The year he turned 24, he debuted in the film Bleak Night as Baek Hee-joon. He was nominated for Best New Actor at the Buil Film Awards that year. In 2012, he played Ppogeuri in Dancing Queen, which drew 4.05 million admissions.
In 2013, he played the young Im Deok-kyu in Fists of Legend, losing 7 kg for the role. In 2014, he played Hwang-kyu in Hot Young Bloods. In 2015, he played Lee Won-suk in Office.
The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 29, he played the independence activist Song Mong-gyu in Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet. After the film opened, OSEN described him as an actor who had risen to prominence. That year he won Best New Actor (Film) at the Baeksang Arts Awards and Best New Actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards. At the Blue Dragon Film Awards he was the only winner chosen unanimously by the judges.
In 2017, he appeared in The King as Heo Ki-hoon. The film drew 5.31 million admissions. In 2018, he played Jin-tae, a younger brother with savant syndrome, in Keys to the Heart, and the rapper Simppeok in Sunset in My Hometown.
In July 2019, he opened the bookshop Chaekgwa Bam, Nat, and in September he appeared in Tazza: One Eyed Jack as Do Il-chul. In April 2020, he played Sang-soo in Time to Hunt, reuniting with director Yoon Sung-hyun after nine years, and in August he played Yui in Deliver Us from Evil. At the end of the year, he published Sallineun Il, the first book from his publishing house Muze.
In February 2021, he won Best Supporting Actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for Deliver Us from Evil, and in May he won Best Supporting Actor (Film) at the Baeksang Arts Awards for the same film. He closed the bookshop in June, and in November he played Bae Young-jae in Netflix’s Hellbound.
In 2022, he appeared in Decision to Leave as Hong San-oh. In 2023, he played Jang Do-ri in Smugglers, which drew 5 million admissions. In 2024, he played the independence activist Woo Deok-soon in Harbin.
In 2025, he played the young Im Young-gyu and his son Im Dong-hwan in The Ugly, and in November he was named Best Actor by the Korean Association of Film Critics. The year he turned 39, in February, he played Park Geon in Humint, and in May he won Best Actor (Film) at the Baeksang Arts Awards for The Ugly, completing the new actor, supporting and leading actor awards on a five-year cycle.
Park Jeong-min (born Mar 24, 1987) debuted on Mar 3, 2011, the year he turned 24, in the film Bleak Night, and became known in 2016, the year he turned 29, when he played the independence activist Song Mong-gyu in Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet. That year he won new actor awards at both the Baeksang Arts Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.