Hwang Jung-min
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 1, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
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."
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Filmography
Veteran 3
Movie · as Seo Do-cheol
Mission: Cross 2
Movie · as Kang-mu
A Good House to Live In
Movie
Hope
Movie · as Go Bum-seok
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Movie · as Self
Good Day
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Nine Puzzles
TV · as Oh Cheol-jin · 11 eps
I, the Executioner
Movie · as Seo Do-cheol
Mission: Cross
Movie · as Kang-mu
Fresh off the Sea
TV · as Self · 2 eps
풍향GO
TV · 4 eps
Punghyanggo
TV · 4 eps
Whenever Possible
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kill Boksoon
Movie · as Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
12.12: The Day
Movie · as Chun Doo-gwang
The Point Men
Movie · as Jung Jae-ho
Nattering with Nah
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Salon Drip
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hunt
Movie · as Lieutenant Ri
Narco-Saints
TV · as Jeon Yo-hwan · 6 eps
Just an Excuse
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
Movie · as Self
Deliver Us from Evil
Movie · as Kim In-nam
H.U.S.H.
TV · as Han Joon-hyuk · 16 eps
Money
Movie · as Investor (voice)
The Spy Gone North
Movie · as Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
You Quiz on the Block
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Amazing Saturday
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Battleship Island
Movie · as Lee Kang-ok
The Wailing
Movie · as Il-gwang
A Violent Prosecutor
Movie · as Byun Jae-wook
Asura: The City of Madness
Movie · as Park Seong-bae
Veteran
Movie · as Seo Do-cheol
The Himalayas
Movie · as Um Hong-gil
Kim Je-dong's Talk to You
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Man in Love
Movie · as Han Tae-il
Ode to My Father
Movie · as Yoon Deok-soo
Fists of Legend
Movie · as Lim Deok-gyu
New World
Movie · as Jung Chung
In My End Is My Beginning
Movie · as Min Jae-in
Dancing Queen
Movie · as Hwang Jung-min
Korean Peninsula
TV · as Seo Myung-joon · 18 eps
Moby Dick
Movie · as Lee Bang-woo
Battlefield Heroes
Movie · as Silla King
The Unjust
Movie · as Choi Cheol-gi
Blades of Blood
Movie · as Hwang Jung-hak
Running Man
TV · 2 eps
Private Eye
Movie · as Hong Jin-ho
Five Senses of Eros
Movie · as Min Jae-in
The Accidental Couple
TV · as Goo Dong Baek · 16 eps
A Man Who Was Superman
Movie · as Superman / Lee Hyun-suk
Family Outing
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Black House
Movie · as Jun-oh
Happiness
Movie · as Young-su
My 11th Mother
Movie · as Baek-joong
Bloody Tie
Movie · as Do Jin-gwang
A Bittersweet Life
Movie · as Mr. Baek
Heaven's Soldiers
Movie · as Park Jung-woo
This Charming Girl
Movie · as Writer
You Are My Sunshine
Movie · as Seok-joong
All for Love
Movie · as Na Do-chul
The Last Wolf
Movie
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Movie · as Joo Young-jak
Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1
Movie · as Man - segment: "Under a Big Tree"
Under A Big Tree
Movie
Road Movie
Movie · as Dae-shik
YMCA Baseball Team
Movie · as Ryu Kwang-tae
Waikiki Brothers
Movie · as Kang-soo
Shiri
Movie · as Special Investigation Team
General's Son
Movie · as Umigwan manager