Choi Won-young

Actor Jan 10 (age 50) South Korea 2002–2026 (24 year career)

6.8 avg rating

Biography

Choi Won Young (born Choi Seong Wook) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in Sex Is Zero, Choi has appeared in both film and television. But his most notable roles have been in the TV dramas While You Were Sleeping and A Hundred Year Legacy, as well as the low-budget crime thriller Your Time Is Up, which premiered at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival. In December 2013, Choi became engaged to actress Shim Yi Young whom he met while playing a married couple in the seri…

Known For

Film

Past Lives

Nora's Dad

Film

The Heirs

Yoon Jae-ho

Film

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

An Ji-Gong

Film

Twinkling Watermelon

Eun-gyeol's Father

Film

Kill Me, Heal Me

Chief Ahn Gook

Film

Confession of Murder

Jung Tae-suk

Film

Hierarchy

Jug Gi-yeong

Film

Under the Queen's Umbrella

King Lee Ho

Filmography

Acting (68)

Movies (21)

Land of Happiness

as Baek Seung-gi

Past Lives

as Nora's Dad

tvN O'PENing: Don't Press the Peach

2023

as Kim Gang Soo

Yaksha: Ruthless Operations

as Lee Chan-young

The Book of Fish

as Jeong Yak-jong

Oh! My Gran

as Detective Kang

Jesters: The Game Changers

2019

as Hong Yoon-sung

6.9

Looking for My Family

as Tae-seong

The Plan Man

as Kang Byung-soo

Your Time is UP

as Seok-ho

Shorts Meet Shorts

as Dong-kyu

Confession of Murder

as Jung Tae-suk

Grape Candy

as Ji-hoon

In Love and the War

Earth Rep Rolling Stars

2011

as Jack (voice)

After the Opera

The Outlaw

as Park Sung-chul

Cheaters

as Seok Ho

Love in Magic

as Han Joon-seok

To Catch a Virgin Ghost

as Han-seok

Sex Is Zero

as Park Chan-soo

Television (47)

Undercover Miss Hong

2026

as Kang Myeong-hwi

8.2

The Practical Guide to Love

To My Beloved Thief

as Lim Sa-hyeong

We Are All Trying Here

2026 Upcoming

Apr 18

The Murky Stream

2025

7.5

Our Chocolate Moments

as Mr. Hong

Family by Choice

as Yun Jeong-jae

Hierarchy

as Jug Gi-yeong

Twinkling Watermelon

as Eun-gyeol's Father

8.9

The First Responders

2022

as Ha Young-doo

8.2

Under the Queen's Umbrella

as King Lee Ho

O’PENing

as Kim Kang-su

Europe Outside Your Tent

as Self

The Golden Spoon

as Hwang Hyeon-do

Youth of May

as Hwang Hee-tae (adult)

Reflection of You

as An Hyeon-seong

Moonshine

as Lee Shi-heum

Mystic Pop-up Bar

as Team Leader Gwi

Alice

as Seok Oh-won

My Dangerous Wife

as Kim Yoon Cheol

Delicious Rendezvous

as Self

The Nokdu Flower

as Hwang Seok-Joo

Doctor Prisoner

as Lee Jae-Joon

SKY Castle

as Hwang Chi-young

Where Stars Land

as Han Jae-young

따로 또 같이

While You Were Sleeping

2017

as Nam Chul Doo [Hong Joo's father]

Oh, the Mysterious

as Jang Pil-Sung

Mad Dog

as Joo Hyun-Ki

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

2016

as An Ji-Gong

7.9

The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop

2016

as Sung Tae-Pyung

6.8

Please Come Back, Mister

as Cha Jae Gook

Kill Me, Heal Me

as Chief Ahn Gook

I Remember You

as Lee Joon-ho/Lee Joon-yeong

Twenty Again

as Kim Woo-Cheol

Secret Door

as Chae Je-gong

Three Days

as Kim Do-jin

Climb The Sky Walls

as [Climbing coach]

The Heirs

as Yoon Jae-ho

A Hundred Year Legacy

as Kim Chul-gyu

Love in Memory

as Ki Soo

아드레날린

Law of the Jungle

as Self

While You Were Sleeping

2011

as Yoon Min-joon

KBS Drama Special

Definitely Neighbors

as Chae Ki-hoon

The Great Queen Seondeok

2009

as General Gyebaek

7.1