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South Korean actor Kim Seon-ho has been recognized with numerous awards and nominations in film and television. He has won a Baeksang Arts Award, one Blue Dragon Film Award, one Grand Bell Award, and a Buil Film Award. He has also won nine times at the Asia Artist Awards.
In his television debut year, Kim won Best New Actor and the Excellence Award for Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama at the 2017 MBC Drama Awards for his role in the drama Two Cops (2017). Kim's breakthrough role in Start-Up (2021) earned him the Most Popular Actor Award at the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards, alongside a nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Television at the same ceremony. For this role, he also received the Emotive Award at the Asia Artist Awards, and his character Han Ji-pyeong was recognized as one of the 2021 Seoul Drama Awards' characters of the year. Kim returned as the leading man in tvN romantic comedy series Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021). In a year-end poll by Gallup Korea, Kim was named Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year. He also won Outstanding Actor at the 2022 Seoul Drama Awards.
Kim made his feature film debut in Park Hoon-jung's noir film The Childe (2023), where he was given top billing status. His portrayal of the nobleman in his debut film earned critical acclaim, leading to his winning the New Actor Award at the 32nd Buil Film Awards and the 59th Grand Bell Awards. In December 2023, Kim was nominated in the New Actor Award category and also received the Chung Chung Won Popular Star Award at the 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards. He also earned nominations in the Most Popular Actor and Best New Actor categories at the subsequent year's 60th Baeksang Arts Awards.
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APAN Star Awards | 2024 | Best Actor in a Short/Web Drama | The Tyrant | Nominated | [1] |
| Popular Male Actor | Nominated | [2] | |||
| Asia Artist Awards | 2020 | Best Emotive Award – Actor | Kim Seon-ho | Won | [3] |
| Popularity Award – Actor | Nominated | [4] | |||
| 2021 | RET Popularity Award – Actor | Won | [5] [6] | ||
| U+Idol Live Popularity Award – Actor | Won | [7] | |||
| 2022 | Asia Celebrity Award – Actor | Won | [8] | ||
| Best Choice Award – Actor | Won | [9] | |||
| DCM Popularity Award – Actor | Won | [10] | |||
| Idol Plus Popularity Award – Actor | Won | [11] | |||
| 2023 | Asia Celebrity Award – Actor | Won | [12] | ||
| Best Artist Award – Actor | Won | [13] | |||
| Idol Plus Popularity Award – Actor | Nominated | [14] | |||
| 2024 | Nominated | [15] | |||
| Asia Model Awards [A] | 2020 | Model Star Award | Won | [17] | |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2021 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Start-Up | Nominated | [18] |
| Most Popular Actor | Kim Seon-ho | Won | [19] | ||
| 2024 | Best New Actor – Film | The Childe | Nominated | [20] | |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2023 | Best New Actor | The Childe | Nominated | [21] |
| Chung Jung-won Popular Star Award | Won | [22] | |||
| Brand Customer Loyalty Awards [B] | 2021 | Trend Icon – Actor | Kim Seon-ho | Won | [24] |
| Male Multitainer | Won | ||||
| Buil Film Awards | 2023 | Best New Actor | The Childe | Won | [25] |
| Popular Star Award | Nominated | [26] | |||
| Grand Bell Awards | 2023 | Best New Actor | Won | [27] | |
| Interpark Golden Ticket Awards | 2023 | Best Actor in a Play | Touching The Void | Nominated | [28] |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Best New Actor | Strongest Deliveryman and Good Manager | Nominated | [29] |
| KBS Entertainment Awards | 2020 | Rookie Award – Show/Variety Category | 2 Days & 1 Night Season 4 | Won | [30] |
| Korea Broadcasting Award | 2021 | Popularity Award – Entertainer | Won | [31] | |
| MBC Drama Awards | 2017 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Two Cops | Won | [32] |
| Best New Actor | Won | ||||
| Best Comic Character | Nominated | [33] | |||
| OBS Hot Icon Awards [C] | 2022 | 2022 Hot Icon Award 'Proven Trend' | Kim Seon-ho | Won | [35] |
| Seoul Global Movie Awards | 2025 | Popularity Award – Actor | The Tyrant | Nominated | [36] |
| Seoul International Drama Awards | 2021 | Character of the Year | Han Ji-pyeong of Start-Up | Won | [37] |
| 2022 | Outstanding Korean Actor | Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha | Won | [38] | |
| 2025 | Outstanding Asian Star | The Tyrant | Won | [39] |
| Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allure Korea | 2016 | Rising stars, New faces on stage | Shortlist [D] | [40] |
| Cine21 | 2020 | New Actors to watch out for in 2021 | 3rd | [41] |
| 2021 | New Actors to watch out for in 2022 | 5th [E] | [42] | |
| Actors to watch out for in 2022 | 6th [F] | |||
| Forbes Korea | Korea Power Celebrity 40 | 31st | [43] | |
| Gallup Korea | 2020 | Television Actor of the Year | 17th | [44] |
| 2021 | 1st | [45] | ||
| 2022 | 20th | [46] | ||
| Joy News 24 | 2021 | Best Actor of the year | 4th | [47] |
| 2023 | Rising Star Film Actor of the year | 5th [G] | [48] | |
| Movie Walker Press | 2024 | 10 Korean Actors that Movie Writers Recommended in 2024 | Top 10 | [49] |
| Sports Donga | 2018 | The Star that Will Shine in 2018 (Actor) | Shortlist [H] | [50] |
| Wavve | 2020 | Wavve Award Popular Star [I] | 3rd | [51] |