Hwang Jung-min
Acting • Born 1970-09-01
Biography
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."
Filmography
69 credits
Shiri
Movie • 1999
Special Investigation Team
A Bittersweet Life
Movie • 2005
Mr. Baek
Bloody Tie
Movie • 2006
Lieutenant Do Jin-gwang
A Man Who Was Superman
Movie • 2008
Superman / Lee Hyun-suk
The Unjust
Movie • 2010
Choi Cheol-gi
Heaven's Soldiers
Movie • 2005
Park Jung-woo
Kill Boksoon
Movie • 2023
Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
12.12: The Day
Movie • 2023
Chun Doo-gwang
This Charming Girl
Movie • 2005
Writer
Moby Dick
Movie • 2011
Lee Bang-woo
Dancing Queen
Movie • 2012
Hwang Jung-min
Black House
Movie • 2007
Jun-oh
Road Movie
Movie • 2002
Dae-shik
You Are My Sunshine
Movie • 2005
Seok-joong
Fists of Legend
Movie • 2013
Lim Deok-gyu
The Last Wolf
Movie • 2004
Waikiki Brothers
Movie • 2001
Kang-soo
Hunt
Movie • 2022
Lieutenant Ri
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Movie • 2003
Joo Young-jak
Man in Love
Movie • 2014
Han Tae-il
New World
Movie • 2013
Jung Chung
Private Eye
Movie • 2009
Hong Jin-ho
I, the Executioner
Movie • 2024
Seo Do-cheol
Mission: Cross
Movie • 2024
Kang-mu
The Wailing
Movie • 2016
Il-gwang
In My End Is My Beginning
Movie • 2013
Min Jae-in
Ode to My Father
Movie • 2014
Yoon Deok-soo
Happiness
Movie • 2007
Young-su
Veteran
Movie • 2015
Seo Do-cheol
Hope
Movie
Bum-soak
The Himalayas
Movie • 2015
Um Hong-gil
A Violent Prosecutor
Movie • 2016
Byun Jae-wook
All for Love
Movie • 2005
Na Do-chul
Asura: The City of Madness
Movie • 2016
Park Sung-bae
Five Senses of Eros
Movie • 2009
Min Jae-in
The Battleship Island
Movie • 2017
Lee Kang-ok
YMCA Baseball Team
Movie • 2002
Ryu Kwang-tae
My 11th Mother
Movie • 2007
Baek-joong
The Spy Gone North
Movie • 2018
Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1
Movie • 2003
Man - segment: "Under a Big Tree"
Battlefield Heroes
Movie • 2011
Silla King
Deliver Us from Evil
Movie • 2020
Kim In-nam
Money
Movie • 2019
Investor (voice)
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
Movie • 2021
Self
The Point Men
Movie • 2023
Jung Jae-ho
General's Son
Movie • 1990
Umigwan manager
Blades of Blood
Movie • 2010
Hwang Jung-hak
Under A Big Tree
Movie • 2003
다만 악에서 구하소서 파이널컷
Movie • 2020
Veteran 3
Movie
Seo Do-cheol
Mission: Cross 2
Movie
Kang-mu
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Movie • 2026
Self
Family Outing
TV • 2008
Self
Running Man
TV • 2010
You Quiz on the Block
TV • 2018
Self
The Accidental Couple
TV • 2009
Nattering with Nah
TV • 2023
Self
Korean Peninsula
TV • 2012
Seo Myung-joon
Kim Je-dong's Talk to You
TV • 2015
Self
Narco-Saints
TV • 2022
Jeon Yo-hwan
Just an Excuse
TV • 2022
Self
Amazing Saturday
TV • 2018
Self
Fresh off the Sea
TV • 2024
Self
H.U.S.H.
TV • 2020
Han Joon-hyuk
풍향GO
TV • 2024
Good Day
TV • 2025
Self
Nine Puzzles
TV • 2025
Oh Cheol-jin
Salon Drip
TV • 2023
Self
Punghyanggo
TV • 2024