Choi Hyun-wook

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Hyun-wook
Choi in November 2022
Born	(2002-01-30) January 30, 2002 (age 22) South Korea
Alma mater	Hanlim Multi Art School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2019–present
Agent	Gold Medalist
Korean name
Hangul	최현욱
Hanja	崔顯旭
Revised Romanization	Choe Hyeon-uk
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Hyŏnuk

Choi Hyun-wook (Korean: 최현욱; born January 30, 2002) is a South Korean actor. In 2019, he began his acting career by leading in the web drama Real:Time:Love. His role in SBS television series Taxi Driver and Racket Boys awarded him the Best New Actor at the 2021 SBS Drama Awards. Recently, he gained more recognition in Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022), Weak Hero Class 1 (2022), D.P. 2 (2021–2023),^[1] and Twinkling Watermelon (2023).

Early life and education

Choi Hyun-wook was born on January 30, 2002. During his childhood, he played baseball for ten years. In his first year of high school, he sustained an elbow injury and underwent surgery and rehabilitation, but it did not improve his condition. Due to the situation, he changed his career path and pursued acting.^[2] Eventually, Choi left Gangneung High School as well as his position at the school's baseball team and transferred to Hanlim Multi Art School at Broadcasting & Entertainment Department until he graduated.^[3]

Career

Choi made his debut as an actor on the 2019 WhyNot Media's web series Real: Time: Love, playing the role of Moon Ye-chan. Originally, he wasn't planning to pass the audition for the program, as he only wanted to gain experience. But, to his surprise, he was offered the role.^[4]

On March 23, 2020, Gold Medalist confirmed that Choi has been cast for the web drama Pop Out Boy!, based on the popular webtoon of the same name. The series began filming the following month.^[5] It started to air on June 25.^[6]

In April 2021, Choi appeared in a SBS drama Taxi Driver as Park Seung-tae, a school bully.^[7] He was the antagonist on the series' episode 3 and 4.^[8] A month earlier, he was selected to star in another SBS drama, Racket Boys.^[9] Choi briefly appeared on Jirisan as Lim Cheol-kyeong in a flashback with Seo Yi-kang, one of the main characters.^[10]

In 2022, Choi rose in popularity after he starred in the coming-of-age television series Twenty-Five Twenty-One alongside Kim Tae-ri, Nam Joo-hyuk, Kim Ji-yeon and Lee Joo-myung.^[11] The same year, he starred in the television series Weak Hero Class 1 alongside Hong Kyung and Park Ji-hoon.^[12]

In 2023, he starred in Twinkling Watermelon alongside Ryeoun, Seol In-ah and Shin Eun-soo.^[13]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	Taxi Driver	Park Seung-tae	Guest role; episode 3-4	[7][8]
	Racket Boys	Na Woo-chan		[9]
	Jirisan	teenager Lim Cheol-kyeong	Guest role; episode 6	[10]
2022	Twenty-Five Twenty-One	Moon Ji-woong		[14]
2023	Twinkling Watermelon	Ha Yi-chan		[13]
2025	Black Salt Dragon	Ban Joo-yeon		[15]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019–2020	Real: Time: Love	Moon Ye-chan	Season 1–4	[16]
2020	Pop Out Boy!	Noh Ye-joon		[5][6]
2022	Weak Hero Class 1	An Soo-ho		[17]
2023	D.P.	Shin Ah-hui	Season 2	[18][19]
	High Cookie	Seo Ho-soo		[20][21]

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Ref.
2022	"Ditto"	NewJeans	[22]
2023	"Alley" (골목길)	Lee Hi (feat. Sung Si-kyung)	[23]
2024	"My Beloved" (그대가 해준 말)	Lee Hi	[24]

Discography

Soundtrack appearances

List of soundtrack appearances with selected chart position, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		KOR [25]	KOR Hot [26]
"With"[27] (with Kim Ji-yeon, Kim Tae-ri, Lee Joo-myung, and Nam Joo-hyuk)	2022	40	54	Twenty-Five Twenty-One OST

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
APAN Star Awards	2022	Best New Actor	Racket Boys Twenty-Five Twenty-One	Nominated	[28]
Asia Contents Awards	2022	New Comer – Actor	Twenty-Five Twenty-One	Nominated	[29]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2022	Best New Actor – Television		Nominated	[30]
Blue Dragon Series Awards	2023	Whynot Award	Weak Hero Class 1	Won	[31]
	2024	Best New Actor	High Cookie	Nominated	[32]
Brand Customer Loyalty Award	2022	Best New Actor	Choi Hyun-wook	Won	[33]
SBS Drama Awards	2021	Best New Actor	Racket Boys Taxi Driver	Won	[34]

References

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External links

• Official website (in Korean and English)
• Choi Hyun-wook at HanCinema
• Choi Hyun-wook at IMDb