# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-yun-seok
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:05:32.331Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-yun-seok"
name: "Kim Yun-seok"
slug: "kim-yun-seok"
description: "Kim Yoon-seok is a South Korean actor, film director and screenwriter. Kim began his career in theater and it subsequently led him to be cast in minor roles in films and television dramas. His breakout role came as the villain in gambling film Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), but it was his performance as an ex-cop turned pimp in surprise hit The Chaser (2008) that brought him wider recognition."
tagline: "South Korean actor and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(TV10)_%EA%B9%80%EC%9C%A4%EC%84%9D_%EB%AC%B4%EB%A6%8E_%EB%8B%B4%EC%9A%94_%EC%84%B1%ED%9D%AC%EB%A1%B1_%EB%B0%9C%EC%96%B8_%EA%B3%B5%EA%B0%9C_%EC%82%AC%EA%B3%BC_(%EC%98%81%ED%99%94_%EB%8B%B9%EC%8B%A0%2C_%EA%B1%B0%EA%B8%B0_%EC%9E%88%EC%96%B4%EC%A4%84%EB%9E%98%EC%9A%94_%EC%96%B8%EB%A1%A0%EC%8B%9C%EC%82%AC%ED%9A%8C)_%EA%B9%80%EC%9C%A4%EC%84%9D_58s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-01-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.36936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2412823/"
    handle:    "nm2412823"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kim_Yoon-seok"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "كيم يون-سوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "كيم يون سيوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yoon-seok"
    title: "Kim Yoon-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yoon-seok"
    title: "Kim Yoon-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yoon-seok"
    title: "Kim Yoon-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9"
    title: "کیم یون سوک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yoon-seok"
    title: "Kim Yoon-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yoon-seok"
    title: "Kim Yoon-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%82%AF"
    title: "キム・ユンソク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%9C%A4%EC%84%9D_(%EB%B0%B0%EC%9A%B0)"
    title: "김윤석 (배우)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yoon-seok"
    title: "Kim Yoon-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%80%AB%E5%A5%AD"
    title: "金倫奭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4132779"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75912"
    title: "Kim Yun-seok"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump