My Take
I came to Wi Ha-jun through Squid Game like most people, and honestly his performance as the undercover cop Hwang Jun-ho was the stealth MVP of that whole series. While everyone was screaming about the games and the masked men, Wi was out here carrying a slow-burn one-man thriller inside the thriller, all intensity and desperate resourcefulness with barely any backup. He holds the screen in a way that feels effortless even when the character is clearly in over his head. His work in the horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum showed early on that he has genuine range, and Bad and Crazy only confirmed it. He's one of those actors where you finish a show and immediately go looking for what else he's done.
Overview
Wi Hyun-yi (Korean: 위현이; August 5, 1991), known professionally as Wi Ha-joon (위하준), is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his role as Hwang Jun-ho in Squid Game (2021–2025). Wi has also starred in the films Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018), Shark: The Beginning (2021) and Midnight (2021), as well as the television series Something in the Rain (2018), Romance Is a Bonus Book (2019), 18 Again (2020), Bad and Craz…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Wi Ha-jun
- Name (Japanese)
- ウィ・ハジュン
- Reading
- うぃ・はじゅん
- Born
- August 5, 1991 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Goat
- Origin
- Wando County, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / model / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Sungkyul University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
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.