Name	Kim Nam
Height
Naionality	South Korean
Date of Birth	13-March-1981
Place of Birth	Seoul, South Korea
Famous for	Acting

Kim Nam is a South Korean actor. He is best known for playing Bidam in the hit period drama Queen Seondeok. Kim Nam-gil began his acting career on television with a minor role in the 1999 KBS youth drama School 1. Four years later, he won the 2003 Talent Audition conducted annually by MBC, and appeared in various minor roles on the network's shows, while using the stage name Lee Han.

In 2006, Kim made the bold decision to portray a homosexual character in the controversial queer indie No Regret. The film was critically praised and traveled the film festival circuit, but it failed to boost Kim's popularity. Instead, he continued taking on more supporting roles in television dramas, among them Goodbye Solo, Lovers, and When Spring Comes. Kim had previously stated in interviews that his role model is actor Jung Jae-young, who attended the same high school he did. He got to work with Jung in 2008's Public Enemy Returns. Upon the advice of the film's director Kang Woo-suk, Kim stopped using the stage name Lee Han and reverted to his birth name. Later that year, Kim played his first leading role in a major commercial film, Portrait of a Beauty. Though his co-star Kim Min-sun garnered most of the attention for the erotic costume drama, Kim's strong performance did not go unnoticed.

In 2009, Kim was cast as one of the supporting characters in the historical drama Queen Seondeok. It became one of the highest-rated TV series of that year, and Kim became a household name and the series' breakout star. For his portrayal of the playful but tragic Bidam, Kim said he was inspired by comic book characters such as Han Bi-kwang in Ruler of the Land, Miyamoto Musashi in Vagabond, and Kang Baek-ho in Slam Dunk.