Choi Min-sik

Choi Min-sik
Korean spelling
Hangeul	최민식
Revised Romanization	Choe Min-sik
McCune- Reischauer	Ch'oe Minsik
See also : Korean name

Choi Min-sik (born May 30, 1962 in Seoul ) is a South Korean actor .

Life

Choi Min-sik began his acting career in the theater before entering the film business in 1992. In the 1990s he continued his work in theater productions as well as in various television series ( Seoul ui dal and Moon Over Seoul with Han Seok-gyu in 1994). He returned to the cinema in 1997 and had his biggest role in 1999 in one of the most successful Korean films of all time: Shiri . His portrayal of a North Korean agent earned him a lot of praise and an award for Best Actor at the 1999 South Korean Grand Bell Awards .

After he shone in a Hamlet theater production in the fall of 1999 , he played the leading role in Im Kwon-taeks In the intoxication of colors and love as the famous Korean painter Jang Seung-eop . The film won the Best Director award at the Cannes International Film Festival . In 2003 he played a man in Park Chan-wook's revenge thriller Oldboy who is kidnapped and held captive for 15 years without knowing the reason. This film won the Grand Prix in Cannes. Choi's passionate but cool performance made him world famous and a superstar in South Korea. In 2004 he was seen in the hit war film Brotherhood by Kang Je-gyu . In 2005, Choi appeared again for Park Chan-wook in Lady Vengeance . In 2010, he played the psychopathic women killer Kyung-chul in the controversial I Saw the Devil by Kim Jee-woon . In 2012 he took on the role as a gangster in the thriller Nameless Gangster (Bumchoiwaui junjaeng), which Choi presented at the 11th annual New York Asian Film Festival . In 2013 he played a policeman in the film New World who attacks the corrupt and mafia-like machinations in a Korean company and smuggles undercover policemen.

Filmography (selection)

• 1989: Kuro Arirang ( 구로 아리랑 )
• 1990: All That Falls Has Wings ( 추락 하는 것은 날개 가 있다 )
• 1992: Our Twisted Hero ( 우리들 의 일그러진 영웅 )
• 1992: Our Love This Way ( 우리 사랑 이대로 )
• 1993: Sara is Guilty ( 사라 는 유죄 )
• 1997: No. 3 ( 넘버 3 )
• 1998: The Quiet Family ( 조용한 가족 Joyonghan Gajok )
• 1999: Shiri ( 쉬리 )
• 1999: happy ending ( 해피 엔드 )
• 2001: Failan ( 파이란 )
• 2002: In the intoxication of colors and love ( 취화선 Chwihwaseon )
• 2003: Oldboy ( 올드 보이 )
• 2004: Brotherhood ( 태극기 휘날리며 Taegeukgi Hwinallimyeo )
• 2004: Springtime ( 꽃 피는 봄 이 오면 Kkotpineun Bomi Omyeon )
• 2005: Crying Fist ( 주먹 이 운다 Jumeogi Unda )
• 2005: Lady Vengeance ( 친절한 금자씨 Chinjeolhan Geumja-ssi )
• 2009: Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells ( 히말라야, 바람 이 머무는 곳 Himalaya, Baram-i Meomuneun Got )
• 2010: I Saw the Devil ( 악마 를 보았다 Angmareul boatda )
• 2011: Leafie, A Hen into the Wild ( 마당 을 나온 암탉 Madangeul Naon Amtak , voice)
• 2012: Nameless Gangster ( 범죄 와 의 전쟁 Bumchoewa-ui Jeonjaeng )
• 2013: New World ( 신세계 Sinsegye )
• 2014: Lucy
• 2014: The Admiral - Roaring Currents ( 명량 Myeongnyang )
• 2015: The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale ( 대호 Daeho )

Awards

• Twice winners of the Grand Bell Awards for Best Actor: 1999 for Shiri and 2004 for Oldboy
• Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2004: Best Actor for Oldboy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ga-on Lee: INTERVIEW: Actor Choi Min-shik - Part 2 . In: 10Asia . February 14, 2012. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 22, 2012. 
2. ↑ Ga-on Lee: INTERVIEW: Actor Choi Min-shik - Part 1 . In: 10Asia . February 14, 2012. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 22, 2012. 
3. ^ Saw a Devil Next for Tales of Two Sisters Director . DreadCentral. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
4. ↑ First Details Released on The 11th New York Asian Film Festival . DreadCentral. Retrieved May 12, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Choi Min-sik  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Choi Min-sik in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Choi Min-sik in the Korean Movie Database
• Choi Min-sik at HanCinema
• Choi Min-sik on koreanfilm.org

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Choi is the family name here, Min-sik is the first name.