Hwang Jung-min
Acting
Born 1970-09-01
Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
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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."
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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
Amazing Saturday
Hope
You Quiz on the Block
Just an Excuse
Salon Drip
Family Outing
The Wailing
Nine Puzzles
Fresh off the Sea
Narco-Saints
Nattering with Nah
H.U.S.H.
12.12: The Day
Deliver Us from Evil
New World
Kill Boksoon
Hunt
The Spy Gone North
Kim Je-dong's Talk to You
The Point Men
The Battleship Island
A Bittersweet Life
Veteran
I, the Executioner
Good Day
The Accidental Couple
Ode to My Father
Mission: Cross
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Shiri
Asura: The City of Madness
Man in Love
Korean Peninsula
The Unjust
A Man Who Was Superman
Dancing Queen
A Violent Prosecutor
Hostage: Missing Celebrity
The Himalayas
Five Senses of Eros
Money
Battlefield Heroes
You Are My Sunshine
Black House
Bloody Tie
All for Love
Blades of Blood
Fists of Legend
Mission: Cross 2
In My End Is My Beginning
Heaven's Soldiers
Happiness
Private Eye
Road Movie
Moby Dick
My 11th Mother
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
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