Choi Dae-chul

Choi Dae-chul
Choi Dae-chul
	Choi in December 2019
Born	Choi Won-chul; October 16, 1978 (age 45); South Korea
Education	Hanyang University - Dance
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002-present
Agent	Acom My ENT
Korean name
Hangul	최대철
Revised Romanization	Choe Dae-cheol
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Taech'ŏl
Birth name
Hangul	최원철
Revised Romanization	Choe Won-cheol
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Wŏnch'ŏl

Choi Dae-chul (born Choi Won-chul on October 16, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He has been active in musical theatre since 2002, but has also played supporting roles in television dramas such as Wang's Family (2013), Jang Bo-ri Is Here! (2014), My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol (2015), and Our Gap-soon (2016).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^{[unreliable source?]}

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Reprised
2004	Don Giovanni
	The Last Empress	Hong Gye-hun	2009
	Hard Rock Cafe
	Bastard, Bastard, Bastard
2005	Go! Waikiki Brothers		2009
2007	Innocent Steps	Young-sae
2007	Audition
2008	Manhwabang Misugi	Kim Jin-soo
2008	Xanadu^[6]	Terpsichore
2009	Dracula, the Musical	Dracula/Jonathan Harker
2009	The Prince and the Pauper
2010	All That Jazz	Yoo Tae-min
	I'll Marry in May	Multi-Man	2011-2012
	The Great Catsby^[7]	Houndu	2011
2011	If I Am with You	Father	2012, 2013
2011	On Air Chocolate	Alex
2012	Pinkie Finger	Lee Yong-ho
2012	More Chocolate	PD Kang Chul-han	2013
2014	Five Course Love
2014	Room of Hobbies	Akio Mizusawa
2019	A Better Tomorrow	Mark

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2011	Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror	So Ah-chun
	Princess Hwapyung's Weight Loss	Baek Mo-jin
	Our Happy Days of Youth
	Ji-hoon, Born in 1982
2012	Bridal Mask	Reporter Song
2013	Wang's Family	Wang Don
2014	Ugly Miss Young-ae 13	(cameo)
	Jang Bo-ri is Here!	Kang Nae-chun
	You Are My Destiny	Chief Secretary Tak
	Marriage, Not Dating	(cameo)
	The Tale of the Bookworm^[8]	Guru Lee
	The Final Puzzle	Min-chul
	House, Mate	Dae-chul
	You Are the Only One	Noh Young-gi
2015	Super Daddy Yeol	Shim Sang-hae
	Who Are You: School 2015	Swimming coach
	The Time We Were Not in Love	Department Head Yoon
	My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol	Im Shi-ro
	Sweet Home, Sweet Honey	Lee Bae-dal
2016	Becky's Back	Cha Jong-myung
	Love in the Moonlight	Eunuch Ma
	Our Gap-soon	Jo Geum-sik
2017	Introverted Boss	Restaurant owner (cameo, ep. 4)
	The Rebel	Bak Won-jong
	Band of Sisters	Jo Geum-man (cameo)
	Revolutionary Love	Lee Tae-kyung
	Meloholic	Lee Joo-seung
	Jugglers	Bong Jang-woo
2018	Evergreen	CEO Nam Ji-seok
	Marry Me Now	Team Leader Go
	After the Rain	Dae-chang
	The Beauty Inside^[9]	Donor (cameo, ep 1)
2019	Liver or Die^[10]	Jeon Chil-bok
	My Fellow Citizens!	Detective Lee
	Everybody Say Kungdari	Young Jang Kook-Hwan (ep. 9-12)
	Vagabond	Kim Do-soo
	House of the Universe	House owner
	When the Camellia Blooms	Hwang Kyu-shik
	Psychopath Diary	Gong Chan-seok
2020	Born Again	Seo Tae-ha
2020	Awaken	Yoon Seok-pil
2021	Hello, Me!	Park Jung-man
	Undercover	Choo Dong-woo
	Revolutionary Sisters	Bae Byeon-ho
	Inspector Koo	Heo Sung-tae
2022	The Golden Spoon	Lee Cheol^[11]
	Eve	Kang Yoon-Kyum's friend
	Red Balloon	Jo Dae-Geun
2023	Our Blooming Youth	Eunuch So^[12]
2023	The Real Has Come!	Gong Chun-myeong^[13]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Boys Flight	Team Kang	Season 1–2	^[14]

Film

Year	Title	Role
2012	Don't Cry Mommy	Yoo-lim's ex-husband
2015	Snowy Road	Bar owner (cameo)
2016	Hiya	Gong Chang-bong
2019	Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong	Chun Byung-chul
2022	The Fisherman	Jong-hoon^[15]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	King of Mask Singer	Contestant (Wing) Episode 187	N/A
2022	Hot Singers	Cast Member	^[16]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2015	MBC Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Special Project Drama	My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol	Nominated
2016	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Love in the Moonlight Sweet Home, Sweet Honey Becky's Back	Nominated
2019	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Liver or Die When the Camellia Blooms	Nominated
2019	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Team ^{[note 1]}	Vagabond	Nominated
2021	KBS Drama Awards^[17]	Best Supporting Actor	Revolutionary Sisters	Won
2022	MBC Drama Awards^[18]	Best Supporting Actor	The Golden Spoon	Nominated

Notes

^ with Park Ah-in, Moon Jeong-hee and Kim Jung-hyun

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