Ins Choi (Korean: ìµœì ¸ì„; RR: Choe Inseob) is a Korean Canadian
actor and playwright best known for his Dora Mavor Moore Award and was
nominated for his 2011 play Kim's Convenience and its subsequent TV
adaptation.Choi was born in South Korea and raised in Toronto,
Ontario. He is a graduate of the theatre program at York
University.Born as Insub Choi in South Korea in 1974, Choi moved to
Canada at the age of 1 and grew up in Scarborough, Toronto. When he
became a Canadian citizen, Choi changed his name to Ins Choi. He began
using the name "Danny" from grade 9 onwards when an immigration
officer misspelled his name as "Insurp". When he went to the acting
program at York University, he met other struggling Asian immigrants
and became inspired to adopt a short form of his birth name, “Ins
Choi†. Throughout his childhood, Choi played volleyball, football,
rugby, hockey, was cast in a school production called “Damn
Yankees†(at Victoria Park S.S.), and performed in “Banana
Boys†. After school he worked at his parents’ friends convenience
store. Choi attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute in the early
1990s. Choi graduated from York University's theatre program in
1998Choi was rejected the first time he applied to the fine arts
program at York. “I wasn’t talented enough,†Choi says. He
completed a Master of Theological Studies instead at Wycliffe College,
University of Toronto. In that time he was forced to read more and do
more reading analysis; Choi asserts that this scholarly activity made
him a better writer and were a contributing factor to his success. His
professors at Wycliffe, such as John Bowen, Brian Walsh, and Marion
Taylor were a great influence, and encouraged him to be an artist.
actor and playwright best known for his Dora Mavor Moore Award and was
nominated for his 2011 play Kim's Convenience and its subsequent TV
adaptation.Choi was born in South Korea and raised in Toronto,
Ontario. He is a graduate of the theatre program at York
University.Born as Insub Choi in South Korea in 1974, Choi moved to
Canada at the age of 1 and grew up in Scarborough, Toronto. When he
became a Canadian citizen, Choi changed his name to Ins Choi. He began
using the name "Danny" from grade 9 onwards when an immigration
officer misspelled his name as "Insurp". When he went to the acting
program at York University, he met other struggling Asian immigrants
and became inspired to adopt a short form of his birth name, “Ins
Choi†. Throughout his childhood, Choi played volleyball, football,
rugby, hockey, was cast in a school production called “Damn
Yankees†(at Victoria Park S.S.), and performed in “Banana
Boys†. After school he worked at his parents’ friends convenience
store. Choi attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute in the early
1990s. Choi graduated from York University's theatre program in
1998Choi was rejected the first time he applied to the fine arts
program at York. “I wasn’t talented enough,†Choi says. He
completed a Master of Theological Studies instead at Wycliffe College,
University of Toronto. In that time he was forced to read more and do
more reading analysis; Choi asserts that this scholarly activity made
him a better writer and were a contributing factor to his success. His
professors at Wycliffe, such as John Bowen, Brian Walsh, and Marion
Taylor were a great influence, and encouraged him to be an artist.
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