang-jin and Kim Min-sung (2007) Park Hae-jin and Jang Keun-suk (2008) Lee Seung-hyo and Yoo Seung-ho (2009)
2010s	Lee Sang-yoon and Lee Tae-sung (2010) Lee Gi-kwang, Park Yoo-chun and Park Yoon-jae (2011) Kim Jae-joong and Lee Jang-woo (2012) Lee Sang-yeob and Oh Chang-seok (2013) Choi Tae-joon and Im Si-wan (2014) Kang Eun-tak, Yoon Hyun-min and Lee Soo-hyuk (2015) Nam Joo-hyuk and Ryu Jun-yeol (2016) Kim Jung-hyun and Kim Seon-ho (2017) Kim Kyung-nam and Lee Jun-young (2018) Lee Jae-wook and Rowoon (2019)
2020s	Ahn Bo-hyun (2020) Kang Hoon (2021) Lee Jong-won (2022) Kim Mu-jun, Kim Yoon-woo (2023) Heo Nam-jun, Lee Ga-sub (2024)

Kil Yong-woo
Born	(1955-12-17) December 17, 1955 (age 69) South Korea
Other names	Gil Yong-woo
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts – Performing Arts Sangmyung University Graduate School of Arts – Master's degree
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Agent	Hunus Creative

Korean name
Hangul	길용우
Hanja	吉用祐
Revised Romanization	Gil Yong-u
McCune–Reischauer	Kil Yongu