Kim Sung-cheol

Actor · Born December 31, 1991 (34) · Seoul, South Korea

Kim Sung-cheol (Korean: 김성철; born 31 December 1991) is a South Korean actor under Story J Company. He is best known for playing Kim Young-cheol in the drama Prison Playbook, and just recently as Kim Ji-woong in Our Beloved Summer (2021).

Biography from TMDB.

Born: December 31, 1991 (34)
From: Seoul, South Korea
Works as: Actor
Titles: 18 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 18% in 30 days

What are Kim Sung-cheol's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

27%

Bonds

26%

Morality

12%

Survival

11%

Power

10%

Ideas

7%

Society

6%

Romantic love3 Survival2 Justice2 Purpose2 Self-worth2 Coming of age2 Memory2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5

Dark

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 5

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Intense

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Heavy

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 8 analyzed roles.

Ally

4 of 8

Shadow

3 of 8

Trickster

1 of 8

Show the 8 roles

Allyas Ki Ha-ryun in The Battle of Jangsari (2019)
Allyas Han Hyun-ho in Do You Like Brahms? (2020)
Shadowas Jeong Jin-soo in Hellbound (2021)
Allyas Kim Ji-woong in Our Beloved Summer (2021)
Tricksteras Bullfight in The Old Woman with the Knife (2025)
Shadowas To Sa-jang in Project Y (2025)
Shadowas Bullfight in The Old Woman with the Knife (2025)
Allyas Jang Wook in Gold Land (2026)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

6

Melancholic

6

Dread

3

Bittersweet

4

Romantic

3

Other

9

How their films linger

Bittersweet7 Thought-provoking4 Hopeful3 Wistful3 Haunting2 Unsettling2

How their films end · 2 with a twist

Bittersweet8
Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kim Sung-cheol's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (10).

Also on these channels

Hi-YAH!2 titles, show their 2 titles on Hi-YAH!
CJ ENM Selects1 title, show their title on CJ ENM Selects
KOCOWA1 title, show their title on KOCOWA

Subscription and free streaming for Kim Sung-cheol's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

26 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Gold Land(2026)
Show 10 episodes · as Jang 'Woo-gi' Wook
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Boyfriend on Demand(2026)
Show 3 episodes · as Kim Se-jun
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Project Y(2025)
as Mr. To
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Old Woman with the Knife(2025)
as Bullfight
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
No Way Out: The Roulette(2024)
Show 8 episodes · as Sung Joon-woo
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Troll Factory(2024)
as JjingForkKing
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Death's Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 1 episode · as Kim Hyun-soo
The Night Owl(2022)
as Crown Prince Sohyeon
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Our Beloved Summer(2021)
Show 16 episodes · as Kim Ji-woong
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Hellbound(2021)
Show 6 episodes · as Jung Jin-su
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
2021 DIMF 뮤지컬 스타 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show 13 episodes · Actor
Racket Boys(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Park Jun-yeong
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Vincenzo(2021)
Show 2 episodes · as Hwang Min Sung [CEO of Shinkwang Bank]
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Sweet Home(2020)
Show 2 episodes · as Jung Ui-myung
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Do You Like Brahms?(2020)
Show 16 episodes · as Han Hyun-ho
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Search Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
as Joon-hyeok
Hospital Playlist(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Noh Jin-hyeok
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Kim Ji-young: Born 1982(2019)
as Ji-seok
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Battle of Jangsari(2019)
as Gi Ha-ryun
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Wind Blows(2019)
Show 16 episodes · as Bryan Jung
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Too Hot to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as Du-seok
To. Jenny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 2 episodes · as Park Jeong-min
Prison Playbook(2017)
Show 16 episodes · as Jailbird
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Running Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 1 episode · Actor
KBS Drama Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Sleeping Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Show 12 episodes · as Nam Ji-oh

Career shape

Star power in the 94^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles, 25 of them dated from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019)

$28M worldwide

Highest rated

Our Beloved Summer (2021)

Midcredits 94^th

Film career

20102026

Peak 2019 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

2017Screen debut· Prison Playbook
2019First film· Battle of Jangsari

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting26 of 26 · 69^th

By decade

2010s8 · acting2020s17 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Kim Sung-cheol's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54^th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

42^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

76^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

75^th and up6
50^th to 74^th7
25^th to 49^th4
Below 25^th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved4
Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser8
Broadly Agreed1
Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Project Y (2025)

70^th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Prison Playbook (2017)

Midcredits 95^th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 81/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 61. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Kim Sung-cheol's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 20 · mild

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Kim Sung-cheol work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kim Sung-cheol's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kim Shin-rock shares the most, 2.

Actors

Kim Shin-rock2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Kim Shin-rock
Seo Jung-yeon2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Seo Jung-yeon

Composers

Jay Kim2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Jay Kim