Son Hyun-joo

Son Hyun-joo (Korean: 손현주; 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).

In this Korean name, the family name is Son.

Son Hyun-joo
Son in 2019
Born	(1965-06-24) June 24, 1965 (age 59) Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea[1]
Alma mater	Chung-Ang University (Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Agent	BLADE Entertainment[2]
Korean name
Hangul	손현주
Hanja	孫賢周
Revised Romanization	Son Hyeon-ju
McCune–Reischauer	Son Hyŏnju
Website	bladeent.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

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

Film

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

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

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

Discography

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

Awards and nominations

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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External links

• 손현주 (Son Hyun-joo) on Cyworld (lets6570) (in Korean)
• Son Hyun-joo at HanCinema
• Son Hyun-joo at the Korean Movie Database
• Son Hyun-joo at IMDb