Choi Jung-woo explained

Choi Jung-woo (born February 17, 1957) is a South Korean actor. He began his acting career in theater, then became active as a supporting actor in film and television, notably in the sitcom Standby and the procedural dramas Quiz of God and Dr. Frost.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1996	Seven Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover	Grandfather
	Two Cops 2	Film director
1997	Terrorist 2	Subordinate
2001	Indian Summer	Lawyer Hwang Byung-ho
	Yellow Hair 2	M's father
	Raybang	Director Choi
2002	Lovers' Concerto	Shim Soo-in's father
2004	Dance with the Wind	Squad leader Park
2005	Another Public Enemy	Representative Kim
	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Dong-hwa's father
2006	Arang	Autopsy doctor
	Hanbando
	Like a Virgin	Company president
	Maundy Thursday	Uncle
2007	Big Bang	Section chief detective
	Soo	Detective squad chief of police department team 2
	Our Town	Detective Gu
2008	The Chaser	Flag bearer
	Living Together, Happy Together	Tae-hoon
	Girl Scout	Director Han
	Like Father, Like Son	Young-gyu
	Boy Director	Worker at Cheongryang-ri Station (cameo)
2009	Marine Boy	Gambling man (cameo)
	The Pot	Elder Park
	Sky and Ocean	Jung-hwan
2010	Secret Reunion	NIS department head
	Grand Prix	Ship caretaker (cameo)
	No Doubt	Sung-sik's father
2011	The Suicide Forecast	PB
	The Front Line	Colonel Choi
2012	Deranged	Minister of Health
2015	The Trip Around the World	Dispatch chief
2018		Teacher Goo
2023	The Childe	Han Chairman

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Alone in Love	Min Hyun-joong's father
2007	Lee San, Wind of the Palace	Eunuch
	Lobbyist	Admiral Lee Chul-ho
2008	Strongest Chil Woo
	Painter of the Wind	Kim Gwi-ju
2009	Brilliant Legacy	Park Tae-soo
	Hero	Choi Il-doo
2010	Prosecutor Princess	Ma Sang-tae
	Bad Guy
	Running, Gu	Jong-il
	KBS Drama Special – "Reason"	Professor Lee
	Queen of Reversals	Goo Ho-seung
2010-12	Quiz of God	Jang Kyu-tae	[3]
2011	Midas	Yoo Ki-joon	[4]
	49 Days	Shin Il-shik
	City Hunter	Chun Jae-man
	Poseidon	Han Sang-goon
	Deep Rooted Tree	Park Eun
	Midnight Hospital	Goo Dong-man
2012	Standby	Ryu Jung-woo	[5]
	Phantom	Shin Kyung-soo
	Seoyoung, My Daughter	Kang Ki-beom	[6]
2013	Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek	Kang Han-chul
	She Is Wow!	Park Ui-won
	Master's Sun[7]	Kim Gwi-do
	A Little Love Never Hurts	Eun Hee-jae
2014	Doctor Stranger	Moon Hyung-wook
	My Secret Hotel	Lee Moo-yang
	Dr. Frost	Chun Sang-won	[8]
2015	The Invincible Lady Cha	Director Cha Jin-gyu
	Unkind Ladies	Han Choong-gil
	I Have a Lover	Baek Jun-sang
2016	Goodbye Mr. Black	Seo Jin-tak
	The Legend of the Blue Sea	Heo Il-joong
	Five Enough	Jang Min-Ho
2017	Judge vs. Judge	Sa Jeong-do
2018	Marry Me Now	Yeon Chan-goo
2019	The Secret Life of My Secretary	Do Min-ik's father	(cameo)
2020	Soul Mechanic	Lee Taek-kyung
	Alice	Tae-yi's father
2021		Hwang Hyun-seung
	Be My Dream Family	Geum Jong-hwa
2022	The Empire	Senior Ahn	[9]
	Curtain Call	Cheol-jin	Cameo[10]
2023		Dr. Ko

Theater

width=10	Year	Title	Role
1983	The Mousetrap	Detective Sergeant Trotter
1999	Today	Hwang Si-young
2000	Fat Pig
	An Interesting Year
	Generation After Generation
2004	Sunday Seoul
2005	Snowman	Jung-woo
	Cockscomb Flower
2007	The Pillowman
	Please Turn Off the Lights
	Come and See Me
2008	Blackbird[11]	Ray
2010	The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World[12]	Dr. Jung

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1990	Seoul Theater Festival	Grand Prize (Daesang)
1999		Best Actor	Today
2013		Special Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Master's Sun
2021	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama[13]	Be My Dream Family

Notes and References

1. News: 장기공연「불좀꺼…」기획·출연 崔廷宇씨 연극붐 불지핀"무대의 귀공자". Kyunghyang Shinmun. 劉仁華. June 17, 1994. April 10, 2023. April 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230410190013/https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1994061700329112006&editNo=15&printCount=1&publishDate=1994-06-17&officeId=00032&pageNo=12&printNo=15116&publishType=00010. live.
2. Web site: Lee. Ga-on. ko:배우열전: ④ 최정우 "광대로 태어났으면 그냥 광대로 끝나는 거지 뭐". http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/14522. TenAsia. ko. 2015-03-26. May 31, 2012. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054123/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/14522. dead.
3. Web site: User Review - Quiz of God Season One. Hancinema. 2015-03-26. 3 December 2011. 2012-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20120201142113/http://www.hancinema.net/user-review--god-s-quiz-season-one-35935.html. live.
4. Web site: Kim. Heidi. The Duo continues to take lead for 4th week. 10Asia. 2015-03-26. April 6, 2011. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101817/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011040609522733723. live.
5. Web site: Review: MBC's Stand-by - 5th episode. 10Asia. 2015-03-26. April 17, 2012. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123529/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012041714203964728. live.
6. Web site: My Daughter Seo-yeong Choi Jeong-woo changes for Kim Hye-ok. Hancinema. 2015-03-26. February 24, 2013. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135424/http://www.hancinema.net/spoiler-my-daughter-seo-yeong-choi-jeong-woo-changes-for-kim-hye-ok-53182.html. live.
7. Web site: Kim. Dong-joo. Master's Sun Photos from last shootings revealed. StarN News. 2015-03-26. 2 October 2013. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103144/http://starn.hankyung.com/global/en/news/index.html?no=236772. dead.
8. Web site: Upcoming Drama Doctor Frost Holds Its First Script Reading with Song Chang Ui and Jung Eun Chae Among Others. Soompi. 2015-03-26. 19 September 2014. 2014-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140921000133/http://www.soompi.com/2014/09/19/upcoming-animated-drama-doctor-frost-holds-its-first-script-reading-with-song-chang-ui-and-jung-eun-chae-among-others/. live.
9. Web site: 김선아♥안재욱 부부 돼, 기 빨리는 인물관계도 (디 엠파이어). Hong. Se-young. Kim Seon-ah ♥ Ahn Jae-wook became a couple, and the character relationship is quick (The Empire). Sports DongA. Naver. September 19, 2022. September 19, 2022. ko. September 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220922031239/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0001005015. live.
10. Web site: '커튼콜' 백진희→최정원, 눈부시게 화려한 특별출연 라인업. Kim Myung-mi. 'Curtain Call' Baek Jin-hee → Choi Jeong-won, dazzling special appearance lineup. Newsen. Naver. December 1, 2022. December 1, 2022. ko. January 6, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203440/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/now/article/609/0000660550. live.
11. Web site: Events Calendar. The Korea Herald. 2015-03-26. 3 May 2008. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093853/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20080503000025. live.
12. Web site: Song. Woong-ki. Dysfunctional family dissected. The Korea Herald. 2015-03-26. 28 April 2010. 2014-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140313170355/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100428000680. live.
13. Web site: 류진·소이현·한다감, 일일드라마 부문 우수상 수상 [2021 KBS 연기대상]]. Jung Ji-hyun. Ryujin, Soihyun, and Handa Gam won the Excellence Award in Daily Drama [2021 KBS Drama Awards]. My Daily. Naver. December 31, 2021. January 1, 2022. ko. April 16, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230416171913/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003566326. live.