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Lee Dong-wook

Lee in 2019

Born November 6, 1981 (age 40)

Seoul, South Korea

Education Joongbu University [1]

Occupation Actor

host

model

entertainer

Years active 1999–present

Agent King Kong by Starship[2]

Korean name

Hangul 이동욱

Hanja 李棟旭

Revised Romanization I Dong-uk

McCune–Reischauer I Tonguk

Website Official website

Lee Dong-wook (Korean: 이동욱; Hanja: 李棟旭; born November 6,

1981 [3][4]) is a South Korean actor, host, model and entertainer. He is
best known for his leading roles in the television dramas My
 Girl (2005), Scent of a Woman (2011), The Fugitive of Joseon , Hotel
King (2014), Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–
2017), Life (2018), Touch Your Heart (2019), Hell Is Other People (2019)
and Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020) in the titular role. Furthermore, he’s
also known as the host of the talk show Strong Heart (2012-2013), boy
group survival reality show Produce X 101 (2019), and his own American-
style talk show Wook Talk (2019).

Contents
 1Career
 2Personal life
 3Filmography
 4Bibliography
 5Ambassadorship
 6Awards and nominations
 7References
 8External links

Career[edit]
Lee made his acting debut in 1999 in an MBC single-episode drama after
winning the grand prize in the V-NESS model contest the same year. [5]
[6] The PD of the drama saw Lee, and proceeded to cast him in the teen
drama School 2.[7][8] Lee started to gain recognition with his performance
in School 3.[9]
Lee hit stardom with 2005 romantic comedy My Girl.[10] The drama series
became a hit during its run both domestically and across Asia, and made
Lee a Korean Wave star.[11][12] The same year he enrolled in Joongbu
University, majoring in media and broadcasting arts.[13]
He has since starred in noir Bitter Sweet Life (2008),[14] courtroom
dramedy Partner (2009),[15][16] melodrama Scent of a Woman (2011),
[17] baseball rom-com Wild Romance (2012),[18][19] period thriller The
Fugitive of Joseon (2013),[20][21] and revenge drama Hotel King (2014), in
which he reunited with My Girl co-star Lee Da-hae.[22][23] He then starred
in fantasy-action series Blade Man (2014) and romance drama Bubble
Gum (2015).[24][25]
Lee and comedian Shin Dong-yup took over as MCs of talk show Strong
Heart from April 2012 to January 2013.[26][27][28][29][30][31] Lee also joined
the reality show Roommate, which aired from 2014 to 2015.[32][33]
From 2016 to 2017, Lee starred alongside Gong Yoo in Kim Eun-sook's
fantasy-romance drama Guardian: The Lonely and Great God playing a
grim reaper.[34] The drama was a hit, and along with its success, helped
in the resurgence of Lee's acting career. [35][36]
In 2018, Lee starred in the medical drama Life as a doctor who works at
the ER Department.[37][38]
In 2019, Lee starred in the romance comedy drama Touch Your
Heart alongside Guardian co-star Yoo In-na, playing a workaholic lawyer.
[39][40] The same year, he was confirmed as the host for Produce X101,
the fourth season of survival audition program Produce 101.[41] He then
starred as the main antagonist in the thriller drama Hell Is Other
People as a dentist.[42] He also started hosting his own talk show, Wook
Talk, to celebrate his 20th anniversary since debut. [43][44]
In 2020, Lee was cast in the fantasy drama Tale of the Nine Tailed as
a nine-tailed fox who used to be a mountain god, and is now working as a
civil servant.[45] He is also confirmed to appear in the romantic
comedy Single in Seoul alongside Im Soo-jung.
In 2021, he is cast in Happy New Year, a romantic comedy film by Kwak
Jae-yong and[46] in an IQiyi original mystery drama Bad and Crazy, which
is set to air on December 17, 2021.[47]

Personal life[edit]
Lee enlisted in the military in August 2009, serving under the National
Defense Public Relations Service.[48] He was discharged in June 2011.[49]

Filmography[edit]
Main article:  Lee Dong-wook filmography

Bibliography[edit]
Year Title Category Notes Ref.
Photo-
2017 "For My Dear" ISBN 9791162201565 [50]
book

Ambassadorship[edit]
Lee was chosen as an honorary ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang
Winter Olympics. Lee attended the honorary ambassador appointment
ceremony for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic
Games at the Taepyeongno Press Center in Seoul on January 12. [51]
Year Title Ref.
Honorary Ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 [52]
2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Tourism Ambassador of Gangwon Province [53]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Nominated
Year Award Category Result Ref.
work
V-NESS Model
1999 Grand Prize N/A Won [54]
Awards
9th Korean Most
Popular New Generation
2001 N/A Won
Entertainment Actor
Awards
10th Korean Most
Popular Best New Actor
2002 Loving You Won
Entertainment (TV)
Awards
New Star Award Won [55]
2003 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Land of Wine Nominate
Actor d
1st Korea Movie The Perfect Nominate
2007 Best New Actor [56]
Star Awards Couple d
Excellence Award,
Nominate
2009 KBS Drama Awards Actor in a Partner [57]
d
Miniseries
2011 8th Cosmopolita
Most Attractive
n Beauty Awards N/A Won [58]
Actor in Asia
in China
Grand Prize,
18th South
Cultural
Korea, Japan N/A Won [59]
Diplomacy
Culture Awards
category
SBS Drama Awards Top 10 Stars Scent of a Won [60]
Woman
Top Excellence Won
Award, Actor in a
 Nominated
Year Award Category Result Ref.
work
Weekend Drama
Best
Newcomer, MC ca Won
SBS tegory
Entertainment Strong Heart [61]
Awards Best Couple Award
2012 with Shin Dong- Won
yup
Excellence Award,
Nominate
KBS Drama Awards Actor in a Wild Romance [62]
d
Miniseries
PC LADY & Tudou Asia Fashion Star
N/A Won [63]
Fashion Awards Award
2013 Excellence Award,
The Fugitive Nominate
KBS Drama Awards Actor in a Mid- [64]
of Joseon d
length Drama
9th Asia Model
Fashionista Award N/A Won [65]
Festival Awards
Top Excellence
3rd APAN Star Nominate
Award, Actor in a [66]
Awards d
2014 Serial Drama
Top Excellence Hotel King
Award, Actor in a Nominate
MBC Drama Awards [67]
Special Project d
Drama
5th
Best Supporting
Annual DramaFev Guardian: The Won [68]
Actor
er Awards Lonely and
2017 10th Korea Drama Top Excellence Great God Nominate [69]
Awards Award, Actor d
3rd Fashionista Nominate
Global Icon N/A [70]
Awards d
Top Excellence
Nominate
Award, Actor in a
6th APAN Star d
Miniseries Life [71]
Awards
Nominate
K-Star Award
d
2018 Korea Fashion
Photogenic Award
Photographers N/A Won [72]
of the year
Association
13th Guardian: The
Best Supporting
Annual Soompi  Lonely and Won [73]
Actor
Awards Great God
"Dangerously
Hell Is Other
2019 OCN Awards Attractive Won [74]
People
Character" Award
Korea First
2021 Best Actor N/A Won [75]
Brand Awards
I-Magazine
2021 Fashion Face Asian Male N/A Won [76]
Award

References[edit]
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2. ^ Hong, Lucia (22 November 2011). "Lee Dong-wook signs with a new

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2017.

37. ^ "Lee Dong-wook to star in drama 'Life' as doctor". The Korea Herald. 9 January
2018.

38. ^ "'Antigen-antibody reaction' between Lee Dong-wook, Cho Seung-woo". Kpop

Herald. 23 July 2018.

39. ^ "'Goblin' stars to reunite in drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. 20 October 2018.

40. ^ "'Guardian' stars return in 'Touch Your Heart'". Korea JoongAng Daily. 31
January 2019.

41. ^ "Actor Lee Dong-wook to become new MC for new season of popular music
survival show". Aju Daily. 4 March 2019.

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wan". Hancinema. 13 May 2019.

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캐스팅..극장·티빙 동시공개" ['Happy New Year' Han Ji-min, Lee Dong-wook → Im
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2011.

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Korean). 24 December 2017.

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