Jang Hyun-sung

Born: 1970-07-17 in Geoje, South Gyeongsang, South Korea

Known For: Acting

Biography

Jang Hyun-sung is a South Korean actor. He started his acting career as a member of the Hakjeon Theatre Company, before transitioning to film and television. Jang is best known for starring in director Song Il-gon's arthouse films such as Spider Forest and The Magicians, and most notably Feathers in the Wind, for which one review praised him for giving "the performance of his career." He also had major roles in Nabi, Rewind, My Right to Ravage Myself, Love Is a Crazy Thing, and My Friend and His Wife. Aside from acting, Jang was one of the screenwriters for the Moon Seung-wook film Romance. In 2013, Jang and his two sons began appearing in the reality/variety show Superman is Back, in which celebrity fathers babysit their children by themselves for 48 hours after sending their wives on a 2-day vacation.

Filmography

2026

Humint as Minister Jung
The King's Warden as Minister

2025

Cashero as Hwang Hyeon-seung
The Art of Negotiation as Ha Tae-su
김주하의 데이앤나잇
Chasing Borderless Crime as 내레이션

2024

Flex X Cop as Jin Myeong-Chul
Whenever Possible as Self
The Killers as Hyun-sang (segment "Everyone Is Waiting For The Man")
Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die as Narrator / Kim Dae-jung (voice)

2023

Duty After School as Minister of Defense Park Sang Man
Agency as Yoo Jeong-seok
Kill Boksoon as Bok-soon's Father
Rebound as Yongsan High School Coach
Single in Seoul as Jin-pyo

2022

Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area as Kim Sang-man
Under the Queen's Umbrella as Yoon Su-kwang
Hot Singers
My Son as Min-seok
Last Film

2021

Melancholia as Sung Min-joon
The One and Only as Pyo Gang-Sun

2020

The story of the day when the tail was bitten as Self
The House Detox
Tell Me What You Saw as Choi Hyung-pil
The Swordsman as Monarch
Sweet Munchies as Kang In-shik

2019

Doctor Prisoner as Jung Ui-Sik
Angel's Last Mission: Love as Jo Seung Hwan [Yun Seo's secretary]
The Running Mates: Human Rights as Kim Hyun-seok

2018

You Quiz on the Block as Self
Where Stars Land as Kwon Hee-seung
Live as Eun Kyung-mo
Hymn of Death as Lee Yong-moon
Twelve Nights as Baek Man

2017

While You Were Sleeping as Jung Il Seung
Man to Man as Department Head Jang
Queen For Seven Days as Shin Soo-Geun
Steel Rain as Jeong Se-yeong

2016

My Little Old Boy as Self
Signal as Kim Bum-joo
Doctors as Kim Tae-ho
Dear My Friends as Lee Il-woo
Woman with a Suitcase as Lee Dong-Soo
Curtain Call as Kang Min-gi

2015

Men on a Mission as Self
Mrs. Cop as Park Woo-Jin
Kim Je-dong's Talk to You as Self
Heard It Through the Grapevine as Seo Hyeong-shik
Assembly as Baek Do-hyun
C'est Si Bon as Lee Jang-hee (40s)
The Advocate: A Missing Body as Moon Ji-hoon
Love Never Fails as Sang-hyun

2014

Secret Door as Hong Gye-hui
Secret Love Affair as Kim In-Kyum
Three Days as Ham Bong-su

2013

2012

Ghost as Jeon Jae-wook
Big as Kang Hyuk-soo
How Long I've Kissed as Han Sang Jin

2011

Law of the Jungle
Vampire Prosecutor as Jang Chul-oh
Sign as Jang Min Suk

2007

Daughters-in-Law as Go Ju-myeong
New Heart as Kim Tae-joon
Behind the White Tower as Cho Myung-jun
Conspiracy in the Court as Lee Jae-han
The Great Catsby
The Perfect Couple as Kim Chi-gon
Femme Fatal as Detective

2006

Great Inheritance as Jung Man-ho
Maundy Thursday as Moon Yu-chan
My Love as Im Tae-Pyong
Romance
The Magicians as Myung-soo

2005

Love Is a Crazy Thing as Min-su
Princess Aurora as Kim Woo-taek
My Right to Ravage Myself as Sang-hyun
Never to Lose as Bag
Feathers in the Wind

2004

Precious Family as Ahn Ji-hwan
Spider Forest as Choi Seong-hyeon
Springtime as Kyung-soo
Ghost House as Park Gi-tae

2003

Spring Breeze as Writer Shim
Rewind

2002

Break Out as Chatterbox

2001

Kiss Me Much as Park
The Butterfly as K

2000

Real Fiction as Flower Shop Deliverer

1999

Shiri as Special Investigation Team