Choi Min-sik

Biography

Choi Min-sik is a South Korean actor. He received critical acclaim for his roles in Oldboy, I Saw the Devil and The Admiral: Roaring Currents. For his role in Oldboy, he won the Best Actor prize at the 40th Baeksang Art Awards, the 24th Blue Dragon Awards, and the 41st Grand Bell Awards.

Known For

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

North Korean Captain

Oldboy

Oh Dae-Su

You Quiz on the Block

Self

I Saw the Devil

Kyung-chul

Lucy

Mr. Jang

Nameless Gangster

Choi Ik-hyun

Exhuma

Kim Sang-duk

In Our Prime

Ri Hak-sung

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Exhuma	Kim Sang-duk
2022	In Our Prime	Ri Hak-sung
2021	Heaven: To The Land of Happiness	203
2019	Forbidden Dream	Jang Yeong-sil
2019	The Battle: Roar to Victory	Hong Beom-do
2017	The Mayor	Byeon Jong-gu
2017	Heart Blackened	Lim Tae-san
2016	Old Days	Self
2015	The Tiger	Cheon Man-deok
2014	Lucy	Mr. Jang
2014	The Admiral: Roaring Currents	Admiral Yi Sun-Shin
2013	New World	Kang Hyung-chul
2013	In My End Is My Beginning	Doctor (voice) (cameo)
2012	Nameless Gangster	Choi Ik-hyun
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	(archive footage)
2012	Ari Ari the Korean Cinema	Self
2011	Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild	Wanderer (voice)
2010	I Saw the Devil	Kyung-chul
2009	Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells	Choi
2005	Lady Vengeance	Mr. Baek
2005	Crying Fist	Gang Tae-shik
2005	The Making of Lady Vengeance
2004	Springtime	Hyeon-woo
2004	Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War	North Korean Captain
2004	Autobiography of Oldboy
2003	Oldboy	Oh Dae-Su
2002	Painted Fire	Jang Seung-up
2001	Failan	Kang-jae
1999	Shiri	Park Mu-young
1999	Happy End	Seo Min-ki
1998	The Quiet Family	Chang-goo
1997	No. 3	Ma Dong-pal
1995	Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone
1993	Sara Is Guilty
1992	Our Twisted Hero	Mr. Kim
1992	May Our Love Stay This Way	Jun-hyeok
1990	All That Falls Has Wings	Tae-sik
1989	On the Way to the Winter	Gi-dal
1989	Kuro Arirang	Jin-seok
1988	Vapor
	The Intern	Ki-ho

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	New Old Boy : Dir. Park	Self
2024	Sohn's Questions	Self
2022	Blue Dragon Series Awards	Self
2022	Big Bet	Cha Mu-sik
2019	Modern Korea	Self (archive footage)
2018	You Quiz on the Block	Self
1995	The 4th Republic	Kim Dae-jung
1994	The Moon of Seoul	Park Chun-seob
	Notes from the Last Row	Heo Mun-oh