Choi Min-Sik

Choi Min-sik is a South Korean actor. He was born on January 22, 1962 in Seoul, South Korea. Along with Song Kang-ho, he is one of the premiere Korean actors both domestically and on the global scene. Choi started his career as a theatrical actor before adding in film roles, first with parts in Park Jong-won's films Kuro Arirang and Our Twisted Hero and later in the nineties by appearing as a police investigator in No. 3 and as a North Korean agent in Korea's most successful film ever at that point, Shiri.
In the 2000's, aided by the success of Shiri, Choi continued to get versatile lead roles first as a gangster in Failan and then as a nineteenth-century painter in Chihwaseon. In 2003, he took on the role that garnered him international attention as revenge-seeking Oh Dae-su in Oldboy.
At various points during 2006 Choi (and several other Korean filmmakers, though separately from Choi) demonstrated in Seoul and at the Cannes Film Festival against the Korean decision to reduce the Film Quota from 146 to 73 days.
In November 2008 after Universal confirmed they would try to make a Hollywood adaption of Oldboy, Choi admitted to many French media reporters that he was upset at Hollywood for using what he described as low style pressure tactics towards Asian and European film makers so they could remake foreign movies in the United States.



What members say | Filmography

Choi Min-Sik - what members say

Choi Min-Sik - filmography

5 most recent films

Lady Vengeance - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Crying Fist - 3.0 stars
Lady Vengeance - 3.5 stars
No. 3 - 2.0 stars
The Quiet Family - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lady Vengeance - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Lady Vengeance - 3.5 stars
The Quiet Family - 3.0 stars
Crying Fist - 3.0 stars
No. 3 - 2.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

No. 3 - 2.0 stars
Crying Fist - 3.0 stars
The Quiet Family - 3.0 stars
Lady Vengeance - 3.5 stars
Lady Vengeance - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ho-kyung Go - 3 times - show films
Si-Hu Kim - 3 times - show films
Yun-seong Lee - 3 times - show films
Kwon Ye-Young - 3 times - show films
In-hwan Park - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Park Chan-Wook - 6 times - show films
Seung-wan Ryoo - 4 times - show films
Ji-woon Kim - 3 times - show films
Song Neung-Han - 1 times - show films