Choi Min Soo

Profile

 * Name: 최민수 / Choi Min Soo (Choe Min Su)
 * Profession: Actor, singer
 * Birthdate: March 26, 1962
 * Height: 178cm
 * Weight: 72kg
 * Star sign: Aries
 * Blood type: A
 * Family: Wife Kang Joo Eun (June Elizabeth Kang), two children

TV Shows

 * Lawless Lawyer (tvN, 2018)
 * Man Who Dies to Live (MBC, 2017)
 * The Liar and His Lover (tvN, 2017)
 * Jackpot (SBS, 2016)
 * Young Joo (SBS, 2016)
 * Pride and Prejudice (MBC, 2014)
 * The Blade and Petal (KBS2, 2013)
 * Drama Special Do You Know Taekwondo? (KBS2, 2012)
 * Faith (SBS, 2012)
 * Happy Ending (JTBC, 2012)
 * Warrior Baek Dong Soo (SBS, 2011)
 * Road Number One (MBC, 2010)
 * Father's House (SBS, 2009)
 * The Legend (MBC, 2007)
 * One Percent of Anything (MBC, 2003)
 * Han River Ballad (MBC, 2004)
 * South of the Sun (SBS, 2003)
 * Legends of Love (SBS, 2000)
 * White Night 3.98 (SBS, 1998)
 * Sandglass (SBS, 1995)
 * My Mother's Sea (MBC, 1993)
 * What's Love (MBC, 1992)

Movies

 * Serpent Rising (2011)
 * My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006)
 * Holiday (2005)
 * The Myth (2005)
 * Sword in the Moon (2002)
 * Yesterday (2001)
 * Libera Me (2000)
 * Phantom the Submarine, Joo No Myung Bakery (1999)
 * Man's Story (1998)
 * Black Jack (1997)
 * Inshallah, Come To Me, Piano Man (1996)
 * The Terrorist, Good Day for Love, Rehearsal, Uncle Daddy (1995)
 * The Life of Hollywood Kids (1994)
 * On A Windy Day We Should Go to Apkujung, Man with Breasts (1993)
 * Marriage Story, Mr. Mamma (1992)
 * For Agnes (1991)
 * Winter, The Dream Will Not Fly (1991)
 * Southern Army (1990)
 * Last Dance With Her (1988)
 * Son of God (1986)

Recognitions

 * 2014 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Pride and Prejudice)
 * 2004 MBC Drama Awards: Best Actor Award (Han River Ballad)
 * 2000 36th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Actor Award ("Libera Me")
 * 2000 37th Grand Bell Awards: Best Actor Award ("Phantom the Submarine")
 * 1996 33rd Grand Bell Awards: Best Actor Award ("The Terrorist")
 * 1995 Korean Broadcasting Awards: Best Actor Award (Sandglass)
 * 1995 31st Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Actor Award (Sandglass)
 * 1995 SBS Drama Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize) (Sandglass)
 * 1995 16th Blue Dragon Awards: Best Actor Award ("The Terrorist")
 * 1990 11th Blue Dragon Awards: Best Supporting Actor Award ("Southern Army")
 * 1988 24th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actor Award ("Last Dance With Her")

Trivia

 * Education: Seoul Institute of the Arts
 * Choi's family has been active in acting and singing for more than eight decades.
 * His father is actor Choi Moo Ryong (최무룡), his mother is actress Kang Hyo Shil (강효실), and his stepmother is actress Kim Ji Mi (김지미).
 * His maternal grandparents both actor Kang Hong Shik (강홍식) and actress Jun Ok (전옥) were the first married couple in Korean entertainment history but later got divorced and separated, his grandpa left for North Korea while his grandma stayed in South Korea.
 * Choi met his wife from an international Miss Korea Beauty Pageant in 1993.