Choi Min-young

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Min-young (Korean: 최민영; born October 9, 2002)^[1] is a South Korean actor. He has appeared in the television series The Promise (2016) and Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022).^[2] Since 2023, he stars as Dae in the American series XO, Kitty.

Choi Min-young
Born	(2002-10-09) October 9, 2002 (age 22) South Korea
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present
Agent	Saram Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	최민영
Hanja	崔民英
Revised Romanization	Choe Minyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Minyŏng

Career

Choi Min-young has had an exclusive contract with artist management company Saram Entertainment since April 2022.^[3]

Choi Min-young made his debut in the KBS2 drama Magic Thousand Characters in 2014. He then appeared in TV series such as JTBC's Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017), tvN's Mr. Sunshine (2018), and JTBC's Itaewon Class (2020). As a musical actor he has appeared in the musicals Bonnie & Clyde, Empress Myeongseong, Frankenstein, and Kinky Boots.

In 2022, he got recognition in the tvN drama Twenty-Five Twenty-One in the role of Baek Yi-hyun, Baek Yi-jin's (Nam Joo-hyuk's) younger brother. In the same year, he was also cast in the American Netflix series XO, Kitty, a spin-off of To All the Boys I've Loved Before,^[4] as Kim "Dae" Dae-heon.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2014	I Want to Talk to You	Kang Joon-seok	[2]
2023	Dream Palace	Dong-wook	[5]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	The Magic Thousand-Character Classic	Baby boy		[6][better source needed]
2016	The Promise	young Kang Tae-joon	Nominated for KBS Drama Awards	[7]
2016	Choco Bank	Young Dal-soo		[6]
2016	Memory	Kim Myung-soo		[8][better source needed]
2016	Entertainer	Lee Gyeong-soo
2016	Lucky Romance	Min-jae
2016	W	Kang Cheol's younger brother	Special appearance
2017	Strong Girl Bong-soon	young In Guk-doo		[9][8]
2017	Chicago Typewriter	young Han Se-joo
2017	Queen for Seven Days	young Seo Noh
2017	Two Cops	young Tak Jae-hee
2018	Radio Romance	Woo Ji-woo
2018	Mr. Sunshine	young Goo Dong-mae
2018	Your Honor	young Han Soo-ho/Han Gang-ho
2019	Confession	Yoo Joon-hwan
2020	Itaewon Class	young Jang Dae-hee
2021	You Are My Spring	young Chae Joon		[8]
2022	Twenty-Five Twenty-One	Baek Yi-hyun		[10]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023–present	XO, Kitty	Kim Dae-heon	American Netflix series	[11][12]
2025	Weak Hero Class 1	Seo Jun-tae	Season 2	[13]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2013	Empress Myeongseong - Dageu	Crown prince	[14]
	Bonnie and Clyde	Young Clyde
2014	Frankenstein	Young Frankenstein
	Kinky Boots	Young Charlie

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.
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2023	Best New Actor	Dream Palace	Nominated	[15]
KBS Drama Awards	2016	Best Young Actor	The Promise	Nominated	[16]
The DIMF Musical Star	2020	Grand Prize (1st place)	Choi Min-young	Won	[17]