Shin Ha-kyun

Acting · Born 1974-05-30 in Seoul, South Korea

Biography

Shin Ha-kyun (신하균) is a South Korean actor. Born on May 30 1974, he first trained as a stage actor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, before transitioning to film and gaining national fame with his role as a North Korean soldier in Joint Security Area (JSA, 2000). The film was a major blockbuster with 5 million admissions domestically. And it earned him the prestigious Blue Dragon Best Supporting Actor award. After the success of JSA, Shin has appeared in many critically and popularly acclaimed roles, including in Guns & Talks (2001), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), and Save the Green Planet! (2003). He then starred in Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) in the lead role, which was another major blockbuster with 8 million admissions domestically. Recently, he appeared in The Thieves (2012)…

Filmography

• Joint Security Area as Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin
• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance as Ryu
• Save the Green Planet! as Lee Byeong-gu
• Thirst as Kang-woo
• Lady Vengeance as Assassin 2
• Extreme Job as Lee Moo-bae
• Guns & Talks as Jung-woo
• Welcome to Dongmakgol as 2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-chul
• No Mercy for the Rude as Killa
• My Brother as Kim Seong-hyeon

TV

• Running Man
• Beyond Evil as Lee Dong-sik
• Harvest Villa
• All About My Romance as Kim Soo Young
• You Quiz on the Block as Self
• Yonder as Jae-hyeon
• Mr. Baek as Chairman Choi Go Bong / Choi Shin Hyung
• Brain as Lee Kang-hoon
• Evilive as Han Dong-soo
• Pied Piper as Joo Sung-Chan