The year he turned 24, he debuted in the film Millennium Sarinhaengjingok. In 2004, he appeared in the film A Family. In 2011, he married the actor Oh Yu-jin.
In 2012, he played the loan shark in Helpless. He says this work made his face known to the public. He worked under his birth name, Park Sang-woo, at the time, and changed his name to Park Hae-joon that year with KBS2’s Jeon Woo-chi. In 2013, he appeared in the film Hwayi: A Monster Boy.
The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 38, he played Section Chief Chun Kwan-woong in tvN’s Misaeng: Incomplete Life and became known.
In 2016, he played the swimming coach Kim Kwang-soo in 4th Place. In 2017, he was nominated at the Wildflower Film Awards and the Buil Film Awards for the film. In 2018, he shaved his head to play a monk in My Mister and played a member of a drug organization in the film Believer.
In 2019, he was nominated at the Baeksang Arts Awards for Believer and played Mu-baek in tvN’s Arthdal Chronicles.
The year he turned 44, he played Lee Tae-oh, the husband of Ji Sun-woo, in JTBC’s The World of the Married. Sports Seoul writes that he rose to stardom with this series.
In 2021, he won the Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries at the APAN Star Awards for the series. In 2022, he appeared in I Haven’t Done My Best Yet. In 2023, he played Noh Tae-geon, a character modeled on former President Roh Tae-woo, in the film 12.12: The Day, which passed 10 million admissions.
In 2024, he appeared in Netflix’s The 8 Show and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for 12.12: The Day. In 2025, he drew attention again as Yang Gwan-sik in When Life Gives You Tangerines, appeared in the film Yadang: The Snitch, and won Best Actor at the Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards.
In 2026, he was nominated at the Baeksang Arts Awards for the film Humint and appeared in JTBC’s We Are All Trying Here.
Park Hae-joon (born Jun 14, 1976) debuted in 2000, the year he turned 24, in the film Millennium Sarinhaengjingok, and became known in 2014, the year he turned 38, as Section Chief Chun Kwan-woong in tvN’s Misaeng: Incomplete Life. He played Lee Tae-oh in JTBC’s The World of the Married in 2020, the year he turned 44, and Yang Gwan-sik in When Life Gives You Tangerines in 2025, the year he turned 49.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.
Appeared on screen for the first time as Cheol-ho.
Source 02 · My Daily (Korean) · Actors who have ripened evenly · opens in a new tabSource 03 · MHN Sports (Korean) · Joins Nambeol · opens in a new tabSource 01 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Park Hae-joon · opens in a new tab The debut year is confirmed in news reports. The role name is from Wikipedia.Played a subordinate of the gangster Chang-won.
Source 01 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Park Hae-joon · opens in a new tab Date from Wikipedia; not confirmed in news reports.Married Oh Yu-jin, an actor and a junior at Korea National University of Arts, after seven years of dating. They have two sons.
Source 04 · Gonggam News (Korean) · How old is Park Hae-joon to be married · opens in a new tabSource 05 · Xports News (Korean) · Park Hae-joon, 50, in his 16th year of marriage · opens in a new tabSource 06 · Newsen (Korean) · Park Hae-joon shares photos from his Korea National University of Arts years · opens in a new tab He is a cousin of the actor Tae In-ho.In Byun Young-joo’s film, played the loan shark who finds Kim Min-hee’s character and harasses her. He says this work made his face known to the public.
Source 07 · OSEN (Korean) · After Kim Min-hee’s Helpless succeeded · opens in a new tabSource 08 · Newsen (Korean) · Park Hae-joon on Helpless, 13 years later · opens in a new tabSource 09 · Newsen (Korean) · Park Sang-woo, loan shark in Helpless, now Park Hae-joon in Jeon Woo-chi · opens in a new tab He worked under his birth name, Park Sang-woo, at the time.Changed his name and played the street tough Dae-geun in Jeon Woo-chi. He says it was his first work after the name change and his first drama since debuting.
Source 09 · Newsen (Korean) · Park Sang-woo, loan shark in Helpless, now Park Hae-joon in Jeon Woo-chi · opens in a new tab The air date was not confirmed.Played another villain after Helpless.
Source 10 · Celeb Media (Korean) · Bad Cop, Park Hae-joon interview · opens in a new tabPlayed Section Chief Chun Kwan-woong, who joins Sales Team 3. The Hankook Ilbo and Sports Donga write that he made his name with this role.
Played the swimming coach Kwang-soo, who once had the talent to carry Korean swimming. The Hankook Ilbo introduces the film as his first lead role in a film.
Source 12 · Star News (Korean) · Park Hae-joon interview · opens in a new tabSource 41 · Hankook Ilbo (Korean) · Section Chief Chun in his first lead film role · opens in a new tabWas nominated for Best Actor at the Wildflower Film Awards and Best New Actor at the Buil Film Awards for 4th Place.
Source 01 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Park Hae-joon · opens in a new tab Date from Wikipedia; not confirmed in news reports.Appeared as a monk and shaved his head. He says this later connected to his casting in When Life Gives You Tangerines.
Source 13 · News1 (Korean) · Ratings: My Mister · opens in a new tabSource 14 · Sports Donga (Korean) · Park Hae-joon shaves his head in My Mister · opens in a new tabPlayed Park Seon-chang, a member of a drug organization. Sports Seoul writes that he made his name with this film.
Source 15 · News1 (Korean) · Believer stays No. 1 longest · opens in a new tabSource 10 · Celeb Media (Korean) · Bad Cop, Park Hae-joon interview · opens in a new tabSource 16 · Sports Seoul (Korean) · Park Hae-joon on the Gwan-sik phenomenon · opens in a new tabSource 43 · Sports Seoul (Korean) · From Park Hae-soo to Park Hae-joon, signature roles as villains · opens in a new tabWas nominated for Believer.
Source 17 · Maeil Shinmun (Korean) · 2019 Baeksang Best Supporting Actor (Film) nominees · opens in a new tabPlayed Mu-baek.
Source 18 · Maeil Business (Korean) · Arthdal Chronicles opens at 8.0% · opens in a new tabSource 01 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Park Hae-joon · opens in a new tab The first air date is confirmed in news reports. The role name is from Wikipedia.Played Lee Tae-oh, the husband of Ji Sun-woo, played by Kim Hee-ae. Sports Seoul writes that he rose to stardom with this series.
Source 19 · Yonhap News Agency (Korean) · TV viewers’ picks: The World of the Married ranks first · opens in a new tabSource 16 · Sports Seoul (Korean) · Park Hae-joon on the Gwan-sik phenomenon · opens in a new tabSource 43 · Sports Seoul (Korean) · From Park Hae-soo to Park Hae-joon, signature roles as villains · opens in a new tabSource 21 · YTN (Korean) · The World of the Married is over, but · opens in a new tabSource 20 · MK Sports (Korean) · Lee Sang-yeob turns into Lee Tae-oh · opens in a new tab It ended on May 16 at 28.4% (Nielsen Korea, nationwide), its highest rating. Lee Tae-oh’s lines were also parodied on SBS’s Running Man.Won for The World of the Married.
Source 01 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Park Hae-joon · opens in a new tab Date from Wikipedia; not confirmed in news reports.Played Nam Geum-pil, a man in his forties who quit his job to become an aspiring cartoonist. It also aired on tvN from June.
Source 23 · Korea Lecturer News (Korean) · I Haven’t Done My Best Yet · opens in a new tabIn a film about the Dec. 12, 1979 military coup, played Noh Tae-geon, commander of the 9th Division, a character modeled on former President Roh Tae-woo. The film passed 10 million admissions in 33 days.
Source 24 · Nocut News (Korean) · The records 12.12: The Day left behind · opens in a new tabSource 25 · JTBC (Korean) · Park Hae-joon on referencing former President Roh Tae-woo · opens in a new tabSource 26 · Newsis (Korean) · 12.12: The Day passes The Roundup: No Way Out · opens in a new tabIn Han Jae-rim’s survival series, played Tae-seok, who lives on the 6th floor.
Source 27 · Celeb Media (Korean) · The 8 Show to be released May 17 · opens in a new tabSource 28 · Kyunghyang Shinmun (Korean) · The 8 Show review · opens in a new tabWas nominated for 12.12: The Day, with Koo Kyo-hwan, Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Hee-joon and Jung Hae-in.
Source 29 · Star News (Korean) · 12.12: The Day’s Hwang Jung-min wins Best Actor · opens in a new tabSource 30 · Weekly Today (Korean) · Park Hae-joon gives a thumbs up at the Blue Dragon Film Awards · opens in a new tabIn the series set on Jeju, IU and Park Bo-gum played the young Ae-sun and Gwan-sik, and Moon So-ri and Park Hae-joon played them in middle age. His Gwan-sik drew a strong audience response.
Source 31 · Financial News (Korean) · When Life Gives You Tangerines review, donation of proceeds · opens in a new tabSource 32 · Sisun News (Korean) · The world’s emerald · opens in a new tabSource 16 · Sports Seoul (Korean) · Park Hae-joon on the Gwan-sik phenomenon · opens in a new tabIn a film about the drug broker world, played Oh Sang-jae, a narcotics squad detective.
Source 33 · Star Daily News (Korean) · S Photo: Park Hae-joon · opens in a new tabSource 34 · Maxmovie (Korean) · Director Hwang Byung-gook interview · opens in a new tabSource 16 · Sports Seoul (Korean) · Park Hae-joon on the Gwan-sik phenomenon · opens in a new tabWon in the drama category for When Life Gives You Tangerines.
Source 35 · Readers News (Korean) · 33rd Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards · opens in a new tabSource 36 · Job Post (Korean) · Park Hae-joon at the Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards · opens in a new tabIn Ryoo Seung-wan’s film, played Hwang Chi-seong, North Korea’s consul general.
Source 37 · Top Star News (Korean) · Cho In-sung and Park Jung-min’s Humint release confirmed · opens in a new tabIn the drama by the writer Park Hae-young and the director Cha Young-hoon, played Hwang Jin-man, the older brother of Hwang Dong-man, played by Koo Kyo-hwan.
Source 39 · bnt News (Korean) · We Are All Trying Here premiere · opens in a new tabSource 40 · Newsis (Korean) · Mega MGC Coffee supports production · opens in a new tabSource 22 · MBC Entertainment (Korean) · Koo Kyo-hwan wins Best New Director · opens in a new tabWas nominated for Humint, with Ryu Seung-bum, Yoo Ji-tae and Jang Yong.
Source 38 · Newsis (Korean) · Humint’s Shin Se-kyung wins Best Supporting Actress · opens in a new tabEND OF SELECTED RECORDSSelected records, 2000–2026 · not a complete list of work. “Key moment” is an editorial label, not a measure of success.
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Jun 14, 1976 —
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