Choi Min-soo
South Korean actor
Choi Min-soo (Korean: 최민수; born March 27, 1962) is a South Korean actor. One of the leading actors in Korean film and television in the 1990s, he has received numerous accolades throughout the span of his career, including five Baeksang Art Awards, six Blue Dragon Film Awards, and three Grand Bell Awards. He is one of the only actors, alongside Lee Byung-hun, to have won in all categories of the Best Actor Award at all three of South Korea's most prestigious awards ceremonies.
Choi first garnered critical recognition in the film Nambugun: North Korean Partisan in South Korea (1990), which earned him the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He would gain mainstream popularity with his appearances in the television series What Is Love (1991) and the film The Marriage Life (1992). His role in the television series Walking Up to Heaven (1993) would solidify his public image as a "tough guy". For his performance in The Terrorist (1995), he won his first Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actor and fourth Popular Star Award. That same year, he received the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor for Sandglass (1995).
Choi then made a shift to more television roles, appearing in the historical fantasy series The Legend (2007), which was a ratings success. Since then, he has appeared in television series Happy Ending (2012), Man Who Dies to Live (2017), Lawless Lawyer (2018), and Numbers (2023).
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