Choi Min-young

Choi Min-young (Korean: 최민영; born 9 October 2002)[1] is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 2014, since then, he has appeared in number of television series. He is known for his role as child actor in 2016 revenge series The Promise and 2022 coming-of-age TV series Twenty-Five Twenty-One as Baek Yi-hyun.[2] In 2022, he was cast in American Netflix series XO, Kitty, as main lead.

Choi Min-young
Born (2002-10-09) 9 October 2002
NationalitySouth Korean
Other namesChoi Min-yeong
Alma materDankook University
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present
AgentSaram Entertainment
WorksFilmography
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChoe Minyeong
McCune–ReischauerCh'oe Minyŏng

Career

Choi Min-young has 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. Then he appeared in many TV series such as JTBC's Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017), tvN Mr. Sunshine (2018), and JTBC's Itaewon Class (2020). As a musical actor he has appeared in 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]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2014I Want to Talk to YouKang Joon-seok [2]
TBADream PalaceDong-wook Filming [5]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2014The Magic Thousand-Character ClassicBaby boy [6]
2016The Promiseyoung Kang Tae-joonNominated for KBS Drama Awards[7]
2016Choco BankYoung Dal-soo[6]
2016MemoryKim Myung-soo[8]
2016EntertainerLee Gyeong-soo
2016Lucky RomanceMin-jae
2016WKang Cheol's younger brotherSpecial appearance
2017Strong Girl Bong-soonyoung In Guk-doo [9][8]
2017Chicago Typewriteryoung Han Se-joo
2017Queen for Seven Daysyoung Seo Noh
2017Two Copsyoung Tak Jae-hee
2018Radio RomanceWoo Ji-woo
2018Mr. Sunshineyoung Goo Dong-mae
2018Your Honoryoung Han Soo-ho/Han Gang-ho
2019ConfessionYoo Joon-hwan
2020Itaewon Classyoung Jang Dae-hee
2021You Are My Springyoung Chae Joon[8]
2022Twenty-Five Twenty-OneBaek Yi-hyun [10]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2023–presentXO, KittyKim Dae-heonAmerican Netflix series [11][12]

Musical shows

Year Title Role Notes
2013Empress Myeongseong - DageuCrown prince [13]
Bonnie and ClydeYoung Clyde
2014FrankensteinYoung Frankenstein
Kinky BootsYoung Charlie

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 KBS Drama AwardsBest Young ActorThe Promise as young Kang Tae-joonNominated[14]
2020 The 6th DIMF Musical StarGrand Prize (1st place)Won[15]

References

  1. "Choi Min-young (최민영)". HanCinema. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  2. "최민영" [Choi Min-young]. Daum. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  3. Ahn Byung-gil (March 31, 2022). "최민영, 사람엔터 전속계약…이하늬 한솥밥[공식]" [Choi Min-young signed an exclusive contract with Saram Entertainment... Honey Lee One Pot Rice [Official]]. Sports trend (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  4. Kim Na-yeon (April 6, 2022). "최민영·이상헌→김윤진·마이클 리, 넷플릭스 '내사모남' 스핀오프 합류" [Choi Min-young and Lee Sang-heon → Kim Yun-jin and Michael Lee join Netflix's 'My Lovers' spin-off]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  5. Jeong Hyung-hwa (August 19, 2021). "김선영x이윤지 투톱 영화 '드림팰리스' 크랭크인" [Kim Seon-young x Lee Yoon-ji's two-top movie 'Dream Palace' crank-in]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  6. "Choi Min-young (최민영) - Filmography; Page 2". HanCinema. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  7. Kim Mi-ri (December 31, 2016). "[KBS 연기대상] 정윤석·허정은, 男女 청소년연기상 수상" [[KBS Acting Awards] Jung Yun-seok and Heo Jeong-eun win the Young Female Acting Award]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  8. "Choi Min-young (최민영) - Filmography; Page 1". HanCinema. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  9. Kim Nara (March 31, 2022). "'남주혁 동생' 최민영, 사람엔터와 전속계약…'이하늬X정호연 등과 한솥밥' [공식]" ['Nam Joo-hyuk's younger brother' Choi Min-young signed an exclusive contract with Sara Entertainment... 'Hanui X Jung Ho-yeon and others in one pot' [Official]]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  10. Park Ah-reum (March 31, 2022). "'스물다섯' 최민영, 엄정화 조진웅 이하늬와 한솥밥(공식)" ['Twenty-five' Choi Min-young, Uhm Jung-hwa, Jo Jin-woong, and Lee Ha-nui and one pot rice (official)]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  11. Choi Ji-yoon (April 7, 2022). "최민영, 美 넷플릭스 '엑스오 키티' 주연" [Choi Min-young to star in Netflix's 'X-O Kitty']. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  12. Swift, Andy (April 5, 2022). "Netflix's To All the Boys Spinoff Series XO, Kitty Reveals Full Cast — First Look". TVLine. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  13. "최민영: 뮤지컬배우" [Choi Min-young: Musical actor performances]. Play DB (in Korean). Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  14. Park Ah-reum (December 31, 2016). "[KBS연기대상]허정은 "박신양 오지호 고마워" 청소년연기상 깜찍소감" [[KBS Acting Awards] Heo Jung-eun "Thanks Park Shin-yang and Oh Ji-ho" Youth Acting Award Cute feeling]. Herald POP (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  15. "2020 DIMF 뮤지컬 스타 - Best 영상 [8D AUDIO] 2020 DIMF 뮤지컬 스타 대상 -최민영의 '스웨그에이지: 외쳐, 조선! - 운명' 8D 뮤지컬 라이브" [2020 DIMF Musical Star - Best video [8D AUDIO] 2020 DIMF Musical Star Grand Prize - Choi Min-young's 'Swag Age: Shout, Chosun! - Destiny' 8D Musical Live]. Channel A (in Korean). Retrieved June 1, 2022.
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