Kim Min-kyo (Korean: ê¹€ë¯¼êµ , born April 15, 1974) is a South Korean
actor and director. He is well known for a cast member ('crew') on the
tvN entertainment show Saturday Night Live Korea.He has been
performing as a stage actor on several Korean theatre plays, mainly in
Daehangno for 20 years, and also working as a movie actor since 1998.
On early 2012, after hard years as a relatively unknown actor, he was
strongly requested by his Seoul Institute of the Arts superior Jang
Jin, who served as the creative director of a brand-new live comic
variety TV programme Saturday Night Live Korea. He eventually joined
this programme and has been performing since May 2012. Furthermore,
from the beginning of SNL Korea's 3rd season in latter of 2012, with
mentorship by high-profile comedian Shin Dong-yup, his popularity has
skyrocketed. During the show, he played a series of unexpected sexual
characters, which led its viewers to misapprehend him as an LGBT
member. Currently, he serves both as a recurring stage director and
actor of his works in South Korean arts circle, and considered as a de
facto member of Jang Jin's Division (장진사단), alongside Kim
Seul-gi, Go Kyung-pyo, Kwon Hyeok-su, and others. He has also been
coaching his fellow stage actors like Chae Dong-hyeon, Yoon Gyung-ho,
and Seo Seong-min. He admires Steven Chow as his role model, who
numerously covers both comic and tragic acts.
actor and director. He is well known for a cast member ('crew') on the
tvN entertainment show Saturday Night Live Korea.He has been
performing as a stage actor on several Korean theatre plays, mainly in
Daehangno for 20 years, and also working as a movie actor since 1998.
On early 2012, after hard years as a relatively unknown actor, he was
strongly requested by his Seoul Institute of the Arts superior Jang
Jin, who served as the creative director of a brand-new live comic
variety TV programme Saturday Night Live Korea. He eventually joined
this programme and has been performing since May 2012. Furthermore,
from the beginning of SNL Korea's 3rd season in latter of 2012, with
mentorship by high-profile comedian Shin Dong-yup, his popularity has
skyrocketed. During the show, he played a series of unexpected sexual
characters, which led its viewers to misapprehend him as an LGBT
member. Currently, he serves both as a recurring stage director and
actor of his works in South Korean arts circle, and considered as a de
facto member of Jang Jin's Division (장진사단), alongside Kim
Seul-gi, Go Kyung-pyo, Kwon Hyeok-su, and others. He has also been
coaching his fellow stage actors like Chae Dong-hyeon, Yoon Gyung-ho,
and Seo Seong-min. He admires Steven Chow as his role model, who
numerously covers both comic and tragic acts.
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