Choi Won-young

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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.

Known For

Past Lives

Nora's Dad

The Heirs

Yoon Jae-ho

Confession of Murder

Jung Tae-suk

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

An Ji-Gong

Yaksha: Ruthless Operations

Lee Chan-young

Kill Me, Heal Me

Chief Ahn Gook

Hierarchy

Jug Gi-yeong

While You Were Sleeping

Nam Chul Doo [Hong Joo's father]

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	We Are All Trying Here TV	Choi Dong-hyeon
2026	The Practical Guide to Love TV	Self
2026	평행이론 TV	Self
2026	Undercover Miss Hong TV	Kang Myeong-hwi
2026	To My Beloved Thief TV	Lim Sa-hyeong
2025	The Murky Stream TV	Self
2025	Our Chocolate Moments TV	Mr. Hong
2024	Family by Choice TV	Yun Jeong-jae
2024	Land of Happiness MOVIE	Baek Seung-gi
2024	Hierarchy TV	Jug Gi-yeong
2023	Twinkling Watermelon TV	Eun-gyeol's Father
2023	Past Lives MOVIE	Nora's Dad
2022	The First Responders TV	Ha Young-doo
2022	Under the Queen's Umbrella TV	King Lee Ho
2022	The Golden Spoon TV	Hwang Hyeon-do
2022	Europe Outside Your Tent TV	Self
2022	O’PENing TV	Kim Kang-su
2022	Yaksha: Ruthless Operations MOVIE	Lee Chan-young
2021	Moonshine TV	Lee Shi-heum
2021	Reflection of You TV	An Hyeon-seong
2021	Youth of May TV	Hwang Hee-tae (adult)
2021	The Book of Fish MOVIE	Jeong Yak-jong
2020	My Dangerous Wife TV	Kim Yoon Cheol
2020	Oh! My Gran MOVIE	Detective Kang
2020	Alice TV	Seok Oh-won
2020	Mystic Pop-up Bar TV	Team Leader Gwi
2019	Delicious Rendezvous TV	Self
2019	Jesters: The Game Changers MOVIE	Hong Yoon-sung
2019	The Nokdu Flower TV	Hwang Seok-Joo
2019	Doctor Prisoner TV	Lee Jae-Joon
2018	SKY Castle TV	Hwang Chi-young
2018	따로 또 같이 TV	Self
2018	Where Stars Land TV	Han Jae-young
2017	Oh, the Mysterious TV	Jang Pil-Sung
2017	Mad Dog TV	Joo Hyun-Ki
2017	While You Were Sleeping TV	Nam Chul Doo [Hong Joo's father]
2016	Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth TV	An Ji-Gong
2016	The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop TV	Sung Tae-Pyung
2016	Please Come Back, Mister TV	Cha Jae Gook
2015	Twenty Again TV	Kim Woo-Cheol
2015	Looking for My Family MOVIE	Tae-seong
2015	I Remember You TV	Lee Joon-ho/Lee Joon-yeong
2015	Kill Me, Heal Me TV	Chief Ahn Gook
2014	Secret Door TV	Chae Je-gong
2014	Climb The Sky Walls TV	[Climbing coach]
2014	Three Days TV	Kim Do-jin
2014	The Plan Man MOVIE	Kang Byung-soo
2013	Shorts Meet Shorts MOVIE	Dong-kyu
2013	The Heirs TV	Yoon Jae-ho
2013	Your Time is UP MOVIE	Seok-ho
2013	Love in Memory TV	Ki Soo
2013	A Hundred Year Legacy TV	Kim Chul-gyu
2012	Confession of Murder MOVIE	Jung Tae-suk
2012	Grape Candy MOVIE	Ji-hoon
2012	아드레날린 TV	Self
2011	Law of the Jungle TV	Self
2011	While You Were Sleeping TV	Yoon Min-joon
2011	In Love and the War MOVIE	Self
2011	Earth Rep Rolling Stars MOVIE	Jack (voice)
2010	After the Opera MOVIE	Self
2010	KBS Drama Special TV	Self
2010	The Outlaw MOVIE	Park Sung-chul
2010	Definitely Neighbors TV	Chae Ki-hoon
2009	The Great Queen Seondeok TV	General Gyebaek
2007	Cheaters MOVIE	Seok Ho
2005	Love in Magic MOVIE	Han Joon-seok
2004	To Catch a Virgin Ghost MOVIE	Han-seok
2002	Sex Is Zero MOVIE	Park Chan-soo

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