Min Jin-woong (born August 22, 1986) is a South Korean actor. He starred in TV series such as Yong-pal (2015) and Drinking Solo (2016) and Memories of the Alhambra .[2] Min gained popularity through his role in KBS' weekend family drama My Father Is Strange (2017).

Min Jin-woong
Born (1986-08-22) August 22, 1986 (age 38)
EducationKorea National University of Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present
AgentStudio Santa Claus Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
민진웅
Revised RomanizationMin Jin-ung
McCune–ReischauerMin Chin-ung

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 Fashion King Doo-chi
2015 The Advocate: A Missing Body Gap-soo
The Priests Police replacement
2016 Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet Kang Cheo-joong
Proof of Innocence Staff sergeant Goo
2017 New Trial Oh Jong-hak
Anarchist from Colony[3] Hong Jin-yoo
2019 Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission Min Woo-chul

Television series

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Year Title Role Ref.
2015 Yong-pal Lee Sang-Chul
2016 Mrs. Cop 2 Seok-jin
Drinking Solo Min Jin-Woong
2017 My Father Is Strange Byun Joon-young
KBS Drama Special - Buzz Cut's Date Yoon Si-Woo
2018–2019 Memories of the Alhambra Seo Jang-hoon [4]
2019–2020 Chocolate Moon Tae-hyun [5]
2020 Nobody Knows Lee Jae-hong
2021 Secret Royal Inspector & Joy Yook-chil [6]
2022 Tomorrow Song Jin-ho (a.k.a. Betamale) Cameo [7]
Love Is for Suckers Park Dae-sik [8]
2023 A Time Called You Oh Chan-yeong

Theater

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Theater play performance
Year Title Role Theater Date Ref.
English Korean
2022 The Masked Hut Murder Case 가면산장 살인사건 Takayuki [9]
2024 Angels in America 엔젤스인 아메리카 Belize LG Signature Hall at LG Arts Center, Seoul August 6 to September 28 [10]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2017 2017 Korea Drama Awards[11] Excellence Award, Actor My Father Is Strange Won
54th Grand Bell Awards[12] Best New Actor New Trial Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "민진웅". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  2. ^ Omega, Jan (22 September 2016). "Min Jin Woong Of 'Let's Drink' Stands Out In K-Drama Impersonating Hallyu Stars Like Song Joong Ki In 'Descendants of the Sun' And Lee Je Hoon In 'Signal'". The Inquisitr. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  3. ^ Conran, Pierce (3 January 2017). "GWON Yool, MIN Jin-woong and More Join PARK YEOL". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Min Jin-woong Joins tvN's "Memories of the Alhambra"". HanCinema. TV Report. June 11, 2018.
  5. ^ Kim, Su-gyeong (May 21, 2019). "민진웅, JTBC 새 드라마 '초콜릿'서 하지원 동생 역 캐스팅". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  6. ^ Kang Hyo-jin (August 12, 2021). "[단독]민진웅, '어사와 조이' 합류…옥택연X김혜윤 만난다" [[Exclusive] Min Jin-woong joins 'Usa and Joy'... Ok Taecyeon X Kim Hye-yoon Meet]. Spotify News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  7. ^ Jang Ah-reum (April 21, 2022). "내일' 민진웅, 소심남 특별출연…우울+분노 가득한 안타까운 표정 [N컷]" [Tomorrow' Min Jin-woong to make a special appearance as a shy man... Sad expression full of depression + anger [N cut]] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved April 21, 2022 – via Naver.
  8. ^ Ahn Tae-hyun (September 13, 2022). "얼어죽을 연애따위' 이다희부터 최시원까지, 첫 대본리딩 어땠나 [N컷]" [How was the first script reading from Dahee Lee to Siwon Choi [N cut]]. News1 Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 13, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Naver.
  9. ^ Kang Seok-bong (September 22, 2022). "일본 소설계의 거장 히가시노게이고의 '가면산장 살인사건' 연극으로 재탄생" [Reborn as a play by the Japanese novelist Keigo Higashino's "Masked Lodge Murder Case] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via Naver.
  10. ^ Lee, Sol-hee (2024-06-19). "연극 8월 개막…유승호·고준희·정혜인 연극 도전" [Play Angels in America opens in August... Yoo Seung-ho, Go Jun-hee, Jeong Hye-in play challenge]. www.themusical.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  11. ^ Chang, Woo-young (2 October 2017). "10주년 '2017KDA' 김상중, 생애 첫 대상…'도깨비' 5관왕(종합)". Pop Herald (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  12. ^ Kim, Soo-jung (29 September 2017). "대종상영화제 후보 발표…'택시운전사'·'박열' 박빙". TV Report (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-02.
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