Justin Hong-Kee Min, born on March 20, 1990, is an actor from America. He started acting in Wong Fu productions. You might know him as Ben Hargreeves in the Netflix show The Umbrella Academy, which started in 2019. He also played the main role in the movie After Yang in 2021.
Early Life and Education:
Min is Korean American, and he grew up in Cerritos, California. He can speak Korean well. He graduated from Cerritos High School in 2007 and later went to Cornell University. At Cornell, he was part of the Student Assembly and graduated in 2011 with degrees in Government and English.
Career:
Before becoming an actor, Min worked as a journalist and photographer for different magazines. He did photography for events like the J.A.M. Awards. In 2012, he started his acting career, appearing in TV series like Faking It, CSI: Cyber, and Pure Genius. Min also worked with Wong Fu Productions, a company in Los Angeles, for projects like How I Became an Adult and Dating After College.
In 2019, he got a big role in The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, playing Ben Hargreeves. He became a main cast member in the second season. Min also took on a main role in the science fiction film After Yang, alongside Colin Farrell. The movie was supposed to come out in 2020 but got delayed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.