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Choi Jung-woo
Choi Jung-woo
	Choi in June 2011
Born	February 17, 1957 (age 67); South Korea
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975-present
Agent	GFP Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	최정우
Hanja	崔廷宇
Revised Romanization	Choe Jeong-u
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Chŏngu

Choi Jung-woo (born February 17, 1957) is a South Korean actor. He began his acting career in theater, then became active as a supporting actor in film and television, notably in the sitcom Standby and the procedural dramas Quiz of God and Dr. Frost.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1996	Seven Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover	Grandfather
1996	Two Cops 2	Film director
1997	Terrorist 2	Subordinate
2001	Indian Summer	Lawyer Hwang Byung-ho
	Yellow Hair 2	M's father
	Raybang	Director Choi
2002	Lovers' Concerto	Shim Soo-in's father
2004	Dance with the Wind	Squad leader Park
2005	Another Public Enemy	Representative Kim
2005	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Dong-hwa's father
2006	Arang	Autopsy doctor
	Hanbando
	Like a Virgin	Company president
	Maundy Thursday	Uncle
2007	Big Bang	Section chief detective
	Soo	Detective squad chief of police department team 2
	Our Town	Detective Gu
2008	The Chaser	Flag bearer
	Living Together, Happy Together	Tae-hoon
	Girl Scout	Director Han
	Like Father, Like Son	Young-gyu
	Boy Director	Worker at Cheongryang-ri Station (cameo)
2009	Marine Boy	Gambling man (cameo)
	The Pot	Elder Park
	Sky and Ocean	Jung-hwan
2010	Secret Reunion	NIS department head
	Grand Prix	Ship caretaker (cameo)
	No Doubt	Sung-sik's father
2011	The Suicide Forecast	PB
2011	The Front Line	Colonel Choi
2012	Deranged	Minister of Health
2015	The Trip Around the World	Dispatch chief
2018	The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion	Teacher Goo
2023	The Childe	Han Chairman

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Alone in Love	Min Hyun-joong's father
2007	Lee San, Wind of the Palace	Eunuch
2007	Lobbyist	Admiral Lee Chul-ho
2008	Strongest Chil Woo	King Injo
2008	Painter of the Wind	Kim Gwi-ju
2009	Brilliant Legacy	Park Tae-soo
2009	Hero	Choi Il-doo
2010	Prosecutor Princess	Ma Sang-tae
	Bad Guy
	Running, Gu	Jong-il
	KBS Drama Special – "Reason"	Professor Lee
	Queen of Reversals	Goo Ho-seung
2010-12	Quiz of God	Jang Kyu-tae	^[3]
2011	Midas	Yoo Ki-joon	^[4]
	49 Days	Shin Il-shik
	City Hunter	Chun Jae-man
	Poseidon	Han Sang-goon
	Deep Rooted Tree	Park Eun
	Midnight Hospital	Goo Dong-man
2012	Standby	Ryu Jung-woo	^[5]
	Phantom	Shin Kyung-soo
	Seoyoung, My Daughter	Kang Ki-beom	^[6]
2013	Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek	Kang Han-chul
	She Is Wow!	Park Ui-won
	Master's Sun^[7]	Kim Gwi-do
	A Little Love Never Hurts	Eun Hee-jae
2014	Doctor Stranger	Moon Hyung-wook
	My Secret Hotel	Lee Moo-yang
	Dr. Frost	Chun Sang-won	^[8]^{[unreliable source?]}
2015	The Invincible Lady Cha	Director Cha Jin-gyu
	Unkind Ladies	Han Choong-gil
	I Have a Lover	Baek Jun-sang
2016	Goodbye Mr. Black	Seo Jin-tak
	The Legend of the Blue Sea	Heo Il-joong
	Five Enough	Jang Min-Ho
2017	Judge vs. Judge	Sa Jeong-do
2018	Marry Me Now	Yeon Chan-goo
2019	The Secret Life of My Secretary	Do Min-ik's father	(cameo)
2020	Soul Mechanic	Lee Taek-kyung
2020	Alice	Tae-yi's father
2021	Sisyphus: The Myth	Hwang Hyun-seung
2021	Be My Dream Family	Geum Jong-hwa
2022	The Empire	Senior Ahn	^[9]
2022	Curtain Call	Cheol-jin	Cameo^[10]
2023	Stealer: The Treasure Keeper	Dr. Ko

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1983	The Mousetrap	Detective Sergeant Trotter
1999	Today	Hwang Si-young
2000	Fat Pig
2000	An Interesting Year
	Generation After Generation
2004	Sunday Seoul
2005	Snowman	Jung-woo
	Cockscomb Flower
2007	The Pillowman
	Please Turn Off the Lights
	Come and See Me
2008	Blackbird^[11]	Ray
2010	The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World^[12]	Dr. Jung

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1990	Seoul Theater Festival	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Won
1999	36th Dong-A Theatre Awards	Best Actor	Today	Won
2013	SBS Drama Awards	Special Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Master's Sun	Nominated
2021	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama^[13]	Be My Dream Family	Nominated

References

^ 劉仁華 (June 17, 1994). "장기공연「불좀꺼…」기획·출연 崔廷宇씨 연극붐 불지핀"무대의 귀공자"". Kyunghyang Shinmun. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
^ Lee, Ga-on (May 31, 2012). 배우열전: ④ 최정우 "광대로 태어났으면 그냥 광대로 끝나는 거지 뭐". TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ "User Review - Quiz of God Season One". Hancinema. 3 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ Kim, Heidi (April 6, 2011). "The Duo continues to take lead for 4th week". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ "Review: MBC's Stand-by - 5th episode". 10Asia. April 17, 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ "My Daughter Seo-yeong Choi Jeong-woo changes for Kim Hye-ok". Hancinema. February 24, 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ Kim, Dong-joo (2 October 2013). "Master's Sun Photos from last shootings revealed". StarN News. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ "Upcoming Drama Doctor Frost Holds Its First Script Reading with Song Chang Ui and Jung Eun Chae Among Others". Soompi. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ Hong, Se-young (September 19, 2022). "김선아♥안재욱 부부 돼, 기 빨리는 인물관계도 (디 엠파이어)" [Kim Seon-ah ♥ Ahn Jae-wook became a couple, and the character relationship is quick (The Empire)] (in Korean). Sports DongA. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Kim Myung-mi (December 1, 2022). "'커튼콜' 백진희→최정원, 눈부시게 화려한 특별출연 라인업" ['Curtain Call' Baek Jin-hee → Choi Jeong-won, dazzling special appearance lineup] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Naver.
^ "Events Calendar". The Korea Herald. 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ Song, Woong-ki (28 April 2010). "Dysfunctional family dissected". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
^ Jung Ji-hyun (December 31, 2021). "류진·소이현·한다감, 일일드라마 부문 우수상 수상 [2021 KBS 연기대상]" [Ryujin, Soihyun, and Handa Gam won the Excellence Award in Daily Drama [2021 KBS Drama Awards]] (in Korean). My Daily. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2022 – via Naver.

External links

Choi Jung-woo at the Korean Movie Database
Choi Jung-woo at IMDb
Choi Jung-woo at HanCinema

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[1] 劉仁華 (June 17, 1994). "장기공연「불좀꺼…」기획·출연 崔廷宇씨 연극붐 불지핀"무대의 귀공자"". Kyunghyang Shinmun. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.

[2] Lee, Ga-on (May 31, 2012). 배우열전: ④ 최정우 "광대로 태어났으면 그냥 광대로 끝나는 거지 뭐". TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[3] "User Review - Quiz of God Season One". Hancinema. 3 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[4] Kim, Heidi (April 6, 2011). "The Duo continues to take lead for 4th week". 10Asia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[5] "Review: MBC's Stand-by - 5th episode". 10Asia. April 17, 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[6] "My Daughter Seo-yeong Choi Jeong-woo changes for Kim Hye-ok". Hancinema. February 24, 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[7] Kim, Dong-joo (2 October 2013). "Master's Sun Photos from last shootings revealed". StarN News. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[8] "Upcoming Drama Doctor Frost Holds Its First Script Reading with Song Chang Ui and Jung Eun Chae Among Others". Soompi. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[9] Hong, Se-young (September 19, 2022). "김선아♥안재욱 부부 돼, 기 빨리는 인물관계도 (디 엠파이어)" [Kim Seon-ah ♥ Ahn Jae-wook became a couple, and the character relationship is quick (The Empire)] (in Korean). Sports DongA. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022 – via Naver.

[10] Kim Myung-mi (December 1, 2022). "'커튼콜' 백진희→최정원, 눈부시게 화려한 특별출연 라인업" ['Curtain Call' Baek Jin-hee → Choi Jeong-won, dazzling special appearance lineup] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Naver.

[11] "Events Calendar". The Korea Herald. 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[12] Song, Woong-ki (28 April 2010). "Dysfunctional family dissected". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

[13] Jung Ji-hyun (December 31, 2021). "류진·소이현·한다감, 일일드라마 부문 우수상 수상 [2021 KBS 연기대상]" [Ryujin, Soihyun, and Handa Gam won the Excellence Award in Daily Drama [2021 KBS Drama Awards]] (in Korean). My Daily. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2022 – via Naver.

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