From Chungju in North Chungcheong Province, PARK Jung-min was born in 1987 and attended Korea University and later the Korea National University of Arts. His credits stretch back all the way to 2007, but PARK’s unique brand of intensity and subtle characterization was properly recognised when he appeared as one of the leads in the breakout indie <Bleak Night> (2011), a feature production of the Korean Academy of Film Arts and recipient of the New Currents Award from ...More

From Chungju in North Chungcheong Province, PARK Jung-min was born in 1987 and attended Korea University and later the Korea National University of Arts. His credits stretch back all the way to 2007, but PARK’s unique brand of intensity and subtle characterization was properly recognised when he appeared as one of the leads in the breakout indie <Bleak Night> (2011), a feature production of the Korean Academy of Film Arts and recipient of the New Currents Award from the Busan International Film Festival. The role led to many other big parts in low-budget productions, such as the firebrand antagonist in <Tinker Ticker> (2013), another KAFA production. Around the same time he was noticed by the mainstream film industry, and scored small roles in major productions such as LEE Seok-hoon’s romantic comedy <Dancing Queen> (2012), KANG Woo-suk’s MMA drama <Fists of Legend> (2012) and KIM Sung-su’s disaster drama <The Flu> (2013).

After roles in youth title <Hot Young Bloods> and the 3D anthology <Mad Sad Bad>, which opened the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2014, PARK put in a turn as a slippery young salary worker in horror-thriller <Office>, which was a midnight screening at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. PARK saw his star rise significantly in early 2016, when he wowed critics and viewers as a scene-stealing co-star in LEE Joon-ik’s low-budget Colonial Era drama <Dongju: Portrait of a Poet>, which became a surprise low-budget sensation. In 2016 he appeared in the romantic drama <Unforgettable>, the horror anthology <Horror Stories III> and the star-driven crime-thriller <The King>.Less