Hwang Jung-min

Known for ActingBorn 1970-09-01 (age 55)Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea

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."Read more

Movies & web series

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema

Nattering with Nah

Just an Excuse

You Quiz on the Block

Good Day

Running Man

풍향GO

Kim Je-dong's Talk to You

Hope

Nine Puzzles

H.U.S.H.

Narco-Saints

12.12: The Day

Amazing Saturday

Family Outing

New World

Fresh off the Sea

The Wailing

Ode to My Father

A Bittersweet Life

The Spy Gone North

A Man Who Was Superman

The Battleship Island

Man in Love

Mission: Cross

Fists of Legend

The Last Wolf

I, the Executioner

Moby Dick

A Violent Prosecutor

Kill Boksoon

The Accidental Couple

My 11th Mother

Deliver Us from Evil

This Charming Girl

Veteran

Hostage: Missing Celebrity

Hunt

Asura: The City of Madness

Happiness

Money

Waikiki Brothers

The Himalayas

The Unjust

All for Love

Blades of Blood

Shiri

Dancing Queen