South Korean actor, producer, and director who is father of Choi Min-soo. Choi was one of popular actors of the 1960s along with Shin Young-kyun and Kim Jin-kyu. Choi gained a popularity for his handsome appearance and masculine image. Choi's personal life was as much dramatic as his starred films, so he always garnered the public attention. 1952, Choi married a colleague actress, Kang Hyo-shil, the daughter of a noted actress, Jeon Ok with the nickname, "Queen of Tears" and a singer Gang Hong-sik. Choi and his wife had one son and four daughters including an actor, Choi Min-soo. However, Choi had an affair with Kim Ji-mee, the best popular actress at that time, so that Choi and Gang divorced in 1962. Choi soon married Kim Ji-mee, but he owed massive debts due to his failed film production. As a result, Choi chose to divorce Kim again in 1969. At that time, the phrase, Because I love you, I have to part from her was circulated among the public.
Aimless Bullet
(Yeong-ho)
Five Marines
(Woo Jong-guk)
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
(Lawyer)
A Bout in 30 Years
(Jang Dae-gyu)
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
(Kang Dong-yeol)
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
(President Jang)
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
(Hyeon (ep. 2))
Weeds
Woman with Long Eyelashes
(Park Dong-jin)
Prince Yeon-san
Kinship
A Drifting Story
(Minwoo (poet))
A Little Star
(Hyun-sik)
The War and an Old Man
The Enemy of Woman
The Moral of Youth
There is No Tragedy
Wonsullang
A Revival
Life of the Woman
Great Monk Wonhyo
Red Scarf
(Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant))
Way of the Body
Boxes of Death
Liberal Wife '81
A Sunflower Family
(Changsik (Eldest son))
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Woman of Fire
(Detective)
Ghost and Painter
The Iron-Eating Monster
View from an Alley
(Young-taek)
Border Line
The Liberal Wife 2
Leaving in the rain
The Only Son
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
A guilty woman
North and South
The Youth
(Ahn Jae-yeong)
A Second Mother
(Heung-yeol)
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Bumpkin Oh-bok
(Park Jae-seok)
Azaleas Of My Hometown
(Cheol-ju)
The Flaming Mountain
(Monk Tripitaka)
명동에 흐르는 세월