# Choi Tae-joon

Choi Tae-joon (Korean: 최태준, born July 7, 1991) is a South Korean actor, model and TV host born in Seoul. He first gained recognition as a child actor in the drama Piano (2001), and TV movies about student youth situations. He won two Korea Drama Awards, "Best Young Actor" 2014 for the drama All About My Mom, and "Best Villain" 2017 for his villainous co-star role in the disaster-mystery drama Missing 9. Also, he won another Award for "Best Character" 2017 at the Asia Artist Awards. He has since taken on lead roles in melodrama Exit (2018) and the famous and popular romcom TV drama So I Married the Anti-fan (2021).

## Career

Choi made his acting debut as a child actor, playing the younger version of Jo In-sung's character in the television series Piano (2001).
Choi gained recognition with his supporting roles as the protagonist's estranged son in fantasy drama Padam Padam (2011), a 20-year-old high school bully in webtoon adaptation Puberty Medley (2013), a villain in disaster drama Missing 9 (2017), and a lawyer in romance comedy drama Suspicious Partner (2017). Choi also starred in the youth film Eclipse (2016) as the lead.
Choi was a cast member of the virtual reality show We Got Married in 2016, pairing with Apink's Yoon Bo-mi. Choi became a permanent host on the Korean variety show Hello Counselor in September after being a guest two weeks in a row in August 2016.
In 2018, Choi was cast in his first lead role on network television in the 2-episode drama special Exit. He was then cast in the romantic comedy series So I Married the Anti-fan as the male lead, based on the webtoon of the same name.

## Personal life
### Marriage

On March 7, 2018, it was confirmed by Huayi Brothers that Choi had been in a relationship with actress Park Shin-hye since late 2017.
On November 23, 2021, it was announced that Park was pregnant and both of them were preparing for marriage. They were married on January 22, 2022, in presence of friends and family in a church ceremony in Seoul. On May 31, 2022, Park gave birth to a son.

### Military service

Choi started his military service along with Bang Yong-guk on August 1, 2019, and served as a public service worker due to health issues. He was discharged from his service on May 18, 2021.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2003 | Project X | |
| 2012 | Pacemaker | Min Yoon-ki |
| 2016 | Eclipse | Se-joon |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Piano | young Lee Kyung-ho | |
| 2002 | Magic Kid Masuri | Min Ho-soo | |
| 2011 | Padam Padam | Im Jung | |
| 2012 | The King of Dramas | Oh In-sung, actor in Elegant Revenge | (Bit part, Episode 1) |
| 2012 | The Great Seer | Yi Bang-won | |
| 2013 | Ugly Alert | Gong Hyun-seok | |
| 2013 | Puberty Medley | Lee Yeok-ho | |
| 2014 | Mother's Garden | Cha Ki-joon | |
| 2015 | A Girl Who Sees Smells | Ye Sang-gil | |
| 2015 | All About My Mom | Lee Hyung-soon | |
| 2016 | Flowers of the Prison | Sung Ji-heon | |
| 2017 | Missing 9 | Choi Tae-ho | |
| 2017 | Suspicious Partner | Ji Eun-hyuk | |
| 2018 | Exit | Do Kang-soo | |
| 2018 | The Undateables | Choi Jun-soo | |
| 2022 | Twenty-Five Twenty-One | Jeong Ho-jin | Cameo |
| 2024 | Flex X Cop | Ha Nam-su | Cameo (ep. 9–10) |
| 2024 | The Midnight Studio | Choi Hoon | Cameo (ep. 7-8) |
| 2024 | Iron Family | Cha Tae-woong | |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | 109 Strange Things | KDI-109 | |
| 2021 | So I Married the Anti-fan | Hoo Joon | |
| 2021–2022 | The Man's Voice | Baek Tae-hwa | |
| 2023 | Island | Chan-hee | Special appearance |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Hello Counselor | Host | Permanent host from episodes 288–341 |
| 2016 | Celebrity Bromance | Cast member | Season 2 with Zico (Block B) |
| 2016 | We Got Married | Cast member | Season 4 with Bomi (Apink) (Episodes 341–363) |
| 2022 | Public Diplomacy, Move Your Heart | Narrator | Part 2: Connecting the Heart |

### Music video appearances

| Year | Song title | Artist | Ref. |
| 2013 | "Bye Bye Happy Days!" | Kara | |
| 2017 | "When We Were Two" | Urban Zakapa | |

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2017 | New Wave Award | Choi Tae-joon | Won |
| Asia Artist Awards | 2018 | Best Icon | Choi Tae-joon | Won |
| Asia Rainbow TV Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | Ugly Alert | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2015 | Best New Actor | All About My Mom | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2015 | Best Couple Award | Choi Tae-joo (with Jo Bo-ah) All About My Mom | Nominated |
| KBS Entertainment Awards | 2016 | Rookie Award in Talk Show | Hello Counselor | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2014 | Best New Actor | Mother's Garden | Won |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama | The Flower in Prison | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Missing 9 | Nominated |
| KBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Best Character Award | Missing 9 | Won |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2017 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Suspicious Partner | Nominated |