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Kang Shin-il

Kang Shin-il

Acting

Biography

Kang Shin-il (hangul: 강신일; born November 26, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Kang graduated from Kyung Hee University with a degree in electronic engineering, but he soon put aside his studies and spent most of his time in Daehangno, Seoul's theater district, where he formed a troupe called Testimony that performed at smaller venues. In 1985, he made his acting debut in Chilsu and Mansu, and soon gained fame as a stage actor in plays such as Kimchigook Goes Crazy and Chronicles of Han. He appeared onscreen for the first time in the 1988 film adaptation of Chilsu and Mansu and became a prolific supporting actor in Korean cinema and television (notably in Kang Woo-suk's Public Enemy franchise), while continuing to do theater. In 2007, Kang was diagnosed with liver cancer, but after recovering from surgery, he resumed his acting career.

Known For

Mr. Sunshine
8.4

Set in the early 1900s, this drama tells the story of a young man from Korea who grows up in the United States. When he returns to Korea as a US Marine Corps officer, he meets and falls in love with a noblewoman who is fighting for Korean independence. Their romance is complicated by social class and political ideology.

Mr. Sunshine

2018
The Judge from Hell
8.5

A cruel and vicious judge, who wields power only for herself, meets a warm and cheerful detective who puts the victims first.

The Judge from Hell

2024
Descendants of the Sun
8.4

After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

Descendants of the Sun

2016
Doctor Prisoner
7.3

An ace doctor in a university hospital is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident and gets ousted from the hospital. He then applies to work at a prison, where he plans to make personal connections with all the big shots in prison with the ultimate goal of getting revenge against the hospital that kicked him out.

Doctor Prisoner

2019
Numbers
7.4

A high-achieving high school graduate, battles for justice at South Korea’s most reputable accounting firm.

Numbers

2023
Pinocchio
8.2

In-ha and Ha-myeong become reporters for different reasons: one aspires to follow in her mother's footsteps and the other seeks to do honest news.

Pinocchio

2014
Thorn Flower
6.0

Jeon Se-mi (Jang Shin-young) was once a pure and innocent girl. But that all changes when she is betrayed by her lover, loses her family, and raped. Her traumatic past pushes her on a path of vengeance against the people who wronged her and made her life into shambles.

Thorn Flower

2013
Korea-Khitan War
8.3

King Hyeonjong and Kang Kam-chan led the 8-year-long 2nd and 3rd Goryeo-Khitan Wars to victory and began an era of peace in East Asia and prosperity in Goryeo.

Korea-Khitan War

2023
My Lawyer, Mr. Jo
5.2

Jo Deul-Ho, who came from a poor family background, is a promising prosecutor, but he can't ignore the corruption at his workplace. He becomes a whistle-blower and loses everything. Jo Deul-Ho then works to become a lawyer.

My Lawyer, Mr. Jo

2016
Tell Me That You Love Me
8.0

Since he lost his hearing, Cha Jin-woo has gotten used to his solitary life. One day, an aspiring actress Jung Mo-eun, enters his quiet daily routine.

Tell Me That You Love Me

2023
When the Weather Is Fine
7.3

Drained from her life in the city, a young cellist moves to a quiet small town, where she encounters an old friend who helps her heal and remake herself.

When the Weather Is Fine

2020
Nobody Knows
7.7

A high school boy falls off of the top of a building and lapses into a coma. A detective and his school teacher attempt to get to the bottom of the incident.

Nobody Knows

2020
Chimera
6.8

Chimera incident, a serial murder and explosion crime that shook the year of 1984, takes place exactly the same thirty five years later in 2019. Just like the terrible explosion in the past, the murder of the crime is called Chimera, a monster in the Greek myth with the head of a lion, body as a goat, and tail as a snake that shoots fire through its throat.

Chimera

2021
Room No. 9
6.2

Eulji Hae-Yi, a lawyer at a big law firm, is a kiss-up to those with power, but looks down upon those who are poor. When she meets death-row convict Jang Hwa-Sa in room 9 in the prison visitation area, their bodies are exchanged.

Room No. 9

2018
Queen For Seven Days
6.2

In the Joseon period, a noblewoman from a powerful clan marries the Crown Prince but is deposed after only seven days as queen when he becomes king.

Queen For Seven Days

2017
Love Song for Illusion
7.9

The heart-fluttering love story and the fierce obsession between a man with two conflicting personalities and a woman who loves him.

Love Song for Illusion

2024
Bloody Heart
6.7

It is a fictional historical drama about the story of King Seonjong who ascends to the throne due to a rebellion, and Lee Tae who becomes the King after him.

Bloody Heart

2022
Secret Love
8.0

A falsely accused Yoo Jung fights her innocence against her prosecutor's fiancée and an insane heir to a conglomerate.

Secret Love

2013
Lie to Me
7.5

Gong Ah-jung, a level 5 Ministry of Culture official, gets entangled in a web of lies when she mistakenly lies that she's married to Hyun Ki-joon, a hotel manager from an affluent family. Their relationship is further complicated when Ki-joon's ex-fiancée and a close friend of his brother's, Oh Yoon-joo, reappears in his life.

Lie to Me

2011
Sketch
6.3

Detective Kang Dong-Soo's fiance is killed mysteriously. He works with a female detective who can see 3 days into the future. She sketches what she sees. They set out to capture the murderer. Kim Do-Jin is a former special forces member. His pregnant wife was killed and he plots revenge.

Sketch

2018