Lee Soon-jae
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| Born |
October 10, 1934 Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University - Bachelor of Philosophy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Spouse(s) | Choi Hee-jung (m.1966) |
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| Revised Romanization | I Sun-jae |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Sunjae |
Lee Soon-jae (born October 10, 1934) is a South Korean actor. He has had a prolific career on the small and big screen spanning nearly six decades.
Lee was born in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, now part of North Korea. When he was 4 years old, his family moved to Seoul where Lee's grandparents were living. Lee's grandfather ran a small real estate business, while his father produced and sold soaps. Lee was raised in the neighborhood of Ahyeon-dong, and graduated from Seoul High School and the prestigious Seoul National University.
Lee began his acting career as a university student, and in the 1950s and 1960s he was known, along with other veteran actors like Yeo Woon-kay, as the original stars of daehakgeuk or amateur student theatrical productions. Lee has since built a prolific career on the small and big screen spanning nearly six decades. He was most active in film in the late 1960s through the 1970s, most notably in Yu Hyun-mok's Bun-Rye's Story. As he grew older, Lee shifted to a primarily TV career in the 1990s, receiving acclaim for his roles in the television dramas Live As I Please (written by Yoo Ho), Pungwoon (Crisis), What is Love (written by Kim Soo-hyun) and Hur Jun.
From 1992 to 1996, Lee served as a member of the 14th National Assembly of South Korea. He quit politics after one term after finding the political climate "too barren" for his taste. Lee remains active in his various advocacies, such as the Korea Broadcasting Actors Union.
He is also a professor of Film Arts at Sejong University, a professor emeritus of Performing Arts at Gachon University, and the director of the SG Academy. After starring in Hur Jun, he was given an honorary doctorate in Oriental Medicine by Kyung Hee University.
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