Lee Dongwook

**Lee Dongwook**  is is a South Korean actor, host, model and entertainer. He is best known for his leading roles in the television dramas *My Girl* (2005), *Scent of a Woman* (2011), *Hotel King* (2014), *Guardian: The Lonely and Great God* (2016–2017), *Life* (2018) , *Touch Your Heart* (2019) and *Hell Is Other People* (2019). Furthermore, he’s also known as the host of the talk show *Strong Heart* (2012-2013), boy group survival reality show *Produce X 101* (2019), and his own American-style talk show *Wook Talk* (2019– February 2020 ). In 2020, Lee was announced as one of the MC's of the Mnet program, Produce 5201314. This program will be the fifth season of *Produce 101*.

## Lee Dongwook

### Ocupation(s)

ActorHost

Model

Entertainer

## Personal Life

He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
He attended Joongbu University – Broadcasting and Media Arts.
He is the oldest out of four children.
He did his military service from August 2009 to June 2011.

## Career

Lee made his acting debut in 1999 in an MBC single-episode drama after winning the grand prize in the V-NESS model contest the same year. The PD of the drama saw Lee, and proceeded to cast him in the teen drama *School 2*. Lee started to gain recognition with his performance in *School 3*.

Lee hit stardom with 2005 romantic comedy *My Girl*. The drama series became a hit during its run both domestically and across Asia, and made Lee a Korean Wave star. He has since starred in noir *Bitter Sweet Life* (2008), courtroom dramedy *Partner* (2009), melodrama *Scent of a Woman* (2011), baseball rom-com *Wild Romance* (2012), period thriller *The Fugitive of Joseon* (2013), and revenge drama *Hotel King* (2014), in which he reunited with *My Girl* co-star Lee Da-hae. He then starred in fantasy-action series *Blade Man* (2014) and romance drama *Bubble Gum* (2015).

Lee and comedian Shin Dong-yup took over as MCs of talk show *Strong Heart* from April 2012 to January 2013. Lee also joined the reality show *Roommate*, which aired from 2014 to 2015.

From 2016 to 2017, Lee starred alongside Gong Yoo in Kim Eun-sook's fantasy-romance drama *Guardian: The Lonely and Great God* playing a grim reaper. The drama was a hit, and along with its success, helped in the resurgence of Lee's acting career.

In 2018, Lee starred in the medical drama *Life* as a doctor who works at the ER Department.

In 2019, Lee starred in the romance comedy drama *Touch Your Heart* alongside *Guardian* co-star Yoo In-na, playing a workaholic lawyer. The same year, he was confirmed as the host for *Produce X101*, the fourth season of survival audition program *Produce 101*. He then starred in the thriller drama *Hell Is Other People* as a dentist. He also started hosting his own talk show, *Wook Talk*, to celebrate his 20th anniversary since debut.

In 2020, Lee was cast in the fantasy drama *The Tale of a Gumiho* as a nine-tailed fox who used to be a mountain god, and is now working as a civil servant.
In 2020, Lee was announced as one of the MC's of Produce 5201314.

## Filmography

### Film[edit]

* *Arang* (2006) (Role: Lee Hyun-ki)
* *The Perfect Couple* (2007) (Role: Kang Jae-hyuk)
* *Heartbreak Library* (2008) (Role: Kim Joon-oh)
* *The Recipe* (2010) (Role: Kim Hyun-soo)
* *The Beauty Inside* (2015) (Role: Kim Woo-jin)
* *Single in Seoul* (2021) (Role: Park Yeong-ho) (Notes: Filming)

### Television series[edit]

* *Sunday Best "Coaching"* (1999) (Network: KBS2) (Notes: Extra)
* *Best Theater "There's a world outside of the road"* (1999) (Role: Lee Sung-joon) (Network: MBC)
* *School 2* (1999-2000) (Role: Lee Kang-san) (Network: KBS1) (Notes: Ep. 32 to 42)
* *Secret* (2000) (Role: Kang Hyun-soo) (Network: MBC)
* *School 3* (2000-2001) (Role: Lee Kang-san) (Network: KBS1)
* *Family Month Special Drama* *"A Dreaming Family"* (2001) (Role: Hong-chan) (Network: KBS2)
* *Four Sisters* (2001) (Role: Lee Han-soo) (Network: MBC) (Notes: Ep. 1)
* *Golbangi* (2001) (Role: Lee Dong-wook) (Network: SBS) (Notes: Ep. 167 to 247
* *Best Theater "Fish at the End of the Sea"* (2001) (Role: Byung-se) (Network: MBC)
* *Pure Heart* (2001) (Role: Jang Ho-goo) (Network:: KBS2)
* *Drama City "Hide and Seek"* (2001) (Role: Detective Han) (Network: KBS2)
* *The Unstoppables* (2001) (Role: Park Sung-jin) (Network: SBS) (Notes: Ep. 252)
* *This Is Love* (2001-2002) (Role: Lee Jae-hyun) (Network: KBS1) (Notes: Ep. 46 to 172)
* *That's Perfect!* (2002) (Role: Lee Dong-wook) (Network: SBS) (Notes: Ep. 36 to 74)
* *Drama City* *"Happier Than Heaven"* (2002) (Role: Park Joon-young) (Network: KBS2)
* *Let's G*o (2002) (Role: Lee Dong-wook) (Network: SBS)
* *Loving You* (2002) (Role: Lee Min) (Network: KBS2)
* *Honest Living* (2002-2003) (Role: Lee Dong-wook) (Network: SBS)
* *Land of Wine* (2003) (Role: Song Do-il) (Network: SBS)

* *Merry Go Round* (2003-2004) (Role: Park Sung-pyo) (Network: MBC)
* *Island Village Teacher* (2004) (Role: Jang Jae-do) (Network: SBS)
* *Precious Family* (2004-2005) (Role: Ahn Jung-hwan) (Network: KBS2)
* *Hanoi Bride* (2005) (Role: Park Eun-woo) (Network: SBS)
* *My Girl* (2005-2006) (Role: Seol Gong-chan) (Network: SBS)
* *Bitter Sweet Life* (2008) (Role: Lee Joon-soo) (Network: MBC)
* *Partner* (2009) (Role: Lee Tae-jo) (Network: KBS2)

* *Scent of a Woman* (2011) (Role: Kang Ji-wook) (Network: SBS)
* *Wild Romance* (2012) (Role: Park Moo-yeol) (Network: KBS2)
* *The Fugitive of Joseon* (2013) (Role: Choi Won) (Network: KBS2)
* *The Story of Kang-goo* (2014) (Role: Kim Kyung-tae) (Network: SBS) (Notes: The world's first 3D television series)
* *Hotel King* (2014) (Role: Cha Jae-wan) (Network: MBC)
* *Blade Man* (2014) (Role: Joo Hong-bin) (Network: KBS2)
* *Bubble Gum* (2015) (Role: Park Ri-hwan) (Network: tvN)
* *Guardian: The Lonely and Great God* (2016-2017) (Role: Grim Reaper / Wang Yeo / Lee Hyuk) (Network: tvN)
* *Love Is* (2017) (Role: Lee Dong-wook) (Network: OnStyle) (Notes: Promotional web series produced for Tiffany & Co. Korea)
* *Life* (2018) (Role: Ye Jin-woo) (Network: JTBC)
* *Touch Your Heart* (2019) (Role: Kwon Jung-rok) (Network: tvN)
* *Search: WWW* (2019) (Role: Ta-mi's ex boyfriend) (Network: tvN) (Notes: Cameo, Ep. 7)
* *Hell Is Other People* (2019) (Role: Seo Moon-jo) (Network: OCN)
* *Tale of Gumiho* (2020) (Role: Lee Yeon) (Network: tvN)

### Theatre[edit]

* *Creative Show directed by Jang Jin* (Role: Theatre director) (Notes: Promotional performance produced for Samsung Galaxy Note)

### Hosting and Variety show[edit]

* *8th Jeonju International Film Festival Closing Ceremony* (2007) (Role: Host) (Notes: with So Yi-hyun May 4th)
* *Fun Economy to learn on TV - "Quiz Battle Economy Training School"* (2009) (Role: Host) (Network: KFN TV) (Notes: with On Joo-wan December 16th and 23rd)
* *2nd ROK-US Army band concert* (2010) (Role: Host) (with Yang Se-hyung March 25th)
* *6.25 war 60th anniversary Photo exhibition - "On the line"* (2010) (Role: Docent) (with Lee Joon-gi June 25th to August 20th)
* *Open pineapple - "Junior Quiz contest about Copyright Law"* (2010) (Role: Host) (Network: CMB) (Notes: with Han-young September 6th)
* *7th Korea Defense Daily Comrade Marathon* (2010) (Role: Host) (Notes: October 16th)
* *Culture is good* (2010-2011) (Role: Host) (Network: KFN TV) (Notes: with Boom 20 Jan 2010 to 6 Apr 2011)
* *ROK Army band concert with Daegu Citizens* (2011) (Role: Host) (Notes: with Kang Mi-kyung March 16th)
* *Cultural and Art performances with Chunma Army Base* (2011) (Role: Host) (Notes: April 1st)
* *Shin Mi-sik's NLL Photo Exhibit - "Colors of the Sea"* (2011) (Role: Docent) (with Lee Dong-gun April 21st to 24th)
* *2012 SBS Drama Awards* (2012) (Role: Host) (Network: SBS) (Notes: with Jung Ryeo-won December 31st)
* *Strong Heart* (2012-2013) (Role: Host) (Network: SBS) (Notes: with Shin Dong-yup April 10th to 12th February 2013)
* *Roommate* (2014-2015) (Role: Cast) (Network: SBS) (Notes: Season 1, 2 May 4th 2014 to April 14th 2015)
* *10th Seoul International Drama Awards* (2015) (Role: Host) (Network: MBC) (Notes: with Kim Jung-eun September 10th)
* *The Body Show 3: My Body Guard* (2016) (Role: Host) (Network: OnStyle) ( Notes: with Jo Yoon-hee, Jo Se-ho April 28th to June 30th)
* *Guardian: The Lonely and Great God Special* (2017) (Role: Host) (Network: tvN) (Notes: with Yoo In-na February 3rd to 4th)
* *6th Edaily W Festa (World Woman Forum 2017) Epilogue* (2017) (Role: Special Speaker) (Notes: with Kim Eun-sook October 25th)
* *Produce X 101* (2019) (Role: Host) (Network: Mnet)
* *Wook Talk* (2019-2020) (Role: Host) (Network: SBS) (with Jang Do-yeon and Jo Jung-shik)
* *Produce 5201314* (2020) (Role: Host) (Network: Mnet) (with Gong Yoo, Yoo Inna, Kim Heechul, Kim Goeun, Yook Sungjae, and Hirai Momo)

### Radio[edit]

* *Good Morning* (2009) (Network: Friends FM) (Notes: October 22nd to November 7th)

* *Kim Jeong-hoon's Vocie Mail - "Two Cynical Men's Talk"* (2009-2010) (Network: Friends FM) (with Kim Jeong-hoon once a week November 18th 2009 to March 25th 2010)
* *Kim Jae-won and Lee Dong-wook's The Heart you want to give, the story you want to hear* (2010) (Network: Friends FM) (Notes: with Kim Jae-won April 5th to November 26th)
* *Lee Dong-wook's On the air* (2017-2018) (Network: V LIVE) (Notes: every 12th day April 12th 2017 to January 12th 2018)

### Music Video Appearances[edit]

* *I Love You* (Lee Jae-hoon) (2005)
* *Bye Bye Bye* (Monday Kiz) (2005)
* *Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter* (Suho feat. Kim Tae-woo) (2006)
* *Lost in the Forest of Love* (Jed feat. Im Chang-jung) (2007)
* *Bad Boy* (Jed feat. Bobby Kim) (2007)
* *As Much as We Loved* (Suho feat. Park Sang-joon) (2008)
* *Missed Call* (Suho feat. Kim Bum-soo) (2009)
* *Dandelion* (Zozo feat. Park Ji-heon) (Notes: Also directed this music video)
* *Replay* (Kim Dong-ryool) (2010)
* *Cosmic Girl* (Kim Tae-woo) (2013)
* *I Still* (SoYou, Sung Si-kyung) (2017)