HWANG Jung-min is an actor who completely melts into his characters. No other actor is as versatile as he is. He turns himself instantly into a character like a chameleon for any genre or style of movies. Departing from the macho stereotype set in the non-mainstream milieu, he played a goofy, comic character in <Y.M.C.A. Baseball Team>. His acting style has evolved ever since in a shockingly unpredictable and colorful way. He created a tough, fearless character for <Wolf Returns> and <Bloody Tie> and a sinful character in <A Bittersweet Life>, a lovelorn writer in <This Charming Girl> a selfless man devoted to his girl in <All for Love>, and a snobby intellectual in <A Good Lawyer's Wife>. His appearance in <You Are My Sunshine> and <Happiness> overturned his image as a rough guy and made him a romantic lead. He emerged as one of Korea’s best melodrama heroes, albeit belatedly. But he does not rest on his laurels as he ventures to play rhythmical characters such as a blind swordsman in <Blades of Blood> and a corrupt detective who set up an innocent man as a fall guy in <The Unjust>. The year 2011 saw HWANG starring as a reporter with strong sense of righteousness in <Moby Dick>. He then played a man who accidentally becomes a mayoral candidate in <Dancing Queen> in 2012. 2013 saw him take on the role of a gangster alongside LEE Jeong-jae and CHOI Min-sik in <New World> and KANG Woo-suk’s <Fists of Legend>. He returned to the romantic melodrama genre for his next film, the mid-level hit <Man in Love> in 2014, before appearing in the big-budget, globe-trotting <Ode to My Father>. This began a record-breaking run for the actor, which was followed by RYOO Seung-wan’s action-thriller <Veteran>, the mountaineering drama The Himalayas and the prison thriller <A Violent Prosecutor> which came out during Lunar New Year in 2016. Combined, the films drew in 45 million spectators. Next for HWANG was NA Hong-jin’s dark thriller <THE WAILING>.
Outside Story
Date of Birth: September 1, 1970
Height, Weight, Blood Type: 180cm, 75kg, Type O
Hobbies: Reading
Talents: Guitar, Clarinet
Educational Background: Graduated from Seoul Institute of Arts, Department of Play
Family Relationship: 1 son
Awards
‘11 15th Montreal Fantasia International Film Festival - Best Actor Award
‘11 Presidential Citation
‘07 28th Blue Dragon Awards – Popular Star Award
‘05 4th Korea Film Award – Best Supporting Actor Award, Best Actor Award
‘05 26th Blue Dragon Awards - Best Actor Award
Others
Debut
‘94 Musical <Subway Line No. 1>
Drama
‘09 KBS2 <Keeping on Looking> - Koo Dong-Baek
Movie
’13 <Legend Punch>
’13 <New World> - Number 2 gangster
‘11 <Dancing Queen> - Hwang Jung-Min
‘11 <Moby Dick> - Lee Bang-Woo
’11 <Battlefield Heroes> (cameo)
‘10 <The Unjust> - Choi Cheol-Ki
‘10 <Blades of Blood> - Hwang Jung-Hak
’09 <In My End Is My Beginning>
’09 <Five Senses of Eros> - Min Jae-In
‘09 <Private Eye> - Hong Jin-Ho
‘08 <A Man Who Was Superman> - Superman
’07 <My 11th Mother> - Baek-Jong
’07 <Happiness> - Yong-Soo
‘07 <Black House> - Jun Joon-Oh
‘06 <Bloody Tie> - Corporal Do
‘06 <My Lovely Week> -Na Doo-Cheol
‘05 <You’re My Sunshine!> - Kim Suk-Joong
’05 <Heaven’s Soldiers> - Park Jeong-Woo
‘05 <A Bittersweet Life> - President Baek
‘04 <The Charming Girl> - Writer
’04 <The Last Wolf> - Ko Jeong-Shik
‘03 <A Good Lawyer’s Wife> - Joo Young-Jak
’02 <Road Movie> - Dae-Shik
‘02 <YMCA Baseball Team> - Ryu Kwang-Tae
‘00 <Waikiki Brothers> - Kang Soo
Play
‘00 <Subway Line No. 1>
‘98 <Gaeddongi>
‘97 <Sworn Brothers>
‘96 <Subway Line No. 1>
Musical
‘08 <The University of Laughter>
‘08 <Nine>
‘04 <Broadway & 42nd Street>
‘01 <Tommy>
‘99 <Cats>
Others
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