Hwang Jung-min

Hwang Jung-min is one of South Korea's highest-grossing actors, having appeared in films such as Ode to My Father (2014), Veteran (2015), The Himalayas (2015), A Violent Prosecutor (2015), and The Wailing (2016). Hwang Jung-min began his acting career in musical theater, making his debut in Line 1 in 1995. Despite a successful stage career, Hwang struggled to make the transition to film. His big break came when he was cast in Waikiki Brothers, a 2001 Korean sleeper hit.

Many people were moved by his famous speech when he accepted the best actor award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for his performance in You Are My Sunshine: "All I did was add a spoon to a dinner table that had already been prepared by others". In Veteran, he played a hot-tempered police detective on the trail of an arrogant and heartless chaebol heir. The film was yet another smash hit, and it is now the third highest-grossing film in Korean cinema history.