# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/choi-min-sik
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:55:44.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/choi-min-sik"
name: "Choi Min-sik"
slug: "choi-min-sik"
description: "Choi Min-sik is a South Korean actor. Known for his intense and transformative performances, he first gained recognition with the television series The Moon of Seoul (1994). His film breakthrough came with Shiri (1999), which established Choi as a leading actor. However, it was his role in Oldboy (2003) that cemented his status as one of South Korea's greatest actors. His performance was critically acclaimed and won him Best Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards, the Blue Dragon Film Awards, and the Grand Bell Awards."
tagline: "South Korean actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Choi_Min-sik.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1962-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.19191866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  249
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158856/"
    handle:    "nm0158856"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تشوي مين سيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تشوى مين سيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Че Мин-шик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Min-sik"
    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τσόι Μιν-σικ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Min-sik"
    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چوی مین سیک (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Min-sik"
    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Min-sik"
    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "צ'וי מין-סיק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csh%C3%B6_Minsik"
    title: "Cshö Minsik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%B8%D5%AB_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%AF"
    title: "Չոի Մին Սիկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "チェ・ミンシク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%EB%AF%BC%EC%8B%9D"
    title: "최민식"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Chvi_Minsiks"
    title: "Čhvi Minsiks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Min-sik"
    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Min-sik"
    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Min-sik"
    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Чхве Мин Сик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D1%98_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Чој Минсик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64880"
    title: "Choi Min-sik"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump