Choi Jung-woo

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.
Choi Jung-woo
Born (1957-02-17) February 17, 1957
South Korea
Occupation Actor
Years active 1980-present
Agent GFP Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul 최정우
Hanja 崔政宇
Revised Romanization Choe Jeong-u
McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Chŏng-u

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 God's Quiz and Dr. Frost.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1996 Seven Reasons Why Beer
Is Better Than a Lover
Grandfather
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
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 Chief of police
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
The Front Line Colonel Choi
2012 Deranged Minister of Health
2015 The Trip Around the World Dispatch chief

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2006 Alone in Love Min Hyun-joong's father SBS
2007 Yi San 사도세자를 돕는 내관 MBC
Lobbyist Admiral Lee Chul-ho SBS
2008 Chil-wu the Mighty King Injo KBS2
Painter of the Wind Kim Gwi-ju SBS
2009 Brilliant Legacy Park Tae-soo SBS
Hero Choi Il-doo MBC
2010 Prosecutor Princess Ma Sang-tae SBS
Bad Guy SBS
Running, Gu Jong-il MBC
Drama Special "Reason" KBS2
God's Quiz - Season 1[2] Jang Kyu-tae OCN
Queen of Reversals Goo Ho-seung MBC
2011 Midas[3] Yoo Ki-joon SBS
49 Days Shin Il-shik SBS
City Hunter Chun Jae-man SBS
God's Quiz - Season 2 Jang Kyu-tae OCN
Poseidon Han Sang-goon KBS2
Deep Rooted Tree Park Eun SBS
Midnight Hospital Goo Dong-man MBC
2012 Standby[4] Ryu Jung-woo MBC
God's Quiz - Season 3 Jang Kyu-tae OCN
Phantom Shin Kyung-soo SBS
Seoyoung, My Daughter[5] Kang Ki-beom KBS2
2013 Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek Kang Han-chul KBS2
She Is Wow! Park Ui-won tvN
Master's Sun[6] Kim Gwi-do SBS
Give Love Away Eun Hee-jae MBC
2014 Doctor Stranger Moon Hyung-wook SBS
My Secret Hotel Lee Moo-yang tvN
Dr. Frost[7] Chun Sang-won OCN
2015 The Invincible Lady Cha Director Cha Jin-gyu MBC
Unkind Ladies Han Choong-gil KBS2
I Have a Lover Baek Jun-sang SBS

Theater

Year Title Role
1983 The Mousetrap Detective Sergeant Trotter
1999 Today Hwang Si-young
2000 Fat Pig
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[8] Ray
2010 The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World[9] 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

References

  1. Lee, Ga-on (31 May 2012). 배우열전: ④ 최정우 "광대로 태어났으면 그냥 광대로 끝나는 거지 뭐". TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  2. "User Review - God's Quiz Season One". Hancinema. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  3. Kim, Heidi (6 April 2011). "The Duo continues to take lead for 4th week". 10Asia. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  4. "Review: MBC's Stand-by - 5th episode". 10Asia. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  5. "My Daughter Seo-yeong Choi Jeong-woo changes for Kim Hye-ok". Hancinema. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  6. Kim, Dong-joo (2 October 2013). "Master's Sun Photos from last shootings revealed". StarN News. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  7. "Upcoming Drama Doctor Frost Holds Its First Script Reading with Song Chang Ui and Jung Eun Chae Among Others". Soompi. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  8. "Events Calendar". The Korea Herald. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  9. Song, Woong-ki (28 April 2010). "Dysfunctional family dissected". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

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