Ha Jung-woo

Ha Jung-woo

Born: March 11, 1978
in Seoul, South Korea
Ha Jung-woo (Korean: 하정우; born Kim Sung-hoon on March 11, 1978) is a South Korean actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. One of the highest grossing actors in South Korea, Ha's starring films have accumulated more than 100 million tickets. Only 3 other actors have reached this milestone, with Ha being nearly a decade younger than the rest when achieving this.

His breakthrough to stardom came with the role in Na Hong-jin's serial killer film The Chaser (2008). One of the leading actors of his generation in Korean cinema, Ha showcased his versatility across films of various genres: road movie My Dear Enemy (2008), sports film Take Off (2009), action thriller The Yellow Sea (2010), gangster saga Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012), romantic comedy Love Fiction (2012), spy actioner The Berlin File (2013), and action thriller The Terror Live (2013). Ha is also known for his role as grim reaper Gang-rim in the fantasy action film Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) and its 2018 sequel.

He made his directorial debut through the comedy film Fasten Your Seatbelt (2013), followed by Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (2015).

Movies for Ha Jung-woo...

Road to Boston
Title: Road to Boston
Character: Sohn Kee-chung
Released: September 27, 2023
Type: Movie
A rousing tale of the Korean athletes who ran the 1947 Boston International Marathon, the first international marathon held since World War II.
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Ransomed
Title: Ransomed
Character: Lee Min-jun
Released: August 2, 2023
Type: Movie
In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.
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Title: Our Game: LG Twins
Released: March 30, 2023
Type: TV
The LG Twins, a professional baseball team based in Seoul, has the largest fan base in Korea's sports history but is also considered an unfortunate team that has not raised a championship trophy for the last 28 years. The jewelry watch prize and the famous Japanese Awamori Soju (a premium alcohol beverage made from rice) that the GM from the 1994 winning team has vowed to present and open have become a legacy that no one has yet witnessed. There's even a painful nickname for LG Twins, "a team destined to fail." However, for the 2022 season, two people from the 1994 winning team have stepped up to change the situation. The pitcher turned GM and the shortstop turned coach are the only people who remember the taste of victory 28 years ago.
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Title: Bros On Foot
Character: Self
Released: January 20, 2023
Type: TV
The bros are on their foot to make the youth's dream trip a reality!
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Title: Narco-Saints
Character: Kang In-gu
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: TV
An ordinary entrepreneur joins a secret government mission to capture a Korean drug lord operating in South America.
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Title: Blue Dragon Series Awards
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 2022
Type: TV
The Blue Dragon Series Awards (BSA) is a new annual awards ceremony for original streaming content in South Korea.
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The Closet
Title: The Closet
Character: Sang-won
Released: February 5, 2020
Type: Movie
After moving into a new house, a young girl begins displaying strange and disturbing behavior until, one day, she disappears behind a closet. While the devastated father is left with no clue about his daughter's disappearance, an exorcist shows up to help.
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Ashfall
Title: Ashfall
Character: Jo In-chang
Released: December 19, 2019
Type: Movie
A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
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Miss & Mrs. Cops
Title: Miss & Mrs. Cops
Character: Motel Staff
Released: May 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Once a legendary detective and a new mom, Mi-young, now works a desk job. But when overenthusiastic newbie Ji-hye is assigned to Mi-young's civil complaints team, the two female cops get caught up in a serious criminal case that triggers an action-filled comedic investigation.
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Take Point
Title: Take Point
Character: Ahab
Released: December 26, 2018
Type: Movie
On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, a team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's politician in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone. However, they get caught in the crossfire which causes tensions to escalate to the brink of World War III.
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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Title: Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Character: Gang-rim
Released: August 1, 2018
Type: Movie
As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.
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1987: When the Day Comes
Title: 1987: When the Day Comes
Character: Prosecutor Choi Hwan
Released: December 27, 2017
Type: Movie
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
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Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Title: Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Character: Gang-rim
Released: December 20, 2017
Type: Movie
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
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Suh-Suh Pyoung, Slowly and Peacefully
Title: Suh-Suh Pyoung, Slowly and Peacefully
Character: Narrator
Released: April 26, 2017
Type: Movie
A Christian documentary about a German missionary Elisabeth Johanna Shepping also known as the Joseon Teresa; her beautiful life, sincere service and sacrifice to life.
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Title: Entourage
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: TV
Young-Bin is a rising star actor in South Korea. He has been best friends with Ho-Jin, Joon and Geobook since they were all children. Young-Bin belongs to a management company with Kim Eun-Gab as the CEO.
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Tunnel
Title: Tunnel
Character: Lee Jung-soo
Released: August 10, 2016
Type: Movie
A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.
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The Handmaiden
Title: The Handmaiden
Character: Count Fujiwara
Released: June 1, 2016
Type: Movie
In 1930s Korea, a swindler and a young woman pose as a Japanese count and a handmaiden to seduce a Japanese heiress and steal her fortune.
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Assassination
Title: Assassination
Character: Hawaii Pistol
Released: July 22, 2015
Type: Movie
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
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Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Title: Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Character: Heo Sam-gwan
Released: January 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in a village right after the Korean War, poor but good-hearted Heo Sam-gwan sets out to win the most beautiful girl in the village, Heo Ok-ran, by selling his blood to earn money. Years later, the two are happily married with three children, but their family undergoes a crisis when Sam-gwan's eldest son doesn't resemble him and rumors spread about the boy's paternity.
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Kundo: Age of the Rampant
Title: Kundo: Age of the Rampant
Character: Dol Moo-chi
Released: July 23, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.
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Fasten Your Seatbelt
Title: Fasten Your Seatbelt
Character: Incheon Airport traffic controller (voice)
Released: October 17, 2013
Type: Movie
Hallyu star Ma Joon-Gyu boards an airplane that will take him from Tokyo to Seoul, but the plane is soon swept up into a typhoon and faces danger.
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The Terror Live
Title: The Terror Live
Character: Yoon Young-hwa
Released: July 31, 2013
Type: Movie
A newsman discovers he's been rigged with a bomb after he has an exclusive interview with a terrorist who blew up a bridge.
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Title: Home Alone
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2013
Type: TV
It can be a badge of honor to be “single.” “I Live Alone” is a documentary-style South Korean reality series that follows the members of a self-formed club called Rainbow, which is comprised of celebrities who are single and live alone.
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Behind the Camera
Title: Behind the Camera
Character: Self / Director Ha
Released: February 28, 2013
Type: Movie
An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the director. Now, the 14 actors and actress prepare for the counterattack.
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The Berlin File
Title: The Berlin File
Character: Pyo Jong-seong
Released: January 30, 2013
Type: Movie
When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.
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577 Project
Title: 577 Project
Character: Himself
Released: August 30, 2012
Type: Movie
Ha Jung Woo promised that if he won the best actor award 2 years in a row he would walk across South Korea. He did and the adventure begins.
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Love Fiction
Title: Love Fiction
Character: Goo Joo-wol / Detective Ma Dong-wook
Released: February 29, 2012
Type: Movie
A writer looking for inspiration finds a perfect muse in a girl. After much work, he makes her his girlfriend. But then he starts to get tired of her.
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Nameless Gangster
Title: Nameless Gangster
Character: Choi Hyung-bae
Released: February 2, 2012
Type: Movie
A corrupt customs official joins forces with a vicious gangster to form the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.
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The Client
Title: The Client
Character: Kang Seong-Hee
Released: September 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
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Come Rain, Come Shine
Title: Come Rain, Come Shine
Character: Other Man
Released: March 3, 2011
Type: Movie
A melodrama about a couple who have been married for five years, but who continue to play hide and seek with their true feelings.
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The Yellow Sea
Title: The Yellow Sea
Character: Kim Gu-nam
Released: December 22, 2010
Type: Movie
A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.
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Parallel Life
Title: Parallel Life
Character: Jang Soo Yeong
Released: February 18, 2010
Type: Movie
A young man finds out that he is living a completely identical life to another man who lived decades ago. And when his wife is murdered the same way as the previous man's, he decides to dig into the older case to find clues about who was the murderer this time.
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Take Off
Title: Take Off
Character: Cha Heon-tae
Released: July 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.
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No Boys, No Cry
Title: No Boys, No Cry
Character: Hyung-gu
Released: May 28, 2009
Type: Movie
A couple of smugglers don't know what to do when one day their boss gives them a kidnapping job.
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Like You Know It All
Title: Like You Know It All
Character: Mr. Cho
Released: May 14, 2009
Type: Movie
A South Korean art house film director is first invited to serve on the panel of a film festival, then to guest lecture at a film school.
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My Dear Enemy
Title: My Dear Enemy
Character: Byoung-woon
Released: September 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Hee-soo is desperate for money and finds her ex-boyfriend who owes her money. He goes around to various ex-girlfriends to get cash and she trails along to make sure he does not cheat her.
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Our School's E.T.
Title: Our School's E.T.
Character: Doctor
Released: September 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Sung geun, a physical education teacher, is at risk of losing his job when the school decides it needs an English teacher instead of a PE teacher. Therefore, he starts to devise a plan to change his job as an English teacher.
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Beastie Boys
Title: Beastie Boys
Character: Jae-hyun
Released: April 30, 2008
Type: Movie
Two friends are involved in the male escort business. One starts an honest relationship with one of his clients. The other cheats on his girlfriend and has his many scams catch up to him.
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The Chaser
Title: The Chaser
Character: Ji Young-min
Released: February 14, 2008
Type: Movie
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
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Forever the Moment
Title: Forever the Moment
Character: Man at a Date
Released: January 10, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.
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Never Forever
Title: Never Forever
Character: Jihah
Released: June 20, 2007
Type: Movie
When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order to save her marriage, she finds her true self.
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Breath
Title: Breath
Character: Joo-yeon's Husband
Released: April 26, 2007
Type: Movie
A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution on Death Row; Yeon is a lonely artist locked in a loveless marriage.
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Title: H.I.T
Character: Kim Jae-yoon
Released: March 19, 2007
Type: TV
H.I.T, also known as Homicide Investigation Team, is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Go Hyun-jung, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Jung-min, and Yoon Ji-min. It aired on MBC from March 19 to May 22, 2007 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. A police procedural crime drama that integrated crime scene analysis with action, suspense, and romance, H.I.T represented a departure from the usual Korean drama subjects of love and relationships.
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The Fox Family
Title: The Fox Family
Character: Son fox
Released: September 28, 2006
Type: Movie
The Kumiho family circus in town -- and with it, apparently, a mysterious murderer. The members of motherless family aren’t helping their case with their strange remarks about humans and their initial performances, cavalcades of dismemberment and torrents of blood which terrify the local kids. Pretty soon, a dour, downbeat cop is on the tail of the plucky, bumbling Kumihos. Or rather, tails -- “kumiho” is the word for the fox spirits of Korean mythology, and this clan from Nam Mountain near Seoul, temporarily disguised as people thanks to a magic spell, must eat human livers during a brief, once-in-a-millennium lunar eclipse to shed their foxy nature and assume permanent human form. When the sleazy reprobate on the run from mobsters stumbles into their eerie household, he soon finds himself a little too enthusiastically involved in their scheming after human flesh—and involved with the sexy elder-sister fox spirit as well!
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Time
Title: Time
Character: Ji-woo
Released: June 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman.
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The Unforgiven
Title: The Unforgiven
Character: Yoo Tae-jeong
Released: November 18, 2005
Type: Movie
Some time after completing his mandatory military service, a man receives a distressed call from one of his subordinates, who's also an old classmate.
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Title: Lovers in Prague
Character: Ahn Dong-nam
Released: September 24, 2005
Type: TV
Jae Hee, a diplomat in Prague, who is getting over a break-up, meets police detective Sang Hyun and romance blossoms. Jae Hee is the daughter of the Korean President and has to maintain a low profile. Jae Hee's ex, Young Woo and Sang Hyun's ex, Hye Joo make things complicated with secrets surrounding them. With the differences in social status, Jae Hee and Sang Hyun have to fight to see if the love that started in Prague can be overcome from what is trying to keep them apart.
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She's on Duty
Title: She's on Duty
Character: Detective Cho
Released: March 17, 2005
Type: Movie
A boisterous detective goes undercover in a high school in order to befriend the teenage daughter of a notorious gangster.
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Title: Lovehollic Project
Character: 민욱
Released: January 21, 2005
Type: TV
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Mr. Gam’s Victory
Title: Mr. Gam’s Victory
Character: Kim Woo-yeol
Released: September 17, 2004
Type: Movie
A relief pitcher for the worst team in the league seizes the unlikely opportunity to work nine innings against the star starting pitcher of the league's best team when no one else wants to face him.
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Madeleine
Title: Madeleine
Character: Joon-ho
Released: January 10, 2003
Type: Movie
The story follows the lives of two girls living together and their separate love lives as they struggle to find and maintain their new relationships. The movie mainly focuses on pretty girl Lee Hee-Jin. Hee-Jin is a hair stylist working at a salon when she meets an old classmate from junior high school. Kang Ji-Suk meets up with Hee-Jin when he arrives at her salon for a hair cut. The pair ends up deciding to try dating for a month to see how things go. All goes well in the beginning until Ji-Suks first love shows up. Sung-Hae invites Ji-Suk over to a reunion party with their old junior high school friends. Hee-Jin ends up tagging along. But she feels excluded and uncomfortable while Ji-Suk and Sung-Hae are hitting it off.
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Nocturnal
Title: Nocturnal
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A mystery thriller about what happens when a detective finds out that a case he is working on resembles a novel while investigating the death of a best-selling author's husband.
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Hijacking
Title: Hijacking
Character: Tae-in
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Lobby
Title: Lobby
Character: Chang-wook
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie