Choi Tae-joon
|Born|
|Education||Chung-Ang University - Theater|
|Occupation||Actor|
|Years active||2001–present|
|Agent||Huayi Brothers[1]|
|Korean name|
|Hangul|
|Revised Romanization||Choi Tae-jun|
|McCune–Reischauer||Ch'oe Taechun|
Choi Tae-joon (Korean: 최태준, born July 7, 1991) is a South Korean actor.[2][3] He is known for his lead role in melodrama Exit (2018).
Career[edit]
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 Adolescence 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 drama So I Married an Anti-fan as the male lead, based on the webtoon of the same name.[13]
Personal life[edit]
On March 7, 2018, it was confirmed by Huayi Brothers that Choi has been in a relationship with actress Park Shin-hye since late 2017.[14][15][16]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
|Year||Title||Role||Ref.|
|2003||Project X|
|2012||Pacemaker||Min Yoon-ki||[17]|
|2016||Eclipse||Se-joon||[9]|
Television series[edit]
|Year||Title||Role||Network||Ref.|
|2001||Piano||young Lee Kyung-ho||SBS||[18]|
|2002||Magic Kid Masuri||Min Ho-soo||KBS2||[4]|
|2011||Padam Padam||Im Jung||jTBC||[5]|
|2012||The King of Dramas||Oh In-sung, actor in Elegant Revenge||SBS||[19]|
|The Great Seer||Yi Bang-won||[20]|
|2013||Ugly Alert||Gong Hyun-seok||[21][22]|
|Adolescence Medley||Lee Yeok-ho||KBS2||[23]|
|2014||Mother's Garden||Cha Ki-joon||MBC||[24]|
|2015||A Girl Who Sees Smells||Ye Sang-gil||SBS||[25]|
|All About My Mom||Lee Hyung-soon||KBS2||[26]|
|2016||The Flower in Prison||Sung Ji-heon||MBC||[27]|
|2017||Missing 9||Choi Tae-ho||[28]|
|Suspicious Partner||Ji Eun-hyuk||SBS||[29]|
|2018||Exit||Do Kang-soo||[30]|
|The Undateables||Choi Jun-soo||[31]|
|TBA||So I Married an Anti-fan||Hoo Joon||[13]|
(Bit part, Episode 1)
Web series[edit]
|Year||Title||Role||Network||Ref.|
|2017||109 Strange Things||KDI-109||Naver TV Cast||[32]|
Variety show[edit]
|Year||Title||Network||Role||Notes||Ref.|
|2016||Hello Counselor||KBS||Host||Permanent host from episode 288-341||[11]|
|Celebrity Bromance||MBig TV||Cast member||Season 2 with Zico (Block B)||[33]|
|We Got Married||MBC||Season 4 with Bomi (Apink) (Episodes 341-363)||[10]|
Music video[edit]
|Year||Song title||Artist||Ref.|
|2013||"Bye Bye Happy Days!"||Kara|
|2017||"When We Were Two"||Urban Zakapa||[34]|
Awards and nominations[edit]
|Year||Award||Category||Nominated work||Result||Ref.|
|2014||2nd Asia Rainbow TV Awards||Best Supporting Actor||Ugly Alert||Nominated|
|MBC Drama Awards||Best New Actor||Mother's Garden||Won||[35]|
|2015||KBS Drama Awards||Best New Actor||All About My Mom||Nominated|
|Best Couple Award (with Jo Bo-ah)||Nominated|
|2016||MBC Drama Awards||Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama||The Flower in Prison||Nominated|
|KBS Entertainment Awards||Rookie Award in Talk Show||Hello Counselor||Won||[36]|
|2017||2nd Asia Artist Awards||New Wave Award||N/A||Won||[37]|
|MBC Drama Awards||Best Character Award||Missing 9||Won||[38]|
|SBS Drama Awards||Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama||Suspicious Partner||Nominated|
|2018||3rd Asia Artist Awards||Best Icon||N/A||Won||[39]|
References[edit]
- ^ "최태준, 화이브라더스코리아 새 둥지...이시영 주원 한솥밥". OSEN. July 14, 2017.
- ^ "최태준 :: 네이버 인물검색". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- ^ "CHOI Tae-Joon". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
- ^ a b "Actor Choi Tae-joon says he debuted as child actor who played bad wizard". Hancinema. Herald Corporation. December 10, 2014.
- ^ a b "'빠담빠담'속 '떠오르는 샛별' 최태준". Sisaon (in Korean). January 18, 2012.
- ^ "Actor with a good image, Choi Tae-joon". Hancinema. July 19, 2013.
- ^ "[인터뷰S]① 최태준 "'미씽나인' 도전이고 기회였다"". SPOTV News (in Korean). April 9, 2017.
- ^ ""Suspicious Partner" Choi Tae-joon supports Ji Chang-wook". Hancinema. May 10, 2017.
- ^ a b "Film "Eclipse" explores psychological impulses behind teen crimes". Yonhap News Agency. March 18, 2016.
- ^ a b "Yoon and Choi are newest 'Married' couple". Korea JoongAng Daily. September 24, 2016.
- ^ a b "'Hello' Choi Taejoon to leave 'Hello, Counselor' in September". KBS World. August 30, 2017.
- ^ ""Exit" Ends Succesfully [sic], Leaving Viewers Wanting More". Osen (in Korean). May 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "[SBS Star] Sooyoung & Choi Tae Jun Confirmed to a New Drama". SBS News. August 13, 2018.
- ^ "[공식입장] 박신혜 최태준 열애 인정 "지난해 연말 연인 관계로 발전"". Naver (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. March 7, 2018.
- ^ "Actors Park Shin-hye, Choi Tae-joon dating". Yonhap News Agency. March 7, 2018.
- ^ "Park Shin-hye, Choi Tae-joon confirm dating". Kpop Herald. March 7, 2018.
- ^ "Filming for Kim Myung-min's new movie "Pacemaker" set for April 11". Hancinema. April 9, 2011.
- ^ "'테로' 최태준 "10살 때 '피아노' 조인성 아역으로 데뷔"". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). June 18, 2016.
- ^ "'드라마의 제왕' 깜짝 출연 최태준, "연기 잘하네"". New Daily (in Korean). November 6, 2012.
- ^ "'대풍수' 속 잘생긴 이방원, 최태준의 모든 것". SBS News (in Korean). February 13, 2013.
- ^ "못난이 최태준 "드라마 피아노 참고했다"". No Cut News (in Korean). May 14, 2015.
- ^ "식상과 공감 사이 〈못난이 주의보〉의 숙제는?". 10Asia (in Korean). July 22, 2013.
- ^ "Teenage Medley, Three Keywords for Fun Viewing". KBS Global. July 12, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "Jung Yu-mi signs up for daily drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. January 3, 2014.
- ^ "최태준, '냄새를 보는 소녀' 출연 확정..박유천·신세경과 호흡". Chosun (in Korean). March 6, 2015.
- ^ "'부탁해요, 엄마' 최태준 "25세 나이 맞는 귀여운 역할 행복해"". Star Daily News (in Korean). August 11, 2015.
- ^ "[단독]진세연·고수·김수연·최태준, '옥중화' 주연 확정". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). January 6, 2016.
- ^ "엑소 찬열·이선빈·최태준·류원, '미씽나인' 출연 확정". Naver (in Korean). November 14, 2016.
- ^ "[단독]최태준, '절친' 지창욱과 SBS 드라마 주연 "브로맨스"". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). March 22, 2017.
- ^ "최태준 주연 SBS 특집극 'EXIT', '키스 먼저' 후속 2회 편성". 10Asia (in Korean). April 19, 2018.
- ^ "최태준, '훈남정음' 출연 확정… 남궁민X황정음과 호흡". 10Asia (in Korean). April 19, 2018.
- ^ "DIA's Jung Chae-yeon & Choi Tae-joon Cast In New Web Drama". KBS World. December 6, 2017.
- ^ "'꽃미남브로맨스' 지코x최태준, 수다의 신세계를 보여주마". The Star (in Korean). March 1, 2016. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ "이성경X최태준, 어반자카파 응원 "뮤비 촬영 내내 울었다…꼭 들어달라"". 10Asia (in Korean). November 1, 2017.
- ^ "'MBC 연기대상' 임시완·최태준·한선화·고성희 '신인상'". JTBC (in Korean). December 30, 2014.
- ^ "[KBS 연예대상] 윤시윤·민효린·최태준·엄현경, 신인상 영예". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). December 24, 2016.
- ^ "Kim Hee Sun & EXO win Grand Prize Awards at the 2017 Asia Artist Awards". KBS World. November 16, 2017.
- ^ "Winners of the 2017 MBC Drama Awards". Hancinema. December 30, 2017.
- ^ "BTS win the Daesang at Asia Artist Awards 2018 – and are among Artists Of The Year". Metro. November 28, 2018.
External links[edit]
- Best New Actor for MBC Drama Awards winners
- South Korean male film actors
- South Korean male television actors
- South Korean male models
- Male actors from Seoul
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Chung-Ang University alumni