Kim Chang-wan

Biography

Kim Chang Wan is a South Korean rock singer, composer, musician, actor, TV host, radio DJ, writer, and poet. 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. After Kim graduated in 1975 from Seoul National University, they went professional and changed their band's name to Sanulrim (meaning "Mountain Echo"). The band's psychedelic rock/hard rock sound (reminiscent of the Sex Pistols) 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. They held a 30th-anniversary concert in 2007 and made plans to release the 14th album. But drummer Kim Chang Ik was killed in a traffic accident in Vancouver, Canada on January 29th, 2008, and Sanulrim disbanded after his death. Having worked as a music director and film score composer in the early 1990s, Kim also began acting onscreen. He did not only starred in movies such as Blades of Blood, Antique Bakery, Shinsukki Blues, Windstruck, and My Love Ssagajy but also in roughly …

Movies & TV Shows

1. It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) — Oh Ji-wang
2. My Love from the Star (2013) — Jang Yung-mok
3. Coffee Prince (2007) — Hong Gae-shik
4. Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016) — Park Young-Sil
5. Windstruck (2004) — Chief of Police Substation
6. Something in the Rain (2018) — Jun-hui's father
7. 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant (2004) — Ha-young's Father
8. One Spring Night (2019) — Kwon Young-kook
9. Good Doctor (2013) — President Jung
10. Antique (2008) — White Beard
11. Why Her? (2022) — Baek Jin Ki [Seojung University Law School director]
12. Blades of Blood (2010) — King Seonjo
13. The Ring Virus (1999) — Reporter Kim
14. Find Me in Your Memory (2020) — Yoo Sung-hyuk
15. One the Woman (2021) — No Hak-tae
16. Bad Prosecutor (2022) — Seo Hyun-gyu
17. Awaken (2020) — Gong Il-do
18. Heaven's Postman (2009) — Lee Moon-gyo
19. Iljimae (2008) — King Do Po Hui
20. Secret Love Affair (2014) — Dean Min Yong-Ki
21. The Real Has Come! (2023) — Jang Ho
22. Jugglers (2017) — Do Tae-Geun
23. Oh! Master (2021) — Kim Chang Gyu
24. Doctor (2012) — Choi In-beom
25. Hwajung (2015) — Yi Won-ik
26. Secret Door (2014) — Kim Taek
27. 20th Century Boy and Girl (2017) — Sa Chang-wan
28. Genesis (2021) — Woo Ki Suk [Doctor]
29. Ireland (2004) — Moon Jae-Seok
30. Whisper (2017) — Lee Ho-Beom
31. You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (2009) — Self
32. Love Story in Harvard (2004) — [Soo In's doctor]
33. Harvest Villa (2010)
34. Who Are You? (2013) — Choi Moon-shik
35. Worlds Within (2008) — Park Hyun-sup
36. Nonstop (2000)
37. Money Game (2020) — Kim Man Young [Managing Partner of Young & Soo]
38. Glamorous Temptation (2015) — Kwon Soo Myung
39. A Thousand Kisses (2011) — Jang Byung Shik
40. The Vineyard Man (2006) — Lee Hyung-man