Son Hyun-joo (Son Hyun-joo), born on June 24, 1965, is a South Korean actor whose career began in 1991. A frequent presence on both television and in the movies, he has established himself as a character actor capable of portraying both ordinary people and figures in positions of authority.
He is gradually gaining recognition thanks to his roles in dramas First Love (1996), My Rosy Life (2005), Tazza (2008) and My Too Perfect Sons (2009). In 2012, he reached one of the major turning points in his career with The Chaser, in which he plays Detective Baek Hong-seok. The series, which initially received little media attention, became a hit with both critics and audiences.
On the big screen, he cemented his reputation with the thriller *Hide and Seek* and *Secretly, Greatly* in 2013, followed by *The Chronicles of Evil* and *The Phone* in 2015. In 2017, his performance in *Ordinary Person* earned him the Best Actor award at the Moscow International Film Festival. He subsequently appeared in *Jesters: The Game Changers* (2019), *Hansan: Rising Dragon*, and *The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die* (2022).
On television, Son Hyun-joo also plays major roles in Empire of Gold (2013), Three Days (2014), Criminal Minds (2017) and Justice (2019). It has regained widespread popularity with The Good Detective (2020), in which he plays Detective Kang Do-chang, a role he reprises in a second season in 2022. That same year, he plays In Tae-joon in both seasons of Trace.
In 2024, he played the lead role of Song Pan-ho in Your Honor and appears in Captivating the King. In 2026, he continued with The WONDERfools, Reborn Rookie and Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia. It is also announced in The Second Signal, in which he reprises a character connected to the universe of Signal.
