Choi Min-soo

Acting

Choi Min-soo

Born

1962-05-01 (64)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Choi Min-soo (최민수) is a South Korean actor born on May 1, 1962. He is known for his "tough guy hunter" image.

Known for

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

My Little Old Boy poster
7.3

How much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up celebrity sons are closely observed by their mothers. Do you know why your son drinks so much these days? How much do you know about your son’s philosophy in his life style? Heart-warming moments of observational communication between a mother and a son can be seen on Mom’s Diary.

My Little Old Boy

2016

SNL Korea poster
8.2

Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.

SNL Korea

2011

Same Bed, Different Dreams poster
NR

Same Bed, Different Dreams is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by SBS every Monday at 11:10 pm. Before February 15, 2016 the program was aired every Saturday at 8:45 pm. It's a program where teens and their parents come and openly share their issues with the show’s panel, trying to resolve their problems with each other. Same Bed, Different Dreams 2 - You Are My Destiny is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by SBS. It's the second season of the show Same Bed, Different Dreams which underwent a format change, now focusing on the life of celebrity couples.

Same Bed, Different Dreams

2015

Master In The House poster
6.5

Almost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the four young men with full of curiosity regarding their lives, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Sang Yun, Yuk Seong Jae, and Yang Se Hyeong, head to find their master to learn things and get a correct answer. They find the master and spend a day in the master’s place to learn things that they didn’t know, and wish to know. Whom will they get to meet? And what will they learn throughout the stay?

Master In The House

2017

Warrior Baek Dong Soo poster
6.3

Warrior Baek Dong-soo is a 2011 South Korean fusion historical/action television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Yoo Seung-ho, Yoon So-yi, Shin Hyun-bin, Choi Min-soo and Jun Kwang-ryul. It aired on SBS from July 4 to October 10, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 29 episodes. Based on the 2010 comic Honorable Baek Dong-soo by Lee Jae-heon, the series is about how Joseon historical figure Baek Dong-soo grew to become a swordsman and folk hero. Baek was one of the three authors of Muyedobotongji, a pivotal martial arts work commissioned by King Jeongjo. Set against the backdrop of political maneuverings in Joseon between different factions, namely those led by King Jeongjo, by the Qing ambassador, by the Japanese swordsman Kenzo, and the assassin's guild Heuksa Chorong, at its core the series is a coming-of-age drama about brotherhood, friendship, loyalty and honor.

Warrior Baek Dong Soo

2011

Film credits

2000s · 9 titles

The Myth poster
6.4

When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.

The Myth

2005

My Wife is a Gangster poster
5.9

Eun-jin who is a living legend among the gangsters dominates the male-centered underworld wielding only a pair of her trademark blades. One day, Eun-jin finds her sister from whom she was separated at an orphanage during childhood, and her sister tells Eun-jin that her last dying wish is to see that Eun-jin gets married.

My Wife is a Gangster

2001

My Wife is a Gangster 3 poster
6.0

When Aryong, the daughter of a triad boss from Hong Kong is accused of killing the boss of a competing triad, she goes into hiding in Korea. Upon arriving, she is guided by a nimble but loyal Gi-chul and his motley crew, who are assigned to protect her until her return.

My Wife is a Gangster 3

2006

Sword In The Moon poster
5.3

Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being systematically eliminated by a mysterious assassin. An arrogant master swordsman is in charge of putting an end to the carnage.

Sword In The Moon

2003

Holiday poster
6.5

After 1988 Seoul Olympic, Ji Kang-heon, who is sentenced for 7 years, and other inmates escape from the police van. After escaping, Ji Kang-heon and inmates make the entire Seoul under fear while they hold hostages.

Holiday

2006

Yesterday poster
4.4

In 1990, number of children suddenly disappear. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense selects an elite group of scientists for a top-secret mission. Then, 30 years later ... The year is 2020 on a reunified Korean Peninsula. A string of murders is committed against retired scientists. The Special Investigations (SI) unit staffed by a crack team from the former North and South Koreas and outfitted with the latest technology is brought in to investigate. The killer, however, far from being deterred, taunts them with a signature pendant at every murder scene. In an act of devilish boldness he even kidnaps the son of the investigation team's leader, Seok

Yesterday

2002

Libera Me poster
5.4

An arsonist is terrorizing Seoul and the fire investigators are hot on his trail.

Libera Me

2000

Seoul poster
7.0

Japanese detective Hayase is caught in the midst of a truck robbery on the way to the Seoul airport. Being forced to extend his stay and help identify the robbers, Hayase gets thrown into another situation -- as Japan's Foreign Minister is kidnapped before the upcoming Asian Summit. Is 72 hours enough?

Seoul

2002

Chu Noh-Myoung Bakery poster
6.0

A baker Chu Noh-myung is worried because his wife, Jung-hee, has been sighing quite often. He is relieved but also jealous when she smiles deeply for Mu-suk, a far-from attractive customer at their bakery. As the daily buying-and-selling becomes more frequent between the rather mismatched Jung-hee and Mu-suk, their feelings for each other deepen.

Chu Noh-Myoung Bakery

2000

1990s · 22 titles

Inshalla poster
6.7

A Korean foreign exchange student is arrested on charges of illegal immigration while vacationing in Algeria. However, she is aided in her release by a mysterious agent from North Korea.

Inshalla

1997

Phantom: The Submarine poster
6.0

Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.

Phantom: The Submarine

1999

The Terrorist poster
5.1

A tough cop goes vigilante to rid the streets of a vicious gang boss after his friend is murdered. But along the way he discovers that his brother may also be mixed up in the hooliganry.

The Terrorist

1995

Rehearsal poster
4.5

Min-su meets beautiful actress Seung-hae when he goes on a job to take care of a financial matter with the local theater. Min-su seduces her and they make passionate love.

Rehearsal

1995

North Korean Partisan in South Korea poster
7.2

Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea.

North Korean Partisan in South Korea

1990

Blue Seagull poster
2.8

In the days of Chosun Korea, a Sword (Royal Gift) was stolen and taken to Japan by a grave robber. A brave young man named Hail fights international criminals to get the Sword back. One day in Japan, Yakuza boss Ohmikkami is cruelly killed by the Mafia and take the Royal Sword. The young man, informed that the Sword is in the hands of the Mafia, visits Japan and New York to take back the Sword. His girlfriend, Chaerin, is a car engineer who is also in New York for a car show. Hail finds out the location of the Sword in New York through his beautiful American assistant Josie. The mafia, worried about the safety of the Sword, kidnaps Josie. Hail is forced to confront them to get her and the Sword back. Will he win and get them both back?

Blue Seagull

1994

Story of Man poster
7.5

A gangster with terminal illness discovers that he has a son by his ex-wife.

Story of Man

1998

On a Windy Day We Must Go to Apgujeong poster
8.0

Young-hoon, a poet with dreams of becoming a movie director, films the lives of the people around him in Apgujeong, one of the most modern and international districts of Seoul. However, when he films Hye-jin in her bright red convertible, he falls in love with her image and decides that he cannot live without her.

On a Windy Day We Must Go to Apgujeong

1993

Marriage Story poster
5.4

Tae-gyu and Ji-hye get married. Two young lovers dreamed of the ideal married life which each had respect for each other. But honeymoon is soon over as each comes to realize that the other isn't quite what they thought.

Marriage Story

1992

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid poster
7.3

While the government watches everything and everyone, Myonggil and Pyongsok organize a movie club called The Magnificent Seven. Later in life, after Myonggil is released from military service, he goes to visit his childhood friend and finds out that their lives have taken very different paths.

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid

1994

I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me poster
7.5

A woman decides to take revenge for the violence she has witnessed towards other women. She chooses a movie star as her target because of his high profile and because he is adored by young women. She kidnaps him and holds him prisoner in her apartment.

I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me

1994

Blackjack poster
4.5

Three people are caught in a deadly game of greed, lust, and murder.

Blackjack

1997

Mister Mama poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mister Mama

1992

Come to Me poster
7.8

A man with no ambitions or scruples, upon his release from prison, meets a former classmate who has fallen on hard times and has lost his will to try to better himself and his life.

Come to Me

1996

My Old Sweetheart poster
6.0

A 36-year old detective falls in love with a nihilistic 19-year old shop-lifter and wonders if the relationship which develops can last.

My Old Sweetheart

1995

Piano Man poster
6.3

A serial killer plays a cat and mouse game with a female detective.

Piano Man

1996

Man Market poster
9.0

Yeong-chun becomes a gigolo after the woman he thought he loved left him. The reason she left was because Yeong-chun lacked money. He jumps at a chance to make quite a bit of money off a middle-aged woman, but what must he do in return?

Man Market

1990

No artwork available
8.0

After his girlfriend leaves him for a successful businessman, Seong-hun feels dejected. Then on a train trip, his ex-girlfriend Kyeong-a realizes that Seong-hun is on the same train and is thrilled to see him again. Regardless of the fact that Kyeong-a is headed for her honeymoon with her newly married husband. When the two men meet, trouble then brews.

A Honeymoon Trip

1993

A Good Day to Fall in Love poster
9.0

It is love at first sight for Hyung-joon, a certified public accountant, when he sees Si-jeong, a flight attendant. Despite their feelings for one another, Si-jeong ends up marrying Hyung-joon's friend Tae-seob. Hyung-joon, in turn marries, his first love Eun-ah. But when he hears about Tae-seob and Si-jeong's divorce he is thrown into a state of emotional conflict. Before Hyung-joon can rekindle their romance, Si-jeong marries a baseball player named Kang-hyuk. After numerous failed attempts at finding true love, Hyung-joon realizes the true meaning of love.

A Good Day to Fall in Love

1995

For Agnes poster
6.5

This 1990s South Korean movie focuses on a woman who is put on death row after killing her abusive husband.

For Agnes

1991

No artwork available
9.0

Twenty-nine year old Seo Sung-yim and twenty-six year old Shin Gil-woo want to escape from the boredom of everyday life. They meet accidentally and set out on a journey together. They spend their money as if they're trying to get back at the world and get immense pleasure from this. Although they are together for only a short time, they begin to understand each other. But Gil-woo's death takes him back to is former life and Sung-yim goes back to his everyday existence as if nothing ever happened.

The Winter Dream Does Not Fly

1991

A Different Kind of Man poster
7.0

Frustrated with her lack of opportunity at her workplace, Hye-seon Kim (Park Seon-Young) decides to do something about it. Hye-seon decides to masquerade as a man and quickly becomes the star employee. Then after she gets assigned to an all important project she meets co-worker Hyeong-jun (Choi Min-Soo). As they work together, feelings start to arise between the two and when things can't become more strange, Hyeong-jun's fiance starts to show interest in Hye-seon.

A Different Kind of Man

1993

Series credits

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

My Little Old Boy poster
7.3

How much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up celebrity sons are closely observed by their mothers. Do you know why your son drinks so much these days? How much do you know about your son’s philosophy in his life style? Heart-warming moments of observational communication between a mother and a son can be seen on Mom’s Diary.

My Little Old Boy

2016

SNL Korea poster
8.2

Korea's version of the late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory cast members.

SNL Korea

2011

Same Bed, Different Dreams poster
NR

Same Bed, Different Dreams is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by SBS every Monday at 11:10 pm. Before February 15, 2016 the program was aired every Saturday at 8:45 pm. It's a program where teens and their parents come and openly share their issues with the show’s panel, trying to resolve their problems with each other. Same Bed, Different Dreams 2 - You Are My Destiny is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by SBS. It's the second season of the show Same Bed, Different Dreams which underwent a format change, now focusing on the life of celebrity couples.

Same Bed, Different Dreams

2015

Master In The House poster
6.5

Almost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the four young men with full of curiosity regarding their lives, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Sang Yun, Yuk Seong Jae, and Yang Se Hyeong, head to find their master to learn things and get a correct answer. They find the master and spend a day in the master’s place to learn things that they didn’t know, and wish to know. Whom will they get to meet? And what will they learn throughout the stay?

Master In The House

2017

Warrior Baek Dong Soo poster
6.3

Warrior Baek Dong-soo is a 2011 South Korean fusion historical/action television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Yoo Seung-ho, Yoon So-yi, Shin Hyun-bin, Choi Min-soo and Jun Kwang-ryul. It aired on SBS from July 4 to October 10, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 29 episodes. Based on the 2010 comic Honorable Baek Dong-soo by Lee Jae-heon, the series is about how Joseon historical figure Baek Dong-soo grew to become a swordsman and folk hero. Baek was one of the three authors of Muyedobotongji, a pivotal martial arts work commissioned by King Jeongjo. Set against the backdrop of political maneuverings in Joseon between different factions, namely those led by King Jeongjo, by the Qing ambassador, by the Japanese swordsman Kenzo, and the assassin's guild Heuksa Chorong, at its core the series is a coming-of-age drama about brotherhood, friendship, loyalty and honor.

Warrior Baek Dong Soo

2011

Extracurricular poster
8.1

Determined to escape a dead-end life, a gifted high school student turns to a world of serious crime to ensure he can pay for college.

Extracurricular

2020

Lawless Lawyer poster
7.5

Driven by the desire to avenge his mother, a former gangster turned lawyer uses both his fists and the loopholes in law to fight against those with absolute power.

Lawless Lawyer

2018

The Legend poster
6.5

This drama portrays the life of the 19th king of Goguryeo, Hwanwoong, who was sent from the heavens to make the world a better place. He falls in love with Saeoh and gives her the joojak necklace; however, Kajin becomes jealous since Saeoh has given birth to Hwanwoong's son. She takes the baby and throws him off a cliff. Saeoh, thinking that her son had died, is overcome with grief and turns into the black joojak to destroy the world. Hwanwoong is the only one who could stop her. Afterwards, Hwanwoong returns to the Heavens and prophecizes that 2000 years later, the true Joo Shin king will come to Earth. With the help of the four gods, he will rebuild Joo Shin.

The Legend

2007

What is Love? poster
NR

"What is Love" centers around two close families with sharply contrasting values. One consists of medical resident Lee Dae Bal, his mother and father and his younger sister Sung Shil and is conservative and patriarchic, the other consists of college student Park Ji Eun, her siblings Jung Eun and Jung Sup, her two maternal aunts and her parents. They are progressive, modern and utilitarian. This drama comically portrays the troubles that arise as these two families become quarrelsome in-laws by Ji Eun and Dae Bal's marriage and the conflicts that arise between Ji Eun and her in-laws, delivering a message about the importance of balancing traditional and progressive values.

What is Love?

1991

The Liar and His Lover poster
7.5

Kang Han-Kyeol is a great yet sullen composer who becomes inspired by the voices of others and keeps his identity secret from people. He meets Yoon So-Rim, a high school student who possesses beautiful singing, whilst under his secret identity, and she falls in love with him. Adaptation of the manga by Kotomi Aoki under the same name, which has been running since 2009.

The Liar and His Lover

2017

Numbers poster
7.4

After uncovering a web of systemic corruption, a rookie accountant vows to end the injustice by dismantling a prestigious accounting firm.

Numbers

2023

The Royal Gambler poster
4.7

Dae-gil and King Yeongjo enter a match: Dae-gil bets his life, while King Yeongjo wagers the entire Kingdom of Joseon on the outcome. Dae-gil, the greatest gambler of the Joseon era, hides deep resentment behind his cool exterior, while King Yeongjo never bows his head without a convincing reason; meanwhile, Dam-seo lives solely to seek revenge on the king.

The Royal Gambler

2016

The Blade and Petal poster
3.4

A drama set in the Goguryo period. It is about how Moo Young, the daughter of King Young Ryu, falls in love with Yeon Choong, the son of Yeon Gaesomun had with a concubine. But Moo Young debates whether she should have her revenge, as Yeon Gaesomun is the man who killed her father. Meanwhile, Yeon Choong as the son of a noble blood father and a servant mother, despite his talent, he finds he cannot rise higher in rank due to the fact that he is a concubine′s son. He is later ordered by his father to kill the person he loves, and comes into inner conflict.

The Blade and Petal

2013

Sandglass poster
8.7

Sandglass is a South Korean television series considered one of the most significant and highest-rated Korean dramas in history. Written by Song Ji-na and directed by Kim Jong-hak, it aired on SBS in 1995 in 24 episodes. A depiction of the tragic relationship among three friends affected by the political and civilian oppression of 1970s and 1980s Korea, the series mixed politics, melodrama, action, and great acting. It recorded a peak rating of 64.5%, the third highest of all time, and launched its leading trio of Choi Min-soo, Go Hyun-jung, and Park Sang-won into stardom. Its reenactment of the Gwangju Massacre remains one of the most realistic, devastatingly powerful, and unforgettable moments in Korean TV history.

Sandglass

1995

Pride and Prejudice poster
7.1

A legal drama about team of young and passionate prosecutors who banded together to fight against injustice and oppression that befall weak and poor people. Besides face many hardships from higher authority, they also learn to cooperate and adjust with the clash of different personalities and backgrounds.

Pride and Prejudice

2014

Motel California poster
6.8

A woman with a unique upbringing in a motel in the countryside leaves her hometown at 20 to pursue her career in Seoul. Twelve years later though, she returns home to heal her heart and experiences twists and turns as she reunites with her first love, a now eligible bachelor and veterinarian.

Motel California

2025

Road No. 1 poster
8.0

A high-budget war epic, Road Number One commemorates the sixty years that have passed since the Korean War. It's based around the historical Route 1, a national highway that served as the main passageway between North and South Korea during the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. Lee Jang Woo, the son of a poor peasant, has been in love with his master's daughter, Soo Yeon, since childhood. He joins the military in order to put her through medical school and becomes a brilliant officer, leading his men to victory through guerilla warfare. Mistakenly believing that Jang Woo was killed in battle, Soo Yeon becomes engaged to military officer Tae Ho. Jang Woo returns on the eve of their wedding, and the two are briefly, painfully united, but the eruption of war tears them apart once again, forcing him to fight alongside Tae Ho on top of everything. Jang Woo keeps fighting to get back to his love, but the war continues to find new ways to keep them apart. Leading drama stars So Ji Sub and Kim Ha Neul portray star-crossed lovers who are torn apart by war.

Road No. 1

2010

White Nights 3.98 poster
10.0

In the civil war between North and South Korea, the tension within was high, especially when a mission was hooked with national secrets. A black box, hence, because the key to the struggle. Success, would never come so easily. However, amid the brutal fight for the key-the black box of a crashed battleplane, the male and female spy from the two different nations fell in love with each other. They helped each other secretly, in order to complete their corresponding mission, for the sake of loyalty - and love. However, a fatal plane crash of battleplane occured and finally they sacrifice their valuable love and lives for the peace of human world.

White Nights 3.98

1998

Man Who Dies to Live poster
7.7

In the late 1970's, Jang Dal-Goo went to the Middle East and settled down in the small kingdom. He became Count Souad Fahd Ali and found success there, but he returns to South Korea to find his daughter. He appears in front his daughter Lee Ji-Young and his son-in-law Kang Ho-Rim. Lee Ji-Young has a positive personality and her dream is to have a happy family and become a writer. Kang Ho-Rim has a great looking appearance and works as an ordinary salaryman.

Man Who Dies to Live

2017

South Of the Sun poster
NR

A man is arrested by the police in the middle of his engagement ceremony. While in prison, he writes letters to his fiancée for three years. One day, a married couple, where the husband is indifferent to his wife, move into his fiancée's old house, and the wife discovers those letters...

South Of the Sun

2003

Happy Ending poster
8.0

Doo Soo is a hotblooded local news reporter and a family man. Having lived his life for his family, he believed that he had been a good husband and father. Yet, the truth is that he was a tyrant at home, and due to his busy schedule, he had been unable to communicate with his family.

Happy Ending

2012

Legends of Love poster
NR

A married woman in her early 30s seems to have a perfect life, but deep down, she hasn't forgotten her past love. Meanwhile, her ex-lover, a successful lawyer, hasn't been able to get over her either.

Legends of Love

2000

Leaving the Nest poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Leaving the Nest

2017

Walking up to heaven poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Walking up to heaven

1993

Mother's Sea poster
NR

A family who was thrown into the world with economic poverty and loss of life due to sudden death of his father. Home melodrama depicts the process of gradually adapting to a cold and cool society, with four children, who are transformed from weak women who have no living ability to firm mothers, sincere old daughters and young daughters.

Mother's Sea

1993

Father's House poster
5.0

The story revolves on the life of Kang Man Ho, who had a one-night stand with a pianist, Lee Hyun Jae. But because he needs to serve some time in prison, it wasn't until he got released that he realizes he had become a father; the mother has dropped off the boy with his closest relations (with a man that is like a father figure to Choi) and headed back home to the U.S. Although he didn't feel an immediate love for his son, the bond is solidified when both survived a bus crash, and after that near-death experience, he became determined to be a loving father

Father's House

2009

영주 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

영주

2016