
Choi Won-young
Known For
Acting
Born
1976-01-10 in South Korea
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 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.
Most Known For

Law of the Jungle
as Self

KBS Drama Special

Family by Choice
as Yun Jeong-jae

Twinkling Watermelon
as Eun-gyeol's Father

The Heirs
as Yoon Jae-ho

To My Beloved Thief
as Lim Sa-hyeong

While You Were Sleeping
as Nam Chul Doo [Hong Joo's father]

Past Lives
as Nora's Dad

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
as An Ji-Gong

Hierarchy
as Jug Gi-yeong

The Golden Spoon
as Hwang Hyeon-do

The Great Queen Seondeok
as General Gyebaek

The First Responders
as Ha Young-doo

Delicious Rendezvous
as Self

Under the Queen's Umbrella
as King Lee Ho

The Nokdu Flower
as Hwang Seok-Joo

O’PENing
as Kim Kang-su

Where Stars Land
as Han Jae-young

SKY Castle
as Hwang Chi-young

Youth of May
as Hwang Hee-tae (adult)