{{Short description|South Korean actor (born 2002)}} {{Family name hatnote|Choi|lang=Korean}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Choi Min-yeong | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|10|09}} | birth_place = [[Seoul]], South Korea | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2014–present | agent = [[Saram Entertainment]] | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes|headercolor=transparent | hangul = %최민영 | hanja = 崔民英 }} }}
'''Choi Min-yeong''' ({{Korean|hangul=최민영}}; born October 9, 2002)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Choi Min-young (최민영)|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Min-young.php|website=[[HanCinema]]|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629141421/https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Min-young.php|url-status=live}}</ref> is a South Korean actor. He has appeared in the television series ''[[The Promise (2016 TV series)|The Promise]]'' (2016), ''[[Twenty-Five Twenty-One]]'' (2022) and [[Weak Hero|''Weak Hero Class'' ''2'']] (2025). Since 2023, he has starred as Dae in the American series ''[[XO, Kitty]].''
==Career== Choi Min-yeong made his debut in the KBS2 drama ''Magic Thousand Characters'' in 2014. He then appeared in TV series such as JTBC's ''[[Strong Girl Bong-soon]]'' (2017), tvN's ''[[Mr. Sunshine (South Korean TV series)|Mr. Sunshine]]'' (2018), and JTBC's ''[[Itaewon Class]]'' (2020). As a musical actor he has appeared in the musicals ''Bonnie & Clyde'', ''Empress Myeongseong'', ''Frankenstein'', and ''Kinky Boots''.
Since April 2022, Choi Min-yeong has had an exclusive contract with [[Talent manager|artist management]] company [[Saram Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Ahn Byung-gil |date=March 31, 2022 |script-title=ko:최민영, 사람엔터 전속계약...이하늬 한솥밥[공식] |trans-title=Choi Min-young signed an exclusive contract with Saram Entertainment... Honey Lee One Pot Rice [Official] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/144/0000802855 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601142651/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/144/0000802855 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |work=Sports trend |publisher=[[Naver]] |language=ko}}</ref> In 2022, he gained recognition in the tvN drama ''[[Twenty-Five Twenty-One]]'' in the role of Baek Yi-hyun, the younger brother of Baek Yi-jin ([[Nam Joo-hyuk]]). That same year, he was cast as Kim "Dae" Dae-heon in the American Netflix television series ''[[XO, Kitty]]'', a spin-off of the [[To All the Boys (franchise)|''To All the Boys'']] film series.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Kim Na-yeon |date=April 6, 2022 |script-title=ko:최민영·이상헌→김윤진·마이클 리, 넷플릭스 '내사모남' 스핀오프 합류 |trans-title=Choi Min-young and Lee Sang-heon → Kim Yun-jin and Michael Lee join Netflix's 'My Lovers' spin-off |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0003042090 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601141642/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0003042090 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |work=[[Star News (South Korea)|Star News]] |publisher=[[Naver]] |language=ko}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" | 2014 | ''I Want to Talk to You'' | Kang Joon-seok | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="profile:daum">{{Cite web |script-title=ko:최민영 |trans-title=Choi Min-young |url=https://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXX1697471 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601133411/https://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXX1697471 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=[[Daum (web portal)|Daum]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2023 | ''Dream Palace'' | Dong-wook | style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news|script-title=ko:김선영x이윤지 투톱 영화 '드림팰리스' 크랭크인|trans-title=Kim Seon-young x Lee Yoon-ji's two-top movie 'Dream Palace' crank-in|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002981923|work=[[Star News (South Korea)|Star News]]|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|author=Jeong Hyung-hwa|date=August 19, 2021|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522073630/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002981923|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
===Television series=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" | 2014 | ''The Magic Thousand-Character Classic'' | Baby boy | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="films2:han">{{Cite web|title=Choi Min-young (최민영) - Filmography; Page 2|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Min-young-filmography.html?p=2|website=[[HanCinema]]|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522112053/https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Min-young-filmography.html?p=2|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Non-database source required|date=November 2024}} |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''[[The Promise (2016 TV series)|The Promise]]'' | young Kang Tae-joon | Nominated for KBS Drama Awards | style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news|title=[KBS 연기대상] 정윤석·허정은, 男女 청소년연기상 수상|trans-title=[KBS Acting Awards] Jung Yun-seok and Heo Jeong-eun win the Young Female Acting Award|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/117/0002859148|work=[[MyDaily]]|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|author=Kim Mi-ri|date=December 31, 2016|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522112050/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/117/0002859148|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''[[Choco Bank]]'' | Young Dal-soo | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="films2:han" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''[[Memory (TV series)|Memory]]'' | Kim Myung-soo | | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | <ref name="films1:han">{{Cite web|title=Choi Min-young (최민영) - Filmography; Page 1|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Min-young-filmography.html?p=1|website=[[HanCinema]]|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522073630/https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Choi_Min-young-filmography.html?p=1|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Non-database source required|date=November 2024}} |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''[[Entertainer (TV series)|Entertainer]]'' | Lee Gyeong-soo | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''[[Lucky Romance]]'' | Min-jae | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2016 | ''[[W (TV series)|W]]'' | Kang Cheol's younger brother | Special appearance |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''[[Strong Girl Bong-soon]]'' | young In Guk-doo | | rowspan="9" style="text-align:center" | <ref name="series:md">{{Cite news|script-title=ko:'남주혁 동생' 최민영, 사람엔터와 전속계약...'이하늬X정호연 등과 한솥밥' [공식]|trans-title='Nam Joo-hyuk's younger brother' Choi Min-young signed an exclusive contract with Sara Entertainment... 'Hanui X Jung Ho-yeon and others in one pot' [Official]|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/117/0003589351|work=[[MyDaily]]|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|author=Kim Nara|date=March 31, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522073632/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/117/0003589351|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="films1:han" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''[[Chicago Typewriter (TV series)|Chicago Typewriter]]'' | young Han Se-joo | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''[[Queen for Seven Days]]'' | young Seo Noh | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''[[Two Cops (TV series)|Two Cops]]'' | young Tak Jae-hee | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2018 | ''[[Radio Romance (TV series)|Radio Romance]]'' | Woo Ji-woo | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2018 | ''[[Mr. Sunshine (South Korean TV series)|Mr. Sunshine]]'' | young Goo Dong-mae | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2018 | ''[[Your Honor (2018 TV series)|Your Honor]]'' | young Han Soo-ho/Han Gang-ho | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2019 | ''[[Confession (South Korean TV series)|Confession]]'' | Yoo Joon-hwan | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2020 | ''[[Itaewon Class]]'' | young Jang Dae-hee | style="text-align:center" | |- ! scope="row" | 2021 | ''[[You Are My Spring]]'' | young Chae Joon | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="films1:han" /> |- ! scope="row" | 2022 | ''[[Twenty-Five Twenty-One]]'' | Baek Yi-hyun | | style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news|script-title=ko:'스물다섯' 최민영, 엄정화 조진웅 이하늬와 한솥밥(공식)|trans-title='Twenty-five' Choi Min-young, Uhm Jung-hwa, Jo Jin-woong, and Lee Ha-nui and one pot rice (official)|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/609/0000557117|work=Newsen|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|author=Park Ah-reum|date=March 31, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522112053/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/609/0000557117|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
===Web series=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" | 2023–present | ''[[XO, Kitty]]'' | Kim Dae-heon | American Netflix series | style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news|script-title=ko:최민영, 美 넷플릭스 '엑스오 키티' 주연|trans-title=Choi Min-young to star in Netflix's 'X-O Kitty'|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/003/0011108205|work=[[Newsis]]|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|author=Choi Ji-yoon|date=April 7, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522073628/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/003/0011108205|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Swift:tvl">{{cite web|title=Netflix's To All the Boys Spinoff Series XO, Kitty Reveals Full Cast — First Look|url=https://tvline.com/2022/04/05/to-all-the-boys-series-cast-xo-kitty-spinoff-netflix-photo|website=[[TVLine]]|last=Swift|first=Andy|date=April 5, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=April 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405220036/https://tvline.com/2022/04/05/to-all-the-boys-series-cast-xo-kitty-spinoff-netflix-photo|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2025 | ''[[Weak Hero]]'' | Seo Jun-tae | Season 2 | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="S2-char">{{Cite web|script-title=ko:'약한영웅 Class 2', 넷플릭스로 옮겨 제작 확정|trans-title='Weak Hero Class 2' Moves to Netflix and Confirms Production|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=144&aid=0000929438|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=Sports Trends|language=ko|author=Ha Kyung-heon|date=December 4, 2023|access-date=December 4, 2023|archive-date=December 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204053703/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=144&aid=0000929438|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
==Theatre== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''Empress Myeongseong - Dageu'' | Crown prince | style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" | <ref name="details:playdb">{{Cite web|script-title=ko:최민영: 뮤지컬배우|trans-title=Choi Min-young: Musical actor performances|url=http://www.playdb.co.kr/artistdb/detail.asp?ManNo=32745|website=Play DB|access-date=June 1, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522073628/http://m.playdb.co.kr/Artist/PlayList/32745|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Bonnie and Clyde'' | Young Clyde |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2014 | ''Frankenstein'' | Young Frankenstein |- | ''Kinky Boots'' | Young Charlie |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination ! scope="col" | Award ceremony ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominee / Work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" | [[Blue Dragon Film Awards]] | style="text-align:center" | [[44th Blue Dragon Film Awards|2023]] | [[Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actor|Best New Actor]] | ''Dream Palace'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:제44회 청룡영화상 후보 발표...'밀수'·'콘크리트 유토피아' 11개 부문 최다 노미네이트|trans-title=44th Blue Dragon Film Awards Nominations Announced...'Smuggling'-'Concrete Utopia' Receive Most Nominations in 11 Categories|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001658300|via=[[Naver]]|work=X-ports News|language=ko|last=Kim|first=Yu-jin|date=November 6, 2023|access-date=November 6, 2023|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621074318/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001658300|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | [[KBS Drama Awards]] | style="text-align:center" | [[2016 KBS Drama Awards|2016]]
| Best Young Actor | ''[[The Promise (2016 TV series)|The Promise]]'' | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news|title=[KBS연기대상]허정은 "박신양 오지호 고마워" 청소년연기상 깜찍소감|trans-title=[KBS Acting Awards] Heo Jung-eun "Thanks Park Shin-yang and Oh Ji-ho" Youth Acting Award Cute feeling|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/112/0002880295|work=[[Herald POP]]|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|author=Park Ah-reum|date=December 31, 2016|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601135044/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/112/0002880295|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | The DIMF Musical Star | style="text-align:center" | 2020 | Grand Prize (1st place) | Choi Min-yeong | {{won}} | style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite news|title=2020 DIMF 뮤지컬 스타 - Best 영상 [8D AUDIO] 2020 DIMF 뮤지컬 스타 대상 -최민영의 '스웨그에이지: 외쳐, 조선! - 운명' 8D 뮤지컬 라이브|trans-title=2020 DIMF Musical Star - Best video [8D AUDIO] 2020 DIMF Musical Star Grand Prize - Choi Min-young's 'Swag Age: Shout, Chosun! - Destiny' 8D Musical Live|url=https://www.ichannela.com/program/detail/program_title_renew.do?cateCode=050073|work=[[Channel A (TV channel)|Channel A]]|access-date=June 1, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031030730/http://www.ichannela.com/program/template/program_refinement.do?cateCode=&subCateCode=050073&pgm_id=WPG2200062D|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|1=http://www.esaram.co.kr/ko/choiminyeong}} * {{HanCinema person}} * {{IMDb name}}
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