Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 01, 1970
Place of Birth
Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Credits
70 titles
Hwang Jung-min
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."
Known For
Filmography
Hope
Go Bum-seok
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Self
Nine Puzzles
Oh Cheol-jin
Good Day
Self
풍향GO
Punghyanggo
I, the Executioner
Seo Do-cheol
Mission: Cross
Kang-mu
Fresh off the Sea
Self
12.12: The Day
Chun Doo-gwang
Nattering with Nah
Self
Salon Drip
Self
Kill Boksoon
Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
The Point Men
Jung Jae-ho
Just an Excuse
Self
Narco-Saints
Jeon Yo-hwan
Hunt
Lieutenant Ri
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
Self
H.U.S.H.
Han Joon-hyuk
다만 악에서 구하소서 파이널컷
Deliver Us from Evil
Kim In-nam
Money
Investor (voice)
You Quiz on the Block
Self
The Spy Gone North
Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
Amazing Saturday
Self
The Battleship Island
Lee Kang-ok
Asura: The City of Madness
Park Seong-bae
The Wailing
Il-gwang
A Violent Prosecutor
Byun Jae-wook
The Himalayas
Um Hong-gil
Veteran
Seo Do-cheol
Kim Je-dong's Talk to You
Self
Ode to My Father
Yoon Deok-soo
Man in Love
Han Tae-il
Fists of Legend
Lim Deok-gyu
In My End Is My Beginning
Min Jae-in
New World
Jung Chung
Korean Peninsula
Seo Myung-joon
Dancing Queen
Hwang Jung-min
Moby Dick
Lee Bang-woo
Battlefield Heroes
Silla King
The Unjust
Choi Cheol-gi
Running Man
Blades of Blood
Hwang Jung-hak
Five Senses of Eros
Min Jae-in
The Accidental Couple
Private Eye
Hong Jin-ho
Family Outing
Self
A Man Who Was Superman
Superman / Lee Hyun-suk
My 11th Mother
Baek-joong