Lee Hyun-wook

Lee Hyun-wook (born June 17, 1985) is a South Korean actor.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Hyun-wook
Lee Hyun-wook in 2019
Born (1985-06-17) June 17, 1985
South Korea
EducationKorea National University of Arts (Department of Acting)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
AgentManagement Air
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationI Hyeon-uk
McCune–ReischauerI Hyŏn-uk

Early life and education

Lee Hyun-wook became interested in acting when he was in middle school. His parents were against it but his grandmother helped him enroll in an acting academy.[1]

Lee graduated from Anyang Arts High School[2] and Korea National University of Arts.[3]

Career

Lee Hyun-wook started his acting career playing in short films: Repatriation (2000), The Camel (2008), Thorn Hearted (2010) and The Out Boxer (2011).[4] The latter earned him the Face in Shorts Award at the 10th Asiana International Short Film Festival in 2012.[5]

In 2013, Lee was appointed special jury member of the 11th Asiana International Short Film Festival alongside Lee Jung-jae.[6]

In 2014, Lee made his television debut in the action-thriller series Three Days as the right-hand man of Choi Won-young's character.[7] Two months later, he made his commercial film debut in The Target which was screened at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[8][9] The same year, he was chosen among 400 candidates to play Choi Yoo-bin in the daily drama Only Love.[10]

In 2015, Lee made his theater debut in True West, playing the main character Austin.[11] He reprised his role the following year before playing Stephen in Old Wicked Songs.[12][13] His performance earned him the New Actor Award at the 2016 Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards.[14] The same year, he took on the role of a detective in the crime television series Mrs. Cop 2 and appeared in the film No Tomorrow.[5][15]

In 2017, Lee played Min-wook in the play Judo Boy.[16] The same year, he played two brothers in the web series Fake.[17] In May 2018, Lee signed an exclusive contract with Management Air.[18] In October 2018, he started playing Bob in Toc Toc, a role which he reprised in September 2019 for a two-day performance in Gunpo.[19]

In 2019, Lee played Oliver in the play The Pride.[20] He was also cast as a resident of Eden Dormitory in the psychological thriller Hell Is Other People, making it his first small screen role since his military discharge and for which he was nominated in the Capability Award category at the 1st OCN Awards.[21][22] Later that year, he made a guest appearance in the tenth episode of Pegasus Market which stars his close friend Lee Dong-hwi.[2]

In 2020, Lee appeared in the films Secret Zoo and #Alive.[23][24] He then played a missionary in the first three episodes of The Good Detective.[25] He was also cast in his first main role in a television series, playing a lieutenant in the military thriller Search.[26]

In 2021, Lee is set to star in the romantic-comedy She Would Never Know.[27]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2000 Repatriation Short film [4]
2008 The Camel Kang-seok Short film [4]
2010 Thorn Hearted Man Short film [4]
2011 The Out Boxer Sang-kyo Short film [4]
2014 The Target Jo Sang-woo [8]
2016 No Tomorrow Seok-hoon [15]
2020 Secret Zoo Min Chul-hyun Cameo [23]
#Alive Lee Sang-chul [24]
TBA The Policeman's Lineage TBA [28]

Television series
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2014 Three Days Kim Do-jin's right-hand man SBS [7]
Only Love Choi Yoo-bin [29]
2016 Mrs. Cop 2 Detective [5]
2017 Fake Kim Geun-ho / Kim Geun-bae Naver TV Web series [17]
2019 Hell Is Other People Yoo Gi-hyuk OCN [21]
Pegasus Market DM Group psychiatrist tvN Guest (Episode 10) [2]
2020 The Good Detective Park Gun-ho JTBC Guest (Episodes 1-3) [25]
Search Lee Joon-sung OCN [26]
2021 She Would Never Know Lee Jae-shin JTBC [27]

Stage
Date Title Role Theatre Ref.
August 13 – November 1, 2015 True West Austin Shinyeon Art Hall [12]
June 24 – August 28, 2016 True West Returns Austin Yegreen Theater [11]
September 21 – October 23, 2016 Old Wicked Songs Stephen Dongsung Art Center [13]
March 4 – May 14, 2017 Judo Boy Min-wook Suhyeon Theater [16]
October 27, 2018 – February 10, 2019 Toc Toc Bob Daehangno TOM Theater [19]
May 25 – August 25, 2019 The Pride Oliver Seoul Art One Theater [20]
September 27–28, 2019 Toc Toc Bob Gunpo Culture and Arts Center Azalea Hall

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2012 10th Asiana International Short Film Festival Face in Shorts Award The Out Boxer Won [5]
2016 Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards New Actor Award Old Wicked Songs, True West Returns Won [14]
2019 1st OCN Awards The Capability Award Hell Is Other People Nominated [22]

References
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  2. Lee, Ji-hyun (October 24, 2019). "'타지옥' 이현욱 "이동휘-류준열과 친해…이병헌과 호흡 맞추고파" [화보]". Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved October 31, 2020.
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  6. Heo, Sang-wook (October 22, 2013). "[포토] 제11회 아시아나 국제단편영화제 상영작 발표 기자회견". Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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  19. Lee, Yi-seul (November 26, 2018). "'톡톡' 이현욱 "한예종 선배 김동욱, 군대서 후임으로 재회"(인터뷰②)". Asiae (in Korean). Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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