Kim Sung-cheol
South Korean actor
Kim Sung-cheol (Korean: 김성철; born December 31, 1991) is a South Korean actor. He achieved initial success in stage musicals before being cast in his debut television role as Kim Young-cheol (a.k.a. 'Jailbird') in Prison Playbook (2017). He is recognised for his roles in The Battle of Jangsari (2019), Do You Like Brahms? (2020), Our Beloved Summer (2021), and Hellbound (2024).
Career
Kim made his debut in the musical Puberty in 2014. In the following years, he appeared in various musicals including My Bucket List, Werther and Fan Letter. For his performance as Tobias Ragg in the 2016 Korean production of Sweeney Todd, he received the award for Best Rookie Actor at the Korea Musical Awards.
In 2017, Kim made his television debut in Prison Playbook.
In 2018, Kim starred in the musical rom-com To.
“Kim Sung-cheol” enters the record as south Korean actor. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sung-cheol, South and Korean can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12587761. VIAF identifies the subject as 104158185724820061120. The Library of Congress control number is no2025080069. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
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