| Choi Gwi-hwa | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea[1] | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor | ||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1997–present | ||||||||||||
| Agent: | Mr. Choi[2] | ||||||||||||
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Choi Gwi-hwa (; born March 3, 1978) is a South Korean actor.
Choi Gwi-hwa joined the Meulmye Theatre Company in Bucheon in 1997. In 1999 he began honing his screen acting with a large number of short movies, landing his first role in a feature-length film in Why Did You Come To My House (2009). His breakthrough role was that of a deputy chief in the cult hit series (2014), a satirical exploration of life in a typical Korean office environment. Choi has since made notable performances in Train to Busan (2016), The Wailing (2016), A Taxi Driver (2017), and Bad Guys: Vile City (2017). His scene-stealing performance as a police chief in Ma Dong-seok's The Outlaws led him to be awarded Best New Actor by the Korea Film Director's Network.[3] [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Why Did You Come To My House | cop | ||
| 2010 | My Dear Desperado | gang member | ||
| 2012 | Doomsday Book | removal team (segment "Creation of Heaven") | ||
| Runway Cop | Detective Paeng | |||
| 26 Years | team leader of guards | |||
| 2013 | Very Ordinary Couple | Deputy Department Head Mr. Son's husband | ||
| Way Back Home | Detective from Seoul Prosecutor's Office | |||
| 2014 | The Target | male hospital employee | ||
| One on One | Oh Ji-ha | |||
| military officer | ||||
| Sea Fog | voice of other captain | |||
| Scarlet Innocence | gambler | |||
| 2015 | Gangnam Blues | member of Nam Soon-chul gang | ||
| 2016 | No Tomorrow | Detective Choi | ||
| The Wailing | Byung-gu | |||
| fraud in woman's dress Jung Pan-Seok | ||||
| Train to Busan | homeless man | |||
| Tunnel | person interested in tunnel 2 | cameo | ||
| The Net | Director Lee of South Korean Information Bureau | |||
| 2017 | The King | Choi Min-suk | ||
| Fabricated City | chief prison guard | |||
| A Taxi Driver | leader of plainclothes officers | |||
| The Outlaws | Captain Jeon Il-man | |||
| 2018 | The Discloser | Sun-ho | ||
| The Soul-Mate | Jong-sik | |||
| The Drug King | General Manager Ham | |||
| 2019 | mailman | |||
| Long Live The King | Choi Man-soo | |||
| Homme Fatale | Yook-gam | |||
| Mal-bo | ||||
| 2022 | Boogie Nights | Yu-bin | [5] | |
| The Roundup | Jeon Il-man | [6] | ||
| Project Wolf Hunting | Alpha | [7] | ||
| After | [8] [9] |
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Assistant Manager Park Yong-gu (IT Sales Team) | ||
| 2015 | Shine or Go Crazy | administrator | |
| 2016 | The Vampire Detective | Jang Tae-sik | |
| 2017 | Distorted | Yang Choo-sung | |
| My Golden Life | Kang Nam-goo[10] | ||
| 2017-18 | Bad Guys 2 | Ha Sang-mo | |
| 2018 | Suits | Chae Geun-sik | |
| Jin Choo-ha Returns | Im Hun-sik | ||
| 2019 | Bae Hong-tae | ||
| 2023 | Revenant | Chun Il-man (Cameo)[11] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Black: I Saw the Devil | Host | crime documentary film; with Kwon Il-yong | [12] |
| Anti-Ageym | Cast Member | [13] |