Kim Soo Hyun Tops the Sports Chosun 30th Anniversary Poll of K-ent Industry Experts on Top K-drama Actors and Actresses

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• Is lee minho really big in korea? The fact that kim woobin make it to the list but not LMH is suprised me.

  • No SJK too.

    • He lost his hyped after his divorced. He was number 1 last year.

    • Have you guys ALREADY forgot Lee Jong Suk???????
      Woooooow
      Fame withers and vanish like a beautiful flower
      Hmmmmmm☹☹☹???‍♀️?‍♀️

    • LSJ has been slipping away a long time ago.

    • Exactly
      No song joong ki
      No Lee min ho
      No ji chang wook
      No song hye kyo
      No Lee jong suk (well in military so is understanble)
      Agree with Kim soo hyn on top because his appearance in hotel del Luna and cloy got positive reviews.
      No the guy from my strange hero?

    • @jo this is not about hallyu popularity lol

    • To be honest, no matter how popular park seo joon is right now, i still choose kim soo hyun, lee jong suk, park bo gum, song joong ki, lee min ho, jo in sung, hyun bin. For me, They are the best!

  • Ksh track record is just huge. Dream high, moon show, my love, producers, hands down. Though i feel recent bias is here too for some artists. Cant blame becauze they are active in last 2 or 3 years like park seo joon iu namgoon min.. Song hye kyo missing. But 2 or 3 votes isnt much N jun ji hyun only did 2 drama but they were hits. But shk has dots too. And son ye jin drama record before cloy was underwhelming too. Next year will be more interesting!! Congrats to ksh jjh psj! Iu has really became top actress priving herself after scarlett moon disaster. She earned it

  • 2 or 3 votes doesnt make difference. It will be inetersting after king airing! Polls result differ time to time, with obvious bias and add recent activity. Even song hye kyo missed the list with massive dots lol. Same with lee byung hun

    • You can call it bias if the actors just get like 2 votes. Maybe their agency is the one who voted for them. But if you get 3-12 votes I wont called it bias anymore, this poll is pretty accurate. Excpet LMH not in the list, Im not suprised seeing all actors in there. The reason SHK not making on the list is because she got a lot of hate after her divorced. Of course many PDs or writers will prefer actress with clean image like JJH and GHJ. They just can choose one. Shk maybe not their top priority.
      KSH is number 2 last year, I will called him wall, same with JJH. PBG not in the same level with them but still a wall.
      But its confused me not seeing LMH in there. He always in big drama, all his drama got high rating, so he's an actor who dont need more recognizer. Looks like many PDs and Writers, even the producers not impressed with his performance. I end up with my own conclusion tho

    • Not surprising that Lee Min Ho is not on the list. He may be very popular outside of Korea but you rarely see him on polls where Koreans are surveyed, whether it’s by industry or public.

    • Lee Byung Hun is number 3 with 8 votes in the Korean Cinema section after Dir. Bong Joon Ho and Song Kang Ho, each with 39 & 10 votes, respectively. There are 6 actors in the list of 17 movie world power people to lead the next 100 years of Korean Cinema.

      http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=202003210100164030010248&servicedate=20200320

    • @maya disagree. Koreas top most writers like cloy writer or kim eun sook the top 2 writers wanna work with him but sure keep believeing ur theories. It is more about recent bias

      @ hi your opinion you can keep believeing. Neither shk, jo in sung etc made drama list so obvious it is more about recent bias. Lee min ho will make it mext year. Yeah sure even nam ji hyuk is bigger than hin. Sure

      @rubie i meant drama. He had mr sunshine which was biggest drama of 2018

  • @lovely most of people on list are active. This list will change when those actors comeback n have a hit drama lol

    • lol it won't change things for the likes of Song Joong Ki and Lee Min Ho. The first is a has been and the second one is too afraid to step out of his comfort zone and is just resting on his laurels, no wonder he didn't get votes from the experts, they just know there's nothing behind that blank expressionless face of his.

    • @itsokay lmaoo. U thibj ur shading will stop him getting big dramas lmaoo. He will still keep getting these big budget dramas . Top writer like kim eun sook and cloy writer comes to him anyways. So noone cares where likes of nam joo hyuk or lee jae wook ranks over them. And yes being non active has a say here!
      You can keep shading the king but he is cominv with biggest drama of year. Stay salty antiii

    • You wish ur faves get such massive dramas lmaooooooo. !!! You will burn more when king will become massive! Cant wait to see haters like u crying all over again

  • He's only big internationally, but in Korea he is outranked by KSH, Gong Yoo, Hyun Bin, etc. His fans can stay delusional thinking he's the top. His upcoming drama will likely do well because of the writer.

    • Rofl u should worry about has been woozie. Lee min ho has kim eunsook working for him. So doesnt matter !

  • Kim Woo Bin had multiple successful movies before his hiatus, out of all the male actors of his generation he was the only one to have that level of breakout success in chungmuro with movies where he was headlining (Friend 2, The Con Artists, Twenty, Master). I think that gave him more staying power than he would have had from dramas.

    • Royal we i dont follow movies so rareky have an idea. Thnz for info

• IU did great again
  If she continues with good projects, she will hit daebak

• Lee Jae Wook? Waow! It's great for him, he's just 21 years old! I'm really happy for him!

  • I like KSH, but I do think There a lot of better actor than him such Gon Yoon. Maybe is because he is young and handsome, but neither he is the most handsome organizaciones the best actor, atención least is What I think.

    • I TOTALLY AGREE
      TO me korean actors and actresses are very very very good in acting
      I can't make a comparison
      They are all working hard

• its not about the best actor
  People have high expectations after he finishes the military service. And the special cameos in HDL and CLOY increased the hype. So the industry has the eyes on him
  i think the #1 is very fair

• Whether it’s “fair” or not (and that’s obviously very subjective), the fact remains that these celebrities have the most expectation and staying power amongst the insiders in the industry.

  I personally buy all the names. It makes a lot of sense. Of course some of my fav aren’t in here, but it’s not a public poll so really, no opinion on who should/shouldn’t be here doesn’t specifically count ?‍♀️

  • *my opinion

    • Blueberryyy
      Yes it's subjective
      None of the top 6 or so is my favourite
      My are Lee jong suk
      Lee Joong-gi
      Jang Geun Suk
      Jung hong hwa????????

    • What’s happened to JGS? Where is he now?

  • Agree with you. The fact is these people has staying power in the industry. But i am curious why suzy name is not there instead of iu? I thought she always get pick as lead actress in many well known pd and writers

    • Suzy? LOL. She only has flops. Best known wallpaper of SK.

    • Weird right? I thought writer PHR really like her, maybe she gave her vote for NJH.

    • @Tiani yes, it so weird since phr love to cast her in her drama. She should at least vote for suzy. I love phr drama but she keep casting the same actress in every her drama.

    • Or maybe Suzy get one vote from PHR, but they didnt put it in this list.

    • lol not a fan of either, but why would suzy rank over iu? it's not 2013. iu's two latest projects were either critically-acclaimed, my ahjussi, or commercially successful, hdl. suzy's latest projects underperformed despite having popular male leads.

  • So nam ji hyuk is powerful than many A list actors sure lol. More loke who is more active recently

• This poll is trash. Only 100 people? Whatever

  • 100 industry experts actually.

    • Industry or not, it’s only 100 people. That’s such a small sample size. That’s a huge flaw, so this poll is still garbage

    • @Moonlight Yoo
      Sure. Whatever makes u sleep well at night! ?

  • The Baeksang Art Award winner are chosen by expert voting group of 6-8 people in each category.

    The Golden Globe Awards are chosen by the 87-member HFA.

    If this was a poll of 100 random people on the street it's certain useless, but asking 100 industry professionals is not useless as their depth of knowledge and experience makes their choices worth nothing. It's better called a selection list rather than a poll perhaps.

    • No matter how reliable your basis is, this close-minded Moonlight Yoo will not believe you as long as it does not favor her faves. If you will remember, this Moonlight Yoo caused a fan war between KSH and KYJ because she can't accept that KBS' Beauty List where her fave did not make it to the coveted top 30.

    • The difference is that those are acting awards, they look at the current project/movie nominated and then they make a decision. They base it on which performance they like.

      What criteria are these professionals using to pick power people? It’s more bias and subjective opinions. Maybe if they are looking and comparing feedback of collective 2019 works of each actor then maybe. Some of these actors/actresses were barely active last year. So that’s a huge data flaw. So you might as well sample 100 random people on the street.

    • No matter how subjective their opinion is, still, their is an ingredient of expertise which an ordinary individual's opinion lacks. That's why their opinions weigh more trust and credibility because they know how the industry works.

  • Lol. The opinion of these 100 "industry experts" is more valuable than opinion of 10 of thousands of ordinary people.

    • In this case, this is only the matter of opinions. The industry experts aren’t hiring accountants and data researchers to gather up index and relevant to make impartial opinions.

      So I rather trust 10 of thousands of people opinions over 100 people.

      They’re not voting for a best performance from an actor but which actor they think is a power actor, and they’re aren’t get statistics or research but just voting base on feelings

  • Flaw or not. None of your fav nor your hate is listed so just chill. No chance to drag a flopper here coz there is no chance. LOL.

    • Hello iu over suzy. Of course iu is much bigger than her. It's just suzy pick a good leading man.

• Park Seo Joon has been on a successful string for the past few years now. Good on him! He’s such a good actor and very deserving on the respect industry is giving him.

  Everyone else is the usual big names. KSH is not surprising to me - he’s one of those actors - somewhat low key considering his popularity, but extremely talented. He hasn’t had a drama that didn’t do well in his whole career. Not so sure about his upcoming one but then I felt the same for YFAS/Producers and we know how well that went...

• Glad to see Gong Yoo and Nam Joo Hyuk on the list. Hope to see their up coming movie soon. Love love them.

• Top Power People has PMY whom I am a little surprised, but she is very hard working just cannot carry a drama yet (from a drama perspective), same with those with 2 votes. All others are very reasonable choices. KSH and PSJ are very good actors so I think they deserve this ranking.

  • pmy cannot carry a drama?city hunter and healer say hi to you.

    • City Hunter? Healer?? I am a drama watcher and I know who takes the credit in South Korea. Malaysian you must be living in a different world. I am not a fan of anyone, I only watch dramas.

    • City hunter was carrried by lmh? U lmh antis r idiots. Pmy new drama rating is 1%. Sure she xarries dramas lmaol

    • @ady i am not lmh hater and never did i mention his name here. To satisfy you, i will say again lmh and pmy carried city hunter. Satisfied?

    • Only lmh carried it. Pmy if she was huge star. Her drama wouldve opened with more than 1%. So nope she didnt carry anything

  • Sungkyunkwan scandal and Seven Day Queen was critically acclaimed. City Hunter was a decent hit in Korea and Healer was big in Asia. She bonafide cross into top actress category with Secretary Kim. PMY earned her stripes. Just as you think shes mediocre in acting, i think shes awesome. Plus she manages to churn out chemistry with all costars (save for Dr. Jin). Very few actresses can claim the same. Different strokes different folks. One mans trash another mans treasure. Glad we agree to disagree

    • WHO thinks PMY is mediocre in acting? I think you are THE ONE saying it @Lydia. None of the dramas you mention is carried by PMY. None unfortunately. She needs to work even harder next time. Focus on the drama, "critically acclaimed" does not mean PMY is the one carrying the torch. I think you need a clear mind.

    • @dramafan. You said she cannot carry a drama and I differ to your opinion. I work in Korea, am in the advertising industry here, read and write korean fluently. She's one of the most sought after actresses for sure to carry any drama. You implied shes mediocre that that i take issue with. Like I said, for me shes a gem. If you don't agree thats fine. At least industry pundits feel the same and that's good enough. Geez.

    • I still disagree with you. From a drama perspective PMY has never carried anything. She acts well. I never implied she is mediocre. Read my words again! You can only take issue with your imagination.

    • Without big-name male leads in SS, Remember, Healer, & WWWSK, PMY’s other dramas like Q47D, HPL and current one struggled with ratings; thus, evidently, she can’t carry on her own.

  • Agree, such a joke to see PMY in this list instead of other deserving bigger names. Perhaps her agency has been aggressive in marketing her, especially after WWWSK, where she had obviously ridden on the glory of the male lead.

• Kim Soo Hyun hasn’t done a drama in 5 years, his last drama was the Producers in 2015.

  The 100 industry professionals include those from from the movie industry as well and there are 2 separate lists. 41 representatives were surveyed for dramas and 47 were surveyed for movies.