| Lee Yeong-hoon | |||||||||
| Othername: | Lee Young-hoon Lee Yeong-hun Lee Yeoung-hun | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 14 December 1982 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Gwangju, South Korea | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor | ||||||||
| Yearsactive: | 2001–present | ||||||||
| Agent: | Sim Entertainment | ||||||||
| Website: | leeyounghun.com | ||||||||
| Education: | Suwon Science College - Broadcasting | ||||||||
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Lee Yeong-hoon (born December 14, 1982) is a South Korean actor.
Lee Yeong-hoon began his acting career after joining the MBC Academy while in high school. Some of his peers at academy also went on to future stardom, such as Jo In-sung and Lee So-yeon.
In 2001, at the age of 19, Lee made his acting debut win the short film Good Romance, directed by filmmaker Leesong Hee-il. Lee entered Suwon Science College as a Broadcasting major, and he performed numerous times on stage while at university.
Upon his discharge from mandatory military service, Leesong Hee-il again cast Lee, this time in the leading role in the indie feature No Regret. An attempt to realistically portray the lifestyle of a young gay man working in the host club industry, No Regret became a ground-breaking film in Korean queer cinema.[1] It traveled the film festival circuit, screening to packed audiences at the 2006 Busan International Film Festival. Lee won Best New Actor at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards,[2] and he appeared in his first commercial in 2007 for McDonald's.
This was followed by his first major commercial film, the 2008 horror-thriller The Guard Post.[3] Lee was praised by The Korea Times for "shining brightly" in his role as the prime suspect in a massacre of 20 soldiers in the DMZ,[4] and received Best New Actor nominations from the Blue Dragon Film Awards and Korean Film Awards.[5]
Lee continues to star in independent films, including romance drama Ride Away and hip hop-themed The Beat Goes On.[6]
| width=10 | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Good Romance | Won-kyu | short film | |
| 2006 | No Regret | Lee Soo-min | ||
| 2008 | The Guard Post | Corporal Kang Jin-won | ||
| Ride Away | Kim Soo-wook | |||
| 2010 | One Night Stand | Male college student | cameo (first segment) | |
| Break Away | Kang Jae-hoon | |||
| Trouble Shooter | Park Hyung-joon ("Psycho") | |||
| 2012 | The Beat Goes On | Kim Min-soo ("Mad Dog") | ||
| Just Friends | Shim Jae-wook | |||
| The Traffickers | Dae-woong | |||
| 2013 | Top Star | "Song of the Sun" gunman 2 | ||
| 2014 | Girls, Girls, Girls | Hyeon-soo | ||
| 2015 | Coin Locker | Sang-pil |
| width=10 | Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Her Style | Kim Jong-tae | KBS N | |
| 2011 | Detectives in Trouble | Kim Young-tae (guest) | KBS2 | |
| 2013 | Blue Tower Zero | Lee Young-hoon | tvN | |
| 2015 | KBS Drama Special "The Wind Blows to the Hope" | Bang Dae-sik | KBS2 |
| width=10 | Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Virtuous Burglar | |||
| 어둠의 힘 | |||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | |||
| Three Sisters |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best New Actor | No Regret | ||
| 2007 | Best New Actor (Film) | |||
| 2008 | Best New Actor | The Guard Post | ||
| Best New Actor |