Choi Min-sik
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Choi Min-sik at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, July 9, 2009
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| Born |
January 22, 1962 Seoul, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Agent | C-JeS Entertainment |
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| Revised Romanization | Choe Min-sik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Minsik |
Choi Min-sik (Hangul: 최민식 Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰwe minɕʰik]; born January 22, 1962) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his critically acclaimed roles in Oldboy (2003) and The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014). He also starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in the 2014 French film Lucy.
Together with Song Kang-ho and Sol Kyung-gu, Choi is considered to be among the most talented and critically acclaimed South Korean actors.
Choi was born on January 22, 1962 in Seoul, South Korea. When he was in third grade, Choi was diagnosed with tuberculosis and told that he could not be cured. He claims to have regained his health by a month-long stay in the mountains.
Graduating with a degree in theatre from Dongguk University, Choi began his career as a theatre actor. He then started filming, playing roles in Park Jong-won's early movies, like Kuro Arirang and Our Twisted Hero. He continued to act on stage, as well as in television dramas like The Moon of Seoul with Han Suk-kyu.
In 1997 he played a police investigator in Song Neung-han's No. 3, and then accepted a role in Kim Jee-woon's debut film The Quiet Family. The first real success came with his role of a North Korean agent in Shiri in 1999. The film was not only critically acclaimed but also achieved box office success. Choi received the Best Actor award at Grand Bell Awards for his portrayal. In the same year he also took part in a stage production of Hamlet, and then starred in Happy End, where he portrayed a man who is cheated on by his wife. In 2001 he took the role of a gangster opposite Cecilia Cheung in Failan.
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