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- Name: Lee Min-Ho
- Hangul: 이민호
- Birthdate: June 22, 1987
- Birthplace: South Korea
- Height: 187 cm.
- Weight: 71 kg.
- Blood Type: A
- Twitter: @actorleeminho
- Facebook: OfficialLeeMinho
Lee Min-ho is a South Korean actor, singer and model.
He is most popular for his role in Boys Over Flowers as Gu Jun-pyo in 2009. The role won him several awards, including the Best New Actor award in the category of television at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. He cemented his status as the leading-man with the success of future television shows: City Hunter (2011) — in which he was nominated for Most Popular Actor in the category of television at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards as well as Outstanding Korean Actor at the 7th Seoul International Drama Awards — and The Heirs (2013), which got him another nomination for Most Popular Actor at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Early life and career
Lee Min Ho was born in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. As a child, he wants to become a professional football player and was selected for the youth football class of South Korean manager and former player Cha Bum-Kun, but an injury in the 5th grade of elementary school put an end to his dream. In his second year of high school, Lee turned to modelling and acting. After going through training, Lee started auditioning and landed minor roles in several television dramas such as Nonstop 5 and Recipe of Love. His official debut role was in an EBS series, Secret Campus. Early in his career Lee went by the stage name Lee Min because his agency thought his birth name was too ordinary. However, as his stage name was pronounced and written in the same way as the Korean word imin, which means "immigration", it made it hard for him to show up on internet search results. He eventually went back to using his original name.
In 2006, his acting career was put on hold for a year following a serious car accident in which he was severely injured and spent several months bedridden.Upon recovery, Lee received his first leading role in the high-school drama Mackerel Run in 2007, but the series was reduced to only eight episodes due to low viewership ratings. In 2008 he appeared in various roles on television and two movies, Public Enemy Returns and d ourSchool's E.T.. During the shooting of the latter he became good friends with Kim Su-ro, who later praised him on a variety show: "I recognize a star when I see one. When I was doing Our School's E.T., I knew that Lee Min-ho would become one of the top actors in the country".
GOLDEN PERIOD: 2009—2012
His major breakthrough came in 2009 when he played the lead role of Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers which was the Korean adaptation of the popular Japanese television drama Hana Yori Dango. The series made Lee a popular name in South Korea, and was well-received throughout Asia.
In 2010 Lee followed up the success of Boys Over Flowers by starring in TV drama Personal Taste in which he played an ambitious perfectionist young architect who poses as a gay man to become roommates with a young woman leading to romantic complications.
In 2011, he played the titular character in action drama City Hunter, which was loosely based on Tsukasa Hojo's popular manga. The drama's popularity throughout Asia has also contributed to Lee's growing popularity in Asia, most notably in Japan, Philippines and China and as well in parts of Europe.
MOVIES
- Bounty Hunters (2016)
- Gangnam Blues | Gangnam 1970 (2015) - Kim Jong-Dae
- Our School's E.T. | Woolhakgyo ET (2008) - Oh Sang-Hoon
- Public Enemy Returns | Kang Cheol-joong: Public Enemy 1-1 (2008) - Jung Ha-Yeon
DRAMA SERIES
- The Heirs | Sangsokjadeul (SBS / 2013) - Kim Tan
- Faith | Shinui (SBS / 2012) - General Choi Young
- City Hunter | Siti Hyunteo (SBS / 2011) - Lee Yun-Seong
- Personal Taste | Gaeinui Chwihyang (MBC / 2010) - Jeon Jin-Ho
- Boys Over Flowers (KBS2 / 2009) - Koo Jun-Pyo
- I am Sam | Ayi em saem (KBS2 / 2007) - Heo Mo-Se
- Mackerel Run | Dalryeora Godeungeo (SBS / 2007) - Cha Gong-Chan
- Secret Campus | Bimilui Kyojeong (EBS / 2006) - Park Doo Hyun
- Recipe of Love (MBC / 2005)
- Sharp 1 (KBS2 / 2003)
- Romance | Romangseu (MBC / 2002) - troubled student taught by Kim Chae-Won (only spoke 1 line)
AWARDS
- Most Popular Actor ("Gangnam Blues") -2015 (51st) PaekSang Arts Awards - May 26, 2015
- 2013 SBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2013
- Best Actor (drama special) ("The Heirs")
- Ten Star Award ("The Heirs")
- Best Netizen Award ("The Heirs")
- Best Dressed Award ("The Heirs")
- Best Couple Award ("The Heirs")
- 12th China Fashion Awards - January 18, 2013
- "Best Popular Asian Actor Award"
- 2012 SBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2012
- Best Actor (mini series) ("Faith")
- Ten Star Award ("Faith")
- 2011 SBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2011
- Best Actor (drama special) ("City Hunter")
- Best Netizen Award ("City Hunter")
- Ten Star Award ("City Hunter")
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