Choi Moo-sung

Choi Myung-soo (Korean: 최명수; born January 12, 1968), better known by his stage name Choi Moo-sung (Korean: 최무성), is a South Korean actor.^[3]

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Moo-sung
Choi in October 2024
Born	Choi Myung-soo (1968-01-12) January 12, 1968 (age 56) Yeongdo-gu, Busan, South Korea[1][2]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Agents	MI Entertainment Imagine Asia
Korean name
Hangul	최무성
Revised Romanization	Choe Mu-seong
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Musŏng
Birth name
Hangul	최명수
Revised Romanization	Choe Myeong-su
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Myŏngsu

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2002	Birth of a Man	Jang Soo-hye
2005	Tale of Cinema	Gyungsan Province PD
2006	Forbidden Quest	trader 1
	Les Formidables	Chief Detective Park
	Maundy Thursday	Priest Kim
2007	Texture of Skin	Min-woo's older brother
	Seven Days	Jung Chul-jin
	The Wonder Years	Yeong-pyo
2008	Beautiful	Detective Kim
	Sa-kwa	Han-Soo
2009	Missing Person	Won-young
	A Million	Detective Kim
2010	Bestseller	middle aged man 1
	The Servant	Kwang Cheon
	I Saw the Devil	Tae-joo
2011	Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow	Public officer
	Drifting Away	director
	Poongsan	Team Leader
2012	Modern Family	husband (segment "Star Shaped Stain")
	Grape Candy	Section Chief Kim
2013	The Berlin File	Kang Min-ho
	Very Ordinary Couple	Section Chief Kim
	Intruders	cop
2014	Venus Talk	Lee Sung-wook
2015	Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island	Doo-mok
	Empire of Lust	Jo Yeong-gyu
2016	4th Place	Yeong-hoon
	Snow Paths	Hunter
2017	A Special Lady	Chairman Kim
	Room 7
	The Discloser	Hyeon-seok
2018	Last Child	Jin Sang-chul
2019	A Resistance
	Long Live The King	Hwang Bo-yoon
2022	Hot Blooded	Yong-gang	[4][5]
	Vanishing	Delivery man (Korean-French film)	[6][7]
	Hot Blood: The Original	Yong-gang; Extended version	[8]
	The Night Owl	Lee Hyung-ik	[9]
	Birth	Kim Se-joon	[10][11]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2011	The Princess' Man	Ham-gwi
	Living Among the Rich	Choi Moo-Sung
2012	KBS Drama Special: Business District	Jung-ho
2013	Heartless City	Moon Deok-bae
	Empress Ki	Park Bool-hwa
2014	KBS Drama Special: Youth	Coach
2015	Heart to Heart	Butler Ahn Byung-yeol
	Songgot: The Piercer	Lee Soo-In's father
	Reply 1988	Choi Moosung
2016	Uncontrollably Fond	Jang Jung-shik
	Listen to Love	head of private detective agency (Cameo, Ep. 2)
	Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo	Yoon Deok-man
2017	The Rebel	King Seongjong
	The Guardians	Yoon Seung-ro
	Prison Playbook	Kim Min-chul
2018	Mr. Sunshine	Jang Seung-goo	[12]
2019	The Light in Your Eyes	an egg seller (Cameo, Ep. 5)	[13]
	Nokdu Flower	Jeon Bongjun
	Arthdal Chronicles	Gitoha	[14]
2020	Hospital Playlist	Ik-joon's patient's husband (Cameo, Ep. 7)
	Stranger	Woo Tae-ha
2022	Insider	Song Doo-cheol	[15]
2023	Joseon Attorney	Choo Young-woo	[16]
	The Good Bad Mother	Song Woo-byeok	[17]
	My Dearest	Yang-cheon	[18]
	The First Responder 2	Seok Mun-go Cameo (episode 9)	[19]
2023–2024	Like Flowers in Sand	Kim Tae-baek	[20]
2024	Family by Choice	Kim Dae-wook

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.
Buil Film Awards	2019	Best Supporting Actor	Last Child	Nominated	[21]
Golden Cinema Film Festival	2023		The Night Owl	Won	[22]
Wildflower Film Awards	2017		Snow Paths	Won

References

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2. "씨네폭스: 최무성". Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
3. Lee, Da-hye (June 6, 2013). "[단독인터뷰] 최무성 "개명이유? 배우로서 매너리즘에 빠져 탈출구 필요"". OBS News. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
4. "HOT BLOOD with JUNG Woo Cool Downs after 4-Month Shoot". Korean Film Biz Zone. August 13, 2019. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
5. Kim Ji-won (February 14, 2022). "[공식] 정우 주연 '뜨거운 피', 3월 23일 개봉 확정" [[Official] 'Hot Blood', starring Jung Woo, confirmed for release on March 23rd] (in Korean). Ten Asia. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Naver.
6. Jo Ji-young (February 23, 2022). "[공식] 유연석X올가 쿠릴렌코 韓·佛 프로젝트 '배니싱', 3월 개봉 확정" [[Official] Yoo Yeon-seok X Olga Kurylenko Korean-French project 'Banishing' confirmed for release in March] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Naver.
7. Lee Mi-ji (March 2, 2022). "유연석X올가 쿠릴렌코 '배니싱: 미제사건', 눈부신 열연..스틸 11종 공개" [Yoo Yeon-seok X Olga Kurylenko's 'Vanishing: Unsolved Case', dazzling performance... 11 types of stills released] (in Korean). Herald POP. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2022 – via Naver.
8. Jo Ji-young (May 16, 2022). "[공식] 정우 주연 '뜨거운피', 미공개 장면 추가된 확장판 26일 개봉 확정" [[Official] 'Hot Blood', starring Jung Woo, confirmed for release on the 26th, an extended version with unreleased scenes] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2022 – via Naver.
9. Kim Da-eun (October 4, 2022). "유해진X류준열 사극 스릴러 '올빼미' 11월 23일 개봉확정" [Yoo Hae-jin X Ryu Jun-yeol's historical thriller 'Owl' confirmed for release on November 23rd] (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Naver.
10. Jung Yu-jin (October 7, 2021). "김대건 신부 다룬 최초 영화 '탄생', 여주인공 공개 오디션" [The first movie 'Birth' about Father Kim Dae-geon, the female lead auditioned for public]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Naver.
11. Kang Min-kyung (October 5, 2022). "[공식] "韓 최초 김대건 신부 극영화" 윤시윤→안성기 '탄생', 11월 30일 개봉 확정" [[Official] "Korea's first drama film by Kim Dae-geon" Yoon Si-yoon → Ahn Seong-ki 'Birth' confirmed for release on November 30th] (in Korean). Ten Asia. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022 – via Naver.
12. "[단독] '택이아빠' 최무성, 김은숙 사단 합류...'미스터 선샤인' 출연". YTN (in Korean). August 9, 2017. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
13. "'눈이 부시게' 우현·최무성·임창정, 주연급 배우들의 특별출연". Seoul Wire (in Korean). February 25, 2019. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
14. "[단독] 조성하·최무성·박병은, 장동건·송중기 '아스달 연대기' 합류". News1 (in Korean). August 27, 2018. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
15. Kim Hye-jeong (May 26, 2022). "'인사이더'에 김상호×허동원×최무성×강영석도 있다" [There are also Kim Sang-ho × Heo Dong-won × Choi Moo-sung × Kang Young-seok in 'Insider'] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Naver.
16. Park, Soo-in (February 9, 2023). "우도환·김지연·차학연 '조선변호사' 대본리딩 현장, 시작부터 빛난 케미" [Woo Do-hwan, Kim Ji-yeon, and Cha Hak-yeon's 'Joseon Lawyer' script reading scene, chemistry that shined from the beginning] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Naver.
17. Lee Min-ji (March 6, 2023). "'나쁜엄마' 라미란→이도현X안은진, 믿보배 라인업 탄생 [공식]" ['Bad Mother' Ra Mi-ran → Lee Do-hyun X Ahn Eun-jin, believe and treasure lineup birth [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 6, 2023 – via Naver.
18. Yoo Jung-min (July 21, 2023). "'연인' 김윤우→최무성, 최강 배우들 뭉쳤다 '美친 열연 기대'" (in Korean). MBC Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023 – via Naver.
19. Lee, Seung-gil (August 30, 2023). "최무성, '소방서 옆 경찰서 그리고 국과수' 뜬다 "김래원과 4년만 재회, 재미있게 일했다" [Choi Moo-sung, 'Police Station Next to Fire Station and Kook Gua-soo', "Reunited with Kim Rae-won after 4 years, had fun working"]. My Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 30, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023 – via Naver.
20. Kang, Ga-hee (November 8, 2023). "모래에도 꽃이 핀다' 장동윤·이주명→최무성·장영남, 청춘 로코 꽃피울 '갓'벽 라인업" [Sand Also Blooms' Jang Dong-yoon - Lee Joo-myung → Choi Moo-sung - Jang Young-nam, 'God' wall lineup for youth loco to bloom]. Herald POP (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023 – via Naver.
21. "28th Buil Film Awards Nominees 2019". HanCinema. August 28, 2019. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
22. Yang, So-young (October 20, 2023). "류준열 김서형 황금촬영상 주연상...'올빼미' 6관왕" [Ryu Jun-yeol Kim Seo-hyung Golden Cinematography Award for Leading Actor...'Owl' wins 6 awards]. Star Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 3, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Naver.

External links

• Choi Moo-sung at HanCinema