Choi Jung-woo

Choi Jung-woo represents the kind of actor I instinctively respect: the seasoned supporting player who makes the leads look better. Starting in theater before moving into film and television, he brought a grounded, lived-in presence to sitcoms like Standby and dramas such as Quiz of God and Dr. Frost. I tend to value that stage-trained steadiness over flashier stardom, because it survives the camera intact. His death in May 2025 at sixty-eight closed a long, dependable career, and dependability in acting is harder and more valuable than it ever gets credit for.

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Name (English)

Choi Jung-woo

Name (Japanese)

チェ・ジョンウ

Reading

ちぇ・じょんう

Born

February 17, 1957 – May 27, 2025

Origin

South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor / television actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi%20Jung-woo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13423095

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.