In 1999, he starred in the action film " Swiri " and played a North Korean agent
. In 2001, he cooperated with CC in the film " Failan ", which won the special prize of the jury of the South Korean film Grand Bell Awards
. In 2002, CHOI MIN SIK, Do-yeon Jeon and Joo Jin Mo starred in " Happy End " and played the banker Min Ki
. In the same year, with Ahn Sung Kee and Son Ye Jin, he starred in the biopic " Chihwaseon " directed by Kwon-taek Im . The film won the Palme d’Or. For this film, CHOI MIN SIK won the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Director Award, shaping 16 The artistic image of the talented Korean painter Jang Seung-se of the century
.
In 2003, CHOI MIN SIK and Korean noir film director Park Chan-wook released the second thriller " Old Boy " in the "Revenge Trilogy" , which won the Grand Bell Awards , The Best Actor Award for the three awards ceremony of Blue Dragon Awards and Baeksang Art Awards
. In 2004, he starred in the film " Springtime " and in the same year participated in the war film " TaeGukGi: Brotherhood Of War ", playing the role of the Korean People's Soldier
.
In August 2005, CHOI MIN SIK and Li Qiu, Xu Huilin starring action film " Jumeogi UNDA ", plays beaten boxer living on the streets of the Thai ginger plant, and 류승범 played by Liu juvenile training centers with the last hope for change challenge Rookie finals, pay tribute to Jackie Chan
. Because the film was released in South Korea in advance, it lost the qualification to participate in the Cannes competition, but won the "Critics Association Award" in the "Director's Fortnight" unit, and was hailed as one of the ten best films of the year by the Korean media and "2005" The first Asian film in 2015"
. In the same year, CHOI MIN SIK and Park Chan-wook once again collaborated on the final chapter of the "Vengeance Trilogy", "The Kind Gold ", and Kaneko , played by the heroine Lee Young Ae , tried his best to revenge
.
In October 2008, he starred and directed the first film "Himalaya: Where the Wind Stops", which was co-operated with China Zhongbo Film and Television, and played a middle-aged man named CHOI
. In 2010, he co-starred with Lee Byunghun in the thriller " I Saw the Devil " and played a serial murderous demon. The film won the Golden Crow Award and the Baeksang Film Award at the 29th Brussels International Fantasy Film Festival
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In 2011, co-starring with Ha Jung Woo in the crime film " Rules Of The Time " directed by Yoon Jong-bin , won the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards for Best Actor and 33rd Blue Dragon Awards for Best Actor Actor and Best Actor in the 21st Buil Film Awards
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In 2013, CHOI MIN SIK co-starred with Hwang Jeong Min and Lee Jung Jae in the action film " New World " directed by Hoon-jung Park . In the film, he played the old detective of the police station and Hwang Jeong who starred in the "second boss" of the gangster. Min fought with Lee Jung Jae, who was an "inside line" of the police, and the film won the 34th Korean Film Blue Dragon Awards and the 49th Korean Baeksang Art Awards
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In 2014, he starred in the action history film " 명량-회오리바다 " directed by Han-minKim , which was adapted from the historical 1597 "Battle of Mingliang". CHOI MIN SIK played the role of a famous general Yi Sun-sin in the film
. In the same year, he co-starred with Scarlett I. Johansson and Morgan Freeman in the Taipei-based sci-fi action film " Lucy " directed by Luc Besson , as the villain
. " 명량-회오리바다 " and " Lucy " respectively won the North American box office champions in South Korea. CHOI MIN SIK became the first Korean actor to appear in the two films to win the box office champions in South Korea and North America at the same time
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In 2015 , he co-starred with Jeong Man Sik and Kim Sangho in the historical war film " The Tiger " with the background of the Korean Japanese Occupation period , and played the well-known tiger hunter Cheon Mandeok
. In 2016, he co-starred with Guo Duyuan in " The Mayor " directed by 박인제 , and played the role of a politician who challenged the three elections of the mayor of Seoul in the film
.
