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Jang Hyun-sung

Acting Born Jul 17, 1970 Geoje, South Gyeongsang, South Korea 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Men on a Mission (2015) as Self
  • You Quiz on the Block (2018) as Self
  • My Little Old Boy (2016) as Self
  • Law of the Jungle (2011)
  • Duty After School (2023) as Minister of Defense Park Sang Man
  • While You Were Sleeping (2017) as Jung Il Seung
  • Humint (2026) as Minister Jung
  • The Return of Superman (2013) as Self
  • Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area (2022) as Kim Sang-man
  • Kim Je-dong's Talk to You (2015) as Self
  • Cashero (2025) as Hwang Hyeon-seung
  • Whenever Possible (2024) as Self
  • Signal (2016) as Kim Bum-joo
  • The King's Warden (2026) as Minister
  • Agency (2023) as Yoo Jeong-seok
  • Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022) as Yoon Su-kwang
  • The story of the day when the tail was bitten (2020) as Self
  • Doctors (2016) as Kim Tae-ho
  • Flex x Cop (2024) as Jin Myeong-Chul
  • Where Stars Land (2018) as Kwon Hee-seung
  • Doctor Prisoner (2019) as Jung Ui-Sik
  • Secret Door (2014) as Hong Gye-hui
  • Mrs. Cop (2015) as Park Woo-Jin
  • Live (2018) as Eun Kyung-mo