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Kim Chang-wan
Seoul, South Korea
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,…
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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 30 television shows. The versatile Kim has also starred in a stage play (A Nap in 2010), hosted variety shows and radio programs, and written several books (some containing poetry).
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2027
Awakening
TV show
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2024
이 말을 꼭 하고 싶었어요
TV show
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2023
Tiny Desk Korea
TV show Self
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2023
The Real Has Come!
TV show Jang Ho
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2023
The Seasons
TV show Self
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2022
Bad Prosecutor
TV show Seo Hyun-gyu
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2022
Why Her?
TV show Baek Jin Ki [Seojung University Law School director]
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2021
One the Woman
TV show No Hak-tae
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2021
SNL Korea
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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2021
Genesis
TV show Woo Ki Suk [Doctor]
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2021
Oh! Master
TV show Kim Chang Gyu
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2020
Awaken
TV show Gong Il-do
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2020
It's Okay to Not Be Okay
TV show Oh Ji-wang
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2020
Find Me in Your Memory
TV show Yoo Sung-hyuk
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2020
Money Game
TV show Kim Man Young [Managing Partner of Young & Soo]
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2019
One Spring Night
TV show Kwon Young-kook
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2018
My Healing Love
TV show Park Boo-han
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2018
Something in the Rain
TV show Jun-hui's father
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2017
Jugglers
TV show Do Tae-Geun
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2017
20th Century Boy and Girl
TV show Sa Chang-wan
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2017
Whisper
TV show Lee Ho-Beom
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2016
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
TV show Park Young-Sil
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2016
Father, I'll Take Care of You
TV show Han Hyung Sup
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2016
The Sound of Light
Movie Chang Wan
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2015
Glamorous Temptation
TV show Kwon Soo Myung
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2015
Hwajung
TV show Yi Won-ik
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2014
Secret Door
TV show Kim Taek
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2014
Secret Love Affair
TV show Dean Min Yong-Ki
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2013
My Love from the Star
TV show Jang Yung-mok
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2013
Good Doctor
TV show President Jung
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2013
Who Are You
TV show Choi Moon-shik
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2013
The End of the World
TV show
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2012
Doctor
Movie Choi In-beom
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2012
Take Care of Us, Captain
TV show Han Kyu Pil
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2011
SNL Korea
TV show Self
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2011
A Thousand Kisses
TV show Jang Byung Shik
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2011
Miss Ripley
TV show Director Choi
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2010
Queen of Reversals
TV show General Manager Mok Young-chul
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2010
Blades of Blood
Movie King Seonjo
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2010
Harvest Villa
TV show
