Kim Jung-tae
| Kim Jung-tae | |
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| Born |
Kim Tae-wook December 13, 1972 Busan, South Korea |
| Education | Kyungsung University - Theater and Film |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Agent | Taewon Art Media |
| Spouse(s) | Jeon Yeo-jin (m. 2009) |
| Children | Kim Ji-hoo Kim Si-hyun |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김정태 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Jeong-tae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chŏngt'ae |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 김태욱 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Tae-uk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Taeuk |
Kim Jung-tae (born Kim Tae-wook on December 13, 1972) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles on film and television.
He made his acting debut in 1999 with the film The Uprising under his birth name Kim Tae-wook. In 2006 he started going by his current stage name Kim Jung-tae. Best known as a supporting actor, Kim was often typecast in antagonistic roles, mostly as gangsters, loan sharks, and other such villains.
Kim drew praise in 2010 when he played the leading role in the 25-minute short film Remember O Goddess, a film noir involving memory loss. That same year, audiences first got a taste of Kim's comical side in He's on Duty.
In 2014, he and his son Kim Ji-hoo appeared on The Return of Superman, a reality show that follows celebrity fathers who take over caring for their children for a few days while their wives are away. They were originally guest stars in his friend Jang Hyun-sung's segment on episodes 20 and 21, but netizens liked Ji-hoo for his bright and happy personality and asked to see more of him. On episode 21, Kim said that he calls Ji-hoo by the nickname "Yakkung" because while playing peekaboo (kkakkung in Korean) with him as a baby, Ji-hoo would not answer to kkakkung, but to yakkung. They officially became cast members on episode 25.
Kim was later heavily criticized for bringing Ji-hoo while publicly campaigning for Na Dong-yeon of the Saenuri Party, who ran for Yangsan city mayor in South Gyeongsang Province in the June 4, 2014 local elections. His wife, Jeon Yeo-jin responded that the family was just on a "picnic," and that she and her son had just stopped by to say hello to Na, who is an old friend of her husband. Yet due to mounting criticism that a child had seemingly been exploited for political means, Kim's agency announced a week after the incident that Kim and his son had chosen to leave the program The Return of Superman.
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