Kim Rae-won
| Kim Rae-won | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 19, 1981 Gangneung, Gangwon Province, South Korea |
| Education | Chung-Ang University - Theater and Film |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Agent | HB Entertainment |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Rae-won |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Raewŏn |
Kim Rae-won (born March 19, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He rose to fame in 2003 romantic comedy series Rooftop Room Cat, and is also known for his leading roles in My Little Bride (2004), Love Story in Harvard (2004), Gourmet (2008), A Thousand Days' Promise (2011) and Punch (2014-2015). He is the male lead in the 2016 drama, Doctor Crush alongside Park Shin-hye.
Kim Rae-won initially wanted to become a professional basketball player, but when an injured ankle tendon ended that childhood dream, he turned to acting and studied Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University. He made his acting debut in the 1997 teen drama Me, in the role of a newbie at the broadcasting club of his high school. This was followed by another teen drama, School 2 (1999) and coming-of-age film Plum Blossom (2000).
In 2003, Kim became a household name after playing a law student slacker who cohabitates with a girl (Jeong Da-bin) in the popular series Rooftop Room Cat. He then played a carefree photographer who enters the life of an introverted girl in ...ing, followed by a return to the romantic comedy genre with My Little Bride, in the role of a college graduate forced to marry a high school girl (Moon Geun-young). My Little Bride became a sleeper hit and was the second top-grossing Korean film of 2004.
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