Choi Woo-shik

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.
Choi Woo-shik
Born March 26, 1990
Seoul, South Korea
Education Chung-Ang University - Cultural Studies
Occupation Actor
Years active 2011-present
Agent JYP Entertainment[1]
Korean name
Hangul 최우식
Revised Romanization Choe U-sik
McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe U-sik

Choi Woo-shik (born March 26, 1990) is a South Korean actor. Choi's family immigrated to Canada when he was in fifth grade, where he spent ten years of his life.[2] Then in 2011, while a junior at Simon Fraser University, the then-21-year-old Choi returned to Korea to go on auditions, and he made his acting debut in the period drama The Duo (2011).[3] He pursued acting full-time, and supporting roles followed in television series such as Rooftop Prince (2012) and Special Affairs Team TEN (2011-2013).[4][5] In 2014, Choi starred in his first leading role in the coming-of-age indie film Set Me Free, for which he won Actor of the Year at the Busan International Film Festival.[6][7][8] This was followed by the romantic comedy cable series Hogu's Love (2015), in which he played the titular character.[9][10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Etude, Solo short film
2012 Circle of Crime - Director's Cut
2013 Secretly, Greatly Yoon Yoo-joon
2014 Set Me Free Yeong-jae
Big Match Guru
2015 In the Room Min-jun Singaporean film[11]

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2011 The Duo young Gwi-dong MBC
Living in Style Na Joo-ra SBS
Deep Rooted Tree young Jeong Gi-joon / Ga Ri-on SBS
Special Affairs Team TEN Park Min-ho OCN
2012 Rooftop Prince Do Chi-san SBS
Shut Up Family Yeol Woo-bong KBS2
Drama Special "Culprit Among Friends" young Do-hyun KBS2
2013 Special Affairs Team TEN Season 2 Park Min-ho OCN
Who Are You? Hee-koo (guest, episodes 10, 12) tvN
Drama Festival "Principal Investigator -
Save Wang Jo-hyun!" 		Boo Joong-shik MBC
2014 You're All Surrounded Choi Woo-shik (guest, episode 4) SBS
Fated to Love You Lee Yong MBC
Pride and Prejudice Lee Jang-won MBC
2015 Hogu's Love Kang Ho-gu tvN

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2012 Real Mate in Australia, Rooftop Prince Trio[12] QTV
2013-2014 Beating Hearts SBS Cast member

Music video

Year Song Title Artist
2014 "My Old Story"[13] IU

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2014 19th Busan International Film Festival[14] Actor of the Year
Set Me Free
Won
2015 10th Max Movie Awards Best New Actor Nominated
2nd Wildflower Film Awards Best New Actor Won

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Hye-ji (5 October 2012). "Choi Woo-shik Joins JYP Entertainment". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. ↑ Lee, Ga-on (9 March 2011). "My Name Is: Choi Woo-shik". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ↑ "CHOI Woo-sik". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  4. ↑ Ho, Stewart (26 January 2013). "JYP's Choi Woo Sik Returns to Second Season of Special Affairs Team Ten". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  5. ↑ "Five Fun Facts About Choi Woo Sik". KDramaStars. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  6. ↑ Kim, Su-yeon (30 October 2014). "Actor CHOI Woo-sik: Dreams to Be a Real Giant in the Film World". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  7. ↑ Khelil, Nawael (19 November 2014). "Choi Woo Sik Gets Back To His Childhood". BNTNews. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  8. ↑ "Indie Film Draws 20,000 Viewers in 2 Weeks". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  9. ↑ "Couple hearts and thumbs-up for Ho-gu's Love press conference". Dramabeans. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  10. ↑ Doo, Rumy (30 January 2015). "Uee plays haughty swimming champion in new TV rom-com". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  11. ↑ Noh, I-seul (13 September 2014). "Choi Woo Shik casted for Singaporean film, In The Room". StarN News. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  12. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (4 June 2012). "Royal Trio Jung Seok Won, Lee Min Ho, Choi Woo Shik Hang Out in Australia". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  13. ↑ Choi, Hyun-jung (17 May 2014). "Actor Choi Woo Shik shows a deeper side of him on IU's new MV". StarN News. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  14. ↑ Conran, Pierce (13 October 2014). "END OF WINTER and 13 Share BIFF New Currents Honors". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

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