Choi Tae-joon

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Tae-joon (Korean: 최태준, born July 7, 1991) is a South Korean actor, model and TV host born in Seoul.^[2][3] He first gained recognition as a child actor in the drama Piano (2001), and TV movies about student youth situations. He won two Korea Drama Awards, "Best Young Actor" 2014 for the drama All About My Mom, and "Best Villain" 2017 for his villainous co-star role in the disaster-mystery drama Missing 9. Also, he won another Award for "Best Character" 2017 at the Asia Artist Awards. He has since taken on lead roles in melodrama Exit (2018) and the famous and popular romcom TV drama So I Married the Anti-fan (2021).

Choi Tae-joon
Choi in January 2025
Born	(1991-07-07) July 7, 1991 (age 34) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Chung-Ang University – Theater and Film
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Agent	Studio Santa Claus Entertainment[1]
Spouse	Park Shin-hye ​ (m. 2022)​
Children	1
Korean name
Hangul	최태준
RR	Choe Taejun
MR	Ch'oe T'aejun

Career

Choi made his acting debut as a child actor, playing the younger version of Jo In-sung's character in the television series Piano (2001).^[4]

Choi gained recognition with his supporting roles as the protagonist's estranged son in fantasy drama Padam Padam (2011),^[5] a 20-year-old high school bully in webtoon adaptation Puberty Medley (2013),^[6] a villain in disaster drama Missing 9 (2017),^[7] and a lawyer in romance comedy drama Suspicious Partner (2017).^[8] Choi also starred in the youth film Eclipse (2016) as the lead.^[9]

Choi was a cast member of the virtual reality show We Got Married in 2016, pairing with Apink's Yoon Bo-mi.^[10] Choi became a permanent host on the Korean variety show Hello Counselor in September after being a guest two weeks in a row in August 2016.^[11]

In 2018, Choi was cast in his first lead role on network television in the 2-episode drama special Exit.^[12] He was then cast in the romantic comedy series So I Married the Anti-fan as the male lead, based on the webtoon of the same name.^[13]

Personal life

Marriage

On March 7, 2018, it was confirmed by Huayi Brothers that Choi had been in a relationship with actress Park Shin-hye since late 2017.^[14][15][16]

On November 23, 2021, it was announced that Park was pregnant and both of them were preparing for marriage.^[17] They were married on January 22, 2022, in presence of friends and family in a church ceremony in Seoul.^[18] On May 31, 2022, Park gave birth to a son.^[19]

Military service

Choi started his military service along with Bang Yong-guk on August 1, 2019, and served as a public service worker due to health issues. He was discharged from his service on May 18, 2021.^[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2003	Project X
2012	Pacemaker	Min Yoon-ki	[21]
2016	Eclipse	Se-joon	[9]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	Piano	young Lee Kyung-ho		[22]
2002	Magic Kid Masuri	Min Ho-soo		[4]
2011	Padam Padam	Im Jung		[5]
2012	The King of Dramas	Oh In-sung, actor in Elegant Revenge	(Bit part, Episode 1)	[23]
	The Great Seer	Yi Bang-won		[24]
2013	Ugly Alert	Gong Hyun-seok		[25][26]
	Puberty Medley	Lee Yeok-ho		[27]
2014	Mother's Garden	Cha Ki-joon		[28]
2015	A Girl Who Sees Smells	Ye Sang-gil		[29]
	All About My Mom	Lee Hyung-soon		[30]
2016	Flowers of the Prison	Sung Ji-heon		[31]
2017	Missing 9	Choi Tae-ho		[32]
	Suspicious Partner	Ji Eun-hyuk		[33]
2018	Exit	Do Kang-soo		[34]
	The Undateables	Choi Jun-soo		[35]
2022	Twenty-Five Twenty-One	Jeong Ho-jin	Cameo	[36]
2024	Flex X Cop	Ha Nam-su	Cameo (ep. 9–10)	[37]
	The Midnight Studio	Choi Hoon	Cameo (ep. 7-8)
	Iron Family	Cha Tae-woong		[38]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	109 Strange Things	KDI-109		[39]
2021	So I Married the Anti-fan	Hoo Joon		[13]
2021–2022	The Man's Voice	Baek Tae-hwa		[40]
2023	Island	Chan-hee	Special appearance	[41]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Hello Counselor	Host	Permanent host from episodes 288–341	[11]
	Celebrity Bromance	Cast member	Season 2 with Zico (Block B)	[42]
	We Got Married		Season 4 with Bomi (Apink) (Episodes 341–363)	[10]
2022	Public Diplomacy, Move Your Heart	Narrator	Part 2: Connecting the Heart	[43]

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Ref.
2013	"Bye Bye Happy Days!"	Kara
2017	"When We Were Two"	Urban Zakapa	[44]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Asia Artist Awards	2017	New Wave Award	Choi Tae-joon	Won	[45]
	2018	Best Icon		Won	[46]
Asia Rainbow TV Awards	2014	Best Supporting Actor	Ugly Alert	Nominated
KBS Drama Awards	2015	Best New Actor	All About My Mom	Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Choi Tae-joo (with Jo Bo-ah) All About My Mom	Nominated
KBS Entertainment Awards	2016	Rookie Award in Talk Show	Hello Counselor	Won	[47]
KBS Drama Awards	2014	Best New Actor	Mother's Garden	Won	[48]
	2016	Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama	The Flower in Prison	Nominated
	2017	Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Missing 9	Nominated	[49]
		Best Character Award		Won	[50]
SBS Drama Awards	2017	Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama	Suspicious Partner	Nominated	[51]