Kim Min-seok

Kim Min-seok (born January 24, 1990) is a South Korean actor. He played the role of the main character in Shark: The Beginning (2021). He had supporting roles in television series such as Flower Band (2012), Descendants of the Sun, The Doctors (2016) and Innocent Defendant (2017). Career Kim participated in Superstar K 3, a survival audition show for singers on Mnet. He showed up at the preliminary regional audition in Daegu but never made it to the group of 11 contestants that actually competed in the show. Shortly after, Kim made his debut in tvN's music youth series Flower Band, playing an ambitious keyboard player. He gained recognition with his role in the pan-Asia hit drama Descendants of the Sun. The same year, he starred in SBS' medical drama The Doctors and won the Best New Actor award at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards. In 2017, Kim played supporting roles in SBS' legal thriller Innocent Defendant, JTBC's coming-of-age drama Hello, My Twenties! 2 and tvN's romantic comedy series Because This Is My First Life. On November 16, 2017, it was reported that Kim's contract with Woollim Entertainment had expired and he had not renewed with the company. It was later reported that he had signed to Respect Entertainment.