---
name: "Joel Kim Booster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-kim-booster"
fi1m_id: "joel-kim-booster"
imdb_id: "nm5527841"
tmdb_id: 2371545
wikidata_id: "Q60048482"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 February 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T14:37:40.813260+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joel Kim Booster

## Identity

Joel Kim Booster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-kim-booster
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-kim-booster
- **IMDb ID:** nm5527841
- **TMDB ID:** 2371545
- **Wikidata ID:** Q60048482
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Kim_Booster, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60048482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5527841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2371545

Actor. Born 29 February 1988 in Jeju, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 February 1988, Jeju, South Korea
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** 喬爾·金·布斯特, 조엘 킴 부스터, 김준민
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 91 (1), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Kim_Booster, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60048482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5527841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2371545

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*KPop Demon Hunters*](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joel Kim Booster is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. Born Kim Joonmin on 29 February 1988 in Jeju Island, South Korea, he was adopted as an infant and raised in Illinois. He studied theatre at Millikin University.

Booster is known for writing, producing and starring as Noah in the 2022 Hulu romantic comedy *Fire Island*, a modern adaptation of *Pride and Prejudice* featuring a predominantly Asian American cast. He plays Nicholas in the Apple TV+ series *Loot* (2022–present) and has voiced characters in animated series including *Big Mouth* and *BoJack Horseman*. In 2025 he voiced multiple roles in the animated film *KPop Demon Hunters*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025), Fi1m 76, as Variety Show Host 1 / Idol Host / Romance Saja (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md)
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), Fi1m 91, as Airport Worker (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Scrubs* (2026), series, as Dr. Kevin Park
- *Asog* (2025), Executive Producer
- *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025), as Variety Show Host 1 / Idol Host / Romance Saja (voice) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md)
- *Sweethearts* (2024), as Ethan
- *It's Florida, Man.* (2024), series, as Lester
- *Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!* (2023), as Clerk Gary (voice)
- *Loot* (2022), series, as Nicholas
- *Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual* (2022), Writer
- *Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration* (2022), Actor
- *Fire Island* (2022), as Noah · Executive Producer, Writer
- *Unplugging* (2022), as Phil
- *Santa Inc.* (2021), series, as Jingle Jim (voice)
- *iCarly* (2021), series, as Alexavier
- *The Great North* (2021), series, as Rayne (voice)
- *Industry* (2020), series, as Frank Wade — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *You're Not a Monster* (2019), series, as Phantom of the Opera
- *Sunnyside* (2019), series, as Jun Ho
- *The Other Two* (2019), series, Co-Producer, Writer
- *Lifted* (2018), as Driver
- *The Week Of* (2018), as Airline Attendant
- *Big Mouth* (2017), series, as Charles Lu (voice)
- *Search Party* (2016), series, as Peter — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/search-party-2016.md)
- *HarmonQuest* (2016), series, as Toriamos
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Airport Worker (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Life Coach Dane (voice)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Hulu Executive #1 — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Again Again Again*, as Gus · Producer, Writer
- *Bad Status*, as Riley
- *Better Life*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Joel Kim Booster](https://film.one/media/person/490504/gallery-ffc0f54a4993.jpg) Joel Kim Booster — Julian Buchan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Joel_Kim_Booster_in_Lifted.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joel Kim Booster](https://film.one/media/person/490504/gallery-879efbb1501d.jpg) Joel Kim Booster — Image via TMDB

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