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Choi Min-sik

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Choi Min-sik
A casino king is taking risks and trying to get back into the game.
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Big Bet (2022– )
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Choi Min-shik first made a name for himself in theater before breaking into the film world with a role in Park Chong-won's acclaimed film 'Our Twisted Hero' (1992). In the mid-nineties he continued to act in theater productions as well as in several TV dramas, including Moon Over Seoul with Han Seok-gyu. 1997 marked his return to motion pictures, with a role as a tough-talking police investigator in Song Neung-han's No. 3 (1997). His biggest role came in 1999, when he was cast in Korea's most successful film ever, Shiri (1999). His portrayal of a North Korean agent garnered him much praise and a Best Actor Award from the 1999 domestic Grand Bell Awards.

After starring in a theater production of Hamlet in spring of 1999, Choi took on the role of a husband who discovers his wife's infidelity in Happy End (1999), and in early 2001 starred as a third-rate gangster opposite Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung in the acclaimed Failan (2001). In 2003 he starred in the now classic Oldboy (2003).
BornJanuary 22, 1962
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Choi Min-sik and Lee Hanee in Heart Blackened (2017)
Choi Min-sik and Han Suk-kyu in Seoul ui dal (1994)
Choi Min-sik and Han Suk-kyu in Seoul ui dal (1994)
Choi Min-sik, Han Suk-kyu, and Yong-geon Kim in Seoul ui dal (1994)
Choi Min-sik and Han Suk-kyu in Seoul ui dal (1994)
Choi Min-sik in Seoul ui dal (1994)
Choi Min-sik in Seoul ui dal (1994)
Choi Min-sik in Seoul ui dal (1994)
Choi Min-sik in The Mayor (2017)
Choi Min-sik in The Mayor (2017)
Choi Min-sik in The Mayor (2017)
Choi Min-sik in The Mayor (2017)

Known for

Oldboy (2003)
Oldboy
8.4
  • Dae-su Oh
  • 2003
Choi Min-sik and Lee Byung-hun in I Saw the Devil (2010)
I Saw the Devil
7.8
  • Jang Kyung-chul
  • 2010
Failan (2001)
Failan
7.5
  • Kang-jae(as Min-shik Choi)
  • 2001
Scarlett Johansson in Lucy (2014)
Lucy
6.4
  • Mr. Jang
  • 2014

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  • Paper Empire
    • Post-production
  • Choi Min-sik and Sukku Son in Big Bet (2022)
    Big Bet
  • In Our Prime (2022)
    In Our Prime
  • Choi Min-sik and Park Hae-il in Heaven: To the Land of Happiness (2021)
    Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
  • Forbidden Dream (2019)
    Forbidden Dream
  • Paboos (2019)
    Paboos
  • Bakugan: Battle Force (2019)
    Bakugan: Battle Force
  • Su-an Kim in A Field Day (2018)
    A Field Day
  • Choi Min-sik, Park Shin-Hye, Lee Hanee, and Ryu Jun-Yeol in Heart Blackened (2017)
    Heart Blackened
  • Choi Min-sik in The Mayor (2017)
    The Mayor
  • The Tiger (2015)
    The Tiger
  • Choi Min-sik, Kim Myung-gon, Lee Jung-hyun, Jin Goo, Cho Jin-woong, Seung-ryong Ryu, Ryôhei Ohtani, Kim Tae-hoon, and Park Bo-gum in The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
    The Admiral: Roaring Currents
  • Scarlett Johansson in Lucy (2014)
    Lucy
  • Choi Min-sik, Lee Jung-jae, and Hwang Jung-min in New World (2013)
    New World
  • Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
    Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time
  • Daisy, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)
    Daisy, a Hen Into the Wild
    • (voice)

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"Greenhouse Fight" from I Saw the Devil
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"Greenhouse Fight" from I Saw the Devil
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I Saw the Devil: Greenband Trailer
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I Saw the Devil: Greenband Trailer
I Saw the Devil: Redband Trailer
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I Saw the Devil: Redband Trailer
The Tiger
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The Tiger
The Mayor
Trailer 1:41
The Mayor
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Trailer 1:21
The Admiral: Roaring Currents
Shiri
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Shiri

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    • January 22, 1962
    • Seoul, South Korea
    • 1999 - present

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    Has starred in two of Park Chan Wook's Vengenace Trilogy films - 2003's Oldboy and 2005's Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.
  • Quotes
    Western ghosts are evil, but Korean ghosts are about making peace. That is part of our Korean psyche.

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