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Kim Young-chul (comedian)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Young-chul
Born (1974-06-23) June 23, 1974 (age 50)
Ulsan, South Korea
MediumStand-up, television
NationalitySouth Korean
Alma materDongguk University
Years active1999–present
EmployerMystic Entertainment
GenresObservational, Sketch, Wit, Parody, Slapstick, Drama, Sitcom, Music
Korean name
Hangul
김영철
Hanja
金榮澈
Revised RomanizationGim Yeongcheol
McCune–ReischauerKim Yŏngch'ŏl

Kim Young-chul (Korean: 김영철; Hanja: 金榮澈; born June 23, 1974), is a South Korean comedian and singer.

Career

He is currently a cast member in JTBC's Knowing Bros.[1][2]

He is also noted for his appearance on the popular Korean variety show Infinite Challenge: his unique character and English-speaking abilities were displayed, and he was the subject of a viral internet meme due to his pronunciation of the phrase "Cheer up, super power" sounding like "Cheer up, super po-wall".

In February 2022, Kim published a human essay 'Cry and Laughed.[3]

Discography

  • 2016: "Ring Ring" (with. Hong Jin-young)
  • 2017: "An Ordinary Christmas" (with. JeA)
  • 2018: "Andenayon" (feat. Wheesung)
  • 2019: "Signal Light"
  • 2022: "Marc Got It"

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2021 There is an Alien Here Captain Alien

Television drama

Year Title Role
2004–2005 Precious Family Shin Shin-chul
2006 End of Love Kim Il-gu
2011 Real School Kim Young-chul (Inferior class teacher)
2015 Angry Mom English teacher - Cameo in episode 8
2018 Gangnam Scandal Choi Seo Hyung's friend - Cameo in episode 17
2020 Dinner Mate Jjoda Man

Television shows

Year Show Notes
1999 Comedy Everything in the World Performer
Show! Lucky Train
Gag Concert
2006 Hail Quiz
2009–2013 Strong Heart
2010 Sweet Night
2011 Now On My Way to Meet You
2012 Go Show
2014 Star Gazing Regular Member
2015 King of Mask Singer Contestant as "Pythagorean Theorem" in episode 23
Idol Star Athletics Championships
2015–2016 Real Men Comedian special
2015–present Knowing Bros
2016 Gibutique
Madams' Secret Recipe
Comedy Blue vs. White - Cider
I Live Alone Episodes 117–169
2017 Law of the Jungle Episodes 252–255 at Kota Manado
With You Season 2, with Song Eun-i
We Have Delivery
King of Comedy
2018 Cafeteria
Friendly Driver
Where Are You Going, DdaengChul? Cast member, with Kim Hee-chul, Noh Hong-chul[4][5]
2018–2019 Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong
Eating Out Day Season 1, cast member[6]
2020 King of Mask Singer Contestant as "Onion" in episode 239
2022 Rossily in Secret Island New Year's special entertainment program[7]
2023 Rossily in Secret Ulsan The second version of the fortified version of Rossily in Secret Island.[8]

Web shows

Year Title Role Ref.
2022 Extruded Interview Host [9]

Radio shows

Year Title Radio Station
2016–present Kim Young-chul's Power FM SBS Power FM

Bibliography

Year Title Publisher ISBN
2007 Shameless Young-chul English Random House Korea ISBN 9788925514925
2009 The Shameless Young-chul English ISBN 9788925530918
Shameless English SET Dun & Bradstreet ISBN 9788925532738
2011 FUN FUN Children Young-chul English Cine21 Books ISBN 9788984314863

Award and nomination

Year Awards Category Nominee(s) Result
2000 7th Korea Entertainment Arts Awards Male Comedy Award Won
Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Variety Performer Gag Concert Won
TV Entertainment Awards Male Gagman Rookie Award Won
2010 SBS Entertainment Awards All-round Entertainer Award[10] Strong Heart Won
2015 MBC Entertainment Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Real Man Nominated
Top Excellence Award - Show/Variety Won
Best Couple Award with Jung Gyu-woon Nominated
2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Male Variety Performer Nominated
2017 Melon Music Awards Best Trot with Hong Jin-young "Ring Ring (Composer Version)" Won
SBS Entertainment Awards Radio DJ Award Kim Young-chul's Power FM Won
2018 Korea Brand Awards Radio DJ of the Year Won

References

  1. ^ Jo, Seul-gi (December 4, 2015). "[TENPHOTO] 김영철, 팔딱팔딱..활어가 따로 없네 (아는형님)". Tenasia. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Lee, Sang-hee (December 4, 2015). "[포토]김영철 '자칭 요즘 대세남' (아는 형님)". asiatoday. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  3. ^ Park Se-yeon (February 28, 2022). "김영철, 휴먼에세이 '울다가 웃었다' 출간" [Kim Young-chul published a human essay 'Crying and Laughing] (in Korean). Maeil Business News. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022 – via Naver.
  4. ^ "김영철·노홍철·김희철, TV조선 '땡철이 어디가' 통해 함께 여행 떠난다". Mediaday (in Korean). June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "김영철·노홍철·김희철 비글미 3인방 출격 여행예능 '땡철이 게스트하우스 투어 : 어디까지 가봤니'". Seconomy (in Korean). June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  6. ^ "MC 소개 구내식당". iMBC (in Korean). Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. ^ Jeong Seo-hee (December 23, 2021). "박준형·김영철·뱀뱀·유정, 시골 체험…신년특집 '촌스럽게' 1월 2일 첫방" [Park Jun-hyung, Kim Young-cheol, Bambam, Yoo-jeong, Country Experience... New Year's Special 'Rossy' first aired on January 2nd] (in Korean). Sports TV News. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021 – via Naver.
  8. ^ Park, Eun-hye (February 3, 2023). "서로 다른 MBTI 끼리 여행하면 어떨까?…여행방송 '촌스럽게' 관심" [How about traveling with different MBTIs? Interested in travel broadcast ‘Coldly] (in Korean). Segye Ilbo. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023 – via Naver.
  9. ^ Lee Min-ji (May 27, 2022). "김영철 웹예능 '돌출입터뷰' 오늘(27일) 공개…발로 뛰는 인터뷰" [Kim Young-cheol's web entertainment 'Extruded Interview' released today (27th)... kick-and-run interview] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022 – via Naver.
  10. ^ "강호동, 2010 SBS연예대상 대상 수상". 제주의소리 (in Korean). 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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