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South Korean opera singer, crossover artist and musical actor (born 1986)

Julian Jootaek Kim (Korean: 김주택), also known as Julian Kim, is a South Korean baritone opera singer, crossover artist, and musical theater performer. He was born on September 9, 1986. Kim is known for his portrayal of Figaro in the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia in Italy, which he performed more than 70 times, and as the Phantom in a Korean replica production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, The Phantom of the Opera.

Biography

Julian Kim, an opera singer and musical actor, is an alumnus of Sunhwa Arts School. After completing his high school education in South Korea, Kim continued his studies at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, Italy, graduating with a perfect score with honors (Dieci e lode e menzione) in 2010.

Singing competitions

Kim has achieved numerous accolades throughout his career. He secured the Grand Prize in The Korea Voice Competition by the Lee DaeWoong Music Scholarship Foundation and clinched the first place in the Music Chunchu Competition and Shin Youngok Competition during his high school years in Korea. In Italy, he garnered the Premio Miglior Giovane Promessa (Best Young Promise Prize) in the Renata Tebaldi International Competition in 2007. Additionally, he attained the second place in the Riccardo Zandonai Competition and International Lyric Competition Magda Olivero and the first place and the Young Voices Award by the City of Magenta in 2009, followed by the third place in the Francesc Viñas Internationa

South Korean rapper (born 1987)

This article is about the South Korean rapper. For other uses, see TOP (disambiguation).

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Seung-hyun (Korean: 최승현; born November 4, 1987), known professionally as T.O.P, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. He performed as an underground rapper before joining the record label YG Entertainment and debuted as the lead rapper of the boy bandBigBang in 2006. The group became one of the best-selling groups of all time in Asia and one of the best-selling boy bands in the world. In 2010, while the group was on hiatus, T.O.P and G-Dragon collaborated to release the album, GD & TOP. As a solo rapper, he has released two digital singles, "Turn It Up" (2010) and "Doom Dada" (2013), that have peaked at number two and four, respectively, on the Gaon Digital Chart. He was convicted of marijuana use in 2017, which led to a surge of anti-fans among South Koreans.

T.O.P made his acting debut in 2007 through the TV series I Am Sam (2007), followed by Iris (2009) and the TV movie Nineteen (2009). He made his film debut with 71: Into the Fire (2010), for which he received praise and won multiple accolades including Best New Actor at the 2010 Blue Dragon Film Awards and the 2011 Baeksang Arts Awards. Subsequently, he garnered lead roles in the films Commitment (2013), for which he was awarded New Asian Actor of the Year at the Busan International Film Festival and Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014). In 2024, T.O.P portrayed Choi Su-bong, better known as "Thanos", in the second season of the Netflixdystopiansurvivalthriller series Squid Game.

Life and career

1987–2006: Career beginnings and debut with BigBang

Main article: BigBang (South Korean band)

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Choi Seung-hyun is the great nephew of Korea's pioneering abstract art artist Kim Whanki and grew up in contact with a