Choi Min Shik

File:Choi Min Shik.jpg

## Profile

* **Name:** 최민식 / Choi Min Shik (Choe Min Sik)
* **Profession:** Actor
* **Birthdate:** 1962-Apr-27 (age 61)
* **Birthplace:** South Korea
* **Height:** 177cm
* **Weight:** 70kg
* **Star sign:** Taurus
* **Blood type:** B
* **Talent agency:** C-JeS Entertainment

## TV Shows

* Love and Separation (사랑과 이별) (MBC, 1997)
* Miss & Mister (미스 & 미스터) (SBS, 1997)
* Dad is the Boss (아빠는 시장님) (SBS, 1996)
* Their Embrace (MBC, 1996)
* 4th Republic (MBC, 1995)
* Until We Meet Again (다시 만날 때까지) (SBS, 1995)
* The Moon of Seoul (MBC, 1994)
* Last Lovers (MBC, 1994)
* January (KBS2, 1993)
* Sons and Daughters (MBC, 1992)
* Sweetheart (정든 님) (KBS1, 1992)
* Tide of Ambition (야망의 세월) (KBS2, 1990)

## Movies

* The Great Tiger (2015)
* Lucy (2014)
* The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
* In My End Is My Beginning (2013)
* New World (2013)
* Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
* Leafie, A Hen into the Wild (2011) *voice*
* I Saw The Devil (2010)
* Himalaya, Where The Wind Dwells (2009)
* Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005)
* Crying Fist (2005)
* Springtime (2004)
* TaeGukGi: Brotherhood of War (2004)
* Oldboy (2003)
* Strokes of Fire (2003)
* Failan (2001)
* Happy End (1999)
* Shiri (1999)
* The Quiet Family (1998)
* No. 3 (1997)
* Sea Anemone (1995)
* Sarah Is Guilty (1993)
* May Our Love Stay This Way (1992)
* Our Twisted Hero (1992)
* That Which Falls Has Wings (1990)
* Guro Arirang (1989)

## Recognitions

* **2015 51st Baeksang Arts Awards:** Grand Prize for Film (The Admiral: Roaring Currents)
* **2015 10th Max Movie Awards:** Best Actor (The Admiral: Roaring Currents)
* **2015 6th KOFRA Film Awards:** Best Actor (The Admiral: Roaring Currents)
* **2014 51st Grand Bell Awards:** Best Actor (The Admiral: Roaring Currents)
* **2014 34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards:** Best Actor (The Admiral: Roaring Currents)
* **2014 2nd Asia Star Awards:** Actor of the Year (The Admiral: Roaring Currents)
* **2013 4th KOFRA Film Awards:** Best Actor (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time)
* **2012 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards:** Best Actor (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time)
* **2012 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards:** Best Actor (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time)
* **2012 21st Buil Film Awards:** Best Actor (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time)
* **2010 13th Director's Cut Awards:** Best Actor (I Saw the Devil)
* **2005 9th Fantasia Festival:** Best Actor (Crying Fist)
* **2005 The Village Voice Annual Film Critics Poll:** Best Performance, Rank #40 (Oldboy)
* **2004 7th Director's Cut Awards:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2004 49th Asia Pacific Film Festival:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2004 3rd Korean Film Awards:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2004 Chunsa Film Art Awards:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2004 41st Grand Bell Awards:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2004 40th Baeksang Arts Awards:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2003 22nd Golden Cinematography Awards:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2003 23rd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2003 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards:** Best Actor (Oldboy)
* **2001 4th Director's Cut Awards:** Best Actor (Failan)
* **2001 21st Korean Association of Film Critics Awards:** Best Actor (Failan)
* **2001 22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards:** Best Actor (Failan)
* **2001 2nd Busan Film Critics Awards:** Best Actor (Failan)
* **2001 4th Deauville Asian Film Festival:** Best Actor (Failan)
* **2000 45th Asia Pacific Film Festival:** Best Actor (Happy End)
* **1999 2nd Director's Cut Awards:** Best Actor (Shiri, Happy End)
* **1999 36th Grand Bell Awards:** Best Actor (Shiri)
* **1999 35th Baeksang Arts Awards:** Best Actor (Shiri)
* **1998 22nd Golden Cinematography Awards:** Most Popular Actor
* **1997 21st Seoul Theater Festival:** Best Actor (Taxi Driver)
* **1993 38th Asia Pacific Film Festival:** Best Supporting Actor (Our Twisted Hero)
* **1990 KBS Drama Awards:** Best New Actor (Tide of Ambition)

## External Links

* Official Site
* Profile (naver)
* Korean Wikipedia