Choi Min-sik
Choi Min -sik ( Min -sik Choi 최민식, born January 22, 1962 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean actor.
Choi Min -sik began his acting career in the theater before he even got in into the film business in 1992. In the 90s, he continued his work in theater productions as well as in various television series (Seoul ui dal or Moon Over Seoul with Han Seok- gyu in 1994). In 1997 he returned to the movies, he had his biggest role in 1999 in one of the most successful Korean films of all time: Shiri. His portrayal of a North Korean agent brought him much praise and an award for Best Actor in a South Korean Grand Bell Awards 1999.
After he shone in a theater production of Hamlet in the fall of 1999, he played the lead role in, among other things Im Kwon- taeks In the frenzy of colors and love as a famous Korean painter Jang Seung- eop. The film won the award for Best Director at the International Film Festival in Cannes. In 2003, he starred in Park Chan- wook's revenge thriller Oldboy a man who is kidnapped and held captive 15 years without having to know the reason. This film won the Grand Prix at Cannes. Choi's passionate but cool presentation made him famous as a superstar in South Korea. In 2004 he was Je- gyu to see in successful war film Brotherhood of Kang. 2005 Choi met again for Park Chan -wook in front of the camera in Lady Vengeance. In 2010 he played the psychopathic serial killer Kyung- chul in the controversial I Saw the Devil Kim Jee - woon of. In 2012 he took over the role as a gangster in the thriller Nameless Gangster ( Bumchoiwaui junjaeng ), which Choi presented the festival as part of the 11th Annual New York Asian Film. In 2013 he starred in the movie New World a police officer who goes against the corrupt and mafia machinations in a Korean company and undercover cop einschleußt.
Filmography
Awards
- Twice winner of the Grand Bell Awards for Best Actor 1999 for Shiri and 2004 for Oldboy
- Asia- Pacific Film Festival 2004: Best Actor for Oldboy