Lee Yi-kyung

Lee Yi-kyung
Born	January 8, 1989 Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts - Acting
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011-present
Agent	HB Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	이이경
Hanja	李伊庚
Revised Romanization	I I-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer	I I-kyŏng

Lee Yi-kyung (born January 8, 1989) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 2011, and first played minor and supporting roles in television dramas such as My Love from the Star (2013).^[1][2] Lee has also appeared in both independent and commercial films, notably Leesong Hee-il's White Night (2012) and Kim Ki-duk's One on One (2014).^[3][4][5]

His father is LG Innotek CEO Lee Ung-beom.^[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2011	US-Japanese Barbershop
	Stitch Stitch
2012	White Night	Tae-jun
2014	One on One	Shadow 1
	The Pirates	Cham-bok
	Night Flight	Student part-timer

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2011	Heartstrings	Music major university student	MBC
2012	School 2013[8]	Lee Yi-kyung	KBS2
2013	Nine: Nine Time Travels[9]	Han Young-hoon (1992)	tvN
	The Blade and Petal	Tae-pyung	KBS2
	My Love from the Star	Lee Shin	SBS
2014	Trot Lovers[10]	Shin Hyo-yeol	KBS2
	You're All Surrounded[11]	Shin Ki-jae	SBS
	Drama Special "Bride in Sneakers"	Kyu-cheol	KBS2
2015	Maids[12]	Heo Yoon-seo	jTBC
	The Superman Age	Lee Yi-kyung	tvN
	Yumi's Room	Jeon Na-baek	O'live TV
	Because It's The First Time	Choi Hoon	OnStyle
	Descendants of the Sun	Kang Min-jae (cameo, episodes 5-10)	KBS2

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2011	Guys Make Wonder	XTM
	Hangul Train Chipo	EBS
	Star Audition: The Great Birth	MBC
2013	Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2	KBS2	Guest, episodes 176-178
2015	Law of the Jungle in Yap Islands[13]	SBS	Cast member
	Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education	KBS2	Guest, episode 113
	Real Men (TV series)	MBC

Music video

Year	Song Title	Artist
2011	"Do U Like Me"	M.I.B
2012	"Alone"	Jung Key feat. Kim Na-young
2015	"가슴뛰도록"	SG Wannabe
	"좋은 기억"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2014	7th Korea Drama Awards	Best New Actor	My Love from the Star	Nominated
2015	Honorary Korean Film Awards[14]	Best New Actor		Won

References

1. Cho, Suyoun (4 March 2014). "Rising Star Lee Yi Kyung Attends Closing Ceremony of Love from Star". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
2. Chu, Yanchingsally (12 May 2015). "Lee Yi Kyung Showed His Fashion Sense As An Umchina". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
3. Lee, Eun-sun (16 November 2012). "LEESONG Hee-il's 3-Part Queer Series". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
4. Kim, Hee-eun (7 March 2014). "Lee Yi-kyung cast in Kim Ki-duk's new film One on One". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
5. Jones, Julie (8 July 2014). "Five Fun Facts About Lee Yi Kyung". KDramaStars. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
6. "Actor Lee Yi Kyung revealed to be the son of LG Innotech's CEO". Kpop Fighting. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
7. "우리동네 예체능 수영 이이경, 아버지가 LG이노텍 사장". Herald Biz (in Korean). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
8. Jeon, Ji-young (3 December 2012). "Unique and Diverse Characters of Future Stars Add Fun". KBS Global. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
9. "Lee I-kyeong appears in Nine: Time Travelling Nine Times despite DUI". Hancinema. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
10. "Lee I-kyeong joins Trot Romance, rivals with Ji Hyeon-woo". Hancinema. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
11. "You're Surrounded Lee Seung-gi's secret at birth". Hancinema. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
12. "Maids Lee I-kyeong takes off his shirt". Hancinema. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
13. "Park Han-byeol, Kangnam, and Lee I-kyeong take group selfie to celebrate co-starring in Law of the Jungle". Hancinema. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
14. "Kim Myeong-min and Son Hyeon-joo, TOP actors". Hancinema. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-29.

External links

• Lee Yi-kyung at HanCinema
• Lee Yi-kyung at the Korean Movie Database
• Lee Yi-kyung at the Internet Movie Database
• Lee Yi-kyung on Instagram