Son Hyun-joo (Korean손현주; born June 24, 1965) is a South Korean actor. Since 1991, he has starred in numerous television series and films, such as First Love (1996), My Rosy Life (2005), My Too Perfect Sons (2009), Secretly, Greatly (2013), Empire of Gold (2013), The Chronicles of Evil (2015), and The Good Detective (2020–2022).

Son Hyun-joo
Son in 2019
Born (1965-06-24) June 24, 1965 (age 59)
Alma materChung-Ang University (Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film)
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
AgentBLADE Entertainment[2]
Korean name
Hangul
손현주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSon Hyeon-ju
McCune–ReischauerSon Hyŏnju
Websitebladeent.com

Most notable in his filmography are two low-profile projects in which he played the leading role, both of which became unexpected hits: critically acclaimed revenge drama The Chaser (2012),[3] and mystery thriller film Hide and Seek (2013).[4][5][6][7] In year 2017, Son won the Best Actor award at the 39th Moscow international film festival for his role in the movie Ordinary Person.[8]

Filmography

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Son Hyun-joo (2nd from left) at the 2012 London Korean Film Festival

Film

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Year Title Role Ref.
1996 Piano Man
1997 Baby Sale
1998 The Happenings unlucky prisoner
1999 The Spy
2001 Guns & Talks Tak Mun-bae
2004 Two Guys Vice chief Im
Liar Inspector Park
Father and Son: The Story of Mencius Father Pig
2005 Short Time Detective Kang Jong-tae
2006 Now and Forever Section chief Min
2007 Punch Lady Soo-hyun
2008 The Devil's Game Min Tae-suk
2013 Secretly, Greatly Kim Tae-won [9]
Hide and Seek Sung-soo
2015 The Chronicles of Evil Choi Chang-sik
The Phone Go Dong-ho
2016 The Hunt Detective Squad Chief Son
2017 Ordinary Person Kang Sun-jin
2019 Jesters: The Game Changers Han Myeong-Hoe
2022 When Spring Comes Ho-seong [10][11]
The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die gun-seller (Special appearances) [12]
Hansan: Rising Dragon Won Gyun [13]

Television series

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Year Title Role Ref.
1994 Salut D'Amour
1995 Sandglass
Even If the Wind Blows Kim Jin-gook
1996 First Love Ju Jung-nam
1998 Love on a Jujube Tree
Lie
1999 Happy Together
1999 Rising Star, Rising Moon
Sweet Bride
2000 The Thief's Daughter Min-gyu
Pardon Han Ho-sub
2001 School 4 Oh Dal-sung
Rules of Marriage Hwang Bok-soo
2002 The Woman Oh Man-soo
To Be With You Choi Min-ki
2003 Love Letter Father Peter
Near to You Won-joon
Lady Next Door Sang-tae
2004 Terms of Endearment Noh Kwang-taek
Passion Kang Woo-sik
2005 Single Again
My Rosy Life Ban Sung-moon [14]
2006 What's Up Fox Park Byung-gak
2007 H.I.T Jo Kyu-won
Several Questions That Make Us Happy Sun Jae-hyung
How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor Yang Duk-gil
First Wives' Club Gil Eok
2008 Tazza Go Kwang-ryul
2009 My Too Perfect Sons Song Jin-poong [15]
Swallow the Sun
Temptation of an Angel Pervert at the sauna (cameo)
2010 Jejungwon General (cameo)
Definitely Neighbors Kim Sung-jae [16]
My Sister's March Park Jong-pyo
KBS Drama Special:
"Texas Hit"
Jae-hoon
Thank You for Your Smile
2011 KBS Drama Special:
"Special Task Force MSS"
Hwang Joon-sung [17]
KBS Drama Special:
"Perfect Spy"
Sweeper
KBS Drama Special:
"Men Cry"
Nam-soo
Living in Style Na Dae-ra
2012 Take Care of Us, Captain Dae-young (cameo)
KBS Drama Special:
"True Colors of Kang-chul"
King
The Chaser Detective Baek Hong-seok
2013 Empire of Gold Choi Min-jae [18]
2014 Three Days President Lee Dong-hwi
2016 Signal Jang Young Chul (ep. 7, 11, 14, 16)
2017 Criminal Minds Kang Ki-hyung
2019 Justice Song Woo-yong
2020 Itaewon Class Park Seong-yeol (Cameo, Ep. 1–2 & 15)
2020 The Good Detective Kang Do-chang [19]
2022 Tracer In Tae-joon [20]
2024 Your Honor Song Pan-ho [21]

Variety show

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Year Title Notes Ref.
2021 Son Hyun-joo's Simple Station MC with Lim Ji-yeon and Kim Jun-hyun [20]

Discography

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Year Title Notes
1997 Ju Jung-nam's First Love Medley Album
1998 Ju Jung-nam's IMF Medley Best 21

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor First Love Won
1998 19th Blue Dragon Film Awards The Happenings Nominated
2000 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor The Thief's Daughter Nominated
Congeniality Award Won
2001 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor The Thief's Daughter Won
2002 KBS Drama Awards To Be with You Won
2003 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor Lady Next Door Nominated
2005 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor Single Again Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor My Rosy Life Won
Best Couple Award with Choi Jin-sil Won
2006 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor (TV) Nominated
2007 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Special Planning Drama First Wives' Club Nominated
2008 45th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor The Devil's Game Nominated
SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Special Planning Drama Tazza Won
2009 KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor My Too Perfect Sons Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Nominated
2010 Korean Popular Culture and Art Awards Citation Won
KBS Drama Awards Best Actor in a One-Act Drama/Special Texas Hit Won
SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama Definitely Neighbors Won
2011 48th Savings Day President's Commendation Won
SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama Living in Style Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Best Actor in a One-Act Drama/Special Perfect Spy Nominated
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) The Chaser Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actor Nominated
1st K-Drama Star Awards[22] Grand Prize (Daesang) Won
SBS Drama Awards[23] Grand Prize (Daesang) Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Nominated
Top 10 Stars Won
2013 49th Baeksang Arts Awards[24] Best Actor (TV) Won
40th Korea Broadcasting Awards Best Actor Won
2014 50th Baeksang Arts Awards Hide and Seek Nominated
23rd Buil Film Awards Nominated
SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Three Days Nominated
2015 The Korean Film Actors Guild Awards Top Star Award The Chronicles of Evil Won
52nd Grand Bell Awards Best Actor Nominated
2017 39th Moscow International Film Festival Ordinary Person Won [25]
Korean Film Shining Star Awards Star Award Won [26][unreliable source?]
8th Korean Popular Culture Awards Presidential Recommendation Won
2019 KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor Justice Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Nominated
Netizen Award, Actor Nominated

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