Shin Ha-kyun | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Seoul Institute of the Arts |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Agent | Hodoo |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 신하균 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Sin Ha-gyun |
McCune–Reischauer | Sin Hagyun |
Shin Ha-kyun (born May 30, 1974) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in television series Brain (2011), Soul Mechanic (2020), Beyond Evil (2021), and films Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Save the Green Planet! (2003), Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005), Empire of Lust (2015), and Less Than Evil (2019).
Shin Ha-kyun first trained as a stage actor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts before going on to act in a large number of plays by Jang Jin. When in 1998 Jang Jin directed his first movie The Happenings, Shin was cast and he has since appeared in almost all of Jang's feature films. [2] Impressed by his acting abilities, director Kim Jee-woon also cast him in minor roles in The Foul King and his 30-minute internet film Coming Out . [3]
Shin first became a superstar with his role as a young North Korea soldier in Park Chan-wook's smash hit Joint Security Area in late 2000. At that time he developed a large fan following which, together that of co-star Won Bin, helped make his next film Guns & Talks a strong commercial hit. [4] [3]
In the next couple years Shin would take on two strong roles that would come to define his career. In Park Chan-wook's acclaimed Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance , he played a deaf man with bright green dyed hair who is driven by desperation to kidnap a young girl. [5] [6] Then in Jang Joon-hwan's Save the Green Planet! in 2003, he played a mentally unbalanced man who believes that aliens are plotting to invade the earth. Together, these two intense and harrowing performances by Shin were an impressive display of his acting talent. [3]
Also noteworthy are Shin's performances in two very different films set during the Korean War -- Welcome to Dongmakgol , a dramedy that takes place in a small mountainous village, [7] [8] [9] and The Front Line , a harrowing tale of soldiers fighting over a small, bomb-blasted hill that regularly changes hands. [10] [11] [12] The versatile actor has played the following roles: a developmentally disabled man in My Brother , a rural postman in A Letter From Mars, a suspect under interrogation in Murder, Take One, [13] [14] [15] an eccentric hitman in No Mercy for the Rude , [16] a struggling artist who makes an unwise bet in The Devil's Game , [17] a sickly cuckolded husband in Thirst , [18] a macho cop in Foxy Festival , [19] and a music teacher having an affair in Cafe Noir . [20]
Primarily a film actor, Shin had previously done only one TV series, 2003's Good Person on MBC. But in 2010 he returned to television in the quirky mystery Golden House which aired on cable channel tvN. [21] Then in the 2011 medical drama Brain , his portrayal of a cold, ambitious neurosurgeon brought him to new heights of mainstream popularity, [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] and he later won the Grand Prize ("Daesang") at the KBS Drama Awards. [27]
In 2013, Shin headlined the romantic comedy series All About My Romance about two legislators from rival political parties who fall in love, [28] followed by the high-profile action film Running Man about an ordinary man forced to become a fugitive after he gets framed for murder. [29] [30] [31]
He then played a septuagenarian whose body magically reverts to his thirties in the 2014 romantic comedy series Mr. Back . [32] Shin next gave a villainous turn as an evil mastermind game planner in the action-thriller Big Match . [33] In 2015, he headlined his first period film with Empire of Lust , playing a distinguished admiral of the recently established Joseon empire. [34] [35] [36] [37]
In 2016, Shin starred in the police procedural crime drama Piped Piper (2016), playing a negotiator. [38] He then starred in the comedy film Detour, [39] followed with comedy thriller Room No.7 . [40] He also played a supporting role in the action film The Villainess co-starring Kim Ok-bin. [41]
In 2018, Shin starred in the romantic comedy film What a Man Wants . [42] The same year, he was cast in the comedy film Inseparable Bros . [43] He returned to the small screen in the Korean remake of British crime drama Luther . [44]
In 2020, Shin starred in the medical drama Soul Mechanic . [45]
In 2021, Shin starred in the psychological thriller drama Beyond Evil as an impulsive and eccentric police officer. [46] His performance earned him the award for the Best Actor - Television at 57th Baeksang Arts Awards.
In 2022, he appeared in the mystery-thriller film Anchor and will star in the Coupang Play sitcom Unicorn, which is scheduled to air on August. [47]
His niece, Park Eun-young, is a former member of the Korean idol group Brave Girls. [48]
Shin and Kim Go-eun reportedly grew close at a scuba-diving gathering. In August 2016, they confirmed their couple of months relationship. However, in March 2017, the couple announced their break up. [49]
Year | Title | Role | Note | Ref. | |
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English | Korean | ||||
1998 | The Happenings | 기막힌 사내들 | Kim Choo-rak | ||
1999 | The Spy | 간첩 리철진 | Oh Woo-yeol | ||
2000 | The Foul King | 반칙왕 | Bully | Cameo | |
Coming Out | 커밍 아웃 | Jae-min | Short film | ||
Joint Security Area | 공동경비구역 JSA | Jung Woo-jin | |||
2001 | Guns & Talks | 킬러들의 수다 | Jung-woo | ||
2002 | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | 복수는 나의 것 | Ryu | ||
Surprise | 서프라이즈 | Kim Jung-woo | |||
2003 | Save the Green Planet! | 지구를 지켜라! | Lee Byung-gu | ||
A Man Who Went to Mars | 화성으로 간 사나이 | Lee Seung-jae | |||
2004 | My Brother | 우리형 | Kim Sung-hyun | ||
Hair | 털 | Kang Woon-do | Short film | ||
2005 | Lady Vengeance | 친절한 금자씨 | Hired assassin #2 | Special appearance | |
Welcome to Dongmakgol | 웰컴 투 동막골 | Pyo Hyun-chul | |||
Murder, Take One | 박수칠 때 떠나라 | Kim Young-hoon | |||
2006 | No Mercy for the Rude | 예의없는 것들 | Killa | ||
2007 | My Son | 아들 | Uncle Goose (voice) | Special appearance | |
2008 | The Devil's Game | 더 게임 | Min Hee-do | ||
2009 | Thirst | 박쥐 | Kang-woo | ||
2010 | The Quiz Show Scandal | 퀴즈왕 | Ph.D. | Special appearance | |
Foxy Festival | 페스티발 | Kwak Jang-bae | |||
Cafe Noir | 카페 느와르 | Young-soo | |||
2011 | The Front Line | 고지전 | Kang Eun-pyo | ||
2012 | The Thieves | 도둑들 | Lee Ha-cheol | Special appearance | |
2013 | Running Man | 런닝맨 | Cha Jong-woo | ||
2014 | Big Match | 빅매치 | Ace | ||
2015 | Empire of Lust | 순수의 시대 | Kim Min-jae | ||
2016 | Detour | 올레 | Joong-pil | ||
2017 | The Villainess | 악녀 | Joong-sang | ||
Room No.7 | 7호실 | Doo-shik | |||
2018 | What a Man Wants | 바람 바람 바람 | Bong-soo | ||
2019 | Extreme Job | 극한직업 | Lee Moo-bae | ||
Inseparable Bros | 나의 특별한 형제 | Kang Se-ha | |||
Present | 선물 | Sang-goo | Short film | [50] | |
2020 | Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP | 미스터 주: 사라진 VIP | Ali (voice) | ||
2022 | Anchor | 앵커 | In-ho | [51] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. | |
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English | Korean | |||
2003 | Good Person | 좋은 사람 | Park Joon-pil | |
2010 | Golden House | 위기일발 풍년빌라 | Oh Bok-kyu | |
2011–2012 | Brain | 브레인 | Lee Kang-hoon | |
2013 | All About My Romance | 내 연애의 모든 것 | Kim Soo-young | |
2014 | Mr. Back | 미스터 백 | Choi Go-bong / Choi Shin-hyung | |
2016 | Pied Piper | 피리부는 사나이 | Joo Sung-chan | |
2018–2019 | Less Than Evil | 나쁜 형사 | Woo Tae-seok | |
2020 | Soul Mechanic | 영혼수선공 | Lee Shi-joon | |
2021 | Beyond Evil | 괴물 | Lee Dong-sik | |
2023 | Evilive | 악인전기 | Han Dong-soo | [52] |
2024 | Thank You | 감사합니다 | Shin Cha-il | [53] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. | |
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English | Korean | ||||
2022 | Yonder | 욘더 | Jae-hyun | [54] | |
Unicorn | 유니콘 | CEO Steve | [55] |
Year | Title | Role | Theater | Date | Ref. | |
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English | Korean | |||||
1993 | Dropping a bomb | 폭탄 투하 중 | ||||
1997 | Taxi Driver - Where are you going? | 택시 드리벌 - 당신은 어디까지 가십니까? | Passenger one (어깨1), drunk passenger (취객), Protest student (시위학생) | Arts and Culture Center Small Theater | February 27–March 18 | [56] |
1997 | (21st) Seoul Theater Festival: Taxi Driver - Where are you going? | (제21회) 서울연극제: 택시 드리벌 - 당신은 어디까지 가십니까? | October 10–15 | [57] | ||
1998 | Magic Time | 매직타임 | Ha-kyun (하균) | |||
1999 | Heotang | 허탕 | Yoo Dal-soo (유달수) | Academic Green Small Theater | August 7 to October 31 | [58] |
2000 | Leave When They're Applauding | 박수칠 때 떠나라 | The bellboy (벨보이) | LG Arts Center | June 16–30 | [59] |
2002 | Welcome to Dongmakgol | 웰컴 투 동막골 | Pyo Hyun-chul (표현철) | LG Arts Center | December 14–29 | [60] |
Year | Title | Artist | |
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English | Korean | ||
2000 | "I Love You" with Cha Seung-won | Position (포지션) | |
2004 | "Hwi-li-li" | 휠릴리 | Lee Soo-young |
"Andante" | 안단테 | ||
2010 | "Just Laugh" | 웃음만 | Zia |
Year | Title | Artist | Music | Album | |
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English | Korean | ||||
2004 | "Brother's Letter" | 형의 편지 |
| Don Spike | OST My Brother |
2005 | "Interogation" | 심문(審問) |
| Han Jae-kwon | OST Murder, Take One |
2019 | "Happy" |
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| OST Inseparable Bros | |
2020 | "Sigh" | 휴(休) |
|
| OST Soul Mechanic |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2000 | 3rd Director's Cut Awards | Best New Actor | Joint Security Area | Won |
8th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||
21st Blue Dragon Film Awards [61] | Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||
2001 | 38th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Guns & Talks | Nominated | |
16th Golden Disk Awards | Popular Music Video Award | Position – I Love You | Won | |
2003 | 4th Busan Film Critics Awards [62] | Best Actor | Save the Green Planet! | Won |
2nd Korean Film Awards | Nominated | |||
2009 | 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Thirst | Nominated |
2011 | KBS Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Brain | Won |
Top Excellence Award, Actor | Nominated | |||
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Nominated | |||
Netizen Award, Actor | Won | |||
Best Couple Award with Choi Jung-won | Won | |||
2012 | 48th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor (TV) | Nominated | |
7th Seoul International Drama Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
24th Korean PD Awards | Won | |||
1st K-Drama Star Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Nominated | ||
2013 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | All About My Romance | Nominated |
2014 | MBC Drama Awards | Mr. Back | Nominated | |
Popularity Award, Actor | Won | |||
2018 | MBC Drama Awards [63] | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Less Than Evil | Nominated |
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Won | |||
In Awe Award | Won | |||
2019 | 39th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Inseparable Bros | Won |
2020 | 34th KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor | Soul Mechanic | Nominated |
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Nominated | |||
2021 | 57th Baeksang Arts Awards [64] [65] | Best Actor (TV) | Beyond Evil | Won |
Country Or Organization | Year | Honor Or Award | Ref. |
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National Tax Service | 2007 | 41st Taxpayer's Day — Exemplary Taxpayer Commendation |
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