Moon Woo-jin

In this Korean name, the family name is Moon.

Moon Woo-jin (Korean: 문우진; born February 19, 2009)^[1] is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 2016 and since then, he has appeared in a lot of television series. His first best-known work was in What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018). He also appeared in Peninsula, Vagabond, Once Again, School 2021, and Castaway Diva.

Moon Woo-jin
Moon in January 2025
Born	(2009-02-19) February 19, 2009 (age 16) Incheon, South Korea
Alma mater	Incheon Sanga Elementary School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2017–present
Agent	T-One Entertainment
Works	Filmography
Awards	Male Youth Acting Award at the 2020 KBS Drama Awards
Korean name
Hangul	문우진
Revised Romanization	Mun Ujin
McCune–Reischauer	Mun Ujin

Life and career

Moon Woo-jin was born on February 19, 2009 in Incheon, South Korea. In 2016, he made his first public appearance in Jeju Air's Space Museum CF then made his acting debut in 2016 with his special appearance on SBS TV series Our Gap-soon.^[2][3]

Moon is affiliated to T-One Entertainment artist management company.^[4]

Moon started to gain more public recognition for his acting as the young male lead in 2018 drama What's Wrong with Secretary Kim.^[5] In 2020, Moon appeared in KBS family weekend drama Once Again and got awarded as the best young actor for the first time at the 2020 KBS Drama Awards.^[6] In 2025, he performed his first villain role in his acting career through the Disney+ original drama Unmasked, where he portrayed a brutal serial killer without blood or tears.^[7][8]

Moon got appointed as Incheon City's public relations ambassador. In September 2021, he participated in 'Save the Heart' contest serving as a public model for the "Let's share our hearts" campaign.^[9]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Peninsula	Dong-hwan
2022	MoonParkJiHo	Ji-ho	short film	[10]
2023	Where Would You Like to Go?	Park Hae-soo		[11]
2024	Hijack 1971	Lee Han-bong		[12]
2025	Dark Nuns	Hee-joon		[13]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Our Gap-soon	Extra	Episode 50, 53, and 55	[3]
	The Person Who Gives Happiness	Young Lee Geon-u
2017	Suspicious Partner	Young Ji Eun-hyuk		[14]
	Unknown Woman	Hysterical child		[15]
	Bad Thief, Good Thief	Young Jang Min-jae		[16]
	The King in Love	Young Wang Won		[14]
	Live Up to Your Name	Young Heo Im		[17]
2017-2018	Man in the Kitchen	Young Lee So-won		[18]
	Oh, the Mysterious	Han Kang		[19]
2018	My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh	Young Oh Jak-doo		[20]
	Come and Hug Me	Young Chae Do-jin		[21]
	About Time	Young Lee Do-ha		[21]
	What's Wrong with Secretary Kim	Young Lee Yeong-joon		[22]
	Life on Mars	Kyung Ho	Episode 6	[21][18]
	My ID Is Gangnam Beauty	Young Do Kyeong-seok		[23]
	The Beauty Inside	Han Se-gye	Episodes 8, 9
2018-19	Gangnam Scandal	Young Hong Se-hyeon
2019	The Fiery Priest	Young Kim Hae-il
	Kill It	Young Kim Soo-hyun
	Arthdal Chronicles	Young Ta Gon
	Watcher	Young Kim Young-goon
	Vagabond	Cha Hoon	Episodes 1, 7, 9
	My Country: The New Age	Young Seo Hwi
2020	Once Again	Kim Ji-hoon		[24]
	The King: Eternal Monarch	Young Kang Shin-jae		[23]
	It's Okay to Not Be Okay	Young Moon Gang-tae
	Alice	Young Park Jin-gyeom	Episodes 1, 7
2021	Joseon Exorcist	Grand Prince Kang-nyeong	2 episodes	[25]
	The Devil Judge	Young Kang Yo-han		[26]
	School 2021	Young Gong Ki-joon		[27]
2022	Kiss Sixth Sense	Young Cha Min-hoo		[28]
2023	Oh! Youngsim	Kang Woo-chan	Episode 2
	Castaway Diva	Jung Ki-ho		[29]
	Drama Special - Dog Days of Summer	Kim Yi-jun	Season 14, episode 5	[30]
2024	The Atypical Family	Han Jun-woo		[31]
	Dear Hyeri	Young Jung Hyun-oh
	The Fiery Priest 2	Lee Sang-yeon		[32]
2025	Unmasked	Son Jun-Yeong	Episode 2, 3
	My Dearest Nemesis	Young Ban Joo-yeon		[33]
	When Life Gives YouTangerines	Gwan-sik ((teen)

Music video appearances

Year	Title	Artist	Length	Ref.
2017	"Beautiful"	Wanna One	8:10
2019	"Forever Love"	Min Kyung-hoon	3:44
	"Thumbs Up"	Momoland	3:27

Awards and nominations

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominated work(s)	Result	Ref.
Baeksang Arts Awards	2025	Best New Actor – Film	Dark Nuns	Pending	[34]
KBS Drama Awards	2020	Best Young Actor	Once Again	Won	[35]
	2023		Dog Days of Summer	Won	[36]
SBS Drama Awards	2019		Vagabond	Nominated	[37][38]
	2024		The Fiery Priest 2	Won	[39]