Min Kim

Min Kim, also known as Kim Min, is a South Korean actor who became famous as Pasin Kradek, the Muay Thai master, in A Shop for Killers (2024). With his strong look, fluent English and real martial arts skills, he brings a special energy to action roles. Many viewers first think he is a foreign actor, but he is a native Korean.

Min Kim is 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall.

Early life

Min Kim was born on May 2, 1982, in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He studied architecture at Uijeongbu Technical High School. He did not leave Korea until he finished high school. As an adult he lived abroad for about eight years in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, where he learned English and even worked in 3D modelling and architecture.

Career and breakthrough

He started acting overseas and played a small role in Power Rangers Samurai in 2011. For years he took foreigner roles because of his look and his English. More Korean viewers learned his name when he played John in the drama Casino (2022), a fixer role that showed his cold and powerful style.

Popular roles

His breakthrough came in A Shop for Killers (2024), where he played Pasin Kradek, a Muay Thai master who teaches Ji-an and protects her like family. The role fit him well, because he trains in martial arts in real life and has taught hapkido to children in Dongducheon. In Four Hands, Two Sonatas (2026), he plays Boss Kim, a very different kind of leader.

Recent work

Min Kim also appeared in The Manipulated (2025) as Yoo Seon-gyu, which kept him in the world of dark action stories. With A Shop for Killers bringing him global fans and Four Hands, Two Sonatas (2026) adding a new Boss Kim role, his career is now growing fast in Korea and abroad.