Kim Sung-min (Korean: 김성민, February , â€" June , ) was a South
Korean actor.Kim made his acting debut in , as a member of the theatre
troupe Constellation (Korean: 성좌). In , he rose to stardom in the
hit television drama Miss Mermaid. Miss Mermaid screenwriter Im
Sung-han cast him again in her next drama, Lotus Flower Fairy (also
known as Heaven's Fate, ). But when Miss Mermaid was exported to
Taiwan and the Philippines, foreign viewers had difficulty pronouncing
his given name "Sung-taek," so to further build his Korean Wave
profile, Kim adopted the stage name Kim Sung-min in . He then starred
in leading roles in Single Again and Tears of Diamond.Comic supporting
roles followed in Couple or Trouble () where he played a selfish yet
hapless husband to an heiress, and Family's Honor () where he played a
playboy twin brother who has an unlikely romance with a tomboyish
policewoman. Then Kim surprised audiences by portraying a darker
character, an adulterous husband in What's for Dinner? (), followed by
his first period drama, The Reputable Family (). He also appeared in
the popular variety-reality show Qualifications of Men, and during its
run was selected as a guest by the United States Air Force
Thunderbirds on their Far East Tour at Osan Air Base.On December , ,
Kim was arrested in a drug scandal which also implicated other
celebrities. During police questioning, he admitted to habitually
using methamphetamine and marijuana, and smuggling the former
substance into Korea. On January , , the Seoul High Court sentenced
him to four years in prison; upon Kim's appeal, the jail term was
reduced to months suspended for four years, along with two years of
probation, hours of community service, hours of substance abuse
education, and a â‚©, fine. Kim was released from a prison in Uiwang,
Gyeonggi Province on March , . Because of this, he was dropped from
Qualifications of Men and went on a hiatus.
Korean actor.Kim made his acting debut in , as a member of the theatre
troupe Constellation (Korean: 성좌). In , he rose to stardom in the
hit television drama Miss Mermaid. Miss Mermaid screenwriter Im
Sung-han cast him again in her next drama, Lotus Flower Fairy (also
known as Heaven's Fate, ). But when Miss Mermaid was exported to
Taiwan and the Philippines, foreign viewers had difficulty pronouncing
his given name "Sung-taek," so to further build his Korean Wave
profile, Kim adopted the stage name Kim Sung-min in . He then starred
in leading roles in Single Again and Tears of Diamond.Comic supporting
roles followed in Couple or Trouble () where he played a selfish yet
hapless husband to an heiress, and Family's Honor () where he played a
playboy twin brother who has an unlikely romance with a tomboyish
policewoman. Then Kim surprised audiences by portraying a darker
character, an adulterous husband in What's for Dinner? (), followed by
his first period drama, The Reputable Family (). He also appeared in
the popular variety-reality show Qualifications of Men, and during its
run was selected as a guest by the United States Air Force
Thunderbirds on their Far East Tour at Osan Air Base.On December , ,
Kim was arrested in a drug scandal which also implicated other
celebrities. During police questioning, he admitted to habitually
using methamphetamine and marijuana, and smuggling the former
substance into Korea. On January , , the Seoul High Court sentenced
him to four years in prison; upon Kim's appeal, the jail term was
reduced to months suspended for four years, along with two years of
probation, hours of community service, hours of substance abuse
education, and a â‚©, fine. Kim was released from a prison in Uiwang,
Gyeonggi Province on March , . Because of this, he was dropped from
Qualifications of Men and went on a hiatus.
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