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Jin Ha is a South Korean-born American actor known for his roles in the TV series Devs, Love Life, and Pachinko in addition to the musical Hamilton.
- Acting Became His Way to Fit in
- He Eschewed A Career in Finance For Acting
- He’S Also A Broadway Actor
- He Is An Activist First, An Artist Second
- He Loves Hanbok
- He’S A Skilled Linguist and Musician
Ha shares a similarly international background to Baek. Born in Seoul, South Korea, when he was three, his family moved to Hong Kong, and then at eight, they immigrated to the US. Each time he arrived in a new place, he tried hard to fall in line with society. Surrounded by “white upper-middle-class students” in the US, he tried hard to dress like ...
While Ha had a lot of fun on stage during his teenage years, he described himself as being “very type A” in the NBC interview, saying that when it came to picking a university degree for himself, security had been his priority and he’d decided to pursue a career in finance rather than acting. He even applied for internships with banks and hedge fun...
After joining the ensemble of Shakespeare in the Park’s Troilus and Cressida in 2016, Ha debuted as a theatrical actor on Broadway in M. Butterfly in 2017. He played Song Liling, a man masquerading as a female Chinese opera singer who won the love of a French diplomat. He was also the first Asian-American to play King George in Hamilton (the 2016 C...
Inspired by American artist and activist Harry Belafonte after seeing a talk by the singer at Columbia University, Ha decided there and then that activism was important. “To know that there’s a lighthouse like [Belafonte] in our industry, one of many, gave me the encouragement to seriously pursue a career in the joy that is play-acting while contin...
At Pachinko’s world premiere in Los Angeles, Ha turned heads when he showed up in a gorgeous hot pink and mauve hanbok. Growing up in a family that always wore traditional Korean clothes for special events, he said he’d been waiting for an opportunity to wear one in public for a while, according to Esquire. “I always loved the women’s hanbok. The c...
Since Ha’s character Baek speaks Korean, Japanese and English in the show, he had to study hard to get the dialects and accents in Pachinkoright, and likened the work he did with his coach to an “eight-month doctoral thesis course”. He’s no stranger to such study though, having done a degree in East Asian languages and culture at Columbia Universit...
Jin Ha is a Korean-American actor, producer and soundtrack performer. He has appeared in TV shows such as Pachinko, Devs and Love Life, and movies such as Civil War and Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
- Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
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Mar 24, 2022 · Jin Ha Interview on 'Pachinko', His Korean-American Roots, and Finding the Perfect Hanbok. Entertainment. TV. Pachinko Is a TV Triumph. But Jin Ha Has Bigger Aims. The star takes us inside...
- Grand Central Publishing
- Books And Fiction Editor
- awestenfeld@hearst.com
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Apr 29, 2022 · Jin Ha as Solomon in Pachinko, based on Min Jin Lee's bestselling novel of the same name. Solomon returns from America to Japan at the start of Pachinko. Ha brings a part of himself to every...
- Senior News Editor
- 2 min
Jun 24, 2022 · Jin Ha talks about his experience playing Solomon Baek, a Zainichi Korean businessman, in the Apple TV+ drama Pachinko. He shares his connection to the character, the book, and his co-star Yuh-Jung Youn, who won an Oscar for Minari.
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