Choi Won-young

Choi Won-young

Birth : 1976-01-10, South Korea

History

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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Choi Won-young
Choi Won-young
Choi Won-young
Choi Won-young
Choi Won-young

Movies

Past Lives
Nora's Dad
Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
Lee Chan-young
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
The Book of Fish
Jeong Yak-jong
In 1801, after a new king ascended the throne, a scholar Jeong Yak-jeon who served the late king is exiled to Heuk-san Island. There he meets Chang-dae, a young fisherman who is a huge admirer of Confucianism and has a wide knowledge about the sea.
Oh! My Gran
Detective Kang
A man's daughter is the victim of a brutal hit-and-run car accident. The only witness is the man's dementia-ridden old mother who barely remember any details. The two must work together to find the culprit.
Jesters: The Game Changers
Hong Yoon-sung
A gang of clowns is hired by an unpopular king to serve as propagandists who fabricate positive rumors and stage miracles to improve his personal image.
Looking for My Family
Tae-seong
The story begins with Tae-seong (Choi Won-yeong) and Yeon-hee (Ryoo Hye-won) heading for the child care facility with the hope of meeting the child they lost 6 years ago. They are divorced now but they were a married couple and had a child. They should have been happy but Tae-seong and Yeon-hee weren't. Min-goo (Kang San) is also confused about this situation. He's happy that he found his parents whom he thought never existed but he's also very careful about the situation. The three of them spend a night at a motel around the center. Tae-seong suggests to Yeon-hee, now that they found Min-goo, to forget about the past and live together again as a family. However, Yeon-hee refuses. Not only that, the next morning, she leaves without a word to Tae-seong and Min-goo. Tae-seong isn't sure he can take care of Min-goo so he returns the child to the child care center and runs back to Seoul. Can these three become a family again?
The Plan Man
Kang Byung-soo
The Plan Man is about a man who lives everything according to plan until he meets a woman who wasn't a part of it.
Shorts Meet Shorts
Dong-kyu
EXIT: Woo-hyun lives a small-time criminal life earning his life as a pick-pocket. He often pays attention to an arrow-shaped-tattoo of his girlfriend which is on the genital area. He calls it ‘the emergency exit.’ THE BODY: Jung-su and Young-sun are a young couple. One new year’s eve, a movie director visits the couple’s house. Only the strong wind of the sea and slow time cross the living room and three people sense something…alive. WALTZING ON THUNDER: Mi-jung just happens to meet a group of people who have survived from being struck by lightning. While becoming aware of her old wound, she takes part in a trip for lightning strikes ‘again’.
Your Time is UP
Seok-ho
Confession of Murder
Jung Tae-suk
A serial killer reappears 15 years after his murder spree with a book detailing his crimes. The resentful cop who failed to catch him before is assigned to protect him. The families of the victims plan revenge. And as the media circus spirals out of control, a masked man called "J" appears claiming to be the real killer.
Grape Candy
Ji-hoon
Sun-joo is an ordinary office worker at a bank who is preparing for her upcoming wedding with Ji-hoon, an employee at a publishing company. However, Ji-hoon, who has recently become the liaison to popular female author So-ra, does not attempt to show an enthusiastic interest in married life. One day, Ji-hoon causes a traffic accident, and rushing to the hospital, Sun-joo comes face-to-face with So-ra. In actuality, Sun-joo and So-ra were classmates in school. Sun-joo befriends So-ra, with whom she has had no contact until now, suspecting that Ji-hoon's indifference to getting married might somehow be connected to her. This will reawaken a memory of the tragic accident that happened to their mutual friend.....
In Love and the War
In June 1950, soon after the start of the Korean War, a troop of North Korean soldiers enter a small South Korean village. Captain Jeong-woong proclaims that they came to liberate the villagers but their true agenda is to ferret out the reactionaries. The villagers and Seol-hee, who is separated from her fiance on her wedding day, offer them heartfelt hospitality and cooperation to avoid falling out of the army's favor. Eventually friendships starts to build up between the soldiers and the villagers.
Earth Rep Rolling Stars
Jack (voice)
A story about a group of trouble makers, who knew nothing about baseball and create a team to save the Earth from the best baseball team in the Universe, the "Devil's".
The Outlaw
Park Sung-chul
Detective Jung-soo faces the victims of brutal murders who were killed for no reason and this makes him outraged. During the investigation, he meets Ji-hyun who is the only survivor and marries her, but they cannot escape from her tragic past. One day, Jung-soo's partner, So-young, arrives at the crime scene where she finds Jung-soo crying out in sorrow with his wife and daughter in his arms who are found viciously murdered after they went missing. But as the police and the law let the suspect go because for lack of evidence, Jung-soo decides to take vengeance himself on those unpunished killers and the cruel world.
Cheaters
Seok Ho
Seok-ho, a self-styled playboy with a beautiful wife, is fooling around with Ji-yeon, a voluptuous photographer, but pines for Chae-young, a college student who appears to be the most virtuous girl in all of Korea. But it turns out that Chae-young, who frustrates her suitor at every turn, is not so chaste after all. The plot thickens as Seok-ho's best friend Young-su, outwardly awkward and shy, sets his sights on Ji-yeon, not realizing that she is already involved with his best buddy.
Love in Magic
Han Joon-seok
The story is of a playboy who has, through an unavoidable circumstance, run into a woman from his past. Woo Ji Hoon makes a living as a magician and nothing is easier for him than attracting beautiful women. He has an irresistible charm that draws all females to his side like a magnet - all but one, the charming teacher Koo Hee Won. Ji Hoon tried to make her his latest love possession but was bluntly turned down. As luck would have it both Hee Won and Ji Hoon can't resist the temptation of arranging a blind date on the Internet setting in motion a firework of hilarious consequences.
To Catch a Virgin Ghost
Han-seok
Seok-tae runs away with a huge diamond of his gang and comes to Sisily, a peaceful village. Yang-e runs after him to get the diamond back and finds Seok-tae's trail in Sisily. But all the town people lie about everything. These people turn out to be scarier than a ghost!
Sex Is Zero
Park Chan-soo
Eunsik tries to pass the state exam while studying in college after his military service. One day, he meets a beautiful woman Eunhyo, and his life changes.