Alan Sun Kim (born April 23, 2012) is an American child actor, widely known for his critically acclaimed role in the drama film Minari (2020), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
[2] He spoke Korean as his first language and has a first degree black belt in taekwondo.
[1] At age 7, Kim was cast as David Yi in the 2020 film Minari,[3] for which he won the 2021 Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role,[4][5] becoming one of the category's youngest nominees.
[7] In January 2021, it was announced that Kim would star in Latchkey Kids alongside Elsie Fisher.
[9] In January 2022, Kim was cast in the film IF written and directed by John Krasinski.