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).
Early life and education Min is a second-generation Korean American from Cerritos, California. He is improving his Korean, and wishes to participate in more Korean productions. He is also a second cousin of Ashley Park. Min is a Christian, and still uses the Bible his parents gave him when he was in middle school.
He graduated from Cerritos High School in 2007. He then attended Cornell University, where he served on the Student Assembly as the Minority Liaison; he graduated from the school's College of Arts & Sciences in 2011 with degrees in Government and English.
Career Prior to acting, Min was a journalist and photographer for various magazines. He completed photography assignments for the J.A.M. Awards, inVISIBLE, and The Served.
Min began acting in 2012. His early roles include appearances on TV series Faking It, CSI: Cyber, and Pure Genius. He is a collaborator of Wong Fu Productions, an independent production company based in Los Angeles, having starred in their 2017 short film How I Became an Adult and their 2019 web series Dating After College, among other projects.
In 2019, Min began starring in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy as Ben Hargreeves. He was promoted to the main cast, from recurring character, in the second season. As the character was only shown in flashbacks in the comic books, Min was not part of the early publicity for the series in order to keep his role a secret. Min also used the expanded role in the television show to develop the character "from the ground up", and worked closely with Ethan Hwang, who played a young Ben, to ensure a "similar essence".
In April 2019, it was announced that Min had been cast in a main role in the science fiction film After Yang, starring Colin Farrell. The film was expected to be released in 2020 but was delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Min participated in the second season of The Devil's Plan, a Korean Netflix reality competition series, streamed in May 2025, and was the 6th player eliminated.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2016RebirthIntern #22021After YangYang2023ShortcomingsBen Tagawa2024 The Greatest HitsDavid Park DetainedIsaac Barsi Turn Me On Christopher 2025 Lost in StarlightJay (voice)English dub Untitled Home Invasion RomanceStu ChoJourney ThereMin-jun2026 Handle With Care‘The Umbrella Academy’ Star Justin H. Min To Lead Cast In Feature ‘Handle With Care Cole Post-production Slide Strum MuteNam-giCallbackMaxShort Film
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2014Discord and HarmonyMichaelEpisode: "You Think You Know Someone"2014Faking ItBobbyEpisodes: "The Ecstasy and the Agony", "Busted"; as Justin Min2015CSI: CyberCollege KidEpisode: "Crowd Sourced"2016Pure GeniusEugeneEpisode: "Bunker Hill, We Have a Problem"2018Beerfest: Thirst for VictoryKyleTelevision film2019–2024The Umbrella AcademyBen HargreevesRecurring role (season 1), main role (seasons 2–4); 36 episodes2019Dating After CollegeCameronMiniseries; main role; 7 episodes2020New AmsterdamJason HuangEpisode: "Liftoff"2023BeefEdwinRecurring role2025The Devil's PlanContestantSecond season
Podcast YearTitleRoleNotes2022Love and NoraebangJaesun ChoiRecurring role Theater YearTitleRoleNotes2026DataAlexOff-Broadway, Lucille Lortel Theatre
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