Choi Min-yeong

Choi Min-yeong (Korean: 최민영; born October 9, 2002) is a South Korean actor. He has appeared in the television series The Promise (2016), Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022) and Weak Hero Class 2 (2025). Since 2023, he has starred as Dae in the American series XO, Kitty.

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Choi Min-yeong

Career

Choi Min-yeong

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 (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 artist management company Saram Entertainment. 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 film series.

Filmography

Film

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2014</td><td>I Want to Talk to You</td><td>Kang Joon-seok</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>Dream Palace</td><td>Dong-wook</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Television series

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2014</td><td>The Magic Thousand-Character Classic</td><td>Baby boy</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>The Promise</td><td>young Kang Tae-joon</td><td>Nominated for KBS Drama Awards</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Choco Bank</td><td>Young Dal-soo</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Memory</td><td>Kim Myung-soo</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Entertainer</td><td>Lee Gyeong-soo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Lucky Romance</td><td>Min-jae</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>W</td><td>Kang Cheol's younger brother</td><td>Special appearance</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Strong Girl Bong-soon</td><td>young In Guk-doo</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Chicago Typewriter</td><td>young Han Se-joo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Queen for Seven Days</td><td>young Seo Noh</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Two Cops</td><td>young Tak Jae-hee</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Radio Romance</td><td>Woo Ji-woo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Mr. Sunshine</td><td>young Goo Dong-mae</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Your Honor</td><td>young Han Soo-ho/Han Gang-ho</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Confession</td><td>Yoo Joon-hwan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>Itaewon Class</td><td>young Jang Dae-hee</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>You Are My Spring</td><td>young Chae Joon</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Twenty-Five Twenty-One</td><td>Baek Yi-hyun</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Web series

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2023–present</td><td>XO, Kitty</td><td>Kim Dae-heon</td><td>American Netflix series</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>Weak Hero</td><td>Seo Jun-tae</td><td>Season 2</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Theatre

Choi Min-yeong

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2013</td><td>Empress Myeongseong - Dageu</td><td>Crown prince</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bonnie and Clyde</td><td>Young Clyde</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Frankenstein</td><td>Young Frankenstein</td></tr><tr><td>Kinky Boots</td><td>Young Charlie</td></tr></tbody></table>

Awards and nominations

Choi Min-yeong

<table><thead><tr><th>Award ceremony</th><th>Year</th><th>Category</th><th>Nominee / Work</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Blue Dragon Film Awards</td><td>2023</td><td>Best New Actor</td><td>Dream Palace</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>KBS Drama Awards</td><td>2016</td><td>Best Young Actor</td><td>The Promise</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The DIMF Musical Star</td><td>2020</td><td>Grand Prize (1st place)</td><td>Choi Min-yeong</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>