Choi Jung-woo (actor, born 1995)

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Choi Jung-woo
Born (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 29)
Other namesChoi Jeong-woo
Education Korea National University of Arts
Occupation(s)Actor, Model
Years active2017–present
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Choi Jung-woo is a South Korean actor and model. [1]

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Early life and education

He was born on March 29, 1995, in Seoul. After sometime his parents moved to Jeju Island when he was five years old. [2] When turned 11 his parents moved to Russia in Moscow, he attended school there and learned to speak Russian and English. [3] There he went to British International School, he studied art. [4] After sometime he decided to learn acting. [5]

Career

He made his acting debut in 2017 in stage play Twenty. [6] The same year he appeared in drama You Are Too Much. In 2018 he appeared in Love Alert. The next year he appeared in drama I Started Following Romance. [7] The following year he appeared in several dramas Big Picture House, Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny, XX and Cheat on Me If You Can . [8] He also appeared in movie Trace.

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2017 You Are Too Much Jeong-woo [9]
2018 Love Alert Choi Kyung-jung [10]
2020Big Picture HouseHa Jae-jin [11]
Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny Chae In-kyu [12]
Cheat on Me If You Can Go Mi-rae's friend [13]
2021 At a Distance, Spring Is Green Hong Chan-ki [14]
2022 Jinxed at First Seon Dong-shik [15]
2023 Numbers Yang Jae-hwan [16]

Web series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2019I Started Following RomanceJeon Seong-jae [17]
2020 XX Jayden's ex [18]
2024 Flex X Cop Bo-ri [19]

Film

YearTitleRoleRef.
2020TraceKang-jae [20]

Ambassadorship

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