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Name
Shin Ha-kyun

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1974-05-30 (52 years old)

Place of Birth
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) and Extreme Job (2019), which were the 2nd biggest hits in Korean film history at their respective time of release, with 12 million and 16 million admissions respectively.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2000 Joint Security Area as Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin
2002 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance as Ryu
2003 Save the Green Planet! as Lee Byeong-gu
2009 Thirst as Kang-woo
2001 Guns & Talks as Jung-woo
2005 Welcome to Dongmakgol as 2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-chul
2006 No Mercy for the Rude as Killa
2004 My Brother as Kim Seong-hyeon
2003 A Letter From Mars as Seung-jae
2010 Café Noir as Young-soo
2007 My Son as Uncle Wild Goose (voice)
2010 The Quiz Show Scandal as Doctor of Engineering
Soon The Tomb of Fog
2008 The Devil's Game as Min Hee-do
2002 Surprise Party as Kim Jung-woo
2014 Big Match as Ace
2015 Empire of Lust as Kim Min-jae
2013 Running Man as Cha Jong-woo
2005 Murder, Take One as Kim Young-hun
2011 The Front Line as Kang Eun-pyo
2005 Lady Vengeance as Assassin 2
1999 The Spy as Woo-yeol
2016 Detour as Joong-pil
2017 The Villainess as Joong-sang
2017 Room No. 7 as Doo-sik
2004 Hair as Kang Woon-do
2001 Coming Out as Song Jae-min
2002 No Comment
2010 Foxy Festival as Jang-bae
2018 What a Man Wants as Bong-soo
2017 Decades Apart as Jeong Woo-jin
2012 The Thieves as Art Curator
2000 The Foul King as Bully 1
2019 Extreme Job as Lee Moo-bae
1998 The Happenings as Kim Chu-rak
2019 Inseparable Bros as Se-ha
2022 The Anchor as Choi In-ho
2019 The Present as Kang Sang-Gu
2020 Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP as Ali (voice)
2010 Making of Thirst
2005 The Process of Mr. Vengeance as Self
2026 Wild Sing as YGP / Park Yong-gu

2010 Harvest Villa ( 20 episodes )
2013 All About My Romance ( 16 episodes ) as Kim Soo Young
2018 You Quiz on the Block ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 Yonder ( 6 episodes ) as Jae-hyeon
2014 Mr. Back ( 16 episodes ) as Choi Go-bong / Choi Shin-hyung
2011 Brain ( 20 episodes ) as Lee Kang-hoon
2023 Evilive ( 10 episodes ) as Han Dong-soo
2016 Pied Piper ( 16 episodes ) as Joo Sung-Chan
2003 Good Person ( 16 episodes ) as Park jun pil
2022 Unicorn ( 12 episodes ) as Steve
2024 The Auditors ( 12 episodes ) as Shin Cha-il
2018 Less than Evil ( 32 episodes ) as Woo Tae-suk
2012 Baeksang Arts Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2020 Fix You ( 32 episodes ) as Lee Shi-joon
2022 Just an Excuse ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2021 Beyond Evil ( 16 episodes ) as Lee Dong-sik
2026 Fifties Professionals ( 12 episodes ) as Jeong Ho-myeong
2025 New Old Boy : Dir. Park ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2023 Salon Drip ( 1 episode ) as Self
2026 The Korean Chef ( 2 episodes ) as 내레이션
2025 Yoobari Talkbari ( 1 episode ) as Self
2010 Running Man ( 1 episode ) as Self
2024 Shaman ( 8 episodes ) as Self

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