Choi Si-won: Biography in Details
Who is Choi Si-won?
Choi Si-won is a well-known South Korean singer, actor, model, philanthropist, and composer. He is best known as a member of the South Korean boy band “Super Junior.”
Choi served as a special representative for UNICEF Korea from 2015 to 2019, before being appointed as a regional ambassador for the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in November 2019.
He was recently seen in Bloodhounds and Soolkkundoshiyeojadeul in 2023. He is currently working on his forthcoming project Death’s Game.
Choi Si-won: Bio, Age, Parents, Ethnicity
Choi Si-won, also known as Siwon, was born on April 7, 1986, in Seoul, South Korea. Si-won is currently 37 years old and born under the sign of Aries.
He is of Asian origin and possesses Korean nationality. Si-won is a fervent Protestant Christian who indicated in an interview that he plans to become a missionary after completing his entertainment career.
Ji-won, his younger sister, is his only sibling. Similarly, Choi Ki-ho, his father, was the former CEO of Boryung Medicine, a pharmaceutical firm, and he runs a trade company in Japan.
He also has a mother, Byun Jae-jeong, who is a diplomat and owns her own business. The family also controls the Hyundai Department Store, which is one of Korea’s major grocery chains.
Education, School, College
Choi Si-won also graduated from ‘Apgu Jeong High School’ in February 2006 and Inha University in February 2012. Furthermore, he enrolled in the military as a conscripted police officer in 2015 and was released in 2017.
He has participated in several UNICEF initiatives since 2010. He was chosen as the special representative of the South Korean Committee for UNICEF on November 12, 2015.
Choi Si-won: Profession, Career
Choi Si-won was scouted by a talent agent from SM Entertainment when he was 16 as he was waiting for friends in front of his high school.
The agent recommended him to audition for the company’s Starlight Casting System. After he signed a contract with SM Entertainment. He later moved into dormitories with fellow trainees and was trained in areas of singing, acting, dancing as well as languages.
In 2003, he appeared in a music video for The Grace’s Dana while training as a solo performer. Choi had a brief appearance in the family drama Precious Family a year later. In 2005, he appeared in the KBS romantic comedy-drama Eighteen, Twenty-Nine, and in 2006, he played in the romance melodrama Spring Waltz.
Choi made his debut as one of the twelve members of the boy band Super Junior 05 not long after his initial televised appearance. A month later, in 2005, their debut album Twins was published, and their first hit, “Twins (Knock Out),” was featured on the music show Popular Song.
Choi Si-won was cast as the Liang Prince in the Hong Kong epic drama A Battle of Wits in 2006. This is also his feature picture debut. He , along with other Super Junior members, appeared in the 2007 film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys.He was cast in MBC’s two-episode miniseries Legend of Hyang Dan the same year.
Some of the projects that he has worked on so far are:
- Bloodhounds
- Love Is For Suckers
- City Girld on the Climb
- SMtwon: Hope From Kwangya
- New Year Blues
- SF8
- My Fellow Citizens
- Byeonhyeokui Sarang
- Sj Returns
- Dramaworld
- To the Fore
- She was Pretty
- Helios and many more.
Awards and Nominations
- Asian Artist Awards
- KBS Drama Awards
- Annual Soompi Awards
Choi Si-won: Net Worth, Salary
Choi Si-won makes a lot of money from his acting profession as well as his singing career. According to the source, his net worth as of 2023 is $18 million. Aside from that, there is no information on his properties or assets.
Rumors, Controversy
Choi Si-won’s family’s untethered French bulldog bit their neighbor, 53-year-old entrepreneur Kim, who owns Hanilkwan, an upmarket Korean cuisine restaurant, in 2017. This resulted in the victim’s death six days after the incident.
Sepsis caused by the bite was determined as the cause. In 2017, Choi and his father both sent messages of apologies on their Instagram pages.
Despite the fact that a family member of the dead told the media that the family was unwilling to pursue legal action, the Choi family got harsh criticism from the public for failing to take any preventive steps with their dog.
Body Measurement: Height, Weight
Choi Si-won stands 6 feet tall and weighs roughly 75 kg. He has a toned figure and a dimpled smile. He also has a terrific and fit physical physique.
As a result, he always takes time to work out in the gym. His shoe size is 43 (EU), ten (US), or nine (UK). In addition, he has a pair of dark brown eyes and black hair.
Is Choi Si-won active on Social Media?
Choi Si-won’s Instagram account ‘@siwonchoi’ is a verified account with over 8.9 million followers. Similarly, after joining Twitter in March 2010, his account @siwonchoi has attracted almost 7 million followers.
His Facebook profile now has over 145K followers. In addition, his @siwonchoi YouTube account has over 533k subscribers.
Choi Si-won’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | April | Sunday |
| 2025 | April | Monday |
| 2026 | April | Tuesday |
| 2027 | April | Wednesday |
| 2028 | April | Friday |