Lee Min-ho (actor, born 1987)

Lee Min-ho
Born	Lee Min-ho June 22, 1987 Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Education	B.A. Film & Arts
Alma mater	Konkuk University
Occupation	Actor, Singer
Years active	2003–present
Agent	Starhaus Entertainment (Korea) IMX Inc. (Japan) Huayi Brothers (China) W Talent Management (Philippines)
Notable work	Boys Over Flowers (2009) Personal Taste (2010) City Hunter (2011) Faith (2012) The Heirs (2013) Gangnam Blues (2015)
Awards	39
Website	www.leeminho.kr
Korean name
Hangul	이민호
Hanja	李敏鎬
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, singer and model.

Lee first gained widespread fame with Boys Over Flowers as Gu Jun-pyo in 2009. The role won him several awards, including the Best New Actor award in the category of television at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. He starred in two future television shows: City Hunter (2011) — in which he was nominated for Most Popular Actor in the category of television at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards as well as Outstanding Korean Actor at the 7th Seoul International Drama Awards — and The Heirs (2013), which garnered him another nomination for Most Popular Actor at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards. He is also known for his leading roles in the television dramas Personal Taste (2010) and Faith (2012). The box office hit Gangnam Blues featured Lee in his first leading role in a film.

Despite the release of two albums, My Everything (2013) and Song For You (2014), Lee has stated that he does not wish to pursue a singing career. During their respective releases, he embarked on a tour throughout Asia to meet his fans.

Life and career

Early life and career

Lee Min Ho 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 player Cha Bum-Kun, but an injury in the 5th grade of elementary school put an end to this aspiration.^[1] In his second year of high school, Lee turned to modelling and acting. After going through training, 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

In 2006, his acting career was put on hold for a year following a serious car accident in which he was severely injured and spent several months bedridden.^[1] Upon recovery, Lee received his first leading role in the high-school drama Mackerel Run in 2007, but the series was reduced to only eight episodes due to low viewership ratings.^[4] In 2008 he appeared in various roles on television (dramas Get Up and I Am Sam) and two movies, Public Enemy Returns and Our School's E.T.. During the shooting of the latter he became good friends with Kim Su-ro, who later praised him on a variety show: "I recognize a star when I see one. When I was doing Our School's E.T., I knew that Lee Min-ho would become one of the top actors in the country".^[5]

Breakthrough: 2009–2012

His breakthrough came in 2009 with the lead role of Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers (KBS2), the Korean adaptation of the popular Japanese television drama Hana Yori Dango, which was based on the popular Shōjo manga Boys Over Flowers (花より男子 Hana Yori Dango). Competition for the leading role was very intense and Lee only got to know he was cast from the newspapers.^[6] The series made Lee a household name in South Korea,^[7] and was well-received throughout Asia.^[8]

In 2010 Lee starred in the MBC TV drama Personal Taste in which he played an ambitious perfectionist young architect who poses as a gay man to become roommates with a young woman, leading to romantic complications. When asked about why he chose the role during an interview he responded "I think I would do a better job playing heavy and more defined roles when I am older. I think "Personal Taste" was perfect because it is bright, cheerful but you can also laugh and cry over it as well."^[9]

In 2011, he played the titular character in action drama City Hunter, which was loosely based on Tsukasa Hojo's popular manga. The drama's popularity throughout Asia has also contributed to Lee's growing popularity in Asia, most notably in Japan, Philippines, China,^[10][11] and parts of Europe.^[12] He participated in a popular Chinese variety show Happy Camp in December 2011, drawing a large number of fans to the recording.^[13] On April 6, 2012, Lee announced on his Facebook page that he would appear in a new drama called Faith (Hangul: 신의, Rom.: Shinui), which aired from August to October 2012.

Musical releases and continued success: 2013–present

Lee released his first album in May 2013 and went on a fan meeting tour in Asia in cities such as Yokohama, Osaka, Shanghai, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Taipei.^[14][15] In April 2013 his wax figure was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds in Shanghai.^[16]

On March 29, 2013, Lee announced his return to television with a new drama titled The Heirs (also known as The Inheritors).^[17] This show began airing in Korea on SBS on October 9, 2013.^[18] On why he decided to take on the role of a chaebol heir in high school four years after playing one in Boys Over Flowers, his answer was, "Before I grew past my 20s, I wanted to play a more upbeat character, one that would allow me to return to that feeling of simple, uncomplicated innocence that I had when I was younger".^[19]

On Jan 30, 2014, Lee became the first Korean celebrity to perform on China's CCTV Lunar New Year gala. The annual show, which is televised on free-to-air channels across China and streamed online, is known to reach 800 million Chinese viewers across the world.^[20] He sang a song with Harlem Yu, the original singer of the theme song of Meteor Garden, the Taiwanese version of Boys Over Flowers.^[21] Lee's appearance on the show garnered great attention, since performing on the Lunar New Year gala is regarded as an honour among Chinese artistes.^[22][23] The appearance has since increased his popularity in China, where he has been nicknamed "long-legged oppa" in both mainstream and social media.^[24][25] Lee was also invited to the third conference of the South Korean Presidential Committee for Cultural Enrichment as the representative for the entertainment industry, to share and contribute to the discussion of issues related to developing Korea’s cultural content.^[26][27]

Lee's next project is director Yoo Ha's noir action film Gangnam Blues, which is set in the 1970s when the real estate development boom swept across Gangnam. The movie, which co-stars Kim Rae-won, marks Lee's first leading role in a feature film.^[28][29][30] Lee chose the project as he wanted to portray a more manly character to prove his versatility as an actor.^[31] Shortly after filming wrapped in August 2014, Lee took to social media and posted a fan-made teaser poster of the movie.^[32] He subsequently recorded and released his second EP Song for You in October 2014 under Universal Music. As with his previous album, he stated that the tracks were recorded for his fans and that he had no ambition to pursue a singing career.^[33][34] The album release coincided with the start of his RE:MINHO fan meeting tour in Asian cities such as Beijing, Tokyo, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Bangkok, Shanghai and Seoul.^[35][36][37]

Lee's next project will be the action comedy Bounty Hunters, to be directed by Director Shin Terra. Lee will co-star with Wallace Chung, Tiffany Tang (Tang Yan), and Karena Ng. The film was reported to start filming in August 2015 and is to be released in 2016. Of the recent wave of Korean-Chinese co-ventured movies, Bounty Hunters is slated to be one of the most expensive. The movie was originally set with a tentative budget of US$16 million, though recent budget predictions put the cost at $31 million.^[38]

Personal life

Lee has an older sister.^[3][39] He is majoring in Film & Art at Konkuk University.^[1]

In March 2015, Lee and South Korean singer Suzy were confirmed to be in a relationship.^[40]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Original Title	Role	Distributor
2008	Public Enemy Returns	강철중: 공공의 적 1-1	Jung Ha-yeon	CJ Entertainment
	Our School's E.T.	울학교 이티	Oh Sang-hoon	Finecut
2015	Gangnam Blues	강남 1970	Kim Jong-dae	Showbox
2016	Bounty Hunters	바운티 헌터스	Yi San

Television drama

Year	Title	Original Title	Role	Network
2003	Sharp	성장드라마 반올림	Student	KBS2
2004	Nonstop 5	논스톱 5	MC Mong	MBC
2005	Recipe of Love	사랑찬가	Waiter
2006	Secret Campus	비밀의 교정	Park Du-hyun	EBS
2007	Mackerel Run	달려라 고등어	Cha Gong-chan	SBS
	I Am Sam (I Am Your Teacher)	아이엠샘	Heo Mo-se	KBS2
2008	Get Up	나도 잘 모르지만	Min Wook-gi	MBC
2009	Boys Over Flowers	꽃보다 남자	Gu Jun-pyo	KBS2
2010	Personal Taste	개인의 취향	Jeon Jin-ho	MBC
2011	City Hunter	시티헌터	Lee Yoon-sung	SBS
2012	Faith (The Great Doctor)	신의 (神医)	Choi Young
2013	The Heirs (The Inheritors)	왕관을 쓰려는 자, 그 무게를 견뎌라 – 상속자들	Kim Tan

DVD

Year	Title	Details	Track listing
2010	Minoz Japan First Event[41][42][43]	Release Date: March 20, 2010 (Japan) Format: 2DVD Length: 142 min.	Track listing  Disc 1: main disc [114 min.] "Minoz Japan First Event" (2009-11-26) Disc 2: bonus disc [28 min.] Rehearsal, Behind-The-Scenes, etc.
2011	Lee Min Ho 2009-2010 DVD[44][45][46]	Release Date: February 2, 2011 (Japan) Format: 2DVD Length: 200 min.	Track listing  Disc 1: 2009 [100 min.] Minoz Birthday Party Event 2009 Drama Making Of Seoul Tour Making Of Japan Event Making Of CM Shoot Making Of Other Overseas Promotion Events Disc 2: 2010 [100 min.] Minoz Birthday Party Event 2010 Japan Event Making Of CM Shoot Making Of Korea Activities Making Of Other Overseas Promotion Events
2012	Minoz Japan 2nd Event[47][48][49]	Release Date: March 14, 2012 (Japan) Format: 1DVD Length: 99 min.	Track listing  "Minoz Japan 2nd Event" (2011-08-25) [73 min.] Making Of [26 min.]
2013	2012 MJ 3rd Event -Lee Min Ho With Winter Symphony-[50][51][52]	Release Date: May 15, 2013 (Japan) Format: 2DVD Length: 131 min.	Track listing  Disc 1: main disc [66 min.] Afternoon show of the fan meeting Making of Disc 2: bonus disc [65 min.] Night show of the fan meeting
2013	Lee Min Ho - 2013 Global Tour 'My Everything' in Seoul[53]	Release Date: Sep 9, 2013 (Korea) Format: 2DVD Length: 118 min.	Track listing  Disc 1: Fan Meeting Part 1 Notice Intro Movie My Everything You & I Talk 1 (Greetings) Talk 1 (The Secret Profile) Pieces of Love Multi Angles My Everything You and I Love Motion Disc 2: Fan Meeting Part 2 Monsterz - Hang Over Monsterz - Banana Bridge Movie Love Motion Talk 2 (Fan Event) My Little Princess Talk 3 (Giveaway) Without You Encore Say Yes Ending Credit Photo Gallery
2013	Lee Min Ho 2013 Global Tour in Japan - My Everything[54][55]	Release Date: Oct 16, 2013 (Japan) Format: 2DVD Length: 135 min.	Track listing  Disc 1: Yokohama Concert [79 min.] My Everything(Japanese Ver.) You & I Pieces of Love Love Motion My Little Princess Always You Say Yes Disc 2: Vol. 2 [56 min.] Making of Interview Yokohama Concert(night) Talk Session
2014	Lee Min Ho - All My Life[56][57]	Release Date: Apr 22, 2014 (Korea) Format: 2DVD Length: 183 min.	Track listing  Disc 1: Vol. 1 [93 min.] Prologue 2014 Lee Min Ho's Global Tour in Seoul Disc 2: Vol. 2 [90 min.] Photo Music Video Drama Photo Sketch Jukebox (9 songs) Epilogue
2014	Lee Min Ho - Encore Concert 2014 My Everything In Japan[58]	Release Date: Aug 8, 2014 (Korea) Format: 2DVD Length: 147 min.	Track listing  Disc 1: main disc [75 min.] 29/3 Day Performance Disc 2: Making of [72 min.] 28/3 Performance 29/3 Evening Performance Highlights 28/3 Press Conference

Discography

Albums

Year	Album Title	Details	Track listing
2013	My Everything	Korea[59][60] Released: May 22, 2013 (Online Release) : May 24, 2013 (CD Release) Label/Distributor: LOEN Entertainment Format: CD+DVD+photobook(+poster) Language: Korean Japan Limited Editions[61][62][63] Released: May 27, 2013 Label/Distributor: IMX Inc. Format: CD+DVD (Jacket A), CD+photobook (Jacket B) Language: Japanese Regular Edition[64][65][66] Released: June 5, 2013 Label/Distributor: Universal Music Japan Format: CD Language: Japanese	Track listing  Korea version  CD "Without You" "Love Motion" "My Little Princess" "너와 나 그리고 우리 (You & I)" "조각 (Pieces of Love)" "My Everything" [2013 re-recording] "Without You" [Inst ver.] DVD: Minho's Day (including Making of footage, commentary) [30 min.] Photobook [70 pages] Japan version  CD "Always You" "Love Motion" "You and I" "カケラ (Pieces of Love)" "My Everything" [Japanese ver.] "Always You" [Inst ver.] DVD: Making of footage - Limited Ed. Jacket A only Photobook [40 pages] - Limited Ed. Jacket B only
2014	Song for You	Korea[67][68] Released: Oct 10, 2014 (Online Release) : Oct 11, 2014 (CD Release) Label/Distributor: Universal Music (South Korea) Format: CD+DVD+Photo cards Language: Korean Japan Limited Edition[69] Released: Oct 10, 2014 Label/Distributor: Universal Music Japan Format: CD+Photo Cards+Polaroid+Draw to Meet Artiste (Type I), CD+DVD+Photo Cards (Type II) Language: Japanese Regular Edition[70] Released: Oct 16, 2014 Label/Distributor: Universal Music Japan Format: CD Language: Japanese	Track listing  Korea version  CD "Paradise in Love" "노래할게 (Song for You)" "Stalker" "Travel" "Burning Up" "노래할게 (Inst.)(Song for You)" DVD: Making of footage 8 Photo Postcards Japan version  CD "Paradise in Love" 歌うよ (Song for You)" Stalker" Travel" Burning Up" 歌うよ (Inst.)(Song for You)" DVD: Making of footage 8 Photo Postcards Polaroid Limited Ed. Type I only

Singles/Soundtrack contributions

Year	Title / Track	Album	Notes	Ref.
2009	"My Everything"	Boys Over Flowers OST (F4 Special Edition)		[71]
2013	"Painful Love"	The Heirs OST	composed by Hwang Chan Hee, lyrics are written by Kang Yi Deun
2015	"Thank You"	Thank You	lyrics by Lee Min-ho, written by composer and producer Hwang Chan-hee
	"The Day"	The Day
	"I Love You"

Promotional songs

Year	Song Title	Artist	Product	Notes	Ref.
2009	"Extreme"	with Jessica Gomes	Cass 2X Beer
	"Kiss"	Sandara Park
2014	"You're so Beautiful"	Himself with Park Shin Hye, EXO, Super Junior Etc.	Lotte Duty Free

Songs performed at fan meetings

• 2010: "Falling Slowly" - Original Singer: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.
• 2010: "사랑해" - Original Singer: Kim Woo Joo
• 2011: "사랑인걸" - Original Singer: Mose
• 2011: "Milk Tea" - Original Singer: Masaharu Fukuyama
• 2011: "Be My Last Love" - Original Singer: Lee Min Ho
• 2011: "Say Yes" - Original Singer: Lee Min Ho
• 2011: "Yesterday" - Original Singer: The Beatles
• 2011: "I Will" - Original Singer: The Beatles
• 2013: "빗속에서" - Original Singer: Lee Moon Sae
• 2014: "끝사랑" - Original Singer: Kim Bum Soo

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2009	45th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (TV)	Boys Over Flowers	Won
		Most Popular Actor (TV)		Nominated
	MTN Broadcast Advertisement Festival	Most Popular Advertisement Model	Trugen Commercial	Won
	14th Asian Television Award	Best Drama Actor	Boys Over Flowers	Nominated
	3rd Mnet 20's Choice Awards	Hot Male Drama Star[72]		Nominated
		Hot CF Star	Dunkin' Donuts	Nominated
		Hot New Star	N/A	Nominated
		Hot Summer Heat Popularity Award	N/A	Nominated
		Hot Character ("Gu Jun-pyo")	Boys Over Flowers	Nominated
	4th Seoul International Drama Awards	People's Choice Actor		Nominated
	2nd Style Icon Awards	Viewers' Best Popularity Icon	N/A	Nominated
	Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards	Top Buzz Star: Male Category	N/A	Nominated
	ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards	POP Kapamilya TV Character "(Gu Jun-pyo)"	Boys Over Flowers	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Best New Actor		Won
		Netizen Award, Actor		Nominated
		Best Couple Award with Ku Hye-sun		Won
2010	4th Mnet 20's Choice Awards	Hot Actor	Personal Taste	Won
	3rd Style Icon Awards	Popularity Award	N/A	Nominated
	Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards	Top Buzz Star: Male Actor	N/A	Nominated
		Top Buzz Star: Male Category	N/A	Nominated
	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor[73]	Personal Taste	Won
		Popularity Award, Actor		Nominated
		Best Couple Award with Son Ye-jin		Nominated
2011	4th Korea Drama Awards[74]	Top Excellence Award, Actor	City Hunter	Won
		Hallyu Star Award		Won
	5th Mnet 20's Choice Awards	Hot Male Drama Star		Nominated
		Hot 20's Voice	N/A	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards[75]	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special	City Hunter	Won
		Popularity Award, Actor		Won
		Top 10 Stars		Won
		Best Couple Award with Park Min-young[76]		Nominated
2012	48th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actor (TV)		Nominated
	7th Seoul International Drama Awards	Outstanding Korean Actor		Nominated
		People's Choice Actor		Nominated
	5th Style Icon Awards	Top 10 Style Icons[77]	N/A	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries[78]	Faith	Won
		Popularity Award, Actor[78]		Nominated
		Top 10 Stars[78]		Won
2013	12th China Fashion Awards	Most Popular Asian Actor	N/A	Won
	1st DramaFever Awards	Best Actor	Faith	Won
		Best Couple with Kim Hee-sun		Won
	49th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actor (TV)		Nominated
	8th Seoul International Drama Awards	People's Choice Actor		Nominated
	Sohu Media Awards	Most Popular International Actor	N/A	Won
	Baidu Feidian Awards[79]	Best Asian Actor	The Heirs	Won
	SBS Drama Awards[80]	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special		Won
		Popularity Award, Actor		Won
		Top 10 Stars		Won
		Best Couple Award with Park Shin-hye		Won
		Best Dressed		Won
2014	2nd DramaFever Awards	Best Actor		Won
		Best Bromance with Kim Woo-bin		Won
	50th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actor (TV)		Nominated
	Singapore Entertainment Awards	Most Popular Korean TV Artiste	N/A	Won
		OMY Hot Star	N/A	Nominated
	9th Seoul International Drama Awards	Outstanding Korean Actor	The Heirs	Nominated
		People's Choice Actor		Nominated
	7th Korea Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Nominated
	7th Style Icon Awards	Top 10 Style Icons	N/A	Nominated
	3rd APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	The Heirs	Nominated
	5th Korean Popular Culture & Arts Award	Prime Minister Award	N/A	Won
	NATE Awards	People's Choice Hallyu Star	N/A	Nominated
2015	51st Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (Film)	Gangnam Blues	Nominated
		Most Popular Actor (Film)		Won
		Most Popular Hallyu Star/IQiyi Star Award	N/A	Won
	Korea SNS Industry Grand Award	President Award of National Information Society Agency	N/A	Won
	19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Awards	Producer Choice Award	N/A	Won
	10th Seoul International Drama Awards	10th Anniversary Hallyu Achievement Award	N/A	Won
		Mango TV Popularity Award	N/A	Won
	52nd Grand Bell Awards / Daejong Film Awards	Best New Actor	Gangnam Blues	Won
		Popularity Award		Nominated
	36th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
		Popularity Award		Won
	2015 Korean Tourism Awards	The STAR of Korean Tourism 2015	N/A	Won
2016	Lotte Duty Free Awards	2015 Best Model Awards	N/A	Won
	Beijing LeEco Night	Most Popular Asian Idol Award	N/A	Won

Others

Social contributions

• Honorary Ambassador for UNICEF's Love Net campaign to fight malaria (2009-2010)
• PR Ambassador for Konkuk University (2010)
• Honorary Prosecutor or basically a PR ambassador for Korean Prosecutor (2012).
• PR ambassador for the Chilean campaign "Reforestemos Patagonia" organized by Minoz Chile (2013)^[81]

In 2014, Lee set up the PROMIZ website to raise awareness and encourage donation for social and humanitarian causes.^[82][83] Proceeds from the sale of PROMIZ merchandise are given to the selected partners to execute the charity projects. The site has since raised US$50,000 from him and his fans to help dig wells in Malawi through non-profit organisation Charity: Water.^[84][85]

• Public Ambassador for 'Korean Tourism Campaign', also called as 'The Face of Korean Tourism' (July 28, 2015)
• Honorary Ambassador for the '2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics' (September 25, 2015)
• PR Ambassador for Visit Korea Year 2016-2018 (November 7, 2015)

Social media

Lee Min-ho has a considerable number of followers on social networks such as Facebook, Weibo and Twitter.^{[86][87][88][89]} As such, he has noticeable internet presence on social media, fan forums and online polls.^[90] In 2014 and 2015 (for two consecutive years), Lee Min-ho won an online poll organised by a Chinese entertainment magazine to crown the 'Asian Male God'.^[91][92] The term 'Male God' subsequently stuck with him in Asia.^[93]

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External links

• Official Korean website (Korean)
• Official Japanese website (Japanese)