Choi Won-young | |
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Born |
Choi Seong-wook January 10, 1976 South Korea |
Education |
Sangmyung University - Stage Design Hongik University - Master's degree in Advertising and Public Relations |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002-present |
Agent | Saram Entertainment |
Spouse(s) | Shim Yi-young (m. 2014) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 최원영 |
Revised Romanization | Choe Won-yeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Wŏnyŏng |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 최성욱 |
Revised Romanization | Choe Seong-uk |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Sŏnguk |
Choi Won-young (Hangul: 최원영; born Choi Seong-wook on January 10, 1976) is a South Korean actor.
Choi Won-young made his acting debut in 2002's Sex Is Zero, and has since 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.
Choi married actress Shim Yi-young on February 28, 2014 at the Grand Ballroom of the COEX Walkerhill Hotel in Samseong-dong. Choi and Shim met while filming the 2013 TV series A Hundred Year Legacy, where they played a married couple. On June 23, 2014, Choi's wife, actress Shim Yi-young gave birth to their first child, a girl.