Park Hee-soon at 51, Heo Sung-tae at 44, and Jo Han-chul at 48

These middle-aged men have an average age of 47.6.

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Park Hee-soon (51), Heo Sung-tae (44), and Jo Han-chul (48) are attracting attention as unique characters. In a situation where it is not easy to transform their images as veterans, they are boldly showing various charms and are in their new heyday.

Park Hee-soon, the head of a drug organization on Netflix's "My Name", is considered a representative of 'middle-aged sexiness'. The sexy charm of coexistence and confrontation with the main character Han So-hee elicits an explosive response, creating a fandom among young viewers in their 20s and 30s. On social media and YouTube, videos of his appearance are gaining popularity and personal history such as marriage with Park Ye-jin in 2015 is also drawing attention. This attention is expected to continue its fever with Apple TV+'s "Dr. Brain" which will be unveiled on November 4th.

Heo Sung-tae is drawing attention from domestic and foreign fans for the global craze in Netflix's "Squid Game". The number of his social media followers, which was 10,000, has increased sharply to 2 million since the release of "Squid Game". In particular, it was revealed that he was a former expatriate in Russia, attracting Russian fans to SNS. Recently, he is also on entertainment programs. Unlike the role of a violent gangster in the drama, he draws viewers' curiosity with his delicate and gentle personality.

Jo Han-chul is appearing in tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama "Jirisan" following the end of the "Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha" which ended on the 17th. In the meantime, he has mainly played playful and warm-hearted characters, but has emerged as a responsible Jirisan National Park Ranger in "Jirisan". He is also considered mostly responsible for the viewing percentage of "Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha" with 12.7% (Nielson Korea) and 10.7% of "Jirisan". He is enjoying the atmosphere by introducing himself as 'the man responsible for tvN weekends'.