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."
Fotos
Filme (52)
Hope
2026 · Go Bum-seok
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026 · Self
I, the Executioner
2024 · Seo Do-cheol
Mission: Cross
2024 · Kang-mu
12.12: The Day
2023 · Chun Doo-gwang
Kill Boksoon
2023 · Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
The Point Men - Gegen die Zeit
2023 · Jung Jae-ho
Hunt
2022 · Lieutenant Ri
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
2021 · Self
Deliver Us From Evil
2020 · Kim In-nam
Money
2019 · Investor (voice)
The Spy Gone North
2018 · Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
Battleship Island
2017 · Lee Kang-ok
Asura - The City of Madness
2016 · Park Seong-bae
The Wailing: Die Besessenen
2016 · Il-gwang
A Violent Prosecutor
2016 · Byun Jae-wook
The Himalayas
2015 · Um Hong-gil
Veteran - Above the Law
2015 · Seo Do-cheol
Ode to My Father
2014 · Yoon Deok-soo
Man in Love
2014 · Han Tae-il
Fists of Legend
2013 · Lim Deok-gyu
In My End Is My Beginning
2013 · Min Jae-in
New World - Zwischen den Fronten
2013 · Jung Chung
Dancing Queen
2012 · Hwang Jung-min
Moby Dick
2011 · Lee Bang-woo
Krieg der Königreiche
2011 · Silla King
The Unjust
2010 · Choi Cheol-gi
Blades of Blood
2010 · Hwang Jung-hak
Five Senses of Eros
2009 · Min Jae-in
Private Eye
2009 · Hong Jin-ho
A Man Who Was Superman
2008 · Superman / Lee Hyun-suk
My 11th Mother
2007 · Baek-joong
Happiness
2007 · Young-su
Black House
2007 · Jun-oh
Bloody Tie
2006 · Do Jin-gwang
All for Love
2005 · Na Do-chul
You Are My Sunshine
2005 · Seok-joong
Heaven's Soldiers
2005 · Park Jung-woo
A Bittersweet Life
2005 · Mr. Baek
This Charming Girl
2005 · Writer
The Last Wolf
2004
Under A Big Tree
2003
Eine Familie geht fremd
2003 · Joo Young-jak
Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1
2003 · Man - segment: "Under a Big Tree"
Road Movie
2002 · Dae-shik
YMCA Baseball Team
2002 · Ryu Kwang-tae
Waikiki Brothers
2001 · Kang-soo
Shiri
1999 · Special Investigation Team
General's Son
1990 · Umigwan manager
Veteran 3
· Seo Do-cheol
Mission: Cross 2
· Kang-mu
A Good House to Live In
Serien (18)
Nine Puzzles
2025 · Oh Cheol-jin
Good Day
2025 · Self
풍향GO
2024
Punghyanggo
2024
Fresh off the Sea
2024 · Self
Whenever Possible
2024 · Self
Nattering with Nah
2023 · Self
Salon Drip
2023 · Self
Just an Excuse
2022 · Self
Narco-Saints
2022 · Jeon Yo-hwan
H.U.S.H.
2020 · Han Joon-hyuk
You Quiz on the Block
2018 · Self
Amazing Saturday
2018 · Self
Kim Je-dong's Talk to You
2015 · Self
Korean Peninsula
2012 · Seo Myung-joon
Running Man
2010
The Accidental Couple
2009 · Goo Dong Baek
Family Outing
2008 · Self