Huh Joon-ho

In this Korean name, the family name is Huh.

Huh Joon-ho (Korean: 허 준호; Hanja: 許 峻豪; RR: Heo Jun-ho; MR: Hŏ Chun-ho, born April 14, 1964) is a South Korean actor.^[3][2] His name was previously officially romanized as Hur Joon-ho^[4] and is sometimes romanized unofficially as Heo Joon-ho.

Huh Joon-ho
Born	(1964-04-14) April 14, 1964 (age 60) Seoul, South Korea[1]
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts – Theater
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present[2]
Agent	Story J Company[3]
Parent	Heo Jang-kang (father)
Korean name
Hangul	허준호
Hanja	許峻豪
Revised Romanization	Huh Joon-ho
McCune–Reischauer	Hŏ Chunho

His father was Heo Jang-kang, a well-known Korean actor. Huh began his career in theater, then became active in film and television as a character actor, notably in the 2003 box office hit Silmido for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the Grand Bell Awards.^[5][6][7] He has also reprised the leading role in the stage musical Gambler several times.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1986	Chung (Blue Sketch)	Joon-ho
1989	Good Morning, Ms. President	Kim Bbu-ri
1991	A Small Autocratic Republic	Moderator
	Green Sleeves	Vietcong Min
1992	27 Roses	Seung-jin
	White Badge	Sergeant Hong
1993	We Must Go to Apgujeong-dong on Windy Days	Kyung-tae
	To the Starry Island	Villager
1994	Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid	Actor in monitored fight scene (cameo)
	Coffee, Copy and a Bloody Nose	(cameo)
	Pirates	Heung-baek
	Jamon Jamon Seoul	Sung-wook
1995	My Father the Bodyguard	Seung-chul
	The Terrorist	Sang-chul
1996	A Petal	Yongdalcha man
	Two Men	Tae-sik
	Grown-ups Grill the Herring	Park Gong-yeop
1997	The Rocket Was Launched
	Partner	Silhouette
	The Last Defense	Na Hee-joo
	Man with Flowers	Seok-beom
1998	The Last Attempt	Park Cheol-kyu
	Blues	Cafe owner
2000	Artist	(cameo)
	Libera Me	Lee In-soo
2001	Volcano High	Mr. Ma
2002	Four Toes	Audie
2003	Silmido	Sergeant Jo Dong-il
2005	Never to Lose	Moon Bong-soo
	Dragon Squad	Captain Ko Tung-yuen
2006	The Restless	Ban-chu
2008	His Last Gift[9]	Jo Yeong-woo
	The Divine Weapon[10]	Chang-kang
2010	Moss[11]	Ryoo Mok-hyeon
2013	Crimes of Passion	Jung Hee-hyung
2017	The Merciless	Kim Sung-han (special appearance)
2018	Illang: The Wolf Brigade	Lee Gi-seok (special appearance)
	Default	Gab-su
2019	Forbidden Dream	Cho Mal-saeng[12]
2020	Innocence	Mayor Choo
2021	Escape from Mogadishu	Rim Young-soo [13]
2023	Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman	Beom Cheon[14]
	Noryang: Deadly Sea	Deng Zilong[15]
2025	Dark Nuns	Father Andrea[16]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1988	The Winter That Year Was Warm	In-jae
1993	My Mother's Sea	Jang-jae
	Walking to Heaven	Yong-dal
1994	The Last Match	Kim Seon-jae
1995	A Sunny Place of the Young	Hwang Yoon-bae
	Asphalt Man	Han Ki-soo
1996	Shooting	Pyo Wang-soo
	Power of Love	Kang-ho
1997	Revenge and Passion	Choi Sang-do
	The River of Maternal Love
1998	See and See Again	Park Ki-poong
1999	Roses and Bean Sprouts	Ho-sik
	The Boss	Balgarak ("Toes")
	Woman on Top	Song Yeon-woo
	Lost Baggage	Yong-man
2000	Bad Friends	Jung Soo-hyun
	Foolish Princes	Yeo Si-kwang
	The Full Sun	Park Heon-do
2001	Hotelier
2002	I Love You, Hyun-jung	Yoo Sang-ho
2003	All In	Yoo Jong-gu
2004	Into the Storm	(cameo)
	Precious Family	Park Chang-soo	[17]
2006	Love and Ambition
	Jumong	Hae Mo-su	[18]
2007	Lobbyist	James Lee/Lee Ho-joon
2016	A Beautiful Mind	Lee Gun-myung	[19]
2017	The Emperor: Owner of the Mask	Dae Mok	[20]
2018	Come and Hug Me	Yoon Hee-jae	[21]
2019–2020	Kingdom	An Hyun	[22]
2019	Designated Survivor: 60 Days	Han Ju-seung	[23]
2020–2023	Missing: The Other Side	Jang Pan-seok	[24]
2021	Undercover	Lim Hyeong-rak
2021–2022	Snowdrop	Eun Chang-soo	[25]
2022	Why Her	Choi Tae-kook	[26]
2025	Buried Hearts	Yeom Jang-soon	[27]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2023	Bloodhounds	President Choi	[28]
TBA	Mercy For None	Lee Joo-woon	[29]

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Mary, Mary
	Cats
	The Sound of Music
	Hard Rock Cafe
1999	Gambler	Casino boss
2000	The Life	Jojo
2005	Gambler[30]	Casino boss
2007	Hae-eo-hwa[31][32][33]	—	Theatre producer
2008	Gambler[34][8]	Casino boss
2009	Chicago[35]	Billy Flynn

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1995	16th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Terrorist	Won
1998	MBC Drama Awards	Popularity Award		Won
2000	6th Korea Musical Awards	Best Actor	Gambler	Won
2002	8th Korea Musical Awards	Popular Star Award		Won
2003	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	All In	Won
2004	41st Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Silmido	Won
	25th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	3rd Korean Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2006	MBC Drama Awards	Special Award, Actor in a Historical Drama	Jumong	Won
2017	10th Korea Drama Awards[36]	Special Jury Prize	The Emperor: Owner of the Mask	Won
2018	6th APAN Star Awards[37]	Best Supporting Actor	Come and Hug Me	Nominated
	2nd The Seoul Awards[38][39]	Best Supporting Actor (Drama)		Nominated
		Special Acting Award		Won
	MBC Drama Awards[40]	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries		Nominated
		Actor of the Year		Won
		Golden Acting Award		Won
2021	57th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Supporting Actor (Film)[41]	Innocence	Nominated
	30th Buil Film Awards[42][43]	Best Supporting Actor	Escape from Mogadishu	Won
	41st Korean Association of Film Critics Awards[44]	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards[45][46]	Best Supporting Actor		Won
	8th Korean Film Producers Association Awards	Besะ Supporting Actor[47]		Won
2022	58th Baeksang Arts Awards[48]	Best Supporting Actor – Film		Nominated
	Chunsa Film Art Awards 2022[49]	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards[50]	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Fantasy Drama	Why Her	Won

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External links

• Huh Joon-ho at Story J Company (in Korean)
• Huh Joon-ho at HanCinema
• Huh Joon-ho at IMDb 
• Huh Joon-ho at the Korean Movie Database
• Fan cafe at Daum