Actor
Choi Woo-shik
Born 26 March 1990 · Seoul, South Korea
Choi Woo-shik is a Korean-Canadian actor born in Seoul in 1990. He rose to prominence with Set Me Free (2014) and became internationally known through Train to Busan and Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, in which he played Ki-woo. He is a leading actor of contemporary South Korean cinema.
Key films
Set Me Free (2014)
Early lead role that brought him widespread recognition in Korean cinema.
Train to Busan (2016)
Hit zombie thriller that brought him wider international audiences.
Okja (2017)
Supporting role in Bong Joon-ho's English-and-Korean Netflix feature.
Parasite (2019)
Played Ki-woo in the Palme d'Or and Best Picture winner, his biggest international success.
Time to Hunt (2020)
Starred in a dystopian Korean thriller that showed his range in genre cinema.
Key awards
- 2020 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared, Parasite)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 21
- 2011Yeongdeok Women's Wrestling Team · as Hyeon BinActor
- 2011Etude, Solo · as Kyung-min (Student)Actor
- 2012A Culprit Among FriendsActor
- 2013Secretly, Greatly · as Yoon Yoo-joonActor
- 2014Big Match · as Hacker Goo-rooActor
- 2014Set Me Free · as Yeong-jaeActor
- 2015In the Room · as Min Jun (segment "First Time")Actor
- 2016Train to Busan · as Yeong-gookActor
- 2017Okja · as KimActor
- 2018The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion · as NoblemanActor
- 2018Monstrum · as Royal Court Officer HeoActor
- 2018The Princess and the Matchmaker · as Nam Chi-hoActor
- 2018Golden Slumber · as Joo-hoActor
- 2019Parasite · as Ki-wooActor
- 2019The Divine Fury · as Father ChoiActor
- 2019Rosebud · as Soon-chul (young)Actor
- 2019AORB · as CivilianActor
- 2020Time to Hunt · as Ki-hoonActor
- 2022The Policeman's Lineage · as Choi Min-jaeActor
- 2024Wonderland · as Kim Hyun-sooActor
- 2026Number One · as Ha-minActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.