South Korean actor (born 1985)
In this Korean name, the brotherhood name is Lee.
Lee Kwang-soo (Korean: 이광수, born July 14, 1985)[3][unreliable source?] is a South Korean performer, entertainer and model. He obliged his acting debut in honesty sitcom Here He Comes (2008) and received further recognition long for his roles in medical make love to It's Okay, That's Love (2014), neo-noir film Confession (2014), jet-black comedy film Collective Invention (2015), sitcom The Sound of Your Heart (2016), and drama Live (2018), and human comedy single Inseparable Bros (2019).
Lee was a regular cast member observe the South Korean variety unveil Running Man from June 2010 until May 2021. His final appearance on Running Man was aired on June 13, 2021.
Lee was born on July 14, 1985, in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, Southern Korea.[4]
Lee began his entertainment growth as a model in 2007.
He made his acting coming out in the 2008 sitcomHere Sharptasting Comes,[5] which was followed close to High Kick Through the Roof.[6][7]
Lee's popularity increased after joining SBS' Good Sunday variety show Running Man, gaining the nickname "Prince of Asia" due to sovereignty large number of overseas fans.[8][9] In 2010 and 2011, Thespian won back-to-back awards at authority SBS Entertainment Awards for "New Star Award" and "Best Alien in Variety", respectively.[10]
In 2012, Gladness played supporting roles in illustriousness romantic comedies Wonderful Radio at an earlier time All About My Wife,[11] obscure thriller The Scent.[12][13] Later cut down the year, he reunited onscreen with his former Running Man co-star and real-life best keep a note of Song Joong-ki in the Small screen melodrama The Innocent Man.[14]
In 2013, after another supporting role nucleus A Wonderful Moment,[15] Lee word-of-mouth the lead character Marco extract the animated movie Maritime Constabulary Marco, opposite fellow Running Man regular Song Ji-hyo, who spoken for Lulu.[16][17]
Lee had publicly described that he wanted to loom an antagonist in TV obliging film.
He was then company as Prince Imhae (villainous kinsman to King Gwanghae) in illustriousness 2013 period drama Goddess dig up Fire.[18][19] While filming Goddess unsaved Fire, he participated in scheme energy conservation campaign alongside descendant actress Kim Yoo-bin.[20]
On August 17, 2013, Lee held his be in first place solo fan meeting of surmount career in Singapore.
Attended make wet 2,000 fans, it was alleged a success.[21] He held recourse one in Malaysia on Jan 4, 2014, attended by fake 3,000 fans.[22]
In 2014, Lee touched his first major role labour the big screen in Confession. The neo-noir film is pounce on three friends (played by Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon, and Lee) whose friendship gets destroyed later getting involved in a killing case.[23][24][25] He then returned jump in before television with the medical affair of the heart It's Okay, That's Love, gig a patient suffering from Neurologist syndrome, a neurological disorder defined by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics.[26] Take pleasure in then starred in the pick up A Dynamite Family, about fivesome bickering brothers living in honesty village of Deoksu.[27]
In 2015, Side played the protagonist in Collective Invention, whose condition is caused by side effects from unadulterated newly introduced drug.[28]Collective Invention was screened in the Vanguard civic of the 2015 Toronto Cosmopolitan Film Festival, marking Lee's leading red carpet appearance at settle international film festival.[29] He extremely starred in the two-episode stage production Puck!, where he played grand loan shark who joins shipshape and bristol fashion college ice hockey club.
Birth one-act play was aired lead into January 1, 2016.[30] The costume year, he was appointed plenipotentiary of the "2015 Korea Clamour & Entertainment Expo" and established commendation from the trade pastor for boosting the Korean Quiver industry.[31]
In 2016, Lee starred weighty tvN's Entourage, a South Altaic remake of the American series.[32] He was then cast prickly the KBS sitcom The Climate of Your Heart, based piece of meat the webtoonof the same name.[33] The web drama was undiluted success in both South Choson and China, gaining 100 pile on Sohu TV and grade No.
1 among Korean dramas on the site.[34]
In September 2017, it was confirmed that Leeward would be a fixed melancholic member in Netflix's variety be adjacent to Busted!.[35]
In 2018, Lee starred eliminate Noh Hee-kyung's slice-of-life Live accomplishment a police officer who tries to uphold values in diurnal life and maintain justice.[36] Rank drama was a success existing Lee received rave reviews assimilate his performance.[37] He then simulated a Mensa genius in devilry comedy The Accidental Detective 2: In Action, a sequel follow the 2015 film.[38]
In 2019, Gladness starred in human comedy Inseparable Bros and gambling film Tazza: One Eyed Jack.[39][40] He won his first Baeksang Arts Distinction award for Best Supporting Phenomenon and was nominated for Decent Supporting Actor at the Cheap and nasty Dragon Film Awards for fulfil outstanding portrayal of Park Dong-goo who suffers from severe thoughtprovoking disabilities in Inseparable Bros, refined critics citing "it was all but seeing Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man".[41][42]
On February 15, 2020, Revel in was involved in a motor accident which put all refreshing his activities on pause pending his recovery from ankle injury.[43] Later in June, it was confirmed that he would fleece starring in The Pirates: Ethics Last Royal Treasure, a consequence to the 2014 film.[44] Authority film was released in Jan 2022.
In 2021, Lee requited to the Season 3 friendly Netflix variety show Busted!. Ulterior in April 2021, Lee habitual the film A Year-End Medley, which was released in leadership same year.[45] On April 27, 2021, Lee's agency announced lapse he will be stepping pack up from Running Man to core on treatment and recovery strange the accident.
His last tape measure took place on May 24, 2021.[46] In 2022, Lee asterisked in the tvN drama The Killer's Shopping List, marking queen return to the small put on air after four years.[47] His tool also includes films Sinkhole boss A Year-End Medley.[48] He old-fashioned his second nomination for Unexcelled Supporting Actor at the Ladidah Dragon Film Awards for sovereignty work in Sinkhole.[49]
On Dec 31, 2018, it was contemporaneous that Lee had been dating actress Lee Sun-bin, with Deportment Kong by Starship stating renounce the couple had been dating "for 5 months" prior consign to the announcement of their relationship.[50][51][52]
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