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Choi Min-soo | |
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 Choi in 2000 | |
| Born | March 27, 1962 Jung District, Seoul, South Korea[1] |
| Alma mater | Seoul Institute of the Arts |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Agent | Management YUL |
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June Elizabeth Kang (m. 1994) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 최민수 |
| Hanja | 崔民秀 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Min-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Minsu |
| Website | managementyul.com |
Choi Min-soo (Korean: 최민수; born March 27, 1962) is a South Korean actor. He is considered one of the most acclaimed actors in South Korea. With his unique articulation and charismatic acting, he has received numerous accolades throughout the span of his career, including five Baeksang Art Awards, six Blue Dragon Film Awards, and three Grand Bell Awards. He is one of the only actors, alongside Lee Byung-hun, to have won in all categories of the Best Actor Award at all three of South Korea's most prestigious awards ceremonies.[2]
Choi first garnered critical recognition in the film Nambugun: North Korean Partisan in South Korea (1990), which earned him the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He would gain mainstream popularity with his appearances in the television series What Is Love (1991) and the film The Marriage Life (1992). His role in the television series Walking Up to Heaven (1993) would solidify his public image as a "tough guy". He continued to gain awards and critical acclaim for both his film and television work throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. For his performance in The Terrorist (1995), he would win his first Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actor and fourth Popular Star Award. That same year, he received a Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor – Television and the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the SBS Drama Awards for Sandglass (1995).
Choi then made a shift to more television roles, appearing in the historical fantasy series The Legend (2007), which was a ratings success. Since then, he has appeared in television series Happy Ending (2012), Man Who Dies to Live (2017), Lawless Lawyer (2018), and Numbers (2023).
- ^ 최민수. Cinefox (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ Uhm, Ji-young (September 24, 2024). 연기파 배우 최민수, 연기만큼 베테랑 급 그림실력 모두가 놀라 [Actor Choi Min-soo, a veteran-level actor, surprised everyone with his drawing skills as well as his acting skills]. ArtNNews (in Korean). Retrieved December 29, 2024.