Lee Yeong-hoon

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Not to be confused with Lee Young-hoon, a scholar on economics.
Lee Yeong-hoon
Born December 14, 1982
Gwangju, South Korea
Other names Lee Young-hoon
Lee Yeong-hun
Lee Yeoung-hun
Education Suwon Science College - Broadcasting
Occupation Actor
Years active 2001-present
Agent Sim Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul 이영훈
Revised Romanization I Yeong-hun
McCune–Reischauer I Yŏng-hun
Website
http://leeyeounghun.com/

Lee Yeong-hoon (born December 14, 1982) is a South Korean actor.

Early life

Lee Yeong-hoon began his acting career after joining the MBC Academy while in high school. Some of his peers at academy also went on to future stardom, such as Jo In-sung and Lee So-yeon.

Career

In 2001, at the age of 19, Lee made his acting debut win the short film Good Romance, directed by filmmaker Leesong Hee-il. Lee entered Suwon Science College as a Broadcasting major, and he performed numerous times on stage while at university.

Upon his discharge from mandatory military service, Leesong Hee-il again cast Lee, this time in the leading role in the indie feature No Regret. An attempt to realistically portray the lifestyle of a young gay man working in the host club industry, No Regret became a ground-breaking film in Korean queer cinema.[1] It traveled the film festival circuit, screening to packed audiences at the 2006 Busan International Film Festival. Lee won Best New Actor at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards,[2] and he appeared in his first commercial in 2007 for McDonald's.

This was followed by his first major commercial film, the 2008 horror-thriller The Guard Post.[3] Lee was praised by The Korea Times for "shining brightly" in his role as the prime suspect in a massacre of 20 soldiers in the DMZ,[4] and received Best New Actor nominations from the Blue Dragon Film Awards and Korean Film Awards.[5]

Lee continues to star in independent films, including romance drama Ride Away and hip hop-themed The Beat Goes On.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Good Romance Won-kyu short film
2006 No Regret Lee Soo-min
2008 The Guard Post Corporal Kang Jin-won
Ride Away Kim Soo-wook
2010 One Night Stand Male college student cameo (first segment)
Break Away Kang Jae-hoon
Trouble Shooter Park Hyung-joon ("Psycho")
2012 The Beat Goes On Kim Min-soo ("Mad Dog")
Just Friends Shim Jae-wook
The Traffickers Dae-woong
2013 Top Star "Song of the Sun" gunman 2
2014 Girls, Girls, Girls Hyeon-soo

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2009 Her Style Kim Jong-tae KBS N
2011 Detectives in Trouble Kim Young-tae (guest appearance) KBS2
2013 Blue Tower Zero Lee Young-hoon tvN

Theater

Year Title Role
The Virtuous Burglar
어둠의 힘
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Three Sisters

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2006 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best New Actor No Regret Won
2007 Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor Nominated
2008 Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actor The Guard Post Nominated
Korean Film Awards Best New Actor Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Do-hoon. "No Regret actors Lee Young-hoon and Lee Han: 격렬한 청춘의 통과제의". Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 16 November 2006.
  2. ↑ Paquet, Darcy (26 December 2006). "Pair win top prizes at Korean awards". Variety. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  3. ↑ Oh, Jeong-yeon. 이영훈: 사고도 치지만 미움받지 않는 캐릭터다. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  4. ↑ Lee, Hyo-won. "GP506 Puts DMZ Back on Map". The Korea Times. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  5. ↑ "Lee Yeong-hun - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  6. ↑ Oh, Mi-jung. "Lee Young Hoon Says Shooting a Bed Scene With a Man is Easier Than A Woman". enewsWorld. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

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