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."
Known for
Running Man
Amazing Saturday
Self
Family Outing
Self
The Wailing
Il-gwang
Nine Puzzles
Oh Cheol-jin
Narco-Saints
Jeon Yo-hwan
Fresh off the Sea
Self
Good Day
Self
New World
Jung Chung
A Bittersweet Life
Mr. Baek
Kill Boksoon
Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
12.12: The Day
Chun Doo-gwang
Mission: Cross
Kang-mu
The Accidental Couple
I, the Executioner
Seo Do-cheol
Deliver Us from Evil
Kim In-nam
H.U.S.H.
Han Joon-hyuk
Korean Peninsula
Seo Myung-joon
Hunt
Lieutenant Ri
The Spy Gone North
Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
The Battleship Island
Lee Kang-ok
Shiri
Special Investigation Team
Veteran
Seo Do-cheol
Asura: The City of Madness
Park Sung-bae
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Self
Five Senses of Eros
Min Jae-in
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Joo Young-jak
풍향GO
The Point Men
Jung Jae-ho
Money
Investor (voice)
Bloody Tie
Lieutenant Do Jin-gwang
A Violent Prosecutor
Byun Jae-wook
All for Love
Na Do-chul
The Himalayas
Um Hong-gil
Dancing Queen
Hwang Jung-min
The Unjust
Choi Cheol-gi
Man in Love
Han Tae-il
Blades of Blood
Hwang Jung-hak
Ode to My Father
Yoon Deok-soo
A Man Who Was Superman
Superman / Lee Hyun-suk
In My End Is My Beginning
Min Jae-in
Black House
Jun-oh
You Are My Sunshine
Seok-joong
Battlefield Heroes
Silla King
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
Self
Private Eye
Hong Jin-ho
Fists of Legend
Lim Deok-gyu
Happiness
Young-su
My 11th Mother
Baek-joong
Heaven's Soldiers
Park Jung-woo
Hope
Bum-soak
Moby Dick
Lee Bang-woo
General's Son
Umigwan manager
Waikiki Brothers
Kang-soo
Road Movie
Dae-shik
YMCA Baseball Team
Ryu Kwang-tae
Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1
Man - segment: "Under a Big Tree"
This Charming Girl
Writer
The Last Wolf
Punghyanggo
Mission: Cross 2
Kang-mu
Under A Big Tree
다만 악에서 구하소서 파이널컷
Veteran 3
Seo Do-cheol
You Quiz on the Block
Self
Just an Excuse
Self
Nattering with Nah
Self
Salon Drip
Self
Kim Je-dong's Talk to You
Self