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Lee Min Ho (1987)

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Lee Min Ho
For another actor with the same name, see Lee Min Ho.

Profile

  • Name: 이민호 / Lee Min Ho
  • Japanese Name: イ・ミンホ / I minho
  • Nickname: "Honey Eyes" (kkulnunbit) and "Honey Young Boy" (kkuldongja)
  • Profession: Actor, singer and model
  • Birthdate: 1987-Jun-22 (age 38)
  • Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
  • Height: 187cm
  • Weight: 71kg
  • Star sign: Cancer
  • Chinese zodiac: Rabbit
  • Blood type: A
  • Family: Father, mother and older sister Lee Yong Jung MYM Entertainment CEO.
  • Talent agency: MYM Entertainment (South Korea), IMX Inc (Japan) and "HY" Huayi Brothers (China)

About

Lee Min Ho was born in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, South Korea on June 22, 1987. He wanted to be when he grew up a soccer player and was involved in many games with friends and dedicated himself fully to the sport in elementary school. He stopped pursuing that dream because of a fifth-grade primary school injury that prevented him from making that dream a reality. At that time he started to be interested in pursuing another dream of his, one that would take him into becoming an actor, in his last year as a student in high school he signed with Starhaus Entertainment all thanks in part through the help of a friend. He was trained and formed by the agency for a period of two years and began auditioning there where he began to get a series of small roles in television series. He started to gain some sort of traction for himself over the entertainment industry.

It was 2006 and Lee Min Ho had a terrible car accident that could have cost him his life and made him hospitalized for six months. During the long period that delayed his recovery, he was very worried about whether he would be able to act again or even walk again. He considered that time in his life one of his very worst an all-time low. Lee Min Ho didn't give up or start to lose hope. His first performance after his recovery after the accident came from the drama Mackerel Run in 2007, the drama did not pass the eight-episode mark due to its low ratings. He finally got a break-through in 2009 when he got the lead role in the hit drama Boys Over Flowers. Thanks to the popularity of the drama Lee Min Ho became a star and a sensation not only in Asia but also the whole world. He gained a lot of traction nationwide and worldwide by signing several endorsement deals.

Lee Min Ho repeated his success again when he accepted the lead role in the 2010 hit romantic comedy-drama Personal Preference, a year later, in 2011, willing to stand out even more as an actor Lee Min Ho appeared as the lead character in the dramatic action series City Hunter with Park Min Young, based on Tsukasa Hojo's manga City Hunter (シティーハンター). The popularity of both drama series helped increase its popularity in Asia, America, and Europe. A couple of years later, in 2012, in his Facebook page he told his fans about his decision to take the lead role in the historical-medical drama Faith, he and his co-star Kim Hee Soon received huge accolades for their performances, but the drama although it reached 10% of viewership ratings it was still a commercial flop due to its high budget and productions costs.

He went a year later to a fan meeting tour all across Asia, and he released his first album by the name "My Everything". An album he considers as a personal gift to his fans nationwide and also worldwide. In 2013, He took the lead role in the Kim Eun Sook drama series The Heirs, Lee Min Ho's appearance in the drama generated a lot of attention and viewers liked the chemistry he had with his co-star Park Shin Hye. There was a further increase in popularity for Lee Min Ho due to the drama, especially in China, and it was noted when he became the first Korean to present the China Central Television (CCTV) New Year's Gala that was followed on that occasion by 704 million in television and 110 million online, a total of 814 million viewers worldwide, which is about seven times the number of viewers of Super Bowl XLVIII. There he sang a song with Harlem Yu, the original singer of the main theme of Meteor Garden, which was the Taiwanese version of Boys Over Flowers.

He released the EP titled "Song For You", once again he went clean in interviews about the love he has for his fans and that the EP was his most special and personal gift for them to cherish. He later went through another Asian tour to meet his fans and took the opportunity to play against type in a more manlier role in Yoo Ha's noir-action film Gangnam 1970 as it is known in South Korea and Gangnam Blues as it is known internationally, it was his first leading role in a film and it was released in 2015.

2015 was also the year that after a series of rumors that started being widespread by the media and social media the agencies of Lee Min Ho and Bae Suzy stated that both artists were dating, to the joy and delight of fans of both artists, they would end their relationship at the end of 2017, more than two years after starting it. Lee Min Ho's professional success peaked in 2016 when he starred as the lead in the Chinese action comedy film Bounty Hunters alongside Wallace Chung, Tiffany Tang (Tang Yan), y Karena Ng.

In 2016, he returned to the small screens by playing the lead character in the fantasy romance drama Legend of the Blue Sea alongside actress Jung Ji Hyun, his career is currently on hiatus, as he performs compulsory military service in South Korea, he will resume his career in 2019. because of the injuries he sustained after his accident in 2006, he performs this military service as an administrator and not as an active soldier.

TV Shows

TV Show Theme Songs

Movies

Music Video Appearances

Ambassador roles

  • 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)
  • Public Ambassador for 'Korean Tourism Campaign', also known 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)

Recognitions

2016 SBS Drama Awards:

2016 1st Weibo Movie Award 2016:

2016 Beijing LeEco Night:

  • Most Popular Asian Idol Award

2016 Lotte Duty Free Awards:

  • 2015 Best Model Awards

2016 Korea Good Brand Awards:

2015 Korean Tourism Awards:

  • The STAR of Korean Tourism 2015

2015 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards:

2015 52nd Grand Bell Awards / Daejong Film Awards:

2015 19th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Awards:

  • Producer Choice Award

2015 Korea SNS Industry Grand Award:

  • President Award of National Information Society Agency

2015 10th Seoul International Drama Awards:

  • 10th Anniversary Hallyu Achievement Award
  • Mango TV Popularity Award

2015 51st Baeksang Arts Awards:

  • Most Popular Actor (Film) (Gangnam Blues)
  • Most Popular Hallyu Star/IQiyi Star Award

2014 5th Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards:

  • Prime Minister Award

2014 Singapore Entertainment Awards:

  • Most Popular Korean TV Artiste

2014 2nd DramaFever Awards:

2013 SBS Drama Awards:

2013 Baidu Feidian Awards:

2013 Sohu Media Awards:

  • Most Popular International Actor

2013 1st DramaFever Awards:

2013 12th China Fashion Awards:

  • Most Popular Asian Actor

2012 SBS Drama Awards:

  • Top Excellence Award for Miniseries, Actor (Faith)
  • Top 10 Stars Award (Faith)

2011 4th Korea Drama Awards:

2011 SBS Drama Awards:

2010 MBC Drama Awards:

2010 4th Mnet 20's Choice Awards:

2009 KBS Drama Awards:

2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards:

2009 ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards:

2009 MTN Broadcast Advertisement Festival:

  • Most Popular Advertisement Model (Trugen Commercial)

Endorsements

  • Samsung AnyCall Magic Hole (2009)
  • Etude House (2009)
  • Cass Beer (2009)
  • Dunkin' Donuts (2009)
  • Cadillac CTS (2009)
  • Samsung AnyCall Haptic (2009)
  • Market 0 (2009)
  • LG Telecom (2009)
  • Trugen (2009)
  • Binggrae Banana Milk (2010)
  • Bang Bang (2010)
  • Trugen (2010)
  • Cantata Coffee (2010)
  • Eider (2011)
  • me2day (2011)
  • Trugen (2011)
  • Toyota Camry (2011)
  • Jangin Furniture (2012)
  • Semir 2012 Spring Catalog (2012)
  • Eider (2012)
  • Hyundai Veloster (2012)
  • oyota Camry (2012)
  • Innisfree (2013)
  • Eider (2013)
  • Semir (2013)
  • Weishi (2014)
  • Isun Potato (2014)
  • Mobile Taobao (2014)
  • Innisfree (2014)
  • Kia Motor (2014)
  • Twosome Place (2014)
  • Lotte Duty Free (2014)
  • Eider (2014)
  • KyoChon (2014)
  • Jeju Air (2014)
  • Romanson (2014)
  • GUESS Jeans (2014)
  • OZING (2014)
  • Kumho tires (2014)
  • FILA 2015 SS collection (2014)
  • Samsonite Red (2015)
  • Romanson (2015)
  • GUESS collection (2015)
  • Pepsi Sparkling Vitamin Drink (2015)
  • Korean Tourism (2015)
  • Ferrero Rocher (2015)
  • Eider (2015)
  • Luwak White Koffie (2015)
  • Seven Luck Casino (2016)
  • Eider (2016)
  • Good Base (2016)
  • Promiz (2016)
  • Innisfree (2016)
  • Georgia Gotica (2016)

Trivia

  • Education: Konkuk University (Bachelor's degree in Film & Arts)
  • Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic)
  • Hobbies: Watching movies, playing videogames and spending time doing all sot of recreational sports.
  • He is considered part of the second generation of male Hallyu movie and TV stars along with Kim Soo Hyun, Lee Jong Suk and Kim Woo Bin.
  • He has also been nicknamed by fans "Chemi-Shin" short for "Chemistry god" because of his good chemistry with his co-stars.
  • His evergrowing club of fans called themselves "Minoz".
  • It was rumored that he dated in secret former Boys Before Flowers co-star Koo Hye Sun.
  • He also dated City Hunter's former co-star Park Min Young.
  • He dated Bae Suzy since the beginning of 2015 until november of 2017.
  • He has stated in several interviews that he is interested in dating an older woman.
  • He can't swim.
  • He cringe each time he has to act and deliver cheesy lines in romantic comedy dramas, he actually prefers more manlier roles.
  • He's extremely clumsy.
  • At the beginning of his career, his stage name was "Lee Min" because his agency thought his birth name was too inadequate. However, as his stage name was pronounced and spelled in the same way as the Korean word "Imin", which also means immigration, made it very difficult for him to appear in internet search results, as time went by he ended up using his original name again.
  • As a child he was always interested in football, he got to the point where he dreamed of being a football player when he grew up. Unfortunately, when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school he had an injury that put an end to that dream, despite everything, he considers soccer his favorite sport and likes to play it from time to time, he has also mentioned in interviews that his favorite soccer player is Cristiano Ronaldo.
  • In 2014, he created a web Oppa by the name of PROMIZ to raise awareness and encourage donation for social and humanitarian causes.
  • He admits that he agreed to star in Personal Preference only because he wouldn't stop laughing while reading the script.
  • He's a very good friend of Park Shin Hye.
  • He shares a birthday with CNBLUE's Jung Yong Hwa and actress Oh Yeon Seo.
  • He had his first love at age 20 with a campus friend.
  • He is not only one of the most recognized stars in Korea but also in the entire world.
  • In his 20s he was involved in a car accident that could have cost him his life together with one of his best friends Jung Il Woo, he mentions in an interview that the incident made him reflect and meditate on his perspective on life.
  • He doesn't feel comfortable singing, but that hasn't stopped his rabid fanbase from hearing his voice singing in some of the projects he's taken on.
  • He is also nicknamed "Oppa long legs" by fans.
  • He becomes great friends with Our School E.T co-star Kim Soo Ro during the course of filming the movie.
  • He filmed a sex scene with Gangnam Blues co-star Kim Ji Soo but the scene ended up in the cutting room floor because director-screenwriter Yoo Ha considered the scene unnecessary to the flow of the film.
  • His biggest inspiration is his mom.
  • He has stated in a recent interview that he would do anything for love.
  • He's always active on the internet, he likes to play a lot of online games.
  • He used to carry a perfume in his bag because he always wanted to be the fragrant guy.
  • He has received many offers to appear in Hollywood film productions, but he doesn't consider himself mature enough to take that challenge yet.

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