Choi Won-young
Birthday: Born in 1976-01-10 in South Korea
Deathday: Alive
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 series A Hundred Year Legacy. The couple got married on February 28, 2014, at the Grand Ballroom of the COEX Walkerhill Hotel in Samseong-dong and on June 22, 2014, they welcomed their first child, a daughter. June 14, 2017 couple welcomed their second daughter.
TV Credits
KBS 드라마 스페셜
Character:
Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership....
여우각시별
Character: Han Jae Young [Yeo Reum's father]
This series follows people who work diligently at Incheon International Airport. Lee Soo Yeon graduated from prestigious KAIST. He begins work at Incheon International Airport and gives himself a goal of six months to get used to working there. Lee Soo-Yeon is a mysterious man who keeps people at a distance. There, he meets Han Yeo Reum. She is a new employee in the passenger service team. She wants to be a perfectionist, but her reality is a little different. She makes a lot of mistakes....
맛남의 광장
Character: Himself
Baek Jong Won is here again to help out an industry. This time, he goes all out to promote local food. He visits various regions and learn about their local produce. By creating different meals with these ingredients, Mr. Baek is able to sell them in rest stops. Yang Se Hyeong, Kim Hee Chul, and Kim Dong Jin are here to assist....
너를 닮은 사람
Character: An Hyeon-seong
A thriving painter's enviable life begins to fray at the edges when a bright young woman she once befriended resurfaces as a shell of her former self....
꽃 피면 달 생각하고
Character: Lee Shi-heum
About human love against the backdrop of the most powerful alcohol prohibition period in the Joseon. The private prosecutor who comes to Seoul to raise the family, a poor man and his wife who start to make drinks to pay off their debts, and the prince who keeps going over the wall to drink; the drama is about three people who can end each other's lives fatefully encountering in front of a secret liquor warehouse....
백년의 유산
Character: Kim Chul-gyu
A warm-hearted family drama about a three-generation family and their noodle factory that they operate in the outskirts of Seoul....
정글의 법칙
Character: Self
Law of the Jungle is a hybrid reality show combining elements of drama and documentary. The show is hosted by comedian Kim Byung Man, and each episode invites various celebrities from the various field. So far, many of idol stars and famous actors have appeared on the show. The show introduces viewers to exotic locations around the world where celebrities must work together in order to complete missions and survive. The cast celebrities travel to less habituated, natural places to survive on the...
비밀의 문
Character: Chae Je-gong
A re-imagining of the legendary tale of the troubled father-son relationship between King Yeongjo and his only son Prince Sado. While his father insists on a strong and centralized government, Crown Prince Sado promotes social justice and equality throughout the kingdom. Throughout eight fateful years, the strain on their relationship — both familial and political — eventually evolves into a total breakdown, ending with one of the most tragic stories in Joseon history....
선덕여왕
Character: General Gyebaek
The life story of Queen Seondeok, the first queen of the Korean people during the Silla Dynasty....
너를 기억해
Character: Lee Joon-ho/Lee Joon-yeong
This drama is a romantic thriller that centers around a criminal profiler, Lee Hyun who previously work as a consultant at the police department in New York. After he returns to south Korea, he’s in charge of a special criminal investigation team. Due to his special insight, he can analyze the crime scene and the suspect at one glance. He works together with an elite detective, Cha Ji An to solve the crimes and they develop a romantic relationship....
상속자들
Character: Yoon Jae-ho
After a chance encounter in LA, two teens from different social backgrounds reunite at an exclusive high school attended by Korea's über rich....
쓰리 데이즈
Character: Kim Do-jin
Three shots are fired and the president of South Korea suddenly goes missing from his vacation villa. Three Days is a condensed-time thriller that follows the struggles of elite Blue House bodyguard Han Tae Kyung to find and protect the president. With the aid of local police officer Yoon Bo Won and fellow Blue House guards, will Han Tae Kyung be able to save the president before it’s too late?...
당신이 잠든 사이에
Character: Nam Chul Doo [Hong Joo's father]
Burdened with visions of the future in their dreams, a young woman and two men try to prevent horrible events before they actually happen....
두번째 스무살
Character: Kim Woo-Cheol
Due to an unplanned pregnancy, Ha No Ra married young and dropped out of school. But after two decades as a housewife, she finally gets the chance to experience college, alongside her 20-year-old son Kim Min Soo and his girlfriend Oh Hye Mi. Further complicating things, No Ra already has a strained student-teacher relationship, as her husband Kim Woo Chul and her first love Cha Hyun Suk wind up being her professors....
따로 또 같이
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오프닝
Character: Kim Kang-su
O'PENing is the new name of Drama Stage which has been broadcasting the winning work of the O'PEN storyteller contest. The franchise will continue to make meaningful steps to introduce and support new writers to see the light of the world and diversify content genres....
반짝이는 워터멜론
Character: Eun-gyeol's Father
A CODA (child of deaf adult) student born with a gift for music crash lands at an unfamiliar place after time traveling through a suspicious music shop. There, he forms the band Watermelon Sugar with other mysterious youths....
화랑
Character: An Ji-Gong
An elite group of young warriors trained in morals and martial arts finds love and friendship in Silla during Korea’s ancient Three Kingdoms period....
돌아와요 아저씨
Character: Cha Jae Gook
After being literally worked to death, one man comes back to life while possessing a handsome man for a limited time....
월계수 양복점 신사들
Character: Sung Tae-Pyung
Depicts the trials and tribulations of four men who work at Laurel Tree Tailor Shop....
소방서 옆 경찰서
Character: Ha Young-doo
A police station and a fire station adjoining each other cooperate in combating crime and fire in the most brutal and tragic cases....
오월의 청춘
Character: Hwang Hee-tae (adult)
A budding love story between a medical student and a nurse takes place in May 1980, during a time of civil unrest and military oppression in Gwangju....
당신이 잠든 사이
Character: Yoon Min-joon
Oh Shin-young is a hospital cafeteria nutritionist with a bright personality, who is happily married to Yoon Min-joon, who works in the sales department of a food company. But while giving birth, Shin-young falls into a vegetative state induced by the hospital's chief obstetrician Go Hyun-sung. Hyun-sung is Min-joon's ex-girlfriend who is still in love with him, despite being married to Chae Hyuk-jin, the director of a food company and Min-joon's boss. When Hyuk-jin learns of his wife's betrayal...
금수저
Character: Hwang Hyeon-do
Would you trade your poor but loving family for a life of riches? When Seung Cheon gets his hands on a magical spoon that allows him to switch lives with his rich best friend, he thinks it’s a no-brainer. But life-altering decisions are always accompanied by a sense of doubt, and with only three chances to change his mind, Seung Cheon has to decide which of his two possible futures is worth keeping....
매드 독
Character: Joo Hyun-Ki
Choi Kang-Woo is a former detective, but he now works as a veteran insurance investigator. He leads a team that attempts to reveal insurance fraud cases....
이웃집 웬수
Character: Chae Ki-hoon
Married couple Kim Sung-jae & Yoon Ji-yeong gets divorced. Prior to their divorce, the couple had an argument and their five year old son left the house. Their child died by a car accident. The guilt from their child's death weighted heavily on the parents and eventually they divorced because of this. As time goes on, the ex spouses meet again as neighbors ......
의문의 일승
Character: Jang Pil-Sung
Il Seung was wrongly accused of a crime and imprisoned, and has spent ten years on death row. He manages to break out of prison and somehow becomes a fake cop, then sets out to find a hidden stash of 100 billion won (nearly 100 million dollars) on behalf of criminals who will supply him with a new identity upon receipt. He has three days to find the cash and begin his new life....
슈룹
Character: King Lee Ho
A spirited queen tries to rein in her rowdy sons in order to make one of them the next king of Joseon, while her competitors vie to snatch the throne....
아드레날린
Character:
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SKY 캐슬
Character: Hwang Chi-young
For the families living at Sky Castle, an exclusive residential community that's home to Korea's elite, their children’s success means everything....
닥터 프리즈너
Character: Lee Jae-Joon
An ace doctor in a university hospital is wrongfully accused of a medical malpractice incident and gets ousted from the hospital. He then applies to work at a prison, where he plans to make personal connections with all the big shots in prison with the ultimate goal of getting revenge against the hospital that kicked him out....
녹두꽃
Character: Hwang Seok-Joo
Set during the period of the 1894 Donghak Peasant Revolution against the Japanese, the drama tells the story of two half-brothers, one illegitimate and low born, and one, part of the pro-Japanese ruling elite, who find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict....
러브 인 메모리
Character: Ki Soo
History tells of memories, the longings for love and healing....
텐트 밖은 유럽
Character: Self
Yoo Hae-jin for 'Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village' demonstrates his hidden aspects as a camping master introducing to the audience a new paradigm of traveling Europe. Along with Jin Seon-kyu, Park Ji-hwan, and Yoon Kyun-sang, the four brothers travel Europe as the wheels roll....
쌍갑포차
Character: Team Leader Gwi
At this mysterious late-night food cart run by an equally mysterious woman and her part-timer, customers are provided a space for respite and counseling through their dreams. But most importantly, everyone here is treated equally—living or dead....
킬미, 힐미
Character: Chief Ahn Gook
A business mogul's grandson, who has 7 personalities, and a female physician who becomes his secret doctor....
하이라키
Character: Jug Gi-yeong
The top 0.01% of students control law and order at Jooshin High School, but a secretive transfer student chips a crack in their indomitable world....
하늘벽에 오르다
Character: [Climbing coach]
A story based on the subject of Sports Climbing about a friendship between a person with a disability and one without. It is about the story of Tae Ho, the son of a former professional mountaineer who loses the ability to move the lower half of his body. The story narrates the conflict and reconciliation between Tae Ho and a blind girl named Yoo Jin who overcomes her disability and lives a positive life....
조립식 가족
Character: Yun Jeong-jae
A youth romance about two men and woman who aren't blood related but treated each other as family during their teens and how they meet again after 10 years....
나의 위험한 아내
Character: Kim Yoon Cheol
Sim Jae-Kyeong is smart, kindhearted and wealthy. She is married to Kim Yoon-Cheol. They have been married for the past 6 years. Sim Jae-Kyeong enjoys her happy marriage life with her husband, but she becomes involved in a mysterious kidnapping case. Her husband, Kim Yoon-Cheol is a popular chef. He has a good looking appearance and cheerful personality. He has an ordinary marriage life with his wife, but he feels Sim Jae-Hyeong is awful and gets bored with his marriage. Meanwhile, Jin Sun-Mi wo...
앨리스
Character: Seok Oh-won
It’s the year 2050 and time travel exists thanks to Alice, the mechanism through which the intriguing practice is made possible. But a rumor based on a prophecy beings to spread about time travel coming to an end. When You Min Hyuk and Yoon Tae Yi are sent to the year 1992 to find out about the prophecy, Tae Yi realizes she’s pregnant and decides to stay in the past by herself. She changes her name to Park Sun Young and eventually gives birth to a beautiful son named Park Jin Gyeom, whose mental...
탁류
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The story delves into the rise of a man from the underbelly of society to legendary status. The story's foundation on a man's rise from gangster to a legendary figure is a narrative arc ripe with potential....
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Past Lives
Character: Nora's Dad
Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life....
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
Character: Lee Chan-young
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies....
Land of Happiness
Character: Baek Seung-gi
October 26, 1979, a presidential assassination shakes the nation. Taking on the defense of Park Tae-joo, the secretary involved in the presidential assassination, lawyer Jung In-hoo enters what would be South Korea's most notorious political trial. Despite Park Tae-joo facing a predetermined sentence due to his military status, Jung In-hoo fights tirelessly to ensure a fair trial, enraged by the trial's unfair proceedings....
Grape Candy
Character: Ji-hoon
Sun-joo is busy preparing for her upcoming wedding. But her fiancée Ji-hoon plans to go on a business trip with the beautiful writer So-ra who turns out to be Sun-joo’s best friend from before. With all the doubts and jealousy, she lies to So-ra and accompanies her in place of Ji-hoon. But on their way she realizes that the memory about their dearly friend Yeo-eun, who died in a tragic accident, are quite different. What really happened to them? Can they reveal the untold truth?...
Confession of Murder
Character: Jung Tae-suk
A serial killer reappears 15 years after his murder spree with a book detailing his crimes. The resentful cop who failed to catch him before is assigned to protect him. The families of the victims plan revenge. And as the media circus spirals out of control, a masked man called "J" appears claiming to be the real killer....
Sex Is Zero
Character: Park Chan-soo
Eun-sik tries to pass the state exam while studying in college after his military service. One day, he meets a beautiful woman Eun-hyo, and his life changes....
The Plan Man
Character: Kang Byung-soo
The Plan Man is about a man who lives everything according to plan until he meets a woman who wasn't a part of it....
Cheaters
Character: Seok Ho
Seok-ho, a self-styled playboy with a beautiful wife, is fooling around with Ji-yeon, a voluptuous photographer, but pines for Chae-young, a college student who appears to be the most virtuous girl in all of Korea. But it turns out that Chae-young, who frustrates her suitor at every turn, is not so chaste after all. The plot thickens as Seok-ho's best friend Young-su, outwardly awkward and shy, sets his sights on Ji-yeon, not realizing that she is already involved with his best buddy....
Love in Magic
Character: Han Joon-seok
The story is of a playboy who has, through an unavoidable circumstance, run into a woman from his past. Woo Ji Hoon makes a living as a magician and nothing is easier for him than attracting beautiful women. He has an irresistible charm that draws all females to his side like a magnet - all but one, the charming teacher Koo Hee Won. Ji Hoon tried to make her his latest love possession but was bluntly turned down. As luck would have it both Hee Won and Ji Hoon can't resist the temptation of arran...
To Catch a Virgin Ghost
Character: Han-seok
Seok-tae runs away with a huge diamond of his gang and comes to Sisily, a peaceful village. Yang-e runs after him to get the diamond back and finds Seok-tae's trail in Sisily. But all the town people lie about everything. These people turn out to be scarier than a ghost!...
After the Opera
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The cold and no-nonsense Director Han feels the stirrings of love for the first time when he meets Choon Hee. However, his subordinate Joong Do happens to be her first love, and he still has feelings for her. The two men begin a battle to win her heart....
The Outlaw
Character: Park Sung-chul
Detective Jung-soo faces the victims of brutal murders who were killed for no reason and this makes him outraged. During the investigation, he meets Ji-hyun who is the only survivor and marries her, but they cannot escape from her tragic past. One day, Jung-soo's partner, So-young, arrives at the crime scene where she finds Jung-soo crying out in sorrow with his wife and daughter in his arms who are found viciously murdered after they went missing. But as the police and the law let the suspect g...
Shorts Meet Shorts
Character: Dong-kyu
EXIT: Woo-hyun lives a small-time criminal life earning his life as a pick-pocket. He often pays attention to an arrow-shaped-tattoo of his girlfriend which is on the genital area. He calls it ‘the emergency exit.’ THE BODY: Jung-su and Young-sun are a young couple. One new year’s eve, a movie director visits the couple’s house. Only the strong wind of the sea and slow time cross the living room and three people sense something…alive. WALTZING ON THUNDER: Mi-jung just happens to meet a group o...
Looking for My Family
Character: Tae-seong
The story begins with Tae-seong (Choi Won-yeong) and Yeon-hee (Ryoo Hye-won) heading for the child care facility with the hope of meeting the child they lost 6 years ago. They are divorced now but they were a married couple and had a child. They should have been happy but Tae-seong and Yeon-hee weren't. Min-goo (Kang San) is also confused about this situation. He's happy that he found his parents whom he thought never existed but he's also very careful about the situation. The three of them spen...
Oh! My Gran
Character: Detective Kang
A man's daughter is the victim of a brutal hit-and-run car accident. The only witness is the man's dementia-ridden old mother who barely remember any details. The two must work together to find the culprit....
Jesters: The Game Changers
Character: Hong Yoon-sung
A gang of clowns is hired by an unpopular king to serve as propagandists who fabricate positive rumors and stage miracles to improve his personal image....
In Love and the War
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In June 1950, soon after the start of the Korean War, a troop of North Korean soldiers enter a small South Korean village. Captain Jeong-woong proclaims that they came to liberate the villagers but their true agenda is to ferret out the reactionaries. The villagers and Seol-hee, who is separated from her fiance on her wedding day, offer them heartfelt hospitality and cooperation to avoid falling out of the army's favor. Eventually friendships starts to build up between the soldiers and the villa...
Your Time is UP
Character: Seok-ho
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Earth Rep Rolling Stars
Character: Jack (voice)
A story about a group of trouble makers, who knew nothing about baseball and create a team to save the Earth from the best baseball team in the Universe, the "Devil's"....
The Book of Fish
Character: Jeong Yak-jong
When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia....