From 2011 to 2012, T.O.

P was extensively involved with Big Bang's promotional activities for their
EPs Tonight (2011) and Alive (2012) which included a ten-month world tour that travelled to four continents.
After group activities wrapped up, he focused his attention back to acting, starring in the
film Commitment (2013), playing the son of a North Korean spy who is falsely accused. [37][38] T.O.P first became
attached to the role because he "felt sympathy for the main character, Lee Myung Hoon." [39] While filming a
combat scene for the movie, he injured the back of his hand on a glass fragment and was later admitted to the
hospital for surgery. For his role, he won the Rookie Award at the Asia Star Awards, held during the Busan
International Film Festival.[40]
T.O.P was named one of the hottest sex symbols of 2013 by Rolling Stone.[41] That November, he released his
second digital single, "Doom Dada."[42] The song was performed for the first time at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music
Awards in Hong Kong.[43] "Doom Dada" earned the #1 position on Dazed magazine's Top 10 K-Pop tracks of
2013, where it was called "inviting and alienating... it's K-Pop but sly, frenetic and slippery." [44] He later featured
on English artist Pixie Lott's Japanese album alongside G-Dragon for the song "Dancing on My Own".[45]
In 2014, T.O.P starred in the gambling film Tazza: The Hidden Card, based on the manhwa of the same name.
After debuting as a furniture designer in 2015 in collaboration with Vitra,[46] he was awarded the Visual Culture
Award at the Prudential Eye Awards.[47] Later that year, he starred in CJ E&M's web drama The Secret
Message alongside Japanese actress Juri Ueno. Despite being a rapper, he sang on the single "Hi Haruka" as
part of the drama's soundtrack.
After spending the majority of 2015 touring and promoting Big Bang's materials for their album Made (2016),
T.O.P was cast in the German-Chinese film Out of Control alongside Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung. The
movie is scheduled for release in China.[48]

2017–present: Military service and controversy[edit]

T.O.P began his two-year mandatory military service on February 9, 2017, as a conscripted police officer,
where he was set to be discharged on November 8, 2018, after completing the requirements. [49] After news
broke in June that he would be prosecuted without detention for use of marijuana, [50] T.O.P was subsequently
transferred to a different police division to await notice of prosecution, and was suspended from police duty
pending verdict on his case.[51] A few days after the announcement, T.O.P was found unconscious in police
barracks due to a suspected anti-anxiety medicine overdose of prescribed benzodiazepine,[52] and was
hospitalized.[53] On June 8, T.O.P’s mother confirmed that he regained consciousness and was recovering. [54]
On June 29, at his first trial for the marijuana usage charges at the Seoul Central District Court, [55] T.O.P
pleaded guilty, admitting that he did smoke marijuana in four instances in early October 2016 [56] and received
two years of probation.[57] After undergoing a disciplinary review by the police to decide if T.O.P should return as
a conscripted policeman or complete his service as a public service officer, [58] T.O.P was eventually assigned
reservist status by the Ministry of National Defense and transferred from the police department[59] to complete
his mandatory service as a public service worker.[60] He resumed his mandatory service as public service officer
at the Yongsan Arts and Crafts Center in central Seoul on January 26, 2018. [61] Afterwards T.O.P was
discharged on July 6, 2019.[62] His dispensation took place officially two days later.[63]
T.O.P. holds several records in the art world, becoming the first K-pop singer to make a list of 200 artists in the
art world at Growse Magazine.[64]
On the morning of March 3, 2020, T.O. from the Hope Bridge National Disaster Association.P is said to have
donated 100 million won to his real name Choi Seung-hyun. (T.O.P.'s donation was made in Daegu, North
Gyeongsang Province. It is used to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and to purchase preventive supplies
from medical staff who are striving to treat patients.) The association said, "Choi Seung-hyun will donate
money and give deep respect and gratitude to the medical staff who are dedicated to overcoming the
coronavirus infection-19. I expressed my desire to be of some help," he said. [65]