Hwang Jung-min

Hwang Jung-min

Born: September 1, 1970
in 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."

Movies for Hwang Jung-min...

Veteran 2
Title: Veteran 2
Character: Seo Do-cheol
Released: May 20, 2024
Type: Movie
The veteran detective Seo Do-cheol and his team at Major Crimes, relentless in their pursuit of criminals, join forces with rookie cop Park Sun-woo to track down a serial killer who has plunged the nation into turmoil.
bee
12.12: The Day
Title: 12.12: The Day
Character: Chun Doo-gwang
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: Movie
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d’état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.
bee
Title: Nattering with Nah
Character: Self
Released: June 2, 2023
Type: TV
bee
Kill Boksoon
Title: Kill Boksoon
Character: Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
Released: February 17, 2023
Type: Movie
At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.
bee
The Point Men
Title: The Point Men
Character: Jung Jae-ho
Released: January 18, 2023
Type: Movie
A story about a diplomat and a national intelligence service agent who struggle and risk their lives on foreign soil to save Korean hostages that have been abducted in the Middle East.
bee
Title: Narco-Saints
Character: Jeon Yo-hwan
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: TV
An ordinary entrepreneur joins a secret government mission to capture a Korean drug lord operating in South America.
bee
Hunt
Title: Hunt
Character: Lieutenant Ri
Released: August 10, 2022
Type: Movie
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.
bee
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
Title: Hostage: Missing Celebrity
Character: Self
Released: August 18, 2021
Type: Movie
A box office star has to prove his action credentials in the real world when he's kidnapped and held for ransom.
bee
Title: H.U.S.H.
Character: Han Joon-hyuk
Released: December 11, 2020
Type: TV
Lee Ji Su is a bold intern reporter who isn’t afraid to say what needs to be said, even during a job interview. When she meets Han Jun Hyeok as her mentor, she begins to dream of becoming a true journalist.
bee
Deliver Us from Evil
Title: Deliver Us from Evil
Character: Kim In-nam
Released: August 5, 2020
Type: Movie
A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.
bee
Money
Title: Money
Character: Investor (voice)
Released: March 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens to get him in trouble.
bee
Title: You Quiz On The Block
Character: Self
Released: August 29, 2018
Type: TV
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.
bee
The Spy Gone North
Title: The Spy Gone North
Character: Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
Released: August 8, 2018
Type: Movie
South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
bee
Title: Amazing Saturday
Character: Self
Released: April 7, 2018
Type: TV
A group of hungry celebrities listen to poppin’ tunes, from recent hits to all-time-favorites, to correctly dictate a part of the lyrics. The songs may sound familiar, but the part they must dictate are unclear to the naked ear, as the lyrics are slurred, muffled by strong beats, etc. If they get the lyrics right, they get to share exquisite regional dishes. But if they get them wrong, a professional eater gobbles it up instead.
bee
The Battleship Island
Title: The Battleship Island
Character: Lee Kang-ok
Released: July 26, 2017
Type: Movie
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
bee
Asura: The City of Madness
Title: Asura: The City of Madness
Character: Park Sung-bae
Released: September 28, 2016
Type: Movie
A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor.
bee
The Wailing
Title: The Wailing
Character: Il-gwang
Released: May 12, 2016
Type: Movie
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
bee
A Violent Prosecutor
Title: A Violent Prosecutor
Character: Byun Jae-wook
Released: February 3, 2016
Type: Movie
After a prosecution lawyer is framed and convicted for murder, he tries to catch the real murderer from jail with the help of a con artist.
bee
The Himalayas
Title: The Himalayas
Character: Um Hong-gil
Released: December 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Based on true events, renowned mountaineer Um Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber's body and faces the greatest challenge of his life.
bee
Veteran
Title: Veteran
Character: Seo Do-cheol
Released: August 5, 2015
Type: Movie
When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.
bee
Title: Kim Je-dong's Talk to You
Character: Himself
Released: May 3, 2015
Type: TV
bee
Ode to My Father
Title: Ode to My Father
Character: Yoon Deok-soo
Released: December 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.
bee
Man in Love
Title: Man in Love
Character: Han Tae-il
Released: January 22, 2014
Type: Movie
Tae-Il lives a fast life as low level thug. He then learns that he has a terminal illness and not much time left to live. Then, for the first time in his life, he falls in love.
bee
Fists of Legend
Title: Fists of Legend
Character: Lim Deok-gyu
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: Movie
Three men who share a past participate in a mixed martial arts reality show where they have to fight against other contestants to win the prize money.
bee
In My End Is My Beginning
Title: In My End Is My Beginning
Character: Min Jae-in
Released: April 4, 2013
Type: Movie
When Jung-ha loses her husband in an accident, Naru, her husband's secret lover, comes to her. Naru begs Jung-ha that she will do anything if only she will let her stay at her house. Jung-ha denies her at first, but eventually their strange arrangement of living together begins.
bee
New World
Title: New World
Character: Jung Chung
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
bee
Title: Korean Peninsula
Character: Seo Myung-joon
Released: February 6, 2012
Type: TV
In a time somewhere in the future, North and South Korea have joined to form a unified Korean Peninsula. Suh Myung-Joon (Hwang Jeong-min) is the president of this newly-formed, fragile country. He strives to protect the alliance when the two sides begin a vicious battle over the country's natural resources. In this endeavour he's supported by his beautiful wife Lim Jin-Jae (Kim Jung-Eun), and finds a rival in NIS agent Kang Dong-Won (Ji Hoo).
bee
Dancing Queen
Title: Dancing Queen
Character: Hwang Jung-min
Released: January 18, 2012
Type: Movie
The next mayor of Seoul candidate's wife becomes a dance singer in this movie as Hwang Jeong-min takes on the role of poor lawyer turned politician and Uhm Jung-hwa as the wife who makes an attempt at singing without her husband knowing at first.
bee
Moby Dick
Title: Moby Dick
Character: Lee Bang-woo
Released: June 9, 2011
Type: Movie
A mysterious explosion occurs at the Balam Bridge in Seoul on November 20th, 1994. In front of hot-blooded local news reporter Lee Bang-Woo, Yoon Hyeok appears. Yoon Hyeok is from the same hometown as Lee Bang-Woo, but they haven't seen each other in a long time. Yoon Hyeok hands over documents to Lee Bang-Woo and hints that the case of the Balam Bridge was fabricated.
bee
Battlefield Heroes
Title: Battlefield Heroes
Character: Silla King
Released: January 27, 2011
Type: Movie
This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang Dynasty union attacks Goguryeo.
bee
The Unjust
Title: The Unjust
Character: Choi Cheol-gi
Released: October 28, 2010
Type: Movie
An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.
bee
Title: Running Man
Character: Self
Released: July 11, 2010
Type: TV
A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop.
bee
Blades of Blood
Title: Blades of Blood
Character: Hwang Jung-hak
Released: April 28, 2010
Type: Movie
Lee Mong-hak and a skilled blind swordsman Hwang Jeong-hak, both long to wipe away corruption and heal the world. Lee Mong-hak creates a rebel army to achieve his goal and get rid of the King.
bee
Five Senses of Eros
Title: Five Senses of Eros
Character: Min Jae-in
Released: July 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In this anthology film centered around the theme of "Eros," five seperate stories are presented by five top Korean directors. The main characters from each segment are connected with each other in one way or another.
bee
Title: The Accidental Couple
Released: April 29, 2009
Type: TV
The Accidental Couple is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-min and Kim Ah-joong. The show is a romantic comedy focusing on the relationship between a post office clerk and an actress after they agree to a six-month contract marriage. It aired on KBS2 from April 29 to June 18, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. This is acclaimed film and stage actor Hwang Jung-min's first TV drama in a career spanning over fourteen years.
bee
Private Eye
Title: Private Eye
Character: Hong Jin-ho
Released: February 16, 2009
Type: Movie
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.
bee
Title: Family Outing
Character: himself
Released: June 15, 2008
Type: TV
Family Outing Season 1 was a South Korean variety show; a part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup, along with Gold Miss is Coming. It was first aired on June 15, 2008, and was one of the top rated programs on Sunday Korean television. In each episode, the "Family" travels to different parts of South Korea and takes care of the house of an elderly family while that family goes on a vacation. The "Family" then accomplishes the tasks left for them by the house's owners. The first season ended on February 14, 2010, and a second season featuring a brand new cast, production team, and concept, aired until July 11, 2010.
bee
A Man Who Was Superman
Title: A Man Who Was Superman
Character: Superman / Lee Hyun-suk
Released: January 31, 2008
Type: Movie
A snobbish producer makes a documentary about the extraordinary behavior of her neighbor who believes himself to be Superman.
bee
My 11th Mother
Title: My 11th Mother
Character: Baek-joong
Released: November 29, 2007
Type: Movie
A cynical young boy gets to know the latest girlfriend of his ne'er-do-well father and begins to hope that this new relationship actually sticks.
bee
Happiness
Title: Happiness
Character: Young-su
Released: October 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Young, a careless person, suffers from terminal illness and gets admitted in a hospital for treatment. There, he falls in love with a patient. After recovering, will he get back to his former life
bee
Black House
Title: Black House
Character: Jun-oh
Released: June 21, 2007
Type: Movie
Jun-oh, an insurance claims agent, faces off with a client who he suspects of committing murders with the intention of collecting insurance premiums.
bee
Bloody Tie
Title: Bloody Tie
Character: Lieutenant Do Jin-gwang
Released: April 27, 2006
Type: Movie
A crystal meth dealer with a tragic past is forced to team up with a renegade cop to take down a powerful crime lord.
bee
All for Love
Title: All for Love
Character: Na Do-Chul
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who have just fallen in love.
bee
You Are My Sunshine
Title: You Are My Sunshine
Character: Seok-joong
Released: September 23, 2005
Type: Movie
An old bachelor Seok-joong, who has no experience in dating, falls in love at first sight with a prostitute named Eun-ha. At first Eun-ha shows no interest in Seok-joong, but gradually she begins to be flattered by his devotion and eventually falls in love with him. They marry. However, one day, Eun-ha finds out that she is infected with HIV and decides to leave Seok-joong.
bee
Heaven's Soldiers
Title: Heaven's Soldiers
Character: Park Jung-woo
Released: June 14, 2005
Type: Movie
Modern day soldiers travel back in time and meet Admiral Lee, the greatest soldier of all time, and motivate him to drive out invaders.
bee
A Bittersweet Life
Title: A Bittersweet Life
Character: Mr. Baek
Released: April 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
bee
This Charming Girl
Title: This Charming Girl
Character: Writer
Released: March 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Jeong-hye, a woman in her 30s, works at the post office and lives a quite monotonous life alone in an apartment with her cat. Apart from having lunch with the girls at work, she is all by herself, until an aspiring writer is attracted by her.
bee
The Last Wolf
Title: The Last Wolf
Released: April 1, 2004
Type: Movie
A detective tired of bloody and cruel crimes in Seoul negotiates a transfer to a crime-free town in the country, where he lives a life of peace and bliss. But then his new police station is listed for closure due to the town's complete absence of crime in the last 20 years.
bee
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Title: A Good Lawyer's Wife
Character: Joo Young-jak
Released: August 14, 2003
Type: Movie
A woman, married and with a child but becoming increasingly distant from her husband who is already cheating on her, reluctantly enters a secret relationship with her neighbor, a teenage boy.
bee
Under A Big Tree
Title: Under A Big Tree
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
bee
Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1
Title: Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1
Character: Man - segment: "Under a Big Tree"
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
In order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Korean Film Academy, 20 of the academy's former students (who are respected director's today) were invited to shoot an omnibus movie consisting of 20 short films. Overall this work was very well received by the critiques at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival. Films include Under a Big Tree, Sutda, Twenty Millimeter Thick, Innocence, *?!#@$ Up Shoes, Twenty Questions, The Twenty's Law, To the 21st, Pass Me and Alone Together.
bee
Road Movie
Title: Road Movie
Character: Dae-shik
Released: October 18, 2002
Type: Movie
Suk-won, a trader who loses all of his money and his wife in a market downturn is left homeless until Dae-shik, a homeless loner, rescues him. Together the two travel across the country and Dae-shik falls in love with Suk-won. Joining them in their journey is Il-joo, a wacky hooker who falls in love with Dae-shik.
bee
YMCA Baseball Team
Title: YMCA Baseball Team
Character: Ryu Kwang-tae
Released: October 3, 2002
Type: Movie
Hochang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeongrim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeongrim, and takes interest in baseball. As a result, he gathers people to form the first YMCA baseball team of Joseon.
bee
Waikiki Brothers
Title: Waikiki Brothers
Character: Kang-soo
Released: October 27, 2001
Type: Movie
Waikiki Brothers is a band going nowhere. After another depressing gig, the saxophonist quits, leaving the three remaining members to continue on the road. The band ends up at the lead singer's hometown, which was a popular hot spring resort in the '80s, but the return home is filled with reservations of previous and past disappointments, a lost love, unemployment and tragedy.
bee
Shiri
Title: Shiri
Character: Special Investigation Team (cameo)
Released: February 13, 1999
Type: Movie
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.
bee
General's Son
Title: General's Son
Character: Umigwan manager
Released: June 9, 1990
Type: Movie
In Japanese-occupied South Korea, a young man, newly-released from prison, is accepted into a gang for his fighting skills and quickly rises to the top. Based on the life of South Korean mobster and politician Kim Du-han.
bee
Mission Cross
Title: Mission Cross
Character: Gang-mu
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A hard-working househusband and a former special forces officer Gang-mu is hiding his past from his wife Mi-sun who is a violent crime detective. One day, a mysterious woman, Hee-ju appears to Gang-mu and Mi-sun assumes that his husband is having an affair. Mi-sun is after Gang-mu and Gang-mu is after something else. It eventually leads both of them to unexpected situations! Gang-mu can no longer be a peaceful househusband after all…!
bee
Hope
Title: Hope
Character: Beom-suk
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The largely Korean-language film will follow the residents of Hopo Port, where a mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote harbor town. Before long, the residents find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against something they have never encountered before.