Justin H. Min

Min is a second-generation Korean American from Cerritos, California.^[1] He is improving his Korean,^[1] and wishes to participate in more Korean productions. He is also a second cousin of Ashley Park.^[4] Min is a Christian, and still uses the Bible his parents gave him when he was in middle school.^[5]

He graduated from Cerritos High School in 2007.^[6] 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.^[1][7][8]

Prior to acting, Min was a journalist and photographer for various magazines.^[3] He completed photography assignments for the J.A.M. Awards, inVISIBLE, and The Served.^[9]

Min began acting in 2012. His early roles include appearances on TV series Faking It, CSI: Cyber, and Pure Genius.^[9] 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.^[3][10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12] 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".^[13][14]

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.^[15] The film was expected to be released in 2020 but was delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

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.