Choi Jong-won

Choi Jong-won (; born January 27, 1950) is a South Korean actor and politician. Choi began his acting career in theater, then made his screen debut in 1978 and became known as a veteran actor of stage, film and television of over forty years. He won Best Supporting Actor at the Grand Bell Awards in 1995 for the Joseon-era period drama The Eternal Empire.

Choi entered politics in 2004, when he ran and lost in the 17th National Assembly elections as an Uri Party candidate. He ran again in the by-elections on July 28, 2010, under the Democratic Party, where he won as the lawmaker representing Gangwon Province (Taebaek, Jeongseon, Yeongwol, and Pyeongchang) in the 18th National Assembly, succeeding Lee Kwang-jae who resigned to run for the Gangwon governorship. On September 16, 2010, Choi was elected as the head of DP's Gangwon provincial chapter.

Filmography

Film

Television series Year Title Role 1995 Jazz Boss Kang 1996 Papa Shin Shin-ho Reporting for Duty Woo Myung-do When the Salmon Returns Young-chae's father 1997 The Angel Within 1998 Six Children The King and the Queen Han Myung-hoi 2000 Three Friends Did You Ever Love? 2001 Pretty Woman Director Dokgo 2002 Sunlight Upon Me Age of Innocence Uncle 2003 Drama City: "The Barley Field" Choi Young-dal She is Cool 2006 Seoul 1945 Lee In-pyung Special of My Life Baek-Gom-Pa boss Cloud Stairs Doctor Byun 2007 Bong-jae Returns Park Bong-jae Auction House Heo Myung-hwan 2008 The Great King, Sejong Ha Ryun Daughter-in-Law Ma Pyung-moon 2009 The Quiet Village Chief minister Hot Blood Ha Ryu's father 2010 The Reputable Family Choi Won-young 2014 Gunman in Joseon Kim Jwa-young KBS Drama Special: "The Girl Who Became a Photo" Min Sung-taek Healer

Theater Year Title Role The Little Prince The Collector The Merchant of Venice Equus Hamlet King Lear Lear Head of Dried Walleye Pollack A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball A Streetcar Named Desire Death of a Salesman You Can See Apgujeong-dong from Oksu-dong Oliver! The Unfilial Son Is Weeping 99 품바 Beautiful Street 1980 Father's Sea 1983 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? George 1985 Annie 1992 Marvelous Guys 2000 Guys and Dolls The Beautiful Distance 2002 Years of a Mother's Love 2009 American Buffalo Don 2012 The Watch (Heavenly Clock) King Sejong2013 Marriage Butler It Was a Little Darkness in the Hole of a Wooden Gong Mang-ryeong

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1980 Korea Theater Festival Best Actor Father's Sea 1983 20th Dong-A Theatre Awards Best Actor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1985 Producers' Group Acting Awards Most Entertaining in Theater Annie 1989 13th Seoul Theater Festival Best Actor 1991 Love Theater Festival Best Actor 1995 33rd Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor The Eternal Empire 1999 KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor

Election results Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Results 2004 17th National Assembly General Election Proportional representation (35th) Uri 8,145,814 (38.26%) Not Elected 2010 2010 By-election Taebaek-Yeongwol-Pyeongchang-Jeongseon (Gangwon) Democratic 32,661 (55.01%) Won