Choi Dong-gu

Acting

Choi Dong-gu

Born 1988-12-30 · South Korea

Choi Dong-gu was born on 30 December 1988 in South Korea. He is an actor, known for Badland Hunters (2024), Healer (2014) and Squid Game (2021).

Acting credits

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One poster
7.4

A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl overthrows the gang with her unexpected powers, and laboratory staff set out to find her.

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

2022

The Roundup: No Way Out poster
7.2

Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.

The Roundup: No Way Out

2023

Badland Hunters poster
6.7

After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.

Badland Hunters

2024

Kingdom: Ashin of the North poster
7.1

Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family.

Kingdom: Ashin of the North

2021

Hi-Five poster
7.3

In the dead of night, a body donated for organ transplants mysteriously disintegrates into ashes. Soon after, five recipients, given a heart, corneas, lungs, liver, and kidneys, begin to develop supernatural powers. A teenage girl gains immense strength, a hipster manipulates electromagnetic waves, a novelist summons powerful gusts, a factory manager can heal others, and a woman discovers a strange, still-unidentified ability. Together, they form a reluctant but heroic team known as "HI-FIVE." But they aren't the only ones transformed. A cult leader who received the donor’s pancreas gains the terrifying power to drain life energy and sets his sights on stealing the abilities of HI-FIVE to achieve godlike domination.

Hi-Five

2025

Wild Sing poster
6.3

Twenty years after a scandal tears apart a popular 2000s K‑pop trio, the three reunite for a one-off gig — if they can overcome one snag after another.

Wild Sing

2026

The Devil's Deal poster
6.1

Hae-woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified government’s information about an urban development plan and obtains the help of a local gang leader, Pil-do, by promising hefty real estate profit. Now Hae-woong re-enters the race and tries to take revenge on Sun-tae. Unbeknownst to him, his messy journey through politics has only just begun.

The Devil's Deal

2023

Spiritwalker poster
6.4

Unable to remember anything about his life, a man begins regaining consciousness in a new body every 12 hours. Now, he must piece together his identity, all while evading attacks from pursuing agents and dangerous criminals alike.

Spiritwalker

2021

Hitman 2 poster
6.2

After a successful first season, Webtoon "Assassin Jun" is about to begin it's second season. Out of ideas, Jun uses an anonymous email's plot in his Webtoon, only to see real-life terrorist attacks resembling the story unfold.

Hitman 2

2025

In the Name of the Son poster
4.7

Chae-geun is a driver for hire with manic depression. He often talks to his son who is studying in the States and tells him he would keep his promise. He does a favor by acting as a temporary fiancé of a single woman named Jin-hee, who works as a waitress at a restaurant he frequents. Her father, who was a victim of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980, shows him a gun he stashed away 39 years ago and asks Chae-geun to help him exact revenge on those who were responsible for the May 18 incident.

In the Name of the Son

2021

Mr. Boss poster
3.0

After transferring high schools, a teen forms a tight-knit circle with three new friends who have a knack for attracting trouble.

Mr. Boss

2020