Lee Hyun-wook

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Hyun-wook
Lee in 2021
Born (1985-06-17) June 17, 1985 (age 39)
Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
EducationKorea National University of Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2000 (2000)–present
AgentGilstory Ent[1]
Korean name
Hangul
이현욱
Hanja
李玹旭
Revised RomanizationI Hyeonuk
McCune–ReischauerI Hyŏnuk
Websitegilstoryent.com/ko/artist_leehyunwook.php Edit this at Wikidata

Lee Hyun-wook (Korean: 이현욱; born June 17, 1985) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Hell Is Other People (2019), Mine (2021) and Remarriage & Desires (2022).

Early life and education

Lee Hyun-wook became interested in acting when he was in middle school. His parents were against it but his grandmother helped him enroll in an acting academy.[2]

Lee graduated from Anyang Arts High School[3] and Korea National University of Arts.[4]

Career

Lee Hyun-wook started his acting career playing in short films: Repatriation (2000), The Camel (2008), Thorn Hearted (2010) and The Out Boxer (2011).[5] The latter earned him the Face in Shorts Award at the 10th Asiana International Short Film Festival in 2012.[6]

In 2013, Lee was appointed special jury member of the 11th Asiana International Short Film Festival alongside Lee Jung-jae.[7]

In 2014, Lee made his television debut in the action-thriller series Three Days as the right-hand man of Choi Won-young's character.[8] Two months later, he made his commercial film debut in The Target which was screened at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[9][10] The same year, he was chosen among 400 candidates to play Choi Yoo-bin in the daily drama Only Love.[11]

In 2015, Lee made his theater debut in True West, playing the main character Austin.[12] He reprised his role the following year before playing Stephen in Old Wicked Songs.[13][14] His performance earned him the New Actor Award at the 2016 Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards.[15] The same year, he took on the role of a detective in the crime television series Mrs. Cop 2 and appeared in the film No Tomorrow.[6][16]

In 2017, Lee played Min-wook in the play Judo Boy.[17] The same year, he played two brothers in the web series Fake.[18] In May 2018, Lee signed an exclusive contract with Management Air.[19] In October 2018, he started playing Bob in Toc Toc, a role which he reprised in September 2019 for a two-day performance in Gunpo.[20]

In 2019, Lee played Oliver in the play The Pride.[21] He was also cast as a resident of Eden Dormitory in the psychological thriller Hell Is Other People, making it his first small screen role since his military discharge and for which he was nominated in the Capability Award category at the 1st OCN Awards.[22][23] Later that year, he made a guest appearance in the tenth episode of Pegasus Market which stars his close friend Lee Dong-hwi.[3]

In 2020, Lee appeared in the films Secret Zoo and #Alive.[24][25] He then played a missionary in the first three episodes of The Good Detective.[26] He was also cast in his first main role in a television series, playing a lieutenant in the military thriller Search.[27]

In 2021, Lee starred in the romantic-comedy She Would Never Know[28] alongside Won Jin-ah and Rowoon. He also starred in the highly anticipated tvN drama Mine as the husband of actress Lee Bo-young's character.[29] He also appeared in the TVING Original movie Shark: The Beginning as Hyun Woo-yong and will reprise his role in the follow-up web series, Shark: The Storm.[30]

At the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards, Lee was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Korean drama for his role as Han Ji-yong in Mine.[31]

In 2022, Lee starred in the Netflix original series Remarriage & Desires as one of the main characters.[32]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2000 Repatriation Short film [5]
2008 The Camel Kang-seok [5]
2010 Thorn Hearted Man [5]
2011 The Out Boxer Sang-kyo [5]
2014 The Target Jo Sang-woo [9]
2016 No Tomorrow Seok-hoon [16]
2020 Secret Zoo Min Chul-hyun Cameo [24]
#Alive Lee Sang-chul [25]
2021 Shark: The Beginning Hyun Woo-yong Cameo
2022 The Policeman's Lineage Kim Jeong-gyun [33]
2024 The Plot Wol-cheon

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Three Days Kim Do-jin's right-hand man [8]
Only Love Choi Yoo-bin [34]
2016 Mrs. Cop 2 Detective [6]
2019 Hell Is Other People Yoo Gi-hyuk [22]
Pegasus Market DM Group psychiatrist Guest (Episode 10) [3]
2020 The Good Detective Park Gun-ho Guest (Episodes 1-3) [26]
Search Lee Joon-sung [27]
2021 She Would Never Know Lee Jae-shin [28]
Mine Han Ji-yong

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Fake Kim Geun-ho / Kim Geun-bae [18]
2022 Remarriage & Desires Lee Hyeong-joo [32][35]
2023 Shark: The Storm Hyun Woo-yong Follow-up drama to the movie Shark: The Beginning [30][36]
2023 Song of the Bandits Lee Kwang-il [37]
TBA The Queen Who Crowns Taejong Yi Bang-won [38]

Stage

Theater play performances of Lee
Year Title Role Venue Date Ref.
English Korean
2015 True West 트루웨스트 Austin Shinyeon Art Hall August 13 – November 1, 2015 [13]
2016 True West Returns 트루웨스트 리턴즈 Austin Yegreen Theater June 24 – August 28, 2016 [12]
2016 Old Wicked Songs 올드위키드송 Stephen Dongsung Art Center September 21 – October 23, 2016 [14]
2016-2017 Daehak-ro Dream Art Centre 1 November 8 - January 22 [39]
2017 Judo Boy 유도소년 Min-wook Suhyeon Theater March 4 – May 14, 2017 [17]
2019 Toc Toc 톡톡 Bob Daehangno TOM Theater October 27, 2018 – February 10, 2019 [20]
2019 The Pride 프라이드 Oliver Seoul Art One Theater May 25 – August 25, 2019 [21]
2019 Toc Toc 톡톡 Bob Gunpo Culture and Arts Center Azalea Hall September 27–28, 2019

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asiana International Short Film Festival 2012 Face in Shorts Award The Out Boxer Won [6]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2022 Best Supporting Actor – Television Mine Nominated [40]
OCN Awards 2019 The Capability Award Hell Is Other People Nominated [23]
Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards 2016 New Actor Award Old Wicked Songs, True West Returns Won [15]

References

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