# Choi Tae-joon (최태준)
**Choi Tae-joon** (최태준) is a South Korean actor who debuted as a child performer in the 2001 SBS drama *Piano* and returned to acting as an adult in television dramas such as *Missing Nine* (2017), *Suspicious Partner* (2017), and *Twenty-Five Twenty-One* (2022).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=79092) |
| Debut | 2001, SBS drama *Piano*[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon) |
| Education | Chung-Ang University, majoring in Theater[3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/) |
| Height | 183 cm[3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/) • [4](https://sp.kdaisuki.jp/star/profile/?id=1486) |
| Recent agency | Listed as an artist of Blitzway Entertainment; earlier profiles place him under Huayi Brothers[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon) • [3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/) |
| Major awards | MBC Drama Awards male New Actor (2014), Best Character Award for *Missing Nine* (2017), KBS Drama Awards male supporting acting (2024)[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon) |
| Family | Married to actress Park Shin-hye, with the marriage announced in November 2021[3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/) • [4](https://sp.kdaisuki.jp/star/profile/?id=1486) |
## Early start and return to acting
Choi began his career young: he debuted in 2001 on SBS in *Piano*, playing the young Lee Kyung Ho[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon) • [3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/). According to his Kpop Profiles biography, he worked as a child actor, took a break, and returned to acting in his 20s[3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/). He studied Theater at [Chung-Ang University](https://www.edgepedia.org/chung-ang-university)[3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/).
His adult television roles came steadily through the 2010s. The Korean film database Cine21 lists among his TV credits *Ugly Alert* (2013, as Gong Hyun Seok), *Mother's Garden* (2014, as Cha Ki Joon), *The Flower in Prison* (2016, as Sung Ji Heon), and *Suspicious Partner* (2017, as Ji Eun Hyuk)[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=79092). His agency, Blitzway Entertainment, adds *The Great Seer* (2012), *The Girl Who Sees Smells* (2015), *All About My Mom* (2015), *Missing Nine* (2017), *The Undateables* (2018), and *Exit* (2018) to the drama list[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon).
## Breakthrough years
The mid-2010s brought his main recognition. He received the MBC Drama Awards male New Actor prize in 2014 for *Mother's Garden*, and in 2017 he won the MBC Drama Awards Best Character Award in the best villain category for his role in *Missing Nine*, along with a New Wave Award in the acting category at the 2nd [Asia Artist Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/asia-artist-awards)[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon). The following year he took a Best Icon Award in the acting category at the 3rd Asia Artist Awards[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon).
Alongside acting, he worked in variety television. He appeared on MBC's *We Got Married*, paired with Apink's Bomi, and became a permanent host on KBS2's *Hello Counselor* at the end of August 2016; he won the KBS Entertainment Awards male newcomer award in the talk and show category in 2016[3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/) • [2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon).
## Film and recent work
His feature film credits are few. Cine21 lists *Pacemaker* (민윤기, Min Yoon Ki) and *Cutter* (세준, Se Joon) as his two film roles[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=79092). The two databases date them differently: Cine21 gives *Pacemaker* as 2011 and *Cutter* as 2015, while his agency page lists *Pacemaker* as 2012 and *Cutter* as 2016[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=79092) • [2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon). His agency also lists the 2019 film *Yangjaemulrihak* (양자물리학)[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon).
In the 2020s he moved into higher-profile series. Blitzway's filmography includes the Naver TV series *So I Married the Anti-Fan* (2021), tvN's *Twenty-Five Twenty-One* (2022), TVING's *[Island](https://www.edgepedia.org/island-south-korean-tv-series)* (2023), and three 2024 dramas: ENA's *Night Has Come Photo Studio* (야한(夜限) 사진관), SBS's *Chaebol X Detective* (재벌X형사), and KBS2's *[Iron Family](https://www.edgepedia.org/iron-family)* (다리미 패밀리)[2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon). Cine21 credits him as Cha Tae Woong in *Iron Family*, the role for which he received the 2024 KBS Drama Awards male supporting acting prize[1](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=79092) • [2](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon).
## Personal life
His agency confirmed on March 7, 2018 that he had been in a relationship with actress [Park Shin-hye](https://www.edgepedia.org/park-shin-hye) since late 2017, and on November 23, 2021 it was announced that the two would marry and were expecting their first child[3](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/). The Japanese Hallyu celebrity directory also lists Park Shin-hye as his wife[4](https://sp.kdaisuki.jp/star/profile/?id=1486).
## References
1. [최태준, Cine21 filmography and profile](https://cine21.com/db/person/info/?person_id=79092)
2. [최태준, Blitzway Entertainment artist page](https://blitzway-ent.com/ko/pages/artists/choi-tae-joon)
3. [Choi Tae Joon Profile and Facts, Kpop Profiles](https://kprofiles.com/choi-tae-joon-profile/)
4. [チェ・テジュン (최태준), 韓流大好き! 有名人名鑑](https://sp.kdaisuki.jp/star/profile/?id=1486)
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*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Screen people and creators › Screen actors of East and Southeast Asia › South Korean actors, 2000s onward › Surnames A to H*
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