Lee Min-ho (actor born 1987)
| Lee Min-ho | |
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In August 2014
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| Born |
June 22, 1987 Seoul, South Korea |
| Education |
Konkuk University (B.A. Film) |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Agent | MYM Entertainment (Korea) IMX Inc. (Japan) Huayi Brothers (China) |
| Website | www |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이민호 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | I Minho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Min-ho |
Lee Min-ho (Hangul: 이민호; Hanja: 李敏鎬, born June 22, 1987) is a South Korean actor and singer. He first gained widespread fame in Korea and parts of Asia with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers in 2009. The role won him a Best New Actor award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. He is noted for his leading roles in City Hunter (2011), The Heirs (2013) and The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016). The success of Lee's television dramas throughout Asia established him as a top Hallyu star. Lee starred in his first leading role in film with Gangnam Blues (2015), followed by his first China-produced film Bounty Hunters (2016).
Lee was born in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. As a child, Lee had hoped to become a professional football player. He was selected for the youth football class of South Korean manager and former professional player Cha Bum-Kun, but an injury in the 5th grade of elementary school put an end to this aspiration. In his second year of high school, Lee turned to acting.
He majors in Film & Art at Konkuk University.
Lee started auditioning and landed minor roles in several television dramas such as Nonstop 5 and Recipe of Love. His official debut role was in an EBS series, Secret Campus (2003). Early in his career Lee went by the stage name Lee Min because his agency thought his birth name was too ordinary. However, as his stage name was pronounced and written (Hangul) in the same way as the Korean word imin, which means "immigration", it made it hard for him to show up on internet search results. He eventually went back to using his original name.
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