Choi Seung-hyun
Actor · Born November 4, 1987 (38) · Seoul, South Korea
Choi Seung-hyun (born November 4, 1987), known professionally as T.O.P, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. T.O.P made his acting debut in 2007 through the TV series I Am Sam (2007), followed by Iris (2009) and the TV movie Nineteen (2009). He made his film debut with 71: Into the Fire (2010), for which he received praise and won multiple accolades including Best New Actor at the 2010 Blue Dragon Film Awards and the 2011 Baeksang Arts Awards. In 2024, T.O.P portrayed Choi Su-bong, better known as "Thanos", in the second season of the Netflix dystopian survival thriller series Squid Game.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 4, 1987 (38)
- Seoul, South Korea
- Actor
- 7 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Choi Seung-hyun's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Tricksteras Chae Moo-Shin in I Am Your Teacher (2007)
- Tricksteras Vick in Iris: The Movie (2010)
- Heroas Oh Jung-Bum in 71: Into the Fire (2010)
- Heroas Ri Myung-hoon in Commitment (2013)
- Heroas Ham Dae-gil in Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Choi Seung-hyun's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Choi Seung-hyun's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 20 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Squid Game(2021)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Out of Control (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
BIGBANG WORLD TOUR 2015~2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN: THE FINAL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
BIGBANG WORLD TOUR 2015~2016 [MADE] IN JAPAN (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Secret Message (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Tazza: The Hidden Card(2014)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films2014 Bigbang + A Concert in Seoul Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
BIGBANG Japan Dome Tour 2013~2014 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Commitment(2013)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Alive Galaxy Tour: The Final in Seoul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 In Japan -Special Final In Dome- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 In Seoul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Love & Hope Tour 2011 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Weekly Idol(2011)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Running Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
71: Into the Fire(2010)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Iris: The Movie(2010)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
19-Nineteen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Iris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
I Am Your Teacher(2007)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Inkigayo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 21 titles from 1998 to 2021; peak year 2014.
Biggest box office
Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014)
Highest rated
71: Into the Fire (2010)
Most popular right now
Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014)
Film career
Peak 2014 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2009Screen debut· Iris
- 2010First film· Iris: The Movie
- 2013First top-billed film· Commitment
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Choi Seung-hyun's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Choi Seung-hyun work with?
People who share at least 2 of Choi Seung-hyun's MovieCove titles; Kim Seung-woo shares the most, 2.
- Kim Seung-wooShared titles: 71: Into the Fire (2010), Iris: The Movie (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Seung-woo
- Tae-won JeongShared titles: 71: Into the Fire (2010), Iris: The Movie (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Tae-won Jeong
