Jang Hyun-sung should not be confused with Jang Hyun-seung.
| Jang Hyun-sung | |||||||||||
| Image Upright: | 1.15 | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1970 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Geoje, South Gyeongsang, South Korea | ||||||||||
| Education: | Seoul Institute of the Arts – Theater | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1997–present | ||||||||||
| Agent: | YG Entertainment | ||||||||||
| Spouse: | Yang Hee-jung | ||||||||||
| Children: | 2 | ||||||||||
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Jang Hyun-sung (; born July 17, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He started his acting career as a member of the Hakjeon Theatre Company, before transitioning to film and television.[1] Jang is best known for starring in director Song Il-gon's arthouse films such as Spider Forest (2004) and The Magicians (2006), and most notably Feathers in the Wind (2005), for which one review praised him for giving "the performance of his career."[2] [3] [4] [5] He also had major roles in Nabi (The Butterfly) (2001), Rewind (also known as A Man Watching Video, 2003), My Right to Ravage Myself (2005), Love Is a Crazy Thing (2005), and My Friend and His Wife (2008). Aside from acting, Jang was one of the screenwriters for the Moon Seung-wook film Romance (2006).
In 2013, Jang and his two sons began appearing in the reality/variety show The Return of Superman (also known as Superman is Back), in which celebrity fathers babysit their children by themselves for 48 hours after sending their wives on a 2-day vacation.[6] [7] [8]
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Single in Seoul | President of the publishing company | |
| Rebound | Yongsan High School Coach[9] | ||
| Kill Boksoon | Gill Bok-soon's father[10] | ||
| 2022 | My Son | Min-seok[11] [12] | |
| 2020 | The Swordsman | King Gwanghae | |
| 2017 | Steel Rain | Jung Se-young | |
| 2016 | Curtain Call | Min-ki | |
| 2015 | CEO Moon Ji-hoon | ||
| Love Never Fails | Sang-hyun | ||
| C'est Si Bon | Lee Jang-hee | ||
| 2013 | Jin-sung | ||
| 2011 | Always | credited for original idea | |
| Painkiller (short film | voice | ||
| 2009 | Dance of Time | documentary narrator | |
| 2008 | My Friend and His Wife | Ye-joon | |
| 2007 | Femme Fatale | ||
| The Perfect Couple | cameo | ||
| 2006 | Maundy Thursday | Yoo-chan | |
| Romance | also credited as screenwriter | ||
| The Magicians | |||
| 2005 | Love Is a Crazy Thing | Min-su | |
| Princess Aurora | Kim Woo-tae | ||
| Never to Lose | cameo | ||
| My Right to Ravage Myself | Sang Hyun | ||
| Feathers in the Wind | Jang Hyun-sung | ||
| 2004 | Springtime | Kyung Su | |
| Ghost House | Park Gi-tae | ||
| Spider Forest | Choi Sung-hyun | ||
| 2003 | The Legend of the Evil Lake | ||
| Rewind | |||
| Spring Breeze | |||
| 2002 | Break Out | ||
| Survival Game | |||
| 2001 | Nabi | K | |
| Kiss Me Much | |||
| 2000 | Real Fiction | ||
| 1999 | Shiri | ||
| 1997 | The Story of an Unemployed Man |
| Year | Title | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Flex X Cop | Jin Myeong-chul | [13] | |
| 2023 | Agency | Yoo Jung-seok | [14] | |
| 2022 | Revenge of Others | Gi Wang-do | [15] | |
| Under the Queen's Umbrella | Yoon Soo-kwang | [16] | ||
| Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist | Yoo Hu-myeong (Cameo, Ep. 1) | [17] | ||
| Kim Sang-man | ||||
| 2021 | The One and Only | Pyo Kang-seon | ||
| Melancholia | Sung Min-joon | [18] | ||
| Lovers of the Red Sky | Han Geon | [19] | ||
| 2020 | Alice | Professor Jang Dong-shik (Cameo, Ep. 1) | ||
| Sweet Munchies | Kang In-shik | |||
| Tell Me What You Saw | Choi Hyung-pil | |||
| 2019 | VIP | Jang Jin-chul | ||
| Kim Hyun-suk | ||||
| Cho Seung-wan | ||||
| Doctor Prisoner | Prosecutor Jung Wi-shik | |||
| 2018 | Just Dance | Kwon Dong-suk | ||
| The Hymn of Death | Lee Yong-moon | |||
| Where Stars Land | Kwon Hee-seung | |||
| Twelve Nights | Lee Baek-man | [20] | ||
| Live | Eun Kyung-mo | |||
| 2017 | Temperature of Love | guest appearance, ep 2 | ||
| While You Were Sleeping | Jung Il-seung | |||
| Queen for Seven Days | Shin Soo-geun | |||
| Man to Man | Jang Tae-ho | |||
| 2016 | Woman with a Suitcase | Lee Dong-soo | ||
| Dear My Friends | Il-woo | |||
| The Doctors | Kim Tae-ho | |||
| Signal | Kim Bum-joo | |||
| 2015 | Assembly | Baek Do-hyun | ||
| Heard It Through the Grapevine | Seo Hyeong-sik | |||
| 2014 | Punch | Jang Min-seok | ||
| Secret Door | Hong Gye-hee | |||
| Secret Affair | Kim In-gyeom (cameo, ep 15-16) | |||
| Three Days | Ham Bong-soo | |||
| 2013 | Who Are You? | Psychiatrist Park Hyung-jin (cameo, ep 1-2) | ||
| Goddess of Marriage | No Seung-soo | |||
| The End of the World | Yoon Kyu-jin | |||
| 2012 | Vampire Prosecutor 2 | Jang Chul-oh (guest appearance, ep 10) | ||
| The King of Dramas | Kenji Watanabe | |||
| Five Fingers | Choi Seung-jae | |||
| Big | Kang Hyuk-soo | |||
| Phantom | Jeon Jae-wook | |||
| How Long I've Kissed | Han Sang-jin | |||
| History of a Salaryman | Choi Hang-ryang | |||
| 2011 | Drama Special For My Son | Tae-soo | ||
| A Thousand Days' Promise | Seo-yeon's doctor | |||
| Vampire Prosecutor | Jang Chul-oh | |||
| Sign | Jang Min-suk | |||
| 2010 | Drama Special Series | |||
| Pure Pumpkin Flower | Hyun-mook | |||
| Jejungwon | Min Young-ik | |||
| 2009 | Son of Man | |||
| Love and Obsession | ||||
| 2008 | Glass Castle | Kim Gyu-sung | ||
| The Scale of Providence | ||||
| 2007 | New Heart | Kim Tae-joon | ||
| Daughters-in-Law | ||||
| Conspiracy in the Court | ||||
| The Great Catsby | ||||
| Drama City Aperture | ||||
| Behind the White Tower | ||||
| 2006 | My Love | |||
| The Origin of Tears | ||||
| Great Inheritance | ||||
| 2005 | Drama City Who Murdered Kurt Cobain? | |||
| Drama City Leslie Cheung Is Dead? | ||||
| The Hard Goodbye | ||||
| 2004 | Precious Family | |||
| Terms of Endearment | ||||
| Drama City Flower Pinned on the Tip of a Knife | ||||
| 2003 | Rosemary |
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2014 | The Return of Superman | with sons Jang Jun-woo and Jang Jun-seo | |
| 2021 | The Story of the Day Biting the Tail 3 | Host[21] | |
| 2022 | Hot Singers | Cast Member[22] |