The year he turned 32, he started acting in a bit part in the film Dr. K. Before that, he said, he had done military service and worked as a taxi driver.
The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 34, he played the homeroom teacher who hits the students in the film Friend, and Xports News and Newsen say the film made his name known.
In 2006, he played Manager Gong in MBC’s Couple or Trouble, and Sports Kyunghyang writes that the drama made him rise to stardom overnight. In 2008, he appeared in the MBC sitcom The Secret of Coocoo Island. In 2010, he played a detective in the violent crimes unit in the film Twilight Gangsters.
In 2013, he appeared on MBC’s I Live Alone as a cast member and played a homeroom teacher on Infinite Challenge. That year he also joined SBS’s I Can Hear Your Voice. In 2014, he appeared in SBS’s Pinocchio, and in December his name was on the list of winners of the Popularity Award at the MBC Entertainment Awards. In 2016, he joined the Hong Kong trip on SBS’s Burning Youth. In 2017, the film The Sheriff in Town opened.
The year he turned 53, he appeared in the Netflix original Extracurricular. In 2022, he played the classmate Kim Myung-bo in tvN’s Our Blues. In 2023, he was a team leader on MBN’s Rice Planting Club.
In 2024, he talked about how he became an actor on tvN STORY’s The President’s People. In 2025, he went on a language course in England on JTBC’s Shala Shala, and in October he started SBS’s My Grumpy Secretary.
In January 2026, the year he turned 59, he received a special award at the SBS New Year ceremony, and in February he became a judge on MBN’s Mumyeong Jeonseol. In August, My Grumpy Secretary returned as My Genie Secretary.
Kim Kwang-kyu (born 1967) started acting in a bit part in the film Dr. K in 1999, the year he turned 32, and became known as the homeroom teacher in the film Friend, which opened on Mar 31, 2001, the year he turned 34. Sports Kyunghyang writes that he rose to stardom overnight in 2006, the year he turned 39, as Manager Gong in MBC’s Couple or Trouble.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.