HUH Joon-ho was born in 1964 to HEO Jang-gang, himself a popular film actor in the 1960s and 1970s with more than 300 films to his credit, including classics like <Piagol> (1955), <The Bell Tower> (1958), <Under the Sky of Seoul> (1961), <A Bonanza> (1961), <Evergreen Tree> (1961), <The Midnight Sun> (1972). HUH began his acting career in 1985, as a part of the chorus for the musical <Wandering Stars>, an influential work of youth the...More

HUH Joon-ho was born in 1964 to HEO Jang-gang, himself a popular film actor in the 1960s and 1970s with more than 300 films to his credit, including classics like <Piagol> (1955), <The Bell Tower> (1958), <Under the Sky of Seoul> (1961), <A Bonanza> (1961), <Evergreen Tree> (1961), <The Midnight Sun> (1972). HUH began his acting career in 1985, as a part of the chorus for the musical <Wandering Stars>, an influential work of youth theater, and was cast later that year in the movie <Chung (Blue Sketch)> (1986). He appeared in many movies and TV series during the early 90s, including the antiwar classic <White Badge> (1992) as one of the leads, but he had to wait a few more years and the release of <The Terrorist> (1995) to make a name for himself, winning Best Supporting Actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards. However, his priority was still his musical career. He notably played the lead role in the Seensee Company production of Eric WOOLFSON’s musical <Gambler> from its debut in 1999 and for over a decade. This performance won him the Korea Musical Award for Best Actor in 2000. Due to his experience in the physically demanding roles in musicals, he was considered early on by filmmakers to be a reliable supporting actor in films, and so was often offered roles of courageous soldiers such as in <Silmido> (2003), which earned him Best Supporting Actor at the Grand Bell Awards. In the hit drama series <All in>, he played LEE Byung-Hun’s friend and was particularly popular as the father of the titular character in the period TV drama <Jumong>. After <Moss> (2010), he temporarily left the screens, having retreated to the US from where he kept managing his musical production company. He made his comeback in 2016 after being offered a small role in <The Merciless> (2017). He has been very active ever since. He was particularly praised for his portrayal of angst in his role as a father and small entrepreneur suddenly faced with bankruptcy as a consequence of the 1997 Asian financial crisis in <Default> (2018). In 2019, he played the former tutor of the lead character in the Korean-language Netflix Original series <Kingdom>.

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