Im Si-wan, also known as Yim Si-wan, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the 2010 South Korean boy group “ZE:A” and its subgroup “ZE:A Five”. In 2023, he was announced to star in the second season of Netflix’s hit Korean survival drama Squidward Game.
Wiki/Biography
Im Si-wan was born on Thursday, December 1, 1988 in Busan, South Korea (age 34; as of 2022) as Yim Woong-jae. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He studied at Busan Gudeok High School. He studied mechanical engineering at Pusan National University; however, he dropped out of college in his second year after winning the “Chin Chin Song Festival”. Later, he studied at the Oriental Broadcasting Arts University in Seoul. He is studying at Daejeon Matsong Information College.
Photos of Im Siwan as a child
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Weight (approximately): 65kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body Measurements (Approximately): Bust: 40″, Waist: 30″, Biceps: 12″
family
Parents and siblings
Im Siwan has a sister.
Im Si-wan and his family
wife
He is unmarried.
Relationships/Affairs
At a fan meeting in 2021, when asked how many times he had dated, he explained to the audience with a mathematical equation. After solving the equation, he got -2 and 0 as answers. Eventually, he revealed that he had actually gone on 0 dates.
Im Si-wan solves mathematical equations on the whiteboard
In an interview, he revealed that he had no chance to make friends with girls because his parents didn’t allow him to date during high school. He also shared a story about a time when he went against his mother’s wishes in an unusual way. He said,
My parents were the kind of people who were always like, “Oh, you can do whatever you want after college.” It was my parents’ anniversary, so I decided to go shopping for gifts, and I happened to be with a girl Friends together. I didn’t think much of it because I wasn’t thinking about dating, so when I went to pick out gifts, she went with me. I came home and gave my mom a gift and told her how I went shopping with my friends to buy gifts. Instead of being happy with the gift, she just focused on the fact that I went with a girl and wasn’t happy about it. I thought to myself, “Well, I’m never going to date.” Now that I’m older and in the entertainment industry, she always says, ‘You must have beautiful girls around you, when are you going to date?’ ‘”
Signature/Autograph
Profession
singer
ZE:A
Im Siwan was discovered by Star Empire scouts while attending the “Chin Chin Song Festival” in Busan. He became a trainee and joined a nine-man group called the “Children of the Empire” where he trained for three years. In 2009, the band began to perform surprise performances throughout South Korea. On January 7, 2010, the band officially launched an EP called “Nativity” under the name ZE:A.
2010 album “Birth” cover
Before his debut, he officially changed his name from Im Woong Jae to Im Si Wan. He is one of the lead singers among the nine members of the band. The album “Nativity” topped Kakao’s “Album Chart” and “Artist Chart” on the day it was released. In March 2011, the band released their first Korean studio album “Lovability”.
2011 album “Lovely” cover
ZE: five
In 2013, he made his debut as a member of the ZE:A subunit “ZE:A-Five”, which also has four members including Kevin, Minwoo, Hyungsik and Dongjun. On March 25, 2013, the band released their debut album “Voulez-Vous”.
2013 album “Voulez-Vous” cover
TV series OST
In 2014, he voiced the song “But Still.. So..” in the Korean TV series “Misang: An Incomplete Life”. He has recorded many songs, including “My Heart” from the TV series King of Love (2017), “I And You” from Run On (2021) and “Fire” from Tracer (2022) 》.
actor
musical theater
In 2013, he played the role of Joseph in the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Jacket” held in Seoul.
Im Si-wan performs in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Jacket”
television
TV drama
In 2010, he made his debut in the Korean TV series “Prosecutor Princess”, in which he played the role of Club Man.
2010 Korean TV series “Prosecutor Princess” poster
In 2014, he made a special appearance as the young man Zheng Yusheng in the TV series “A Little Love”. In the 2014 TV series “Triangle”, he played the youngest of three brothers who were separated in childhood and grew up in a cold and wealthy chaebol family. In the 2014 adaptation of the webtoon and cable TV series “Misaeng: An Incomplete Life,” he played Zhang Gelai, a former Go player struggling to adapt to South Korea’s corporate culture. “Misheng: An Incomplete Life” has achieved great success, with a viewership rating of 8.4%, and is considered a “cultural phenomenon”. He has appeared in several TV series, including Hell to Others (2019), Tracer (2022), Summertime (2022), and Missing: Beyond (2023).
reality tv show
In 2012, he appeared as an actor in the Korean reality TV show “The Birth of a Family” on KBS2. In the same year, he appeared in the second season of the tvN variety show “House on Wheels”.
Movie
In 2013, he made his film debut with the Korean short film “Incomplete Life: The Prequel”. That same year, Im Si-wan played the role of Park Jin-woo, a young student activist who was arrested on suspicion of communist sympathies and tortured by the police in the courtroom drama “The Prosecutor.” Im Siwan has received many awards and honors for his outstanding performances in movies.
He played the role of clever con man Lee Min-jae in the 2017 crime film “The Line.” That same year, he starred in the crime action film “Heartless,” in which he played an undercover cop involved in a drug smuggling ring. His performance earned him an invitation to the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for the first time in his career. In 2021, he starred in the Korean disaster action thriller “Emergency Declaration”, which was screened at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
web series
In 2016, he played the role of Jibaek in his first Sino-Korean co-production online drama “My Cat People”. In 2023, he starred in Netflix’s Korean survival drama “Squid Game 2.”
Awards, Honors, Achievements
Awards
- 2012: Won the MBC Entertainment Awards for Best Newcomer in a Sitcom for the Korean sitcom “Standby”
- 2014: Won the Best Fashionista Award at the Baeksang Arts Awards for the Korean movie “Prosecutor”
- 2014: Won the Blue Dragon Film Award Popularity Award for the movie “Prosecutor”
Im Si-wan attended the 2014 Blue Dragon Film Awards
- 2014: Won the Grand Bell Award Popularity Award for the movie “Prosecutor”
- 2014: Won the Korean Screen Actors Guild Popularity Award for the movie “Prosecutor”
- 2014: Won the Max Film Award for Best New Actor for the movie “The Prosecutor”
- 2014: Won the Marie Claire Film Award for Best New Actor for the movie “The Prosecutor”
- 2014: Won the MBC Drama Awards for Best New Actor for the TV series “Triangle”
- 2015: Won the APAN Star Awards Excellence Award and the Miniseries Actor Award for the Korean TV series “Misang: An Incomplete Life”
- 2015: Won the Asian Special Award for Actor at the Asian Model Festival for the TV series “Misheng: An Incomplete Life”
Lin Siwan attended the 2015 Asian Model Festival
- 2015: Won the Baeksang Arts Awards for Best New Actor for the TV series “Misaeng: An Incomplete Life”
- 2015: Won the Cable TV Award for Best Actor for the TV series “Misao: An Incomplete Life”
- 2015: Korean Drama Awards: Special Jury Award for Actor in the TV series “Misaeng: An Incomplete Life”
- 2015: Korea Financial Services Commission Special Achievement Award
- 2016: Won the InStyle Star Icon Best Idol Actor Award for the TV series “Misheng: An Incomplete Life”
- 2016: Max Film Awards Rising Star Award
- 2017: Won the Seoul Awards Popularity Award for Actor for the Korean movie “Heartless”
- 2022: The Korean film “Emergency Declaration” won the Busan Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor
Im Siwan attended the 2022 Buildfilm Awards
- 2022: Won the Korean Film Producers Association Award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie “Emergency Declaration”
- 2022: The film “Emergency Declaration” wins the Burdak Rising Star Award at the London Asian Film Festival
Honor
- 2012: Honorary Ambassador of Korea Tourism Organization
- 2012: Tissot and Swatch Group Korean Brand Ambassador
- 2012: Pret-a-Porter Busan Brand Ambassador (Busan Fashion Week)
- 2012: Honorary Ambassador of Yousong University of Information Technology
- 2013: Gyeonggi Province Brand Youth Ambassador
- 2014: Senior Ambassador of Korea International Trade Association
Lim Si-wan takes office as ambassador of Korea International Trade Association
- 2014: FinTech Financial Technology Group Brand Ambassador
- 2023: Public Relations Ambassador for the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships
Lin Siwan was appointed as the public relations ambassador for the 2024 World Table Tennis Team Championships
Achievement
- 2015: No. 35 on Forbes Korea’s Powerful Celebrities List
Facts/Trivia
- Im Siwan often participates in marathons and has won multiple medals in various marathon events.
Im Si-wan after winning the 10km marathon
- In his spare time, he likes to cook.
- On July 11, 2017, Im Siwan began his military service. Due to his outstanding performance, he was appointed as an assistant instructor for recruits. After completing his military service, he was discharged from the Army on March 27, 2019.
- In 2019, he donated all his military service income and part of his personal funds to Hyochon Elementary School in Yangju City, Gyeonggi Province.
- In 2020, he appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Im Si-wan appears on the cover of “Cosmopolitan”
- On March 4, 2022, he donated 20 million won to the Ukrainian Embassy in South Korea to assist victims of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He also booked a 4-bed dormitory in Kiev from March 7, 2022 to April 4, 2022, to provide support and assistance to Ukrainian war victims.
- On August 10, 2022, he donated 20 million won through the Hope Bridge Korean Disaster Relief Association to support people affected by the 2022 floods in South Korea.
- On February 8, 2023, he donated 10 million won to assist the victims of the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake. He donated money to the Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association to assist those affected by natural disasters.
- According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), his personality type is ENFJ (Extraversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Judgment).
- Yan Shiwan is not a vegetarian.
Ren Shiwan eats meat dishes
- He was often spotted drinking in public. He likes to drink and eat beef.
Ren Siwan drank wine and ate meat dishes
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