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My Take
Justin H. Min represents a career path I find genuinely encouraging: from Wong Fu's online shorts to The Umbrella Academy to carrying an art-house film like After Yang. What sets him apart, in my view, is stillness — he can hold a long, quiet close-up and let the audience do the feeling, which is rare in actors who came up through fast internet content. His photographer's eye probably helps; he seems to understand composition from both sides of the lens. A Cornell graduate who bet on himself in an industry with few roles for Asian American leads, he is building a filmography on taste rather than volume. I am watching closely.
Overview
Justin Hong-Kee Min (born March 20, 1990) is an American actor. He began his acting career with roles in several Wong Fu productions. He is known for portraying Ben Hargreeves in the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024), and for portraying the title role in After Yang (2021).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Justin H. Min
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャスティン・H・ミン
- Reading
- じゃすてぃん・H・みん
- Born
- March 20, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- Cerritos, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / photographer / television actor / reality television participant
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Cerritos High School
- University
- Cornell University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/justinmin/
- Xhttps://x.com/justinhmin
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20H.%20Min
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.