Kim Nam-gil

Born: 1981-03-13

Kim Nam-gil (김남길) is a South Korean actor, producer, singer and philanthropist. He was born on March 13, 1981. He is best known from leading roles in disaster blockbuster Pandora (2016); crime thriller The Shameless (2015); adventure film The Pirates (2014) and period drama Portrait of a Beauty (2008). His breakthrough role was Bidam in the hit television period drama Queen Seondeok (2009). Kim is also the founder and CEO of a non-profit organization Gilstory that focuses on preserving cultural heritage, promoting arts and raising special purpose relief funds.


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Emergency Declaration

as Choi Hyun-soo
Released: 2022-08-03

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover...

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Hunt

as Tokyo Branch Agent 3
Released: 2022-08-10

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park...

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Pandora

as Jae-hyuk
Released: 2016-12-07

When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his...

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A Man of Reason

as Woo-jin
Released: 2023-08-15

After spending a decade in prison, a hitman learns that he has a daughter and just wants a...

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Memoir of a Murderer

as Tae-ju
Released: 2017-09-07

A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious...

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The Closet

as Kyung-hoon
Released: 2020-02-05

After moving into a new house, a young girl begins displaying strange and disturbing behavior...

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Nocturnal

as Ho-ryeong
Released: 2025-02-05

Min-tae, a once-notorious gangster who now leads a peaceful retired life, discovers the bloody...

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The Pirates

as Jang Sa-jung
Released: 2014-08-06

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s...

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Zombie for Sale

as Min-geol
Released: 2019-02-13

When a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange...

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Okay! Madam

as Nervous Man
Released: 2020-08-12

A working class family wins a free vacation to Hawaii. But when their plane takes flight, it...

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Portrait of a Beauty

as Kang-mu
Released: 2008-11-13

Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yoon-jeong is a young girl gifted...

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Public Enemy Returns

as Moon-soo
Released: 2008-06-19

Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob...

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The Shameless

as Jung Jae-gon
Released: 2015-05-15

A homicide detective tries to flush out a mob enforcer by befriending the suspect's beautiful...

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No Regret

as Song Jae-min
Released: 2006-11-16

Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an...

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The Sound of a Flower

as Heungseon Daewongun
Released: 2015-11-25

During the Joseon Dynasty, lowborn Chae-sun challenges the rule that states only men allowed to...

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One Day

as Kang-soo
Released: 2017-04-05

A man, who witnessed his wife's suicide, gradually cures his emotional scars through a fateful...

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Tears in the Amazon

as Self - Narrator
Released: 2010-03-25

A documentary about environment destruction in the Amazon and the tribes living there. Produced...

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Lovers Vanished

as Kim Su-in
Released: 2010-04-01

An escaped convict and a woman, who both contracted HIV from the same man, fall in love.

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Low Life

as Police Officer at Checkpoint
Released: 2004-05-21

A sprawling story of one man's tumultuous life within the context of the South Korean political...

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Glory For Everyone

as Narrator
Released: 2014-05-09

A story of children dreaming of being professional soccer players someday.

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Several Questions That Make Us Happy

as uncredited
Released: 2007-05-31

Several Questions That Make Us Happy is composed of six different stories in a omnibus way,...

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Modern Boy

as Hidaka Shinsuke
Released: 2008-10-02

During the Japanese occupation, a Korean modern boy, who wants to fit in with the Japanese,...

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Handphone

as Jang Yoon-ho
Released: 2009-02-19

A talent manager loses his handphone which contains a scandalous video which could destroy his...

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Don't Look Back

as Seok-Woo
Released: 2006-05-13

Jung-Hee (Kim Hye-Na) is a 21-year-old dancer who struggles with insecurities and other problems...

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How to Open the Door

as uncredited
Released: 2024-11-20

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You Quiz On The Block

as Self
First aired: 2018-08-29

Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give...

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The Great Queen Seondeok

as Bidam
First aired: 2009-05-25

The life story of Queen Seondeok, the first queen of the Korean people during the Silla Dynasty.

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The Fiery Priest

as Kim Hae-Il
First aired: 2019-02-15

People commit variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving...

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The Game Caterers

as Self
First aired: 2021-03-12

A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from...

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Live Up To Your Name

as Dr. Heo Im
First aired: 2017-08-12

Heo Im is an oriental doctor, acknowledged as the best in acupuncture and moxibustion in Joseon....

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Nattering with Nah

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-06-02

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Island

as Van
First aired: 2022-12-30

Jeju Island is taken over by evil spirits. An exorcist, priest, and chaebol heiress are fated to...

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Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus

as Han Yi-soo
First aired: 2013-05-27

After his father’s demise at the hand of Gaya Hotel Group, Han Yi Soo (Kim Nam Gil) has lived...

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My Lovely Sam Soon

as Kim Byung Tae
First aired: 2005-06-01

Sam Soon is an average woman who dreams of falling in love with a perfect man. It's a story of...

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Through the Darkness

as Song Ha-young
First aired: 2022-01-14

A team of tenacious detectives study the minds of murderers at a time when Korea's first serial...

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Bad Guy

as Shim Gun-wook
First aired: 2010-05-26

Bad Guy is a 2010 South Korean melodrama television series, starring Kim Nam-gil, Han Ga-in, Kim...

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SUCHWITA

as Self
First aired: 2022-12-05

With a playful, fitting rhyme with the title track of D-2, Daechwita; this talk-show format...

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Lovers

as Tae-san
First aired: 2006-11-08

Kang Jae is a wealthy businessman and gangster and Mi Joo is a plastic surgeon. These two meet...

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Song of the Bandits

as Lee Yun
First aired: 2023-09-22

In the lawless land of Gando, fierce bandits will stop at nothing to fight for their precious...

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Goodbye Solo

as Yoo Ji-an
First aired: 2006-03-01

Goodbye Solo is a 2006 South Korean television series starring Chun Jung-myung, Yoon So-yi, Kim...

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Trans-Siberian Pathfinders

as Self
First aired: 2019-09-26

“Trans-Siberian Pathfinders” follows Lee Sun Gyun, Kim Nam Gil, Lee Sang Yeob, Kim Min Sik, and...

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When Spring Comes

as Kim Jun-gi
First aired: 2007-01-15

Lee Jung Do's father is a swindler and intends to resume his old habits as soon as he gets out...

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Sweet Buns

as Hye-jan's boyfriend
First aired: 2004-07-04

Sweet Buns is a South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee, Park Kwang-hyun, Jung...

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Tears of the Amazon

as Self - Narrator
First aired: 2009-12-18

The story of Amazon natives and how the destruction of their natural environment changed their...

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Trigger

as Yi-do
First aired:

The purchase, selling, or owning of a gun is banned in South Korea. There are almost zero crime...

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Three Meals a Day Light

as Self
First aired: 2024-09-20

"Three Meals a Day Light" is ready to enjoy its 10th anniversary more fully.

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Life of Samantha

as Narrator
First aired: 2019-11-24

The survival of the fittest is the primary rule in the African wild of Maasai Mara in Kenya. In...

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Be Strong, Geum-soon!

as Noh Seong-hwan
First aired: 2005-02-14

This is a story of a young widow, Geum-Soon, who never becomes discouraged or blames other...

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빈집살래

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-01-12

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Jin's Traditional Alcohol Journey

as Self
First aired: 2022-11-12

Jin embarks on his first variety show journey, along with well-known Korean chef, Baek Jong Won,...

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K-Ocean Pathfinders

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-10-18

K-Ocean Pathfinders is an entertainment show where the actor voyages from the West Sea to the...

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