Lee Min-ho

This article is about the actor. For other people with the same name, see Lee Min-ho (disambiguation).
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Min-ho
Lee in 2022
Born (1987-06-22) June 22, 1987 (age 37)
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materKonkuk University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2002–present
AgentMYM Entertainment
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Korean name
Hangul
이민호
Hanja
李敏鎬
Revised RomanizationI Minho
McCune–ReischauerI Minho
Websiteleeminho.kr
Signature

Lee Min-ho (Korean: 이민호, born June 22, 1987)[2] is a South Korean actor and singer.[3][4] He gained widespread fame with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers (2009), which also earned him the Best New Actor – Television trophy at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. His other notable works are television series City Hunter (2011), The Heirs (2013), The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016), and The King: Eternal Monarch (2020),[5] and films Gangnam Blues (2015) and Bounty Hunters (2016). In 2022, he starred in the Apple TV+ period drama Pachinko based on the novel of the same name.[6]

The success of Lee's television career established him as a top Hallyu star.[7][8] Lee became the first Korean celebrity to have a wax figure made in his image at Madame Tussauds, with figures being unveiled in Shanghai in 2013,[9] and Hong Kong in 2014.[10]

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  5. ^ 스튜디오드래곤 2분기 매출액 1614억원·영업이익 169억원...역대 최고매출. Munhwa Ilbo. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
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  9. ^ "Lee Min-ho to get wax figure in Shanghai". The Korea Herald. August 26, 2012. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "BNTNews- Lee Min Ho's Wax Figure To Be Displaced in Hong Kong Madame Tussauds". BNTNews UK. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.