Jang Hyun-sung

Born: 1970-07-17

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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The Swordsman

as Monarch
Released: 2020-09-23

After being blinded in a coup against the king, Joseon's greatest swordsman goes into hiding,...

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Kill Boksoon

as Bok-soon's Father
Released: 2023-02-17

At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing?...

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Hwayi: A Monster Boy

as Jin-seong
Released: 2013-10-09

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage...

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Steel Rain

as Jeong Se-yeong
Released: 2017-12-14

Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt...

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Shiri

as Special Investigation Team (uncredited)
Released: 1999-02-13

North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and...

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Spider Forest

as Choi Seong-hyeon
Released: 2004-09-03

TV Producer Kang Min enters Spider Forest for a documentary. He enters a cabin and discovers two...

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Maundy Thursday

as Moon Yu-chan
Released: 2006-09-14

Yujeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a...

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C'est Si Bon

as Lee Jang-hee (40s)
Released: 2015-02-05

A beautiful socialite enters the lives of three bickering musicians and inspires them to write a...

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Ghost House

as Park Gi-tae
Released: 2004-09-17

Park Pil-gi’s family has never owned a house for three generations. They have to live in a...

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Rebound

as Yongsan High school coach
Released: 2023-04-05

This true story retells the incredible tale of the 2012 National High School Basketball...

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The Advocate: A Missing Body

as Moon Ji-hoon
Released: 2015-10-08

When his client suddenly confesses to murder in open court, a hotshot attorney embarks on a...

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Single in Seoul

as Jin-pyo
Released: 2023-11-29

A writer who praises living a life of single teams up with an editor who is desperate about...

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Princess Aurora

as Kim Woo-taek
Released: 2005-10-27

A woman gets killed in a department store. No one imagines this could lead to serial murders,...

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Break Out

as uncredited
Released: 2002-07-17

How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry...

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Kiss Me Much

as uncredited
Released: 2001-08-31

The life of a happy family is thrown into turmoil when they are given 30 days to pay back a...

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Real Fiction

as Flower Shop Deliverer
Released: 2000-06-24

A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the...

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Femme Fatal

as Detective
Released: 2007-08-22

A gorgeous movie star invites four men to a party to choose her lover. However, they start being...

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Curtain Call

as Kang Min-gi
Released: 2016-12-08

As a B grade erotic theater group is about to close down, affected by the economic recession,...

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The Romance

as uncredited
Released: 2006-03-16

Yoon-hee is so harassed by her husband's obsession and frantic love, that even breathing is...

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The Perfect Couple

as Kim Chi-Gon
Released: 2007-01-25

While eating skewered tempura at a street vendor, young reporter Choi Soo-jin accidentally...

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Love is a Crazy Thing

as Min-su
Released: 2005-12-09

Jeon Mi-sun stars as Au-jin, a bored housewife living in Busan. Her husband does very little to...

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Springtime

as Kyung-soo
Released: 2004-09-16

A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town.

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My Friend & His Wife

as Ye-joon
Released: 2008-11-27

Two young men, Ye-joon and Jae-moon, have been close friends since doing military service...

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Love Never Fails

as Sang-hyun
Released: 2015-09-10

No pain, no gain. This is the motto of the Yoo family: the father is a successful doctor, the...

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Magicians

as Myung-soo
Released: 2005-08-03

Two long time friends who used to play in the band "Magicians" are sitting and drinking in...

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Rewind

as uncredited
Released: 2003-11-28

Han is a videostore owner who has been receiving anonymous lover letters. After finding a...

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The Butterfly

as K
Released: 2001-10-13

In a near future Korea, where an "oblivion virus" which causes memory loss has become the centre...

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Dance of Time

as uncredited
Released: 2009-12-03

A documentary about Korean Cubans, whose ancestors arrived 100 years ago.

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My Son

as Min-seok
Released: 2022-10-19

Normal is relative. A father, taking care of the 19-year-old handicapped son who declares his...

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Last Film

as uncredited
Released: 2022-12-29

Park Sang-min, who teaches film at the University's Department of Film, is a film director who...

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Feathers in the Wind

as uncredited
Released: 2005-01-14

Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern...

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Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2024-01-10

Kim Dae Jung, who stands next to people in the middle of caotic history! A young businessman Kim...

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My Right to Ravage Myself

as Sang-hyun
Released: 2005-04-15

S is a suicide designer who assists people to commit suicide according to a method of their own...

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Men on a Mission

as Himself
First aired: 2015-12-05

Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and...

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Law of the Jungle

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-10-21

Law of the Jungle is a hybrid reality show combining elements of drama and documentary. The show...

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My Little Old Boy

as Self
First aired: 2016-08-26

How much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up...

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The Return of Superman

as Himself
First aired: 2013-11-03

An up-close look at celebrity dads who have to take care of their kids for the next 48 hours...

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Kim Je-dong's Talk to You

as Himself
First aired: 2015-05-03

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While You Were Sleeping

as Jung Il Seung
First aired: 2017-09-27

Burdened with visions of the future in their dreams, a young woman and two men try to prevent...

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Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area

as Kim Sang-man
First aired: 2022-06-24

Disguised under the shadows of a mask, a crew of desperados band together under the leadership...

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Where Stars Land

as Kwon Hee-Seung
First aired: 2018-10-01

This series follows people who work diligently at Incheon International Airport. Lee Soo Yeon...

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Duty After School

as Minister of Defense Park Sang Man
First aired: 2023-03-31

When mysterious alien spheres start invading the world, high school students are called upon to...

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Signal

as Kim Bum-joo
First aired: 2016-01-22


Detectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to...

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Doctors

as Kim Tae-ho
First aired: 2016-06-20

A recalcitrant, delinquent teen girl meets a compassionate teacher, who inspires her to alter...

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Agency

as Yoo Jeong-seok
First aired: 2023-01-07

A self-made executive navigates the cutthroat world of advertising, stopping at nothing — no...

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Precious Family

as Ahn Ji-hwan
First aired: 2004-10-16

Precious Family is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hee-ae, Hur Joon-ho, Song...

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Mrs. Cop

as Park Woo-Jin
First aired: 2015-08-03

After long and grueling hours immersed in brutal crime investigations, lead detective Choi Young...

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Behind the White Tower

as Cho Myung-jun
First aired: 2007-01-06

Based on renowned Japanese novelist Yamazaki Toyoko's representative work Shiroi Kyotō, the...

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Goddess of Marriage

as Noh Seung-soo
First aired: 2013-06-29

Goddess of Marriage is a 2013 South Korean romantic comedy-drama series starring Nam Sang-mi,...

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Under the Queen's Umbrella

as Yoon Su-kwang
First aired: 2022-10-15

A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of...

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Daughters-in-Law

as Go Ju-myeong
First aired: 2007-07-28

Daughters-in-Law is a South Korean drama that aired from July 28, 2007 to January 20, 2008 in...

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Queen For Seven Days

as Shin Soo-Geun
First aired: 2017-05-31

In the Joseon period, a noblewoman from a powerful clan marries the Crown Prince but is deposed...

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New Heart

as Kim Tae-joon
First aired: 2007-12-12

Cardiac surgery is one of the most demanding and difficult forms of surgery, and it's not as...

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Secret Door

as Hong Gye-hui
First aired: 2014-09-22

A re-imagining of the legendary tale of the troubled father-son relationship between King...

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Ghost

as Jeon Jae-wook
First aired: 2012-05-30

The police procedural tackles crimes and clues in the cyber world, weaving a massive,...

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Heard It Through the Grapevine

as Seo Hyeong-shik
First aired: 2015-02-23

Han In Sang and Seo Bom are young and in love, despite major differences in wealth and status....

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Doctor Prisoner

as Jung Ui-Sik
First aired: 2019-03-20

An ace doctor in a university hospital is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident...

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Dear My Friends

as Lee Il-woo
First aired: 2016-05-13

Life is ever-delightful — and ever-challenging — for a group of friends in their twilight years...

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Hymn of Death

as Lee Yong-moon
First aired: 2018-11-27

Based on a true story, the drama tells the tragic love story of Kim Woo Jin, a married stage...

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Big

as Kang Hyuk-soo
First aired: 2012-06-04

18-year-old Kang Gyung-Joon's spirit suddenly becomes transplanted in the body of 30-year-old...

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Man to Man

as Department Head Jang
First aired: 2017-04-21

From Kim Won Seok, the writer of Descendants of the Sun, a drama about a special bodyguard with...

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Vampire Prosecutor

as Jang Chul-oh
First aired: 2011-10-02

Min Tae Yeon isn't your typical vampire or your typical prosecutor. Rather than drinking blood...

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Melancholia

as Sung Min-joon
First aired: 2021-11-10

A sexual scandal between a math teacher and a student in a prestigious high school ended in...

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Three Days

as Ham Bong-su
First aired: 2014-03-05

Three shots are fired and the president of South Korea suddenly goes missing from his vacation...

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Live

as Eun Kyung-mo
First aired: 2018-03-10

The police officers at South Korea's busiest patrol division toil day and night as keepers of...

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Secret Love Affair

as Kim In-Kyum
First aired: 2014-03-17

Despite being married and having a fulfilling career as a sophisticated arts foundation...

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The One and Only

as Pyo Gang-Sun
First aired: 2021-12-20

A contract killer gets entangled with a murder case and three terminally ill women who have each...

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Sign

as Jang Min Suk
First aired: 2011-01-05

A medical investigation drama about forensic doctors solving murder cases. Go Da Kyung is an...

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Assembly

as Baek Do-hyun
First aired: 2015-07-15

Jin Sang Pil is elected as a member of the national assembly. Prior to becoming a national...

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Woman with a Suitcase

as Lee Dong-Soo
First aired: 2016-09-26

A successful career woman gets framed for a crime and works her way back up after serving her...

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Grudge: The Revolt of Gumiho

as Yun Doo-Soo
First aired: 2010-07-05

For the sin of falling in love with a human, Gumiho gives birth to a daughter and enters the...

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Tell Me What You Saw

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-02-01

The eccentric Oh Hyun Jae was a peerless criminal profiler until a bomb planted by a serial...

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Hot Singers

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-03-14

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Great Inheritance

as Jung Man-ho
First aired: 2006-05-03

Great Inheritance is a 2006 South Korean television drama starring Kim Jaewon and Han Ji-min. It...

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Sweet Munchies

as Kang In-shik
First aired: 2020-05-25

To get his own TV show, a chef known for delectable late-night eats tells a major lie that...

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How Long I've Kissed

as Han Sang Jin
First aired: 2012-02-29

A housewife is in a state of ambivalence about her children's education and the craze towards...

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My Love

as Im Tae-Pyong
First aired: 2006-10-27

Jang Mi-ran has been widowed for the last 5 years after her husband died in an accident. She has...

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Conspiracy in the Court

as Lee Jae-han
First aired: 2007-07-09

Conspiracy in the Court, is a 2007 Korean historical drama broadcast on KBS2. The mystery...

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The Running Mates: Human Rights

as Kim Hyun-seok
First aired: 2019-09-18

The ‘Human RIghts Promotion’ team helps out people who are in need to protect and secure their...

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Twelve Nights

as Baek Man
First aired: 2018-10-12

Yoo Kyung and and Hyun Oh surprisingly keep bumping into each other over the course of three...

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The End of the World

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-03-16

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The Great Catsby

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-07-04

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