🎬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."

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Hope (2026)	Bum-seok	-	-
2	Mission: Cross (2024)	Kang-mu		6.5
3	12.12: The Day (2023)	Chun Doo-gwang	-	-
4	The Point Men (2023)	Jung Jae-ho		6
5	Kill Boksoon (2023)	Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda		6.8
6	Hunt (2022)	Lieutenant Ri		6
7	Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021)	Self	-	-
8	Deliver Us from Evil (2020)	Kim In-nam		6
9	Money (2019)	Investor (voice)		7
10	The Spy Gone North (2018)	Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong		7.5
11	The Battleship Island (2017)	Lee Kang-ok		6.5
12	A Violent Prosecutor (2016)	Byun Jae-wook		7
13	The Wailing (2016)	Il-gwang		7.5
14	Asura: The City of Madness (2016)	Park Seong-bae		6
15	Veteran (2015)	Seo Do-cheol		7
16	Ode to My Father (2014)	Yoon Deok-soo		4
17	Man in Love (2014)	Han Tae-il		6
18	Fists of Legend (2013)	Lim Deok-gyu		8
19	In My End Is My Beginning (2013)	Min Jae-in	-	-
20	New World (2013)	Jung Chung		7.7
21	Battlefield Heroes (2011)	Silla King		6
22	Moby Dick (2011)	Lee Bang-woo		7
23	Blades of Blood (2010)	Hwang Jung-hak		6.7
24	The Unjust (2010)	Choi Cheol-gi		6
25	Private Eye (2009)	Hong Jin-ho		7
26	Five Senses of Eros (2009)	Min Jae-in	-	-
27	A Man Who Was Superman (2008)	Superman / Lee Hyun-suk		7
28	Black House (2007)	Jun-oh		6
29	Bloody Tie (2006)	Do Jin-gwang		6
30	Heaven's Soldiers (2005)	Park Jung-woo		6
31	A Bittersweet Life (2005)	Mr. Baek		8
32	A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)	Joo Young-jak		5
33	Road Movie (2002)	Dae-shik		6
34	YMCA Baseball Team (2002)	Ryu Kwang-tae		7
35	Waikiki Brothers (2001)	Kang-soo		5
36	Shiri (1999)	Special Investigation Team		7.3
37	General's Son (1990)	Umigwan manager		4
38	Hope	Beom-suk	-	-