Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 10, 1976 (age 50)
Place of Birth
South Korea
Also Known As
- 최원영
- Choi Won-yeong
- 崔元英
- Choi Sung-wook
- Choi Seong-wook
Choi Won-young
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 - Movies
Past Lives
as Nora's Dad
Sex Is Zero
as Park Chan-soo
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
as Lee Chan-young
The Book of Fish
as Jeong Yak-jong
Confession of Murder
as Jung Tae-suk
Oh! My Gran
as Detective Kang
In Love and the War
Land of Happiness
as Baek Seung-gi
The Plan Man
as Kang Byung-soo
Jesters: The Game Changers
as Hong Yoon-sung
Known For - TV Shows
KBS Drama Special
Law of the Jungle
as Self
While You Were Sleeping
as Nam Chul Doo [Hong Joo's father]
Family by Choice
as Yun Jeong-jae
Twinkling Watermelon
as Eun-gyeol's Father
The Heirs
as Yoon Jae-ho
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
as An Ji-Gong
Mystic Pop-up Bar
as Team Leader Gwi
O’PENing
as Kim Kang-su
Hierarchy
as Jug Gi-yeong