Kim Rae-won

Birthdate: March 19, 1981
Zodiac : Pisces
Blood type : Type A
Height : 184cm
Weight : 68kg
Education: JoongAng University, Theatrical Arts

DRAMAS

1997-1998 - Me (MBC teen drama w/ Ahn Jae Mo ), Half, Grown-ups Just Don't Know (KBS teen drama )
1999- School 2, Morning of the World, Legends (ancient drama, Magic Bird)
2000-2001- Soon Poong Clinic, Forward, Sweet Bride, The Thief's Daughter, Life is Beautiful
2002- The Girl & The Thief, Wuri's Family (aka My Home), My Love Patzzi
2003 - Snowman, Attic Cat
2004 - Say "I Love U" to Me (Say U Love Me), Love Story in Harvard
2006-Which Star Are You From
2007- Gourmet - upcoming!

MOVIES
1998 Scent of a Man
2000 Harpy
2000 Plum Blossom (aka Youth)
2002 2424
2003 ...ing
2004 My Little Bride
2005 Mr. Socrates
2006 Sunflower - upcoming!


AWARDS

1999 KBS Teen Award (School 2)
2000 21st Blue Dragon Best New Actor Award (Plum Blossom)

2003 Pusan MBC Best Actor Award (Attic Cat)
2003 MBC Best Actor Award (Attic Cat)
2003 MBC Most Popular Actor Award (Attic Cat)

2003 1st Andre Kim Best Star Award
2003 The 20th Korea Best Dresser Award

2004 41th Daejong Best New Actor Award (My Little Bride )
2004 SBS Most Popular Actor Award, Top10 Stars Award (Love Story in Harvard )

Kim Rae Won, "Stuffy youngster? People say I lied about my age!"

2006/11/23 innolife.com (Chinese)

"Director Lee Chang Soon asked me whether I lied about my age!"Gorgeous actor Kim Rae Won talked about a story of his being queried about his age for his acting skills are too matured for an actor of his age. This story was revealed when he's interviewed just before his new movie 'Sunflower' opens.

KRW, who's more matured and calm than friends of his age, got his nick of 'stuffy youngster'. He behaves much more matured than his real age.

"Stuffy youngster? People say I've been in the business for 9 years, but I don't have a single scandal… strange actor. So what about me start one now. (Laughs)

KRW appears so gentle and warm on the TV screen, charming viewers but his macho charisma seems to be restrained. It's said that when shooting 'Snowman', the director Lee Chan Soon doubted about his real age.

"I worked very hard in 'Snowman'. There's this scene in which I was sending the woman I love away from me. That's when Director Lee Chan Soon asked if I lied about my age. I was just 21 then. He thought I would cry doing it but actually I smiled. So he thought I'm someone who knows what life really is and asked if I was really just 21."

KRW reveals he matured early because he's been living alone for many years. He made himself meals, lived in dormitories and understood the importance of reading other people's minds. He got all these experiences involving in the basketball trainings in his school years and they made the now down-to-earth KRW.

"When I was having those tough trainings at the beach in middle school, my dad came and see me. He told me he felt so bad seeing me running with a blank face and tired like dead. He felt his son had lost all emotions."

The tough trainings make him strong. He won't quit with little difficulties. But he's lost much fun feeling the little happy things as a kid. But through playing in 'Sunflower', he has the opportunity to go back to feel the happiness of trivial details in life.

"Now I want to live a life that I feel like. Now long before I hugged my mom. I thought why couldn't I do little things like these in the past? So why not making up some scandals now?"

When there's no filming work, he can spend 2 months going places to fish. I wonder what kind of 'scandals' this young actor can make, with this matured lifestyle and acting skills!

Official kim rae-won website

http://www.kimraewon.co.kr/

newspaper & magazine articles

http://www.kimraewon.co.kr/

Rae Won's Corner (Unofficial English Fansite)

http://s3.invisionfree.com/raewonscorner/

Info credit to angelfish of Raewon Island, Middy & RWSJlove of soompi