Name
Choi Min-sik
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1962-01-22 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Biography
Choi Min-sik (born May 30, 1962), is a South Korean actor. Known for his intense and transformative performances, he first gained recognition with the television series The Moon of Seoul (1994). His film breakthrough came with Shiri (1999), which established Choi as a leading actor. However, it was his role in Oldboy (2003) that cemented his status as one of South Korea's greatest actors. His performance was critically acclaimed and won him Best Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards, the Blue Dragon Film Awards, and the Grand Bell Awards.
Choi continued to star in high-profile films such as Lady Vengeance (2005), I Saw the Devil (2010), Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012), New World (2013), and The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), which became the highest-grossing film in South Korea. For his performance in the latter, Choi won the Grand Prize at the 51st Baeksang Arts Awards.
In 2014, Choi came to prominence in Hollywood with his role in Lucy (2014). He was also listed as Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year. Following this, he remained active in Korean cinema with works such as Forbidden Dream (2019) and Exhuma (2024). Choi also made his return to television with Big Bet (2022), his first drama series in over two decades.
Known For
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Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent...
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Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins exec...
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Ik-hyeon, a corrupt officer, joins forces with another crook, Hyung-bae, to continue his i...
- 2003 Oldboy as Oh Dae-su
- 1999 Shiri as Park Mu-young
- 2005 Lady Vengeance as Mr. Baek
- 1999 Happy End as Seo Min-ki
- 2005 Crying Fist as Gang Tae-shik
- 2001 Failan as Kang-jae
- 2002 Chihwaseon as Jang Seung-up
- 1998 The Quiet Family as Chang-goo
- 1988 Vapor
- 1989 On the Way to the Winter as Gi-dal
- 1997 No. 3 as Ma Dong-pal
- 2004 Springtime as Hyeon-woo
- 2013 New World as Kang Hyung-chul
- 2012 Nameless Gangster as Choi Ik-hyun
- 2010 I Saw the Devil as Kyung-chul
- 2011 Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild as Wanderer (voice)
- 2014 Lucy as Mr. Jang
- 2014 The Admiral: Roaring Currents as Admiral Yi Sun-Shin
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2009 Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells as Choi
- 2015 The Tiger as Man-deok
- 2004 Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War as North Korean Captain
- Soon The Intern as Ki-ho
- 2016 Old Days as Self
- 2017 The Mayor as Byeon Jong-gu
- 2017 Heart Blackened as Lim Tae-san
- 1992 Our Twisted Hero as Mr. Kim
- 1990 All That Falls Has Wings as Tae-sik
- 2012 Ari Ari the Korean Cinema as Self
- 1989 Kuro Arirang as Jin-seok
- 2013 In My End Is My Beginning as Doctor (voice) (cameo)
- 2019 Forbidden Dream as Jang Yeong-sil
- 2021 Heaven: To the Land of Happiness as 203
- 2019 The Battle: Roar to Victory as Hong Beom-do
- 2022 In Our Prime as Ri Hak-sung
- 1995 Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
- 1993 Sara Is Guilty
- 1992 May Our Love Stay This Way as Jun-hyeok
- 2024 Exhuma as Kim Sang-duk
- 2004 Autobiography of Oldboy
- 2005 The Making of Lady Vengeance
- Soon Gyosan
- 1995 The 4th Republic ( 30 episodes ) as Kim Dae-jung
- 2022 Blue Dragon Series Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1994 The Moon of Seoul ( 81 episodes ) as Park Chun-seob
- 2019 Modern Korea ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 Sohn's Questions ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Big Bet ( 16 episodes ) as Cha Mu-sik
- 2018 You Quiz on the Block ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 Notes from the Last Row ( 6 episodes ) as Heo Mun-oh
- 2025 New Old Boy : Dir. Park ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 Just an Excuse ( 1 episode ) as Self
