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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.


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Choi Min-Sik - what members say


  • Lady Vengeance
  • Lady Vengeance review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 5 stars Lady Vengeance 24 March 2007
    ...and little dialogue to assist; Lee hits every moment flawlessly and truthfully. Choi Min-Sik provides sterling support as Mr Baek. The act of vengeance itself is not so exp...  

Choi Min-Sik - filmography


  • Lady Vengeance
  • Lady Vengeance on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Lee Young-Ae,  Choi Min-Sik,  Kim Si-Hu
    Director: Park Chan-Wook
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Another tale of revenge from the creator of OldBoy. Lee Guem-ja has been released from prison having served 13 years for the kidnapping and murder of a child. A seemingly unassuming prisoner, Guem-ja has in fact been plotting her revenge on the man who was responsible for her incarceration. With ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 15,379 members
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  • No. 3
  • No. 3 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Han Seok-Gyu,  Choi Min-Sik,  Lee Mi-yeon
    Director: Song Neung-Han
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A parody of hardboiled gangster films, the Korean action comedy No. 3 follows the hilarious misadventures of bumbling mobster Tae-Ju (Han Suk-Kyu). Starting out as a lowly henchman for the powerful Do Ka Gang, Tae-Ju is promoted to "Gangster No. 3" after he inadvertently saves the life of his boss ..read more »
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Choi Min-Sik facts

5 most recent films

Lady Vengeance - 3.0 stars
No. 3 - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lady Vengeance - 3.0 stars
No. 3 - 2.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

No. 3 - 2.0 stars
Lady Vengeance - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Yoo Ji-Tae - 2 times - show films
Kang Hye-jeong - 2 times - show films
Lee Young-Ae - 1 times - show films
Kim Si-Hu - 1 times - show films
Han Seok-Gyu - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Chan-Wook Park - 2 times - show films
Park Chan-Wook - 1 times - show films
Song Neung-Han - 1 times - show films