Hwang Jung-min
Hwang Jung-min (황정민) is a South Korean actor. He was born on September 1, 1970 and began his career in musical theatre, making his acting debut in Line 1 in 1995. He then starred in various musicals and plays in Daehangno such as "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Cats". Despite a career on stage, Hwang had difficulty transitioning to film. He went through a long struggle for recognition, with people saying he "didn’t have the right face for film." He even considered giving up his dream, but stuck to his conviction about walking the path of acting. Hwang said, "After becoming interested about the stage and how it feels to be that person on stage, I've never thought of anything else. That I never swayed -- that is one thing I can say with confidence." His big break came when he was cast in Waikiki Brothers, a 2001 film that was a sleeper hit in Korea. In his role as a hopeless drummer, Hwang left a strong impression and earned favorable reviews, with director Im Soon-rye calling him "an uncut gemstone." It was in 2005 that Hwang became a household name, portraying a naive farmer in love with an AIDS-stricken prostitute in the hit melodrama "You Are My Sunshine". Hwang explains that he was "moved by the tale of the genuine love between two people. I agreed with the director's idea of showing it as pure love, like an uncut gem, without sloppily adding to it or embellishing it." When he accepted the best actor award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for his performance in You Are My Sunshine, many were moved by his now-famous speech: "All I did was add a spoon to a dinner table that had already been prepared by others."
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · I, The Executioner as Seo Do-cheol
- 2024 · Mission: Cross as Kang-mu
- 2024 · Fresh off the Sea as Self
- 2023 · 12.12: The Day as Chun Doo-gwang
- 2023 · Nattering with Nah as Self
- 2023 · Kill Boksoon as Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
- 2023 · The Point Men as Jung Jae-ho
- 2022 · Just an Excuse as Self
- 2022 · Narco-Saints as Jeon Yo-hwan
- 2022 · Hunt as Lieutenant Ri
- 2021 · Hostage: Missing Celebrity as Self
- 2020 · H.U.S.H. as Han Joon-hyuk
- 2020 · Deliver Us from Evil as Kim In-nam
- 2019 · Money as Investor (voice)
- 2018 · You Quiz On The Block as Self
- 2018 · The Spy Gone North as Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
- 2018 · Amazing Saturday as Self
- 2017 · The Battleship Island as Lee Kang-ok
- 2016 · Asura: The City of Madness as Park Sung-bae
- 2016 · The Wailing as Il-gwang
- 2016 · A Violent Prosecutor as Byun Jae-wook
- 2015 · The Himalayas as Um Hong-gil
- 2015 · Veteran as Seo Do-cheol
- 2015 · Kim Je-dong's Talk to You as Himself
- 2014 · Ode to My Father as Yoon Deok-soo
- 2014 · Man in Love as Han Tae-il
- 2013 · Fists of Legend as Lim Deok-gyu
- 2013 · In My End Is My Beginning as Min Jae-in
- 2013 · New World as Jung Chung
- 2012 · Korean Peninsula as Seo Myung-joon
- 2012 · Dancing Queen as Hwang Jung-min
- 2011 · Moby Dick as Lee Bang-woo
- 2011 · Battlefield Heroes as Silla King
- 2010 · The Unjust as Choi Cheol-gi
- 2010 · Running Man as Self
- 2010 · Blades of Blood as Hwang Jung-hak
- 2009 · Five Senses of Eros as Min Jae-in
- 2009 · The Accidental Couple as
- 2009 · Private Eye as Hong Jin-ho
- 2008 · Family Outing as himself
- 2008 · A Man Who Was Superman as Superman / Lee Hyun-suk
- 2007 · My 11th Mother as Baek-joong
- 2007 · Happiness as Young-su
- 2007 · Black House as Jun-oh
- 2006 · Bloody Tie as Lieutenant Do Jin-gwang
- 2005 · All for Love as Na Do-Chul
- 2005 · You Are My Sunshine as Seok-joong
- 2005 · Heaven's Soldiers as Park Jung-woo
- 2005 · A Bittersweet Life as Mr. Baek
- 2005 · This Charming Girl as Writer
- 2004 · The Last Wolf as
- 2003 · A Good Lawyer's Wife as Joo Young-jak
- 2003 · Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1 as Man - segment: "Under a Big Tree"
- 2003 · Under A Big Tree as
- 2002 · Road Movie as Dae-shik
- 2002 · YMCA Baseball Team as Ryu Kwang-tae
- 2001 · Waikiki Brothers as Kang-soo
- 1999 · Shiri as Special Investigation Team (cameo)
- Future · Hope as Beom-suk
- 1990 · General's Son as Umigwan manager