Kim Sang-joong

Before becoming an actor, Kim Sang-joong was enlisted in the Marine Corps.{{cite web|title=KIM Sang-joong|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10004437|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2014-09-27}} But after graduating from Dongguk University with a degree in Theater and Film, he embarked on an acting career at age 25. Kim made his acting debut in the stage play I Love Bread in 1990, and was one of the co-founders of the theater troupe Extreme Legend.{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Yoo-ran|script-title=ko:모차르트? 살리에리! <산책>의 김상중|url=http://www.cine21.com/news/view/mag_id/31215|website=Cine21|language=ko|access-date=2014-09-27|date=21 March 2000}} He soon transitioned to film and television, and became known for his distinctive voice and confident and charismatic acting, often as morally ambiguous characters. Among his notable roles in television dramas include a middle-aged man having an affair with his wife's best friend in My Husband's Woman (2007), the titular besieged monarch in Eight Days, Assassination Attempts against King Jeongjo (2007), a former agent who trains his foster son as a weapon in his plans for revenge in City Hunter (2011), and a presidential candidate willing to go to any lengths to win, including murder and cover-up, in The Chaser (2012).{{cite web|title=My Man's Woman Empties Streets|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/06/07/2007060761016.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2014-09-27|date=7 June 2007}}{{cite web|last1=Jung|first1=Ji-seob|script-title=ko:반듯한 이 남자… 악마가 되다|url=http://senior.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/06/05/2012060565020.html|website=Senior Chosun|language=ko|access-date=2014-09-27|date=5 June 2012}}{{cite web|last1=Kang|first1=Myeong-seok|title=10 Line: 김상중|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/14843|website=TenAsia|language=ko|access-date=2014-09-27|date=6 July 2012}}{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Ga-on|title=REVIEW: SBS TV series City Hunter - 1st Episode|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011052613460361542|website=TenAsia|access-date=2014-09-27|date=26 May 2011}}{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=In-kyung|title=Top Two Male Dramas Take Over TV|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/8060/top-two-male-dramas-take-over-tv|website=enewsWorld|access-date=2014-09-27|date=16 June 2012|archive-date=2014-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014150834/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/8060/top-two-male-dramas-take-over-tv|url-status=dead}}

On the big screen, Kim was praised for his comic acting in the gangster comedy My Boss, My Teacher (2006), and has also starred in arthouse films directed by Hong Sang-soo, such as The Day He Arrives (2011) and Our Sunhi (2013).{{cite web|title=투사부일체 (My Boss, My Student) Press Screening Report|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2006/01/my-boss-my-student-press-screening-report.html|website=Twitch Film|access-date=2014-09-27|date=18 January 2006}}{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Tae-jong|title=Comedy Sequel Touches on Serious Social Issues|url=http://www.hancinema.net/comedy-sequel-touches-on-serious-social-issues-4985.html|website=The Korea Times via Hancinema|access-date=2014-09-27|date=18 January 2006}}{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Jin-ho|title=Kim Sang Joong Wanted To Criticize Director Hong Sang Soo|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/67/kim-sang-joong-wanted-to-criticize-director-hong-sang-soo|website=enewsWorld|access-date=2014-09-27|date=22 August 2011}}{{cite web|last1=Cho|first1=Jae-eun|title=With latest film, Hong Sang-soo makes a return to the familiar|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2940711|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=2014-09-27|date=26 August 2011}}{{cite web|last1=Conran|first1=Pierce|title=TIFF Taps HONG Sangsoo and KIM Ki-duk|url=http://koreanfilm.or.kr/webzine/sub/news.jsp?mode=A_VIEW&wbSeq=250|website=Korean Cinema Today|access-date=2014-09-27|date=21 August 2013}}

Since 2008, Kim has hosted Unanswered Questions, a long-running program with a similar format to Unsolved Mysteries.{{cite web|title=Kim Sang Joong Relieves His Stress Through Bad Guys|url=http://www.soompi.com/2014/09/26/kim-sang-joong-relieves-his-stress-through-bad-guys/|website=Soompi|access-date=2014-09-27|date=17 March 2015}}

Kim is the third child among six siblings, and has two brothers and three sisters. He married in 1991, but he and his wife divorced in 1999. They have one son, born in 1993.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

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