Hee-chul Kim

Kim Hee-chul was born in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province, on July 10, 1983. He's a Korean singer, Song-writer, Model, Cartoonist, Actor , TV host , radio host and Ceremony presenter. In October 2002, he auditioned to become a singer through the Starlight Casting System, and was initially placed in a four-member group called "Four Seasons" along with Jaejoong, Yunho and Kangin. While Jaejoong and Yunho went on to debut as TVXQ in December 2003, Heechul and Kangin joined ten other trainees under S.M. Entertainment to form the group "Super Junior 05", the first generation of Super Junior.He's one of Idol Band's Members who shots 300 commercials before his music debut as Super Junior. He attracting a lot of attention for his pretty boy image. His first acting role was in teen drama Sharp 2 alongside bandmate Kibum on 2005 before the debut of Super Junior. Shortly afterwards, he appeared in an episode of the series Loveholic and was a regular MC for the cable music show Show! Music Tank. He also plays piano and drums. On November 2, 2005, "Super Junior 05" made their official debut as a twelve-member group on SBS's Popular Songs, performing their first single "TWINS". Their debut album SuperJunior05 (Twins) was released on December 5 and debuted at #3 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts.Following their debut, Heechul again appeared alongside Kibum for the sixth season of Nonstop (2005-07), and also starred in Bad Family (2006) and Golden Bride (2007-08). He also appeared on entertainment programs such as Vitamin, Sponge, X-man, and Love Letter, and was a radio DJ on SBS Power FM Youngstreet with Park Hee-bon until mid-2006. On February 23, 2007, he debuted as part of Super Junior sub-group, Super Junior-T , performing trot single "Rokuko!!!". That year Super Junior released their second album Don't Don, toured with the Super Show, and filmed the movie Attack on the Pin-Up Boys.He appeared as a presenter on SBS music programme Inkigayo as a substitute for Andy of Shinhwa, going on to become a permanent host with Ku Hye-sun (23 April 2006 - 18 February 2007), Jang Keun-suk (25 February-7 October 2007) and Song Ji-hyo (11 November 2007 - 4 May 2008).In 2008, he appeared in the S.M. Entertainment production of the musical Xanadu, playing the role of Sonny in rotation with bandmate Kangin. The production ran between 9 September-23 November 2008 at the Doosan Art Center, Yeonji-dong, Seoul. Casting was carried out via a reality television programme, To Be Kangin and Heechul. That year, he also appeared on the reality TV programmes Good Daddy and Band of Brothers. Kim co-MC the 2009 Dream Concert with Song Ji-hyo, which was held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on 10 October. His first solo single, "First Star", was released on November 6, 2009, as part of the OST for the drama Loving You a Thousand Times.He returned as a radio DJ for the first time in four years on SBS's "Heechul's Young Street" from March 29, 2010 until mid-2011. In May 2010, he became a regular cast member on the series Family Outing 2, but the show was cancelled two months later due to low ratings. On October 9, he created a personal Facebook account which received 5,000 friend requests within five minutes. He became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter for four days after the account's creation. In 2011, he formed a project group with label mate Kim Jungmo of TRAX called M&D (meaning "Midnight and Dawn" or "Miari and Dangae-dong", after the members' hometowns). They released their debut single, "Close Ur Mouth", in June. Heechul wrote the lyrics and directed the music video for the song, while Jungmo produced and performed the instrumental. Their first live performance was at Mnet's summer awards ceremony 20's Choice on July 7.Kim Hee-chul carried out mandatory military service between 1 September 2011-30 August 2013. He served as a public service worker for 23 months after undergoing four weeks of basic training at the Nonsan military camp in Chungcheongnam-do. At the time that he enlisted, he had been appearing on KBS's Secret as well as the "Radio Star" segment of MBC's Radio Star, for which bandmate Kyuhyun took over the role.Shortly after he had completed his military service, he featured on Kim Jang-hoon's single "Breakups are So Like Me". On August 29, 2013, it was revealed that he'll receive an award acknowledging him as an exemplary public service officer while serving at Sungdong. He's discharged from the army on August 30. In September, he became a regular cast member on the JTBC's variety program "Ssulzun War of Words" but on July 2014 he posted a photo in his personal Instagram account and poured his heart and thoughts regarding his last appearance in the program. In Heechul's last recording for the show, he mentioned about having the pressure of talking about the people close to him.In 2014, he appeared on the "Global Edition" spinoff of MBC reality television programme We Got Married, as an on-screen couple with Taiwanese girl group member Puff Guo. That year, he also played the role of a detective in the tvN drama Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit.In April 2015, SM Entertainment announced that M&D would release their first mini-album "Cottage Industry" with the title track "I Wish" digitally on April 16 and physically on April 20. The title track was also written and composed by the duo. They made their comeback stage on M Countdown on April 16. He also appeared on entertainment programs such as "The Demand of Luxurious Food", "A Style For You", "MAPS" and MC at Chinese Variety show "All the Way With You (S 2)". on December,he became a host on JTBC's variety show Knowing Bros.In March 2016, Heechul was confirmed to become a temporary host for Weekly Idol. In early July 2016, M&D returned as Kim Heechul & Kim Jungmo, with a 2nd mini-album Goody Bag, and trot-rock title track "Ulsanbawi" on July 12. They also released a music video starring DIA's Chaeyeon. In 23 July, he held his first solo fanmeeting "The Space Big Star Show" in Beijing, China Show less «