Kim Byung Chul "Doctor Cha": "Bad boy" was shipped with a beautiful and expensive sister, it took 20 years to get the lead

Kim Byung Chul is one of the hottest actors in Korean movies right now when he appears in the blockbuster series Doctor Cha. In addition to the above work, he also appeared in a series of other blockbuster ratings.

Doctor Cha "Doctor Cha" has now shown more than 10 episodes. The series opened with an audience rating of 4.937% and has tripled after 8 episodes.

Episode 10 "Doctor Cha" shocked when it reached an 18% rating, setting a record as the episode with the highest viewership ratings since its broadcast so far and also making the work the most popular drama on JTBC cable channel in 2023. (as of May 17). This achievement also helped Doctor Cha occupy the 4th place of Itaewon Class (16.5%) on the chart of Top Movies with the highest ratings in JTBC's history.

Even the brainchild of director Kim Dae Jin is likely to continue to explode in ratings with a series of twists and turns revolving around the troubled love triangle between Cha Jeong Sook (Uhm Jung Hwa), Seo In Ho. (Kim Byung Chul) and Choi Seung Hee (Myung Se Bin).

After 10 episodes, the audience was extremely impressed with the male lead of the drama - Kim Byung Chul, who played the role of Seo In Ho - a lousy, lowly husband who was still afraid of his mother and thought of others. When Cha Jung Sook (Uhm Jung Hwa) was sick and required a liver transplant, it was In Ho's decision not to donate his liver for fear of health effects, because his mother and lover forbade him, became the last straw that made Jung Sook decide plan to rebuild your life. Although the character In Ho was criticized by the audience a lot, actor Kim Byung Chul with his humorous acting style made viewers unable to hate. Let's learn about this actor!

It took 20 years for the screen chameleon to have its first TV lead role

For Korean moviegoers, Kim Byung Chul is a very familiar face because he used to play a supporting role or a main role in many popular movie titles. Born in 1974, Kim Byung Chul started acting in 2003 with a supporting role in the movie Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield. With no outstanding appearance, he did not have the opportunity to act, constantly hanging around with less famous supporting roles. It was not until 2016 that Kim Byung Chul began to receive more attention from the audience.

Two years later, the supporting role in the blockbuster SKY Castle made the name Kim Byung Chul shine brighter than ever. Also thanks to this fever, only a year later, Kim Byung Chul got his first main role in the movie Doctor Prisoner, appearing alongside Nam Goong Min and Kwon Nara, then Sisyphus: The Myth, starring with Park Shin Hye. However, these films were not very successful in terms of reputation. It was not until this year, in 2023, that Kim Byung Chul had his first TV lead role in Doctor Cha. And this time he continues to show the audience a new color of himself when playing a villain... humorous.

That's all playing a supporting role, but it is a fact that the films that Kim Byung Chul participate in are all blockbusters with the top ratings of Korean television. Let's review some of the stalemate works that Kim Byung Chul has participated in, even if it's just a supporting role.

1. Descendants of the Sun

Up to now, Korean television still rarely has works that exploit military and medical topics that surpass the reputation of Descendants of the Sun. The movie's rating is up to 38%, which is a classic blockbuster of Korean movies in 2016. In the film, Kim Byung Chul plays Lieutenant Colonel Park Byung Soo, Yoo Shi Jin's rigid superior who always abides by the no rules. like who.

2. Goblins

Similar to Descendants of the Sun, Goblin is also a drama by screenwriter Kim Eun Sook, with a rating of 18%, an impressive number for paid stations. In the movie, Kim Byung Chul plays the most fearsome villain - eunuch Park Joong Heon, who used to manipulate the king, causing Kim Shin to die unjustly, becoming an elf who has been tormented for thousands of years by a sword through his chest. At the present time, as a ghost, Joong Heon is still clinging to harm, not allowing Kim Shin to get rid of the curse and solve the problem in the past.

3. Mr. Sunshine

This is another drama from writer Kim Eun Sook with an 18% rating. In the film, Kim Byung Chul takes on a small supporting role, but every time he appears, it's funny. Specifically, his role is Il Shik, a former slave hunter and now a grocery store owner.

4. SKY Castle

With a rating of more than 23%, SKY Castle is currently still standing in the top 3 rating of Korean cable stations, one of the legends of the Korean cable station. This is also considered the work that helps Kim Byung Chul advance his career. In the film, he plays the role of law professor Cha Min Hyuk - a father full of blind ambition, extremely snobby. Born from a poor background, Cha Min Hyuk has great ambition, he even wants to climb to the presidency. But because the dream did not come true, Min Hyuk forced his children to fulfill his ambition for him.

"Bad boys" are enthusiastically pushing the boat with the expensive big sister

SKY Castle is not only a blockbuster for Kim Byung Chul's life to promote his career, but also a work that helps him be associated with the expensive Korean beauty - Yoon Se Ah. On the film, they play a married couple. Although there are not many sweet scenes in the film, in real life, they give each other very intimate and affectionate gestures. Co-star Jo Jae Yoon once stated that both Yoon Se Ah and Kim Byung Chul are single, unmarried and very close in real life. Jo Jae Yoon also revealed that Kim Byung Chul once said that he liked Yoon Se Ah when asked about the other.

According to the behind-the-scenes photos, Kim Byung Chul and Yoon Se Ah have been very friendly since the first day of reading the script. Kim Byung Chul even learned to follow cute gestures to please Se Ah. Before the closeness of the two, the whole SKY Castle team enthusiastically supported. As for the audience, although Kim Byung Chul is somewhat inferior to the expensive beauty Yoon Se Ah, the audience is still extremely supportive, "rowing" hoping they really come together.

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