Kim Byong-chul is a South Korean actor born on 5 July 1974 in Andong, South Korea. He is 175 cm tall and weighs 64 kg. He is best known as Cha Min-hyuk, the strict father in SKY Castle, and as Lee Byeong-chan, the teacher who creates the virus in All of Us Are Dead.

Early life

He grew up in Andong, a city in North Gyeongsang Province known for its traditional culture. He studied theatre and film at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, then chose stage and small screen roles, building real skill year after year.

Career and breakthrough

He debuted on stage in Three Sisters in 2001 and on film in Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (2003). His turning point came with Descendants of the Sun (2016) and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016), where he played Park Joong-heon, a wicked eunuch whose ghost returns for revenge.

Popular roles

SKY Castle (2018) changed everything. As Cha Min-hyuk, a proud law professor pushing his children to the top, he won Best Supporting Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards. In All of Us Are Dead (2022), his Lee Byeong-chan, a desperate teacher whose experiment starts a zombie outbreak, gave the horror story its human pain.

Recent work

In Doctor Cha (2023) he took a full leading role as Seo In-ho, a selfish husband whose double life drives the hit drama. His long journey proves that true talent, given time, will always be seen.