Kim Chang-wan

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim .

Kim Chang Wan
Born	(1954-02-22) February 22, 1954 (age 70) Heukseok-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea (Currently Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea) [1]
Education	Seoul National University (Agricultural studies)
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, writer
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Kang Gwi Bin
Children	1 [2]
Korean name
Hangul	김창완
Hanja	金 昌 完
Revised Romanization	Gim Chang-wan
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Ch'angwan
Website	changwan.com

Kim Chang Wan (born February 22, 1954) is a South Korean singer, actor and writer.

Early life and education

Kim along with his younger brothers Kim Chang-hoon and Kim Chang-ik, began composing music during their mid-teens, and formed the band Mui when they were college students.

Kim graducated from Seoul National University in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Studies, major in Natural Fiber.

Career

1975–1984: Debut Sanulrim and commercial success and disbandment

After Kim graduated in 1975, he and his brother went for professional career debut and changed their band's name to Sanulrim (산울림 meaning "Mountain Echo"). ^[3] With Kim Chang-wan as lead vocalist and guitarist, Kim Chang-hoon on rhythm guitar, bass and keyboards, and Kim Chang-ik on drums.

In 1977, Sanulrim released their first album What, Already?, which became a critical and commercial success. ^[4] The band's psychedelic rock/hard rock sound was music Koreans hadn't heard before, and Sanulrim revitalized the Korean music scene, which was currently devastated after several major musicians were arrested for marijuana possession in the 1970s.

From 1977 to 1984, they released more than 10 albums and became one of the most influential and beloved figures in the Korean rock music scene. ^[5] With the K-pop retrospective boom during the 1990s, all of their albums were reissued and a tribute album was released. They held a 30th anniversary concert in 2007 and made plans to release a 14th album.

1982–present: Writing, disbandment of Sanulrim, eponymous band and acting career

His 1990 book I Want to Live Just Until 20 Years Old was adapted into a 1992 film.

On January 29, 2008, drummer Kim Chang-ik was killed in a traffic accident in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on January 29, 2008, and Sanulrim disbanded after his death. ^[6]

In 2008, he founded the eponymous Kim Chang-wan Band, with himself on vocals, keyboardist Lee Sang-hoon, bassist Choi Won-sik, drummer Kang Yoon-gi and guitarist Yeom Min-yeol. They have released one album, Bus, and several EPs. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]} Kim also contributes to soundtracks and collaborates with younger artists, such as IU. ^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

Having worked as a music director and film score composer in the early 1990s, Kim Chang-wan also began acting onscreen. ^[17] He has appeared in supporting roles in film and television, notably in dramedy The Happy Funeral Director, omnibus Beating Heart , medical drama Behind the White Tower , and romantic comedies Coffee Prince , Queen of Housewives , and My Love from the Star . ^{[18] [19] [20] [21] [22]}

In 2013, he played the leading role of a psychopathic plastic surgeon in the slasher film Doctor. ^{[23] [24] [25]} The versatile Kim has also starred in a stage play (A Nap in 2010), hosted variety shows and radio programs, and written several books (some containing poetry). ^{[26] [27] [28]}

Discography

For Kim's work with Sanulrim, see Sanulrim.

Studio albums

List of studio albums, showing selected details

Title	Details
I'm an Earthling	Released: November 24, 2023 Format: Digital download, streaming track listing I'm an Earthling Old Man's Bench Moonlight Two of Us A Stone-cold Tea Youth Time Where are You, Sister? Anesthesia Teacup Love the Beautiful I'd Want to Talk Mom, I Love You

Singles

List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, sales figures, and name of the album

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales	Album
		KOR [29]	KOR Hot [30]
"The Meaning of You" (너의 의미) (IU featuring Kim Chang-wan; Sanulrim cover)	2014	3	2	KOR: 2,500,000 [31]	A Flower Bookmark

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and name of the album

Title	Year	Album
"8th Grader (Respect Your Dreams)" (Kim Chang-wan and Seo Chang-bin)	2024	Non-album single

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role
1983	MBC Bestseller Theater: "Windmills of My Mind"	Music director
1985	Song of the Sea	Kim Chang-soo
1989	Sleepless Tree	Chang-min
1991	Windmills of Love	Singer
1995	MBC Best Theater: "Report on Sex Mosaic"
	Drama Game: "Man Baking Yachae Sikppang"	Go Si-bong
	Love Formula	Jung Woon-hyun
1996	MBC Best Theater: "Woman in the Antechamber"	Section chief Lee
	Under the Seoul Sky	Go Geo-bong
	Garden with Golden Light	Jae-yong
1997	Today's Sou'easter
1998	Piano
	Memories	Seung-wan
	Eun-shil	Kim Byung-gook
	MBC Best Theater: "Mr. Gong Choon-taek's Contract Marriage"
1999	MBC Best Theater: "The Golden Era of Aenok"
	MBC Best Theater: "Goodbye Audrey Hepburn"
	MBC Best Theater: "There is Nothing Wrong with the Yeouido Electric Line."
	Half
	KAIST	Professor Choi
	Sweet Bride
2000	MBC Best Theater: "A Woman I Want to Hit"
	Mr. Duke
2001	Sun-hee and Jin-hee	Detective Park Doo-man
	Cummi, the Fairy	Oh Myung-tae's father
	Well Known Woman	Doctor Joo
2002	MBC Best Theater
	Sunlight Upon Me	Joo Min-ho
	Since We Met	Jo Nam-sik
	To Be with You	Lee Deok-soo
2003	Long Live Love	Lee Hyun-sik
	While You Were Dreaming
	Span Drama: "Waiting for Godot"
2004	MBC Best Theater: "Your Brother Is Back"
	First Love of a Royal Prince	Kim Yu-bin's father
	Ireland	Moon Jae-seok
	Love Story in Harvard	Jin-chul
2005	Beating Heart	Kim Chang-wan
	Rainbow Romance	Father of Eun-kyung, Eun-bi, and Jae-kyung
2006	Love Truly	Kang San
	The Vineyard Man	Lee Hyung-man
2007	Behind the White Tower	Woo Yong-gil
	Several Questions That Make Us Happy	Byung-ki
	Coffee Prince	Hong Gae-shik
	Cruel Love	Hwang In-soo
2008	Iljimae	King Injo
	Worlds Within	Park Hyun-seob
2009	Queen of Housewives	Kim Hong-shik
	Triple	Kim Bok-man (cameo)
2010	Golden House	Kim Sang-chul
	Queen of Reversals	Mok Young-chul
2011	Miss Ripley	Director Choi
	A Thousand Kisses	Jang Byung-shik
	What's Up	Park Tae-yi's father
2012	Take Care of Us, Captain	Han Gyu-pil
	The King's Doctor	Jung Sung-jo
2013	The End of the World	Choi Soo-chul
	Who Are You?	Choi Moon-shik
	Good Doctor	Chairman Jung
	My Love from the Star	Jang Young-mok
2014	Secret Affair	Min Yong-ki
	Secret Door	Kim Taek
2015	Great Stories	Narrator
	Splendid Politics	Yi Won-ik
2016–2017	Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth	Park Yeong-shi
2017	Whisper	Lee Ho-beom
	Children of the 20th Century	Sa Chang-wan
	Jugglers	Vice President Do Tae-geun
2018	Something in the Rain	Seo Joon-hee's father
2019	One Spring Night	Kwon Gi-seok's father
2020	Find Me in Your Memory	Yoo Seong-hyeok
	It's Okay to Not Be Okay	Oh Ji-wang
2020–2021	Awaken	Gong Il-do
2021	One the Woman	Noh Hak-tae [32]
2021	Oh My Ladylord	Kim Chang-gyu
2022	Why Her	Baek Jin-gi [33]
	Bad Prosecutor	Seo Hyun-gyu [34]
2023	The Real Has Come!	Jang-ho [35]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Three Women Under the Umbrella	—	Music director
1989	Happiness Does Not Come in Grades	—	Music director
1990	I Stand Every Day	—	Music director
	Well, Let's Look at the Sky Sometimes	—	Music director
1991	Byung-pal's Diary	—	Music director
1992	I Want to Live Just Until 20 Years Old	—	Music director; Author of original book
1993	Young-gu and Princess Zzu Zzu	—	Music director
	A Dangerous Woman 2	—	Music director
	Young-gu Home Alone 2	—	Music director
1996	Jungle Story	Ji-woo
1997	Repechage	—	Music director
1999	The Ring Virus	Reporter Kim
2000	The Happy Funeral Director	Pan Cheol-gu
2001	A Day	Dr. Jo
	Making Sun-dried Red Peppers	—	Sound department
2003	Owl (short film)		Music director
2004	100 Days with Mr. Arrogant	Kang Ha-yeong's father
	Windstruck	Chief of police substation
	Shinsukki Blues	Na In-cheol
2008	Antique	White beard
2009	Heaven's Postman	Lee Moon-gyo
2010	Blades of Blood	King Seonjo
2012	Wonderful Radio	Himself (voice cameo)
2013	Doctor	Choi In-beom

Television and radio shows

Year	Title	Notes
	Memories of Pop Music with Kim Chang-wan	DJ
	Turn on the Radio with Kim Chang-wan
1978	7:00 p.m. Date
1981	11 Pop
1990	Between Dreams and Music
1996	Golden Disk with Kim Chang-wan
1997	Beautiful Morning with Shin Eun-kyung and Kim Chang-wan	MC
1998	발명Q 원리를 찾아라
	Three Stories with Kim Chang-wan
2000–present	This Beautiful Morning, This Is Kim Chang-wan	DJ
2006	Science Cafe	MC
2008–2010	Music Travel Lalala
2009	목숨걸고 편식하다	Documentary narrator
2010–2011	Global Education Issue	MC
2013–2014	Bookmark Culture

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Van Gogh and the Sunflower Boy(반 고흐와 해바라기 소년)	—	Composer
2010	A Nap (낮잠)	Han Young-jin

Books

Year	Title
1982	Love Is Too Bitter for Me (내게 사랑은 너무 써)
1990	I Want to Live Just Until 20 Years Old (스무살까지만 살고 싶어요)
1995	The Road Home (집에 가는 길)
2001	Dad's Gift (아빠의 선물)
2004	Brat (개구쟁이)
2005	이제야 보이네
2008	네가 있어 다행이야
2009	사일런트 머신 길자
2011	Soul Food (소울푸드)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1978	TBC Music Awards	Silver Prize, 중창 category		Won
1981	KBS Music Awards	중창 category		Won
1995	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Radio category		Won
1997	10th 대한민국 동요대상	동요를 사랑하는 가수상		Won
2007	MBC Drama Awards	PD Award	Behind the White Tower , Coffee Prince	Won
2008	23rd Golden Disk Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award	—	Won
2009	MBC Drama Awards [36]	Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Queen of Housewives , Triple	Won
2010	The Voice of SBS Awards	Recipient	This Beautiful Morning, This Is Kim Chang-wan	Won
	SBS Entertainment Awards [37]	Best Radio DJ		Won
2011	23rd Korea PD Awards	Best Performer, Radio Host category		Won
2014	3rd APAN Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	My Love from the Star	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Special Award, Actor in a Drama Special		Won
2021	SBS Drama Awards	Best Character Award, Actor	One the Woman	Nominated

References

1. "김창완". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Retrieved January 2, 2024.
2. ""단조로운 일상이야말로 삶의 가장 중요한 캔버스죠"".
3. "Rocking 70's-Resurrection of Korean Rock". Arirang News . January 20, 2014. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
4. "Sanullim (산울림)". KBS World . Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
5. "Kim Chang-wan to Hold Rock Concert". The Chosun Ilbo . June 11, 2001. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
6. Kwon, Mee-yoo (January 30, 2008). "Rocker Brothers' Youngest Passes Away in Canada". The Korea Times . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
7. Garcia, Cathy Rose A. (July 28, 2009). "Oasis, Weezer, Fall Out Boy Rock Out at Jisan Valley". The Korea Times . Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
8. Park, Min-young (March 17, 2011). "Kim quick to lead charity concerts". The Korea Herald . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
9. Surh, Jung-min (March 17, 2011). "Indie bands to hold benefit concert for Japan". The Hankyoreh . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
10. Choi, Eun-hwa (December 8, 2011). "Kim Chang Wan to Appear on SNL Korea". enewsWorld. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
11. Yi, Paul (July 30, 2012). "Olympic Fever Hits Korea". Arirang News . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
12. Russell, Mark (August 12, 2013). "Korean classic rock greats highlight festival lineup". Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
13. "Has Manufactured K-Pop Run Its Course?". The Chosun Ilbo . June 8, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
14. "IU collaborates with veteran singer". The Korea Times . May 8, 2014. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
15. Jin, Eun-soo (May 9, 2014). "IU pushes ahead with duet CD". Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
16. Hong, Grace Danbi (May 19, 2014). "IU Sings The Meaning of You with Original Singer Kim Chang Wan". enewsWorld. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
17. "Singers-Turned-Actors: the Best and the Worst". The Chosun Ilbo . December 2, 2006. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
18. Hwang, Hye-rim; Heo, Moon-young (January 11, 2000). <행복한 장의사>의 두 주연배우 김창완·임창정 [The Two Lead Actors of The Happy Funeral Director, Kim Chang-wan and Im Chang-jung]. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved November 10, 2014.
19. "Six Love Stories". MBC Global Media. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
20. Moon, Seok (March 20, 2007). <하얀거탑> 배우 인터뷰 2. 부원장 역 김창완: 안경 벗으니까 바로 악역이 되더라. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved November 10, 2014.
21. "My Wife is a Superwoman". MBC Global Media. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
22. "Man From the Stars Kim Chang Wan Talks About Kim Soo Hyun's Acting". Soompi . December 26, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
23. Ji, Yong-jin (May 20, 2013). "Korea Will Be Frozen with Fear in June". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
24. Lee, Sun-min (June 17, 2013). "Doctor star talks role, showcases guitar". Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved June 18, 2013.
25. Kim, Seong-hun (July 1, 2013). 김창완: 악쓰지 않는 정교한 광기. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved November 10, 2014.
26. "Filmmaker Hur Jin-ho tries his hand in directing a play". Asiae. February 12, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
27. "JIMFF: Kim Chang-wan says "no need for tech for hearts to interact"". Asiae. August 13, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
28. Kim, Ji-yeon (December 16, 2011). "Eye To Eye To Feature on Kim Chang Wan's Project Album". enewsWorld. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
29. Peaks on the Gaon Digital Chart:
    • "The Meaning of You". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
30. Peaks on Billboard's K-pop Hot 100:
    • "The Meaning of You". Billboard. May 21, 2014. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
31. C., Daniel (September 12, 2018). Gaon's 관찰노트 [Gaon's Observation Notes]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved September 12, 2018.
32. Park Soo-in (August 4, 2021). "이하늬 이상윤 진서연 이원근 '원 더 우먼' 대본리딩부터 박수 터져나온 열연" [Lee Ha-nui Lee Sang-yoon Jin Seo-yeon Lee Won-geun 'One the Woman' script reading]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved August 4, 2021– via Naver.
33. Jang Jin-ri (December 17, 2021). "김창완, '왜 오수재인가' 출연…서현진·황인엽과 연기 호흡" [Kim Chang-wan to appear in 'Why Oh Soo-jae'... Seo Hyun-jin and Hwang In-yeop, acting and breathing] (in Korean). SPOTV News. Retrieved December 17, 2021– via Naver.
34. Jang Pil-gu (October 5, 2022). "드라마 '진검승부' 도경수X이세희, 시원하게 깨부수는 불량검사 액션수사극!…몇부작? [톱:프리뷰]" [Drama 'True Sword Battle' Do Kyung-soo X Lee Se-hee, a rogue prosecutor action investigation drama that breaks cool! how many episodes? [the top: preview]]. Top Star News (in Korean). Retrieved October 5, 2022.
35. Baek Ah-young (March 19, 2023). "진짜가 나타났다' 강부자-홍요섭-차화연-김혜옥-김창완, 중견 어벤져스 총출동" [The real one appeared' Kang Bu-ja - Hong Yo-seop - Cha Hwa-yeon - Kim Hye-ok - Kim Chang-wan, middle-aged Avengers all out] (in Korean). iMBC Entertainment News. Retrieved March 19, 2023– via Naver.
36. Park, So-yeon (December 31, 2009). "Ko Hyun-joung wins grand prize at MBC Acting Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
37. Hong, Lucia (December 31, 2010). "Kang Ho-dong scores grand prize at SBS Entertainment Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved November 10, 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Kim Chang-wan at HanCinema
• Kim Chang-wan at IMDb
• Kim Chang-wan at the Korean Movie Database