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Choi Won-young

Acting Born Jan 10, 1976 South Korea 24 credits

Biography

Choi Won Young (born Choi Seong Wook) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in Sex Is Zero, Choi has appeared in both film and television. But his most notable roles have been in the TV dramas While You Were Sleeping and A Hundred Year Legacy, as well as the low-budget crime thriller Your Time Is Up, which premiered at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival.

In December 2013, Choi became engaged to actress Shim Yi Young whom he met while playing a married couple in the series A Hundred Year Legacy. The couple got married on February 28, 2014, at the Grand Ballroom of the COEX Walkerhill Hotel in Samseong-dong and on June 22, 2014, they welcomed their first child, a daughter. June 14, 2017 couple welcomed their second daughter.

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Full filmography

  • KBS Drama Special (2010)
  • Law of the Jungle (2011) as Self
  • Twinkling Watermelon (2023) as Eun-gyeol's Father
  • While You Were Sleeping (2017) as Nam Chul Doo [Hong Joo's father]
  • Past Lives (2023) as Nora's Dad
  • Family by Choice (2024) as Yun Jeong-jae
  • We Are All Trying Here (2026) as Choi Dong-hyeon
  • Phantom Lawyer (2026) as Shin Gi-jung
  • The Heirs (2013) as Yoon Jae-ho
  • O’PENing (2022) as Kim Kang-su
  • The First Responders (2022) as Ha Young-doo
  • Undercover Miss Hong (2026) as Kang Myeong-hwi
  • Hierarchy (2024) as Jug Gi-yeong
  • Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016) as An Ji-Gong
  • Mystic Pop-up Bar (2020) as Team Leader Gwi
  • Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022) as King Lee Ho
  • Sex Is Zero (2002) as Park Chan-soo
  • Europe Outside Your Tent (2022) as Self
  • Where Stars Land (2018) as Han Jae-young
  • Doctor Prisoner (2019) as Lee Jae-Joon
  • Kill Me, Heal Me (2015) as Chief Ahn Gook
  • The Great Queen Seondeok (2009) as General Gyebaek
  • Secret Door (2014) as Chae Je-gong
  • The Nokdu Flower (2019) as Hwang Seok-Joo