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Acting

Choi Min-sik

Career: Active from 1989 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: The Tiger
86/100

Characters

4

The characters Choi Min-sik played, best-known titles first.

Choi Min-sik as Oh Dae-su

Choi Min-sik as Heo Mun-oh

Choi Min-sik as Ri Hak Sung

Choi Min-sik as Cha Mu-sik

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Choi Min-sik Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
1.4, average 2.7
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Wholesome
2.3, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Korean Cinema 6
Character-Driven 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Social Commentary 4
Historical Drama 4
Psychological Drama 3
Melancholy 3
Visually Striking 2
Character Study 2
Korean History 2
Political Intrigue 2
Cat-and-Mouse Chase 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 72

Notes from the Last Row

76

TV show · as Heo Mun-oh

The Intern

65

as Kim Ki-ho

Exhuma

75

as Kim Sang-duk

Big Bet

76

TV show · as Cha Mu-sik

In Our Prime

68

as Ri Hak-sung

Heaven: To the Land of Happiness

as 203

2010s

13 titles · average score 67

Forbidden Dream

73

as Jang Yeong-sil

The Mayor

47

as Byeon Jong-gu

Heart Blackened

50

as Lim Tae-san

The Tiger

86

as Man-deok

Lucy

61

as Mr. Jang

The Admiral: Roaring Currents

79

as Admiral Yi Sun-Shin

New World

69

as Kang Hyung-chul

In My End Is My Beginning

37

as Doctor (voice) (cameo)

Nameless Gangster

70

as Choi Ik-hyun

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

77

as (archive footage)

Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild

74

as Wanderer (voice)

I Saw the Devil

72

as Kyung-chul

2000s

8 titles · average score 73

Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells

68

as Choi

Lady Vengeance

77

as Mr. Baek

Crying Fist

74

as Gang Tae-shik

Springtime

68

as Hyeon-woo

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

71

as North Korean Captain

Oldboy

81

as Oh Dae-su

Chihwaseon

69

as Jang Seung-up

Failan

77

as Kang-jae

1990s

9 titles · average score 65

Happy End

67

as Seo Min-ki

Shiri

60

as Park Mu-young

The Quiet Family

70

as Chang-goo

No. 3

57

as Ma Dong-pal

The 4th Republic

TV show · as Kim Dae-jung

The Moon of Seoul

TV show · as Park Chun-seob

Our Twisted Hero

71

as Mr. Kim

May Our Love Stay This Way

as Jun-hyeok

All That Falls Has Wings

as Tae-sik

1980s

2 titles

Kuro Arirang

as Jin-seok

On the Way to the Winter

as Gi-dal