Woo-bin Kim (formerly known as Kim Hyun-joong), born on July 16, 1989 in Seoul, South Korea, is a Korean actor, model, and host.
In 2008, Kim Woo Bin began to appear on stage at Seoul Fashion Week and became a professional male fashion model. In 2011, he starred in the TV series "White Christmas" and made his debut as an actor. In 2012, he joined SidusHQ and officially changed his name to "Kim Woo Bin"; in the same year, he became popular as the transfer student Park Heung-soo in the TV series "School 2013", and won the Daejeon TV Festival APAN Star Awards New Actor Award and the Baeksang Arts Award. Nominated for the Newcomer Acting Award. In 2013, he starred in the movie "Friends 2" and played the leading role in a movie for the first time. Later, he played the role of Choi Young-do in the TV series "The Heirs" and caused widespread repercussions. He became one of the first-line male stars in South Korea and won the National Drama Award for this drama. He won the Overseas Popular Actor Award and the Top Ten Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards; in the same year, he served as a regular host for the music program "M! Countdown" for half a year.
In 2014, Kim Woo Bin was confirmed to star in the movies "The Technicians" and "Twenty"[1]. Jin Yubin attended a boys' school when he was a student, got top five grades in the school, and was elected as class president for a long time[2].
When he was in elementary school, Jin Yubin was a head taller than his peers. In addition, his mother was interested in fashion and often sewed clothes for him by hand, which allowed "fashion" to sprout in his heart[3]. Since junior high school, he has had a firm dream of modeling[4]. In high school, in order to become a model, he gained 15 kilograms in one breath and also studied ballet and jazz dance. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the modeling department of Daqing University[3].
When Kim Woo Bin was working as a model in his early days, he never thought about becoming an actor because his ideal at that time was to become a professor in the modeling department. Later, when he was interviewing for an advertising job, he realized the importance of acting ability, so Participated in the company's acting training course[5]. In 2010, Jin Yubin was admitted to Jeonju University[6] to study entertainment.
Modeling experience
In 2008, Kim Woo Bin appeared on the Seoul Fashion Week show and officially debuted as a model. His domineering style and strong aura made him a The red card of various large-scale fashion shows in South Korea, and the male model used by many well-known designers [7].
From 2009 to 2013, he participated in many catwalk events such as Seoul Fashion Week, Busan Haute Couture Show, Line OR Circle Fashion Show, etc. He also attended Loewe, LieSangBong show, Porsche, Louis Quatorze show, GUESS Fashion shows such as UNDERWEAR launching show[8-10]. In January 2011, Kim Woo Bin starred in the KBS TV series "White Christmas" and made his debut as an actor. In the drama, he played the role of Kang Mi-ra, a high school student with a crazy and rebellious personality. In July, he played Roy, a new singer and composer, in the KBS one-act drama "Cupid's Factory"[11]. In December, he starred in the MBN sitcom "Vampire Idol", playing the role of the cute and gluttonous prince's guard Capri; the screenwriter of the show admired him very much and introduced him to SidusHQ to sign a contract as an artist. In order to avoid affecting the work of the same name Other stars, he began to perform acting activities under the stage name "Kim Woo Bin"[6].
In May 2012, Kim Woo-bin took over the filming of the SBS TV series "A Gentleman's Dignity", playing the role of Kim Dong-ha, a delinquent student who likes the heroine but always gets into trouble, and began to emerge as an actor[6]. In August, he made a guest appearance in the idol drama "To the Beautiful You"[6]; he also held his first personal fan meeting in Seoul, and the tickets for the meeting were sold out within 3 minutes[12].
In December, he starred in the KBS TV series "School 2013" and became popular for playing the role of Park Heung-soo, who is abandoned by his relatives and has a cold personality. His outstanding performance in the drama won him the APAN Star Awards at the Daejeon TV Festival in South Korea
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Best New Actor Award[13], and nominated for the 49th Baeksang Arts Awards Newcomer Acting Award[14], and Selected by MBC TV station as the No. 1 "Actor Potential Stock".
In January 2013, Kim Woo Bin won the Rising Star Award at the 8th Asian Model Awards[15]. In March, he joined the movie "Friends 2", playing the son of Han Dong-soo in the previous movie, a new-age gangster with rebellious mood[16]. This is his first time playing the leading role in a movie. After the movie was released in South Korea, it received 3 million viewers. box office success[17]. In August, while developing his film and television career, Kim Woo Bin began to serve as a regular host for the music program "M! Countdown" for six months [18-19]. In October, he staged a complex triangle relationship with Lee Min Ho and Park Shin Hye in the SBS TV series "The Heirs"[20], and his role as Choi Young Do aroused widespread response, becoming one of South Korea's top male stars
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He also won the Overseas Popular Actor Award at the National Drama Festival and the Top Ten Stars at the 2013 SBS Drama Awards for this drama. Award[21]. In December, he served as the host of the SBS Drama Awards together with Li Huicai and Li Boying[22].
In January 2014, Kim Woo Bin won the Asia Special Award at the 9th Asian Model Awards[23]; and held two consecutive fan meetings in Seoul, announcing Kim Woo Bin’s official fan club through the meetings. "WooriBin (Our Bin)" was officially established [24]. In March, Kim Woo Bin returned to the big screen and played the leading role - South Korea's most powerful treasury thief Ji Hyuk in the movie "The Technicians". The film is expected to be released in the second half of the year [25]; at the same time, he made his first appearance in the movie "The Technicians". A fan meeting tour called "Love at First Sight" was launched across Asia[26]. Tickets for the Taiwan station were sold out within 5 minutes, setting a record for the fastest-selling tickets for a Korean actor's meeting in Taiwan. "Exhausted" record[27]. In April, Kim Woo-bin took over the filming of the movie "Twenty"[1], playing the role of Zhihao, an unemployed vagrant who is full of blood and devoted to life. He will show a different comedic charm from his previous image[28]. Kim Woo-bin's father runs a cafe in Hanok Village in Jeonju, South Korea, and his mother runs a discourse school. Jin Yubin’s parents are very open-minded and have always been supportive of his dream: “When I was in junior high school, I first mentioned that I wanted to be a model. I was very introverted at the time, and I was also in school. When I mentioned that my future ideal was to become a model, everyone said They laugh at me, but my parents are very supportive of me. If I were my parents, I might not agree so easily. They are really great."[4]
Kim Woo Bin has another comparison. In order to cheer up his sister, who is three years younger, when she graduated from high school, he, who was starring in "White Christmas" at the time, wore red hair and attended her graduation ceremony with his handsome model friends. She also Therefore, he was envied by his surrounding classmates. (M! Countdown is a program hosted by him!)