South Korean actor Kim Seon-ho () has been recognized with numerous awards and nominations in film and television. He has won a Baeksang Arts Award, one Blue Dragon Film Award, one Grand Bell Award, and one Buil Film Award. He has also won nine times at the Asia Artist Awards.
In his television debut year, Kim won Best New Actor and the Excellence Award for Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama at the 2017 MBC Drama Awards for his role in the drama Two Cops (2017). Kim's breakthrough role in Start-Up (2021) earned him the Most Popular Actor Award at the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards, alongside a nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Television at the same ceremony. For this role, he also received the Emotive Award at the Asia Artist Awards, and his character Han Ji-pyeong was recognized as one of the 2021 Seoul Drama Awards' characters of the year. Kim returned as the leading man in tvN romantic comedy series Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021). In a year-end poll by Gallup Korea, Kim was named Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year. He also won Outstanding Actor at the 2022 Seoul Drama Awards.
Kim made his feature film debut in Park Hoon-jung's noir film The Childe (2023), where he was given top billing status. His portrayal of the nobleman in his debut film earned critical acclaim, leading to his winning the New Actor Award at the 32nd Buil Film Awards and the 59th Grand Bell Awards. In December 2023, Kim was nominated in the New Actor Award category and also received the Chung Chung Won Popular Star Award at the 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards. He also earned nominations in the Most Popular Actor and Best New Actor categories at the subsequent year's 60th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Awards and nominations +Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nominationAward ceremonyYearCategoryNominee / WorkResultAPAN Star Awards2024Best Actor in a Short/Web Drama Popular Male Actor Asia Artist Awards2020 Best Emotive Award – ActorKim Seon-ho Popularity Award – Actor 2021 RET Popularity Award – Actor U+Idol Live Popularity Award – Actor 2022 Asia Celebrity Award – Actor Best Choice Award – Actor DCM Popularity Award – Actor Idol Plus Popularity Award – Actor 2023 Asia Celebrity Award – Actor Best Artist Award – Actor Idol Plus Popularity Award – Actor 2024 Asia Model Awards2020 Model Star Award Asia Star Entertainer Awards 2026 Fan Choice Couple Can This Love Be Translated Baeksang Arts Awards 2021 Best Supporting Actor – Television Start-Up Most Popular Actor Kim Seon-ho 2024 Best New Actor – Film Blue Dragon Film Awards 2023 Best New Actor Chung Jung-won Popular Star Award 2022 Eighteen Adults Awards Han Ji-pyeong of Start-Up Blue Dragon Series Awards 2026 Best Actor Can This Love Be Translated? Best New Entertainer Bonjour Bakery Brand Customer Loyalty Awards 2021 Trend Icon – Actor Kim Seon-ho Male Multitainer Buil Film Awards 2023 Best New Actor Popular Star Award Global OTT Awards 2026 Best Lead Actor Can This Love Be Translated? People's Choice Award — Male Actor Kim Son-ho Grand Bell Awards 2023 Best New Actor 2023 Best Actor in a Play Touching The Void KBS Drama Awards 2017 Best New Actor Strongest Deliveryman and Good Manager KBS Entertainment Awards 2020 Rookie Award – Show/Variety Category 2 Days & 1 Night Season 4 2021 Popularity Award – Entertainer MBC Drama Awards 2017 Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Two Cops Best New Actor Best Comic Character OBS Hot Icon Awards 2022 2022 Hot Icon Award 'Proven Trend' Kim Seon-ho SEC Awards 2026 Performance in an Asian Series Can This Love Be Translated? Seoul Global Movie Awards 2025 Popularity Award – Actor Seoul International Drama Awards 2021 Character of the Year Han Ji-pyeong of Start-Up 2022 Outstanding Korean Actor Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha 2025 Outstanding Asian Star 2026 International category — Best Actor Can This Love Be Translated? Outstanding Asian Star (South Korea) Top Ten Awards 2026 Best Global Artist – Best Actor Kim Seon-ho
Listicles + Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement Publisher Year Listicle Placement Allure Korea 2016 Rising Stars, New Faces on Stage Cine21 2020 New Actors to watch out for in 2021 2021 New Actors to watch out for in 2022 Actors to watch out for in 2022 2026 Actors to watch out for in 2026 Forbes Korea 2021 Power Celebrity 40 Gallup Korea 2020 Television Actor of the Year 2021 2022 2021 Actor of the Year Best Drama Couple 2023 Rising Star Film Actor of the Year 2024 10 Korean Actors that Movie Writers Recommended in 2024 Sports Dong-a 2018 The Star that will Shine in 2018 (Actor) Wavve 2020 Wavve Award Popular Star
See also Kim Seon-ho discography Kim Seon-ho filmography List of Kim Seon-ho live performances
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