Hwang Jung-min | |
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Born | Masan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | September 1, 1970
Education | Seoul Institute of the Arts – Theater |
Years active | 1994–present |
Agent | SEM Company |
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Spouse |
Kim Mi-hye (m. 2004) |
Children | 2 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 황정민 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hwang Jeong-min |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Ch'ŏngmin |
Hwang Jung-min (born September 1, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He established himself as a leading man in the romantic drama You Are My Sunshine (2005). One of the highest-grossing actors in South Korea, Hwang has starred in several box office hits such as The Unjust (2010), Dancing Queen (2012), New World (2013), Ode to My Father (2014), Veteran (2015), The Himalayas (2015), A Violent Prosecutor (2016), The Wailing (2016), The Spy Gone North (2018), Deliver Us from Evil (2020), 12.12: The Day (2023).[4][5] His performance in the latter earned him Best Actor at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards.[6]
Hwang is the second actor in South Korea to be part of the "100 Million Viewer Club" in Chungmuro.[7]