Choi Jung-woo

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

This article is about the actor born in 1957. For the younger actor, see Choi Jung-woo (actor, born 1995).

Choi Jung-woo (Korean: 최정우; February 17, 1957 – May 27, 2025) was a South Korean actor. He began his acting career in theater, then became active as a supporting actor in film and television, notably in the sitcom Standby and the procedural dramas Quiz of God and Dr. Frost.^[2]

Choi Jung-woo
Choi in June 2011
Born	(1957-02-17)February 17, 1957 South Korea
Died	May 27, 2025(2025-05-27) (aged 68)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–2025
Agent	GFP Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	최정우
Hanja	崔廷宇 [1]
RR	Choe Jeongu
MR	Ch'oe Chŏngu

Death

On May 27, 2025, Choi died of undisclosed causes.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1996	Seven Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover	Grandfather
	Two Cops 2	Film director
1997	Terrorist 2	Subordinate
2001	Indian Summer	Lawyer Hwang Byung-ho
	Yellow Hair 2	M's father
	Raybang	Director Choi
2002	Lovers' Concerto	Shim Soo-in's father
2004	Dance with the Wind	Squad leader Park
2005	Another Public Enemy	Representative Kim
	Sympathy for Lady Vengeance	Dong-hwa's father
2006	Arang	Autopsy doctor
	Hanbando
	Like a Virgin	Company president
	Maundy Thursday	Uncle
2007	Big Bang	Section chief detective
	Soo	Detective squad chief of police department team 2
	Our Town	Detective Gu
2008	The Chaser	Flag bearer
	Living Together, Happy Together	Tae-hoon
	Girl Scout	Director Han
	Like Father, Like Son	Young-gyu
	Boy Director	Worker at Cheongryang-ri Station (cameo)
2009	Marine Boy	Gambling man (cameo)
	The Pot	Elder Park
	Sky and Ocean	Jung-hwan
2010	Secret Reunion	NIS department head
	Grand Prix	Ship caretaker (cameo)
	No Doubt	Sung-sik's father
2011	The Suicide Forecast	PB
	The Front Line	Colonel Choi
2012	Deranged	Minister of Health
2015	The Trip Around the World	Dispatch chief
2018	The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion	Teacher Goo
2023	The Childe	Han Chairman

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Alone in Love	Min Hyun-joong's father
2007	Lee San, Wind of the Palace	Eunuch
	Lobbyist	Admiral Lee Chul-ho
2008	Strongest Chil Woo	King Injo
	Painter of the Wind	Kim Gwi-ju
2009	Brilliant Legacy	Park Tae-soo
	Hero	Choi Il-doo
2010	Prosecutor Princess	Ma Sang-tae
	Bad Guy
	Running, Gu	Jong-il
	KBS Drama Special – "Reason"	Professor Lee
	Queen of Reversals	Goo Ho-seung
2010–12	Quiz of God	Jang Kyu-tae	[4]
2011	Midas	Yoo Ki-joon	[5]
	49 Days	Shin Il-shik
	City Hunter	Chun Jae-man
	Poseidon	Han Sang-goon
	Deep Rooted Tree	Park Eun
	Midnight Hospital	Goo Dong-man
2012	Standby	Ryu Jung-woo	[6]
	Phantom	Shin Kyung-soo
	Seoyoung, My Daughter	Kang Ki-beom	[7]
2013	Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek	Kang Han-chul
	She Is Wow!	Park Ui-won
	Master's Sun[8]	Kim Gwi-do
	A Little Love Never Hurts	Eun Hee-jae
2014	Doctor Stranger	Moon Hyung-wook
	My Secret Hotel	Lee Moo-yang
	Dr. Frost	Chun Sang-won	[9][unreliable source?]
2015	The Invincible Lady Cha	Director Cha Jin-gyu
	Unkind Ladies	Han Choong-gil
	I Have a Lover	Baek Jun-sang
2016	Goodbye Mr. Black	Seo Jin-tak
	The Legend of the Blue Sea	Heo Il-joong
	Five Enough	Jang Min-Ho
2017	Judge vs. Judge	Sa Jeong-do
2018	Marry Me Now	Yeon Chan-goo
2019	The Secret Life of My Secretary	Do Min-ik's father	(cameo)
2020	Soul Mechanic	Lee Taek-kyung
	Alice	Tae-yi's father
2021	Sisyphus: The Myth	Hwang Hyun-seung
	Be My Dream Family	Geum Jong-hwa
2022	The Empire	Senior Ahn	[10]
	Curtain Call	Cheol-jin	Cameo[11]
2023	Stealer: The Treasure Keeper	Dr. Ko
2024–25	The Tale of Lady Ok	Park Jun-gi	[12]

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1983	The Mousetrap	Detective Sergeant Trotter
1999	Today	Hwang Si-young
2000	Fat Pig
	An Interesting Year
	Generation After Generation
2004	Sunday Seoul
2005	Snowman	Jung-woo
	Cockscomb Flower
2007	The Pillowman
	Please Turn Off the Lights
	Come and See Me
2008	Blackbird[13]	Ray
2010	The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World[14]	Dr. Jung

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1990	Seoul Theater Festival	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Won
1999	36th Dong-A Theatre Awards	Best Actor	Today	Won
2013	SBS Drama Awards	Special Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Master's Sun	Nominated
2021	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama[15]	Be My Dream Family	Nominated