Profile Kim Woo-bin, A Talented Star Who Overcame Adversities (2024 Updated)
Having started from the smallest acting roles, Kim Woo-bin is now a star actor known for his impressive acting abilities.
Who is Kim Woo-bin?
- Birth name: Kim Hyun-joong
- Stage name: Kim Woo-bin
- Date of birth: July 16, 1989
- Zodiac: Cancer
- Nationality: Korean
- Instagram: @____kimwoobin
Kim Woo-bin is a South Korean actor and model born on July 16, 1989 with the birth name Kim Hyun-joong, but changed his name to Kim Woo-bin in 2011. He attended Jeonju University.
Career
- Modeling and Non-acting activities
Kim Woo-bin debuted as a runway model in 2009, and is known to have appeared in various fashion events.
He also worked as a host for the music show “M! Countdown” from August 2013 to February 2014.
Kim Woo-bin is also featured in various ad campaigns, ambassadorships, and endorsements throughout his career.
- Acting
As he started doing commercial films and began to study acting while being a model, Kim Woo-bin fell in love with acting and debuted as an actor under the stage name Kim Woo-bin in 2011. In 2012, he played a minor role in the rom-com K-drama “A Gentleman’s Dignity”
In 2013, Kim Woo-bin experienced his break-through with back-to-back hit K-dramas “School 2013” and “The Heirs”. Within the same year, he also nailed his first major big-screen role in the blockbuster “Friend: The Great Legacy”.
Following his big break in 2013, Kim Woo-bin resumed his acting activities, with notable works including movies “The Con Artists”, “Master”, and “Alienoid”, alongside dramas “Uncontrollably Fond”, “Our Blues”, and “Black Knight”.
From 2017 to 2022, however, Kim Woo-bin had to take a long hiatus for cancer treatment.
Health
On May 24, 2017, Kim Woo-bin was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. At the time, the actor’s treatment stated that he had begun drug and radiation treatment and would halt all activities. In December of the same year, Kim Woo-bin announced in a letter that he had completed his treatment plan for the cancer. However, he was still exempted from military service. He later returned to acting in full in 2022.
Dating
Kim Woo-bin has been in a relationship with model-actress Shin Min-ah since 2015, and the couple is still as tight as ever.
It was reported that Shin Min-ah took care of Kim Woo-bin during the latter’s cancer treatment, and the couple was spotted on dates during their breaks, even recently sending coffee trucks in support of each other.
The two starred together in the 2022 K-drama “Our Blues”, but did not play a couple.
