Kim Kibum

Personal Profile
Name: Kim Ki Bum
Profession: Actor and singer
Birthdate: 1987-Aug-21
Height: 179cm
Weight: 58kg
Star sign: Leo
Blood type: A
Family: Cousin/actor Shin Dong Wook
Talent agency: SM Entertainment



Biography
Kibum was born in Seoul, South Korea. He has a younger sister, Sunyoung Kim. He is also the cousin of famous actor and model, Shin Dongwook. At the age of ten, he moved to Los Angeles, California, United States where he attended his high school years at Santa Monica High School.

In 2002, he was discovered by a talent agent from South Korea and was recommended to audition for the Starlight Casting System, a casting system organized by South Korea's largest entertainment company and label SM Entertainment, and also the home of top Korean pop acts like BoA and TVXQ. Kibum soon signed a contract with SM Entertainment and became their official trainee, being trained in areas of singing, acting, dancing, and other performing talents such as hosting and modeling. He placed particularly strong efforts in acting, as he explained that he is most interested in that area. Although he resided in Seoul at the time, he constantly returned to Los Angeles to visit his family and to attend short school sessions.

TV Series

• Happy Events at Chunja's (MBC, 2008)
• Snow Flower (SBS, 2006)
• Rainbow Romance (MBC, 2006)
• Marrying a Millionaire (SBS, 2005)
• Sharp 2 (KBS2, 2005)
• April Kiss (KBS2, 2004)
  

Movie

• Attack on the Pin-Up Boys (2007)
  

Endorsements

* C&C phone
* Elite Uniforms (along with singer BoA)
* Ottogi Noodle (with Kim Hee Chul, Go Ah Ra and Jung Hwa Young)
* My Chew (with kgroup Sugar)
* OLIVE
* Modern automobile "NF SONATA"
* KTF

Trivia
* Education: Santa Monica High School (Santa Monica, California, U.S.A)
* Skills: Dancing, singing, acts in a play/English
* Languages: Korean and English
* KPOP group: Super Junior
* Religion: Christianity