Han Hyun-min

In this Korean name, the family name is Han.

Han Hyun-min (Korean: 한현민; born 19 May 2001) is a South Korean model and actor, who gained national recognition by becoming the first Korean model of African descent to walk the catwalks in South Korea and internationally.

Han Hyun-min
Han in 2018
Born	(2001-05-19) 19 May 2001 (age 23) Seoul, South Korea
Occupations	Model actor
Years active	2016–present
Agent	Sublime
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Korean name
Hangul	한현민
Hanja	韓炫旻
Revised Romanization	Han Hyeon-min
McCune–Reischauer	Han Hyŏnmin

Early life

Han was born in 2001 to a Nigerian father and a Korean mother from the Cheongju Han clan. He was raised in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, where many foreigners in South Korea reside.^[1] Growing up in Seoul, Han faced racial discrimination as a biracial child and has publicly spoken up about his experiences.^[2]

Career

A modeling agency discovered Han via his Instagram at age 15 while he was still in school. They arranged a meeting and met at a coffee shop where they asked him to walk and signed him on the spot. He quickly became one of Korea's most in-demand models and was named one of TIME Magazine’s 30 most influential teens.^[2]

In June 2022, Han signed a contract with Sublime.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Special Delivery	Asif / Quick Repair Specialist		[4]

Music Videos

Year	Title	Korean Title	Artist
2018	"I Love You"	"난 널 사랑해"	Kim Bum Soo
2018	"Run It"		Jay Park, Woo Won-Jae, Jessi (for Nike)
2019	"Who I Am"		NIve
2021	"Gyopo Hairstyle"	"교포머리"	Peakboy

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Tale of Fairy	Ethiopian exchange fairy	Cameo, episode 16	[5]
2019	Hip Hop King - Nassna Street	Seo Ki-ha
2021	So Not Worth It	Hyun-min	Sitcom	[6][7]

Variety Show

Year	Title	Notes
2017	Radio Star	Guest with Kim Soo-yong, Momoland's JooE, Kwon Hyun-bin, and Hong Seok-cheon, episode 549[8]
2017-2018	My English Puberty	Regular member [9]
2018	Wizard of Nowhere	Guest with Yook Joong-wan (Rose Motel), episodes 21-25[10]
	My Little Old Boy	Guest with Yoon Jung-soo, episode 95[11]
	Knowing Bros	Guest with Lee Da-hee and Jang Sung-kyu, episode 112[12]
	King of Mask Singer	Contestant [13]
	Let's Eat Dinner Together	Guest with Jang Yoon-ju, episode 76 [14]
	I Can See Your Voice: Season 5	Guest panelist with Microdot, Jang Do-yeon and MeloMance's Kim Min-seok, episode 1[15]
	The Return of Superman	Guest, episode 211
	Happy Together Season 3	Guest with Abigail Alderete, Sam Okyere, Sazal Kim and Seventeen's Vernon, episode 533
	South Korean Foreigners	Regular member
	For The First Time In My Life	Main host
	Amazing Saturday	Guest with Tyler Rasch, episode 16
	1% Friendship	Guest, episode 10
September 4, 2018	My Neighbor, Charles	Panelist, episode 154
2018–present	My English Puberty Season 2	Guest
2018–2019	Cool Kids	Co-host with Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Shin-young, Red Velvet's Seulgi, Ahn Jung-hwan and Haon[16]
2019	Law of the Jungle	Guest with Jeon So-mi, Matthew Douma, Lee Jung Hyun and Lee Tae-gon[17]
April 4, 2019 – February 4, 2021	M Countdown	Co-host with Lee Dae-hwi[18][19]
2019	Boss in the Mirror	Guest with Woo Ji-won, NCT Dream's Na Jae-min, Zhong Chenle, and Park Ji-sung, Lee Hyun-yi and Park Yu-ri, episode 20 and 29
	Ask Us Anything Fortune Teller	Main host, episode 2 and 4
	Sky Muscle	Guest, episode 15
2019-2020	What is Studying?	Regular member with Shin Dong-yup, Eugene, So Yi-hyun and Ko Seung-jae
2020	TMI News	Guest with Kwon Hyun-bin, episode 47
	Hangout with Yoo	Guest with SSAK3, AB6IX's Lee Dae-hwi, Hwang Kwang-hee, Soyou, Teen Top, Eric Nam, Jessi, episode 54
	5Bros	Guest with Tony Ahn, Hong Yoon-Hwa and Austin Kang, episode 12
	Love On The Air: Season 2	Guest, episode 75
	Welcome, First Time in Korea? 2	Guest, episode 121
2021	Learn Way 2	Guest, episode 2