Who was born first, Tom Noonan, or Kim Ki-duk?
Tom Noonan
Tom Noonan
Tom Noonan (born April 12, 1951) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his role as Francis Dolarhyde in "Manhunter" (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in "The Monster Squad" (1987), Cain in "RoboCop 2" (1990), The Ripper in "Last Action Hero" (1993), Sammy Barnathan in "Synecdoche, New York" (2008) and as the voice of Everyone else in "Anomalisa" (2015).
Kim Ki-duk
Kim Ki-duk ( ] ; born December 20, 1960) is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works.
 His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, making him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors.
 Major festival awards include Golden Lion at 69th Venice International Film Festival for "Pietà", Silver Lion for Best Director at 61st Venice International Film Festival for "3-Iron", Silver bear for Best Director at 54th Berlin International Film Festival for "Samaria" and Un Certain Regard prize at 2011 Cannes Film Festival for Arirang.
 His most widely known feature is "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring" (2003), included in film critic Roger Ebert's Great Movies.
 Two of his films served as official submissions for Academy award for best foreign language film as South Korean entries.
 He has given scripts to several of his former assistant directors including Juhn Jai-hong ("Beautiful" and "Poongsan") and Jang Hoon ("Rough Cut").
Paper Hearts
"Paper Hearts" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series "The X-Files".
 It premiered on the Fox network on December 15, 1996.
 It was written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Rob Bowman, and featured guest appearances by Tom Noonan, Rebecca Toolan and Vanessa Morley.
 The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, unconnected to, but conversant with, the series' wider mythology.
 "Paper Hearts" was viewed by 16.59 million people in its initial broadcast, and received positive reviews, with critics praising Noonan's guest role. The Wife (1995 film)
The Wife is a 1995 film written and directed by Tom Noonan, based on his play "Wifey".
 The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, after Noonan had won the Grand Prize the previous year with What Happened Was.... Thomas Noonan
Thomas Noonan, Tom Noonan or Tommy Noonan may refer to: Kim Ki-duk (director, born 1934)
Kim Ki-duk (29 September 1934 – 7 September 2017) was a South Korean film director and professor.
 Best known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant monster film "", Kim Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977.
 Along with Kim Soo-yong and Lee Man-hee, Kim was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s.
 The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama (청춘영화 - "cheongchun yeonghwa").
 He is not related to Kim Ki-duk, the South Korean director of "3-Iron". Cho Jae-hyun
Cho Jae-hyun (born June 30, 1965) is a South Korean film, stage, and TV actor.
 He is commonly dubbed "director Kim Ki-duk's persona" since Cho has starred as leading and supporting characters in almost all films directed by Kim. John Ford Noonan
John Ford Noonan (born 1943 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American playwright.
 He has also written for theater, film and television, and he is an actor.
 His father worked as a jazz musician.
 He has four children.
 His brother, Tom Noonan, is an actor and writer. What Happened Was
What Happened Was... is a 1994 American independent film written for the screen, directed by and starring Tom Noonan.
 It is an adaptation of Noonan's original stage play of the same name. Arirang (2011 film)
Arirang (Korean: 아리랑 ) is a 2011 South Korean documentary film by Kim Ki-duk.
 The film addresses a personal crisis Kim went through, sparked by an incident during the filming of his previous film, "Dream", where the lead actress nearly died by hanging, and by the departure of a couple of close colleagues, including the director Jang Hoon.
 The title comes from a Korean folk song with the same title.
 In a heavily line-broken text released about the film, Kim writes that "Through "Arirang" I understand human beings, thank the nature, and accept my life as it is now."
 Kim produced the film entirely on his own.
 It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and won the top award for best film.