Choi Siwon

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Choi Si-won (born April 7, 1986, officially registered on February 10, 1987) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and its Mandopop subgroup, Super Junior-M. He is one of the first four South Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps.

Aside from being a member of Super Junior, Siwon has also ventured into solo activities mainly in acting. He played the lead roles as Sung Min-Woo in the Korean drama Oh! My Lady (2010) and as Kim Sun-Woo in Poseidon (2011). He played supporting roles in the dramas She Was Pretty, The King of Dramas and Athena: Goddess of War. In 2015, he has participated in foreign movies in Hong Kong and China such as Helios, To the Fore and in the historical action film Dragon Blade starring Jackie Chan.

Early life

Siwon was born on April 7, 1986 (officially registered on February 10, 1987) in Seoul, South Korea. He has one younger sister, Ji-won. His father is currently the CEO of Boryung Medicine, a pharmaceutical company. He graduated from Gu Jeong High School in February 2006 and from Inha University in February 2012. Siwon is a devout Protestant Christian, and has said in an interview that after his career, he would like to become a missionary.