Lee Min-ho

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lee Min-ho
Occupation	TV Actor
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1987(1987-06-22)
Age	37
Birthplace	Seoul
Country	South Korea
Horoscope	Cancer

Lee Min-ho Biography

Lee Min-ho is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on June 22, 1987 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean television actor best known for his role as Gu Jun-pyo on the 2009 South Korean TV series Boys Over Flowers. He also played lead roles on the series City Hunter and The Heirs and starred in the 2015 film Gangnam Blues.

He co-starred with Ku Hye-sun on Boys Over Flowers.

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 (2003). 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 (Hangul) in the same way as the Korean word imin, which means “immigration”, he later said it was difficult to find himself in 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, while riding with fellow actor Jung Il-woo and two other friends. The actors, both 19 years old at that time, drove a car to Gangwon province with two other friends but on their way, a car coming from the opposite lane hit them head-on and the impact completely destroyed the hood and engine of their car.

He has dated actresses, Park Min-young and Kim Hee Sun. In 2015 he began dating singer Bae Suzy; however they broke up at the end of 2017.

Lee Min-ho Net Worth

Lee Min-ho is one of the richest TV Actor from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lee Min-ho 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He became an actor because it was a dream of his fathers who was never able to pursue the dream himself. He had his fist acting role at age five in Soonpoong Clinic.

He won the 2009 Beak Sang Art Award for Best New Actor for his role on Boys Over Flowers.

Lee Min-ho (Korean: 이민호 ; Hanja: 李敏鎬 , born June 22, 1987) is a South Korean actor, singer, and model. Lee has significant following worldwide including the Asia and western countries notably U.S, France, Australia, Canada, Spain and Italy. He gained widespread fame in Korea and some parts of Asia with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers in 2009. The role won him a Best New Actor award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. His notable lead roles in television series include comedy-drama Personal Taste (2010), City Hunter (2011) in which he established himself as an action hero, The Heirs (2013), Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) and The King: Eternal Monarch (2020). The success of Lee’s television series internationally established him as a top Hallyu star. Hollywood magazine reported that Lee has attained “Superstar” status.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 2011, he played the titular character in action drama City Hunter, which was loosely based on Tsukasa Hojo’s popular manga. The drama was a commercial success across Asia, and contributed to Lee’s growing popularity, most notably in Japan, Philippines, China, and parts of Europe. He participated in a popular Chinese variety show Happy Camp in December 2011.

Facts & Trivia

Lee Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Lee Min-ho celebrates birthday on June 22 of every year.

Lee also announced his return to television with a new drama titled The Heirs, a teen drama written by Kim Eun-sook. On why he decided to take on the role of a chaebol heir in high school four years after playing one in Boys Over Flowers, he answered “Before I grew past my 20s, I wanted to play a more upbeat character, one that would allow me to return to that feeling of simple, uncomplicated innocence that I had when I was younger.” Premiering on October 9, 2013, The Heirs enjoyed immense popularity both locally, with a peak rating of 28.6%, and internationally, having over one billion hits on the Chinese streaming website iQiyi. Lee experienced an increase in his popularity, particularly in China.