Hwang Jung-min
Date of birth: 1970-09-01
Place of birth: Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Known for: Acting
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 , 黄晸珉, 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."
Movie Credits
Shiri
1999-02-13
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threat
A Bittersweet Life
2005-04-01
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who
Bloody Tie
2006-04-27
A crystal meth dealer with a tragic past is forced to team up with a renegade cop to take down a pow
A Man Who Was Superman
2008-01-31
A snobbish producer makes a documentary about the extraordinary behavior of her neighbor who believe
The Unjust
2010-10-28
An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-p
Heaven's Soldiers
2005-06-14
Modern day soldiers travel back in time and meet Admiral Lee, the greatest soldier of all time, and
Kill Boksoon
2023-02-17
At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That
12.12: The Day
2023-11-22
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out b
This Charming Girl
2005-03-10
Jeong-hye, a woman in her 30s, works at the post office and lives a quite monotonous life alone in a
Moby Dick
2011-06-09
A mysterious explosion occurs at the Balam Bridge in Seoul on November 20th, 1994. In front of hot-b
Dancing Queen
2012-01-18
The next mayor of Seoul candidate's wife becomes a dance singer in this movie as Hwang Jeong-min tak
Black House
2007-06-21
Jun-oh, an insurance claims agent, faces off with a client who he suspects of committing murders wit
Road Movie
2002-10-18
Suk-won, a trader who loses all of his money and his wife in a market downturn is left homeless unti
You Are My Sunshine
2005-09-23
An old bachelor Seok-joong, who has no experience in dating, falls in love at first sight with a pro
Fists of Legend
2013-04-10
Three men who share a past participate in a mixed martial arts reality show where they have to fight
The Last Wolf
2004-04-01
A detective tired of bloody and cruel crimes in Seoul negotiates a transfer to a crime-free town in
Waikiki Brothers
2001-10-27
Waikiki Brothers is a band going nowhere. After another depressing gig, the saxophonist quits, leavi
Hunt
2022-08-10
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho an
A Good Lawyer's Wife
2003-08-14
A woman, married and with a child but becoming increasingly distant from her husband who is already
Man in Love
2014-01-22
Tae-il lives a fast life as low level thug. He then learns that he has a terminal illness and not mu
New World
2013-02-21
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infi
Private Eye
2009-02-16
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in m
I, the Executioner
2024-09-13
The veteran detective Seo Do-cheol and his team at Major Crimes, relentless in their pursuit of crim
Mission: Cross
2024-08-08
In the ultimate test of marriage, an agent-turned-househusband gets tangled in a perilous mission wi
The Wailing
2016-05-12
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A poli
In My End Is My Beginning
2013-04-04
When Jung-ha loses her husband in an accident, Naru, her husband's secret lover, comes to her. Naru
Ode to My Father
2014-12-17
Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for
Happiness
2007-10-03
Young, a careless person, suffers from terminal illness and gets admitted in a hospital for treatmen
Veteran
2015-08-05
When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to b
Hope
A mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote harbor town. The residents find themse
The Himalayas
2015-12-16
Based on true events, renowned mountaineer Um Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve
A Violent Prosecutor
2016-02-03
After a prosecution lawyer is framed and convicted for murder, he tries to catch the real murderer f
All for Love
2005-10-07
A romantic comedy which portrays the most beautiful period in the lives of different couples who hav
Asura: The City of Madness
2016-09-28
A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city
Five Senses of Eros
2009-07-09
In this anthology film centered around the theme of "Eros," five seperate stories are presented by f
The Battleship Island
2017-07-26
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island
YMCA Baseball Team
2002-10-03
Hochang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeongrim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love
My 11th Mother
2007-11-29
A cynical young boy gets to know the latest girlfriend of his ne'er-do-well father and begins to hop
The Spy Gone North
2018-08-08
South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a
Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1
2003-01-01
In order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Korean Film Academy, 20 of the academy's former st
Battlefield Heroes
2011-01-27
This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang
Deliver Us from Evil
2020-08-05
A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of g
Money
2019-03-20
Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him s
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
2021-08-18
A box office star has to prove his action credentials in the real world when he's kidnapped and held
The Point Men
2023-01-18
A group of Korean tourists is taken hostage by an extremist Taliban group in Afghanistan. The Korean
General's Son
1990-06-09
In Japanese-occupied South Korea, a young man, newly-released from prison, is accepted into a gang f
Blades of Blood
2010-04-28
Lee Mong-hak and a skilled blind swordsman Hwang Jeong-hak, both long to wipe away corruption and he
Under A Big Tree
2003-12-19
다만 악에서 구하소서 파이널컷
2020-10-28
Veteran 3
Mission: Cross 2
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026-02-19
The first feature documentary directed by Kim Dong-ho, former festival director of the Busan Interna