Alan Kim

Career overview

Alan Sun Kim was born on April 23, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He began his acting career as a child and gained widespread attention at the age of seven when he was cast as David Yi, a first‑generation Korean‑American boy living in rural Arkansas, in Lee Isaac Chung’s film Minari. The role placed Kim in a prominent position within the movie’s ensemble and contributed to the film’s critical success.

Following Minari, Kim received a Critics’ Choice Award in 2021 for Best Young Actor/Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA in the category of Best Supporting Actor in a Film. Minari itself earned the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. As of the latest available information, Kim is a third‑grade student whose favorite school subject is mathematics, and he enjoys riding a bike and creating paper crafts in his free time. His professional credits total eleven entries, and he is also listed under the variations Alan S. Kim and Alan Kim.