Park Sung-hoon

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Park Sung-hoon
Born	February 18, 1985 Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Gender	Male
Occupation	Actor
Appears in	Season 2 Season 3
Portrays	Cho Hyun-ju

Park Sung-hoon (박성훈 Bag Seong-hun^?) is a Korean actor who who portrays Cho Hyun-ju in Season 2 of the Netflix original series Squid Game.

Background

His casting choice was controversial due to some viewers wanting a trans actor to authentically portray their experiences on screen. It has also been argued by people on social media that the casting of the character reinforces the misconception that trans women are "men pretending to be women". While others argued that trying to put a trans person in the spotlight in South Korea was not reasonable. People also opined that having a trans character in a South Korean series at all is an important step in representation. Hwang Dong-hyuk explained that he chose Park over a trans person because of the lack of openly trans actors in Korea.

Of all the cast members of the second season, Park Sung-hoon's portrayal of the transgender ex-soldier Hyun-ju won significant praise from many critics. Many viewers also regarded Park's character as one of the most compelling characters in the second season, due to the character development and background of Hyun-ju and Park's dedication and depth in portraying Hyun-ju.

On December 29, 2024 he faced controversy after sharing a parody Japanese Adult Video cover of his show Squid Game on his social media, only to delete it swiftly. A representative from his agency, BH Entertainment went onto say “Park Sung Hoon received an overwhelming number of direct messages (DMs) on his social media. While checking the DMs, he accidentally uploaded the image. The actor himself was deeply shocked and feels extremely sorry for making such a mistake, especially in these circumstances. He will be more careful in the future to ensure this does not happen again.”