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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 1, 1970
Place of Birth
Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Also Known As
- 황정민
- Hwang Jung-Min
- Hwang Jeong-min
- هوانج يونج مين
- هوانگ جونگ-مین
- ファン・ジョンミン
- 黃晸珉
- 黄政民
- 黃晸玟
Hwang Jung-min
2.1 Popularity
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
Credits
Good Day
as Self
2025
8.0
풍향GO
2024
8.0
I, the Executioner
as Seo Do-cheol
2024
6.9
Mission: Cross
as Kang-mu
2024
7.0
Fresh off the Sea
as Self
2024
6.5
12.12: The Day
as Chun Doo-gwang
2023
7.5
Nattering with Nah
as Self
2023
10.0
Kill Boksoon
as Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
2023
6.8
The Point Men
as Jung Jae-ho
2023
5.8
Just an Excuse
as Self
2022
9.3
Narco-Saints
as Jeon Yo-hwan
2022
7.7
Hunt
as Lieutenant Ri
2022
6.7
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
as Self
2021
6.9
H.U.S.H.
as Han Joon-hyuk
2020
7.8
Deliver Us from Evil
as Kim In-nam
2020
6.9
Money
as Investor (voice)
2019
6.9
You Quiz On The Block
as Self
2018
8.3
The Spy Gone North
as Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
2018
7.4
Amazing Saturday
as Self
2018
7.3
The Battleship Island
as Lee Kang-ok
2017
7.1
Asura: The City of Madness
as Park Sung-bae
2016
6.8
The Wailing
as Il-gwang
2016
7.4
A Violent Prosecutor
as Byun Jae-wook
2016
6.9
The Himalayas
as Um Hong-gil
2015
6.6
Veteran
as Seo Do-cheol
2015
6.9
Kim Je-dong's Talk to You
as Himself
2015
8.0
Ode to My Father
as Yoon Deok-soo
2014
7.5
Man in Love
as Han Tae-il
2014
7.5
Fists of Legend
as Lim Deok-gyu
2013
7.1
In My End Is My Beginning
as Min Jae-in
2013
4.7
New World
as Jung Chung
2013
7.4
Korean Peninsula
as Seo Myung-joon
2012
6.0
Dancing Queen
as Hwang Jung-min
2012
6.3
Moby Dick
as Lee Bang-woo
2011
7.0
Battlefield Heroes
as Silla King
2011
5.5
The Unjust
as Choi Cheol-gi
2010
6.5
Running Man
2010
8.3
Blades of Blood
as Hwang Jung-hak
2010
6.4
Five Senses of Eros
as Min Jae-in
2009
4.8
The Accidental Couple
2009
7.0
Private Eye
as Hong Jin-ho
2009
6.3
Family Outing
as himself
2008
7.6
A Man Who Was Superman
as Superman / Lee Hyun-suk
2008
7.4
My 11th Mother
as Baek-joong
2007
7.0
Happiness
as Young-su
2007
6.9
Black House
as Jun-oh
2007
6.1
Bloody Tie
as Lieutenant Do Jin-gwang
2006
6.2
All for Love
as Na Do-Chul
2005
6.5
You Are My Sunshine
as Seok-joong
2005
6.4
Heaven's Soldiers
as Park Jung-woo
2005
6.0
A Bittersweet Life
as Mr. Baek
2005
7.5
This Charming Girl
as Writer
2005
7.0
The Last Wolf
2004
7.0
Under A Big Tree
2003
0.0
A Good Lawyer's Wife
as Joo Young-jak
2003
5.8
🎬
Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1
as Man - segment: "Under a Big Tree"
2003
6.0
Road Movie
as Dae-shik
2002
6.2
YMCA Baseball Team
as Ryu Kwang-tae
2002
6.2
Waikiki Brothers
as Kang-soo
2001
6.4
Shiri
as Special Investigation Team
1999
6.4
General's Son
as Umigwan manager
1990
5.9
Hope
as Beom-suk
N/A
0.0