Choi Woo-shik

Choi Wooshik
Born (1990-03-26) March 26, 1990
Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater Chung-Ang University – Cultural Studies
Years active 2011–present
Agent JYP Entertainment[1]
Korean name
Hangul 최우식
Hanja 崔宇植
Revised Romanization Choe U-sik
McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe U-sik

Choi Wooshik (born March 26, 1990) is a South Korean actor.

Early life

Choi is the younger of two sons and immigrated to Canada with his family when he was in fifth grade, where he spent the next ten years of his life.[2] He attended high school at Pinetree Secondary School.[3]

Then in 2011, while a junior at Simon Fraser University, the then-21-year-old Choi returned to Korea to go on auditions, and he made his acting debut in the period drama The Duo (2011).[4]

Career

Choi pursued acting full-time, and supporting roles followed in television series such as Rooftop Prince (2012) and Special Affairs Team TEN (2011-2013).[5][6] In 2014, Choi starred in his first leading role in the coming-of-age indie film Set Me Free,[7] for which he won Actor of the Year at the Busan International Film Festival.[8][9] This was followed by the romantic comedy cable series Hogu's Love (2015), in which he played the title character.[10]

Choi gained international recognition with the blockbuster zombie thriller film Train to Busan and action-adventure film Okja.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Etude, Solo Short film
2012 Circle of Crime – Director's Cut
2013 Secretly, Greatly Yoon Yoo-joon [12]
2014 Set Me Free Young-jae [7]
Big Match Guru [13]
2015 In the Room Min-jun Singaporean film [14]
2016 Train to Busan Yong-guk [15]
2017 Okja Kim Woo-shik [16]
2018 Golden Slumber Joo-ho Cameo
The Princess and the Matchmaker Nam Chi-ho [17]
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion Young man [18][19]
Monstrum Hur [20]
Hunting Time Ki-hoon [21]
2019 Parasite [22][23]
Your Name Is Rose [24]
The Divine Fury Father Choi Special appearance

Television series

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2011 The Duo young Gwi-dong MBC
Drama Special – "Yeongdeok Women's Wrestling Team" KBS2
Living in Style Na Joo-ra SBS
Deep Rooted Tree young Jung Gi-joon / Ga Ri-on
Special Affairs Team TEN Park Min-ho OCN
2012 Rooftop Prince Do Chi-san SBS [7]
Shut Up Family Yeol Woo-bong KBS2
Drama Special – "Culprit Among Friends" young Do-hyun
2013 Special Affairs Team TEN Season 2 Park Min-ho OCN [25]
Who Are You? Hee-koo tvN Cameo, Episodes 10, 12
Drama Festival – "Principal Investigator: Save Wang Jo-hyun!" Boo Joong-shik MBC
2014 You're All Surrounded Choi Woo-shik SBS Cameo, Episode 4
Fated to Love You Lee Yong MBC [26]
Pride and Prejudice Lee Jang-won [27]
Dr. Frost Kim Jung-hoon OCN Cameo, Episode 8
2015 Hogu's Love Kang Ho-gu tvN [10]
My Fantastic Funeral Park Dong-soo SBS Two-part special [28]
2017 Fight for My Way Park Moo-bin KBS2 Cameo, Episode 1-7
The Package Kim Gyung-jae jTBC [29]
The Boy Next Door Park Gyu-tae Dingo Studios Web-drama [30]

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2012 Real Mate in Australia, Rooftop Prince Trio QTV Cast member [31]
2013–2014 Beating Hearts SBS [32]
2015 Law of the Jungle in Nicaragua [33]

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist Ref.
2014 "My Old Story" IU [34]
2015 "Congratulations" DAY6
2017 "That Moment" Im Seulong
"You Were Beautiful" DAY6

Discography

Year Song title Notes
2017 "Some Guys" (with Jang Ki-yong) From an OST of the web series The Boy Next Door

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 19th Busan International Film Festival Actor of the Year Set Me Free Won [35]
2015 10th Max Movie Awards Best New Actor Nominated
16th Busan Film Critics Awards Won
2nd Wildflower Film Awards Won [36]
24th Buil Film Awards Nominated
35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Won [37]
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards Won [38]
The Korea Film Actors' Association Awards Popular Actor Award Won [39]
2016 11th Max Movie Awards Rising Star Award N/A Won [40]
2017 22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards Special Popularity Award Won [41]

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Hye-ji (October 5, 2012). "Choi Woo-shik Joins JYP Entertainment". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. ↑ "최우식, 노영학 / My name is 최우식". 10Asia (Korea Economic Daily) (in Korean). March 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ Lee, Ga-on (March 9, 2011). "My Name Is: Choi Woo-shik". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. ↑ "CHOI Woo-sik". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  5. ↑ "TV series "Rooftop Prince" ready to make the audience raise the roof". 10Asia. March 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ Ho, Stewart (January 26, 2013). "JYP's Choi Woo Sik Returns to Second Season of Special Affairs Team Ten". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  7. 1 2 3 "Choi Woo-shik to Take 1st Leading Role in Feature Film". 10Asia. October 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ Kim, Su-yeon (October 30, 2014). "Actor CHOI Woo-sik: Dreams to Be a Real Giant in the Film World". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  9. ↑ "Indie Film Draws 20,000 Viewers in 2 Weeks". The Chosun Ilbo. November 28, 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  10. 1 2 Doo, Rumy (January 30, 2015). "Uee plays haughty swimming champion in new TV rom-com". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  11. ↑ "Busan Facetime: Actor Choi Woo-shik Looks to Make a Hollywood Leap". Variety. August 14, 2017.
  12. ↑ ""Secretly and Greatly" Choi Wooshik verses Kim Soo-hyun". Hancinema (in Korean). Osen. June 4, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Choi Woo-shik Cast in Shin Ha-kyun's Action Movie". 10Asia. January 9, 2014.
  14. ↑ Noh, I-seul (September 13, 2014). "Choi Woo Shik casted for Singaporean film, In The Room". StarN News. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  15. ↑ "Main Cast Confirmed for BUSAN BOUND". Korean Film Biz Zone. April 8, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Production Begins on BONG Joon-ho/Netflix Film OKJA". Korean Film Biz Zone. May 9, 2016.
  17. ↑ "SHIM Eun-kyoung and LEE Seung-gi' MARITAL HARMONY Began Shooting". Korean Film Biz Zone. September 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ "PARK Hoon-jung's Upcoming WITCH Cranks Up". Korean Film Biz Zone. December 29, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Choi Woo-shik is ready to show his dark side : The popular 'Okja' truck driver plays a villain in 'The Witch: Part 1'". Korea JoongAng Daily. June 30, 2018.
  20. ↑ "KIM Myung-min and PARK Hee-Soon Wrap Period Monster Film MULGOE". Korean Film Biz Zone. August 7, 2017.
  21. ↑ "YOON Sung-hyun's HUNTING TIME Locks Down Cast". Korean Film Biz Zone. November 23, 2017.
  22. ↑ "BONG Joon-ho's upcoming movie PARASITE Confirms Cast". Korean Film Biz Zone. February 9, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Bong Joon-ho's next film has a cast". Korea JoongAng Daily. January 24, 2018.
  24. ↑ "YOO Ho-jeong, PARK Sung-woong Lead YOUR NAME IS ROSE". Korean Film Biz Zone. January 26, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Actor Choi Woo Shik, Rookie Detective in OCN drama "Ten 2"". 10Asia. April 12, 2013.
  26. ↑ "최우식, '운명처럼 널 사랑해' 캐스팅..장혁과 맞대결". Star Money (in Korean). May 22, 2014.
  27. ↑ "최우식, '오만과 편견' 캐스팅…최진혁-백진희-최민수-손창민과 호흡". WOWTV (in Korean). October 1, 2014.
  28. ↑ "최우식·경수진, SBS 단막극 '나의 판타스틱한 장례식'서 연인호흡". Xports News (in Korean). September 11, 2015.
  29. ↑ "JTBC's 'The Package' tells stories of travelers". Korea JoongAng Daily. October 12, 2017.
  30. ↑ "Train to Busan actor Choi Woo Sik to appear with Jang Hee Ryung in new web drama". International Business Times. December 23, 2016.
  31. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (June 4, 2012). "Royal Trio Jung Seok Won, Lee Min Ho, Choi Woo Shik Hang Out in Australia". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  32. ↑ "Choi Woo-shik to Make 1st TV Show Apperance Next Month". 10Asia. August 12, 2013.
  33. ↑ "정글의 법칙' 하니부터 조한선까지…정글 멤버 공개". Sports World (in Korean). July 25, 2015.
  34. ↑ Choi, Hyun-jung (May 17, 2014). "Actor Choi Woo Shik shows a deeper side of him on IU's new MV". StarN News. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  35. ↑ Conran, Pierce (October 13, 2014). "END OF WINTER and 13 Share BIFF New Currents Honors". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  36. ↑ "HAN GONG-JU Tops Wildflower Film Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. April 10, 2015.
  37. ↑ Conran, Pierce (November 2, 2015). "THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  38. ↑ "ASSASSINATION Tops Blue Dragon Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. November 27, 2015.
  39. ↑ Conran, Pierce (December 30, 2015). "LEE Byung-hun, YOO Ah-in and HAN Hyo-joo Take Top Star Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  40. ↑ "Winners of '2016 Max Movie Best Film Awards'". Mnet. February 26, 2016.
  41. ↑ "Train to Busan, The Wailing win at 22nd Chunsa Film Art Awards". International Business Times. May 25, 2017.
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