Mr. Hahn

Mr. Hahn (born March 15, 1977), is the turntablist for the American rock/nu-metal band Linkin Park. Hahn is a second-generation Korean American. He attended Hoover High School. After graduation, he took interest in visual arts and attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California with soon to be fellow Linkin Park bandmate, Mike Shinoda. His intended field of study was illustration but he decided to drop out to pursue a career overseeing special effects in film and television shows such as The X-Files, Sphere and Dune.

He joined Linkin Park (then called Xero) in 1996 as the band’s DJ. Since then, he has directed music videos for most singles of his band, with the exceptions of One Step Closer, Crawling and Faint. He has also directed videos for Static-X, Story of the Year, Xzibit, X-ecutioners and Alkaline Trio.


Hahn is known for his sarcastic and dry sense of humor during interviews.