Lee Min-ho
Biography
Lee Min‑ho (Hangul: 이민호; hanja: 李敏鎬), born 22 June 1987 in Seoul, South Korea, is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He first achieved widespread fame in 2009 portraying Gu Jun‑pyo in the television drama Boys Over Flowers, a performance that earned him the Best New Actor award in the television category at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. He consolidated his reputation as a leading man with the series City Hunter (2011), for which he received nominations for Most Popular Actor in television at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards and for Outstanding Korean Actor at the 7th Seoul International Drama Awards, and with The Heirs (2013), which brought another nomination for Most Popular Actor. His career includes more than thirty credited roles.
Career overview
Lee Min‑ho, born on 22 June 1987 in Seoul, South Korea, began his career as an actor, singer and model. He first achieved widespread fame in 2009 when he portrayed Gu Jun‑pyo in the television drama Boys Over Flowers. The performance earned him the Best New Actor award in the television category at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards, marking his emergence as a prominent figure in Korean popular culture.
Following that breakthrough, Lee solidified his reputation as a leading‑man through a series of successful television series. In 2011 he starred in City Hunter, a role that brought nominations for Most Popular Actor in the television category at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards and for Outstanding Korean Actor at the 7th Seoul International Drama Awards. He continued his ascent with The Heirs in 2013, which generated an additional nomination for Most Popular Actor. These successive projects and recognitions have established Lee Min‑ho as one of South Korea’s most recognized television actors.
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- Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy (2025) as Yu Jung-hyeok
- When the Stars Gossip (2025) as Gong Ryong
- Salon Drip (2023) as Self
- Pachinko (2022) as Hansu
- Who Am I? (2021) as Host
- Lee Min Ho Vs Lee Seung Gi (2021) as Lee Mi Ho
- The King: Eternal Monarch (2020) as Lee Gon
- You Quiz on the Block (2018) as Self
- DMZ, The Wild (2017) as Narrator
- The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) as Heo Joon-jae / Kim Dam-ryung
- Seven First Kisses (2016) as Lee Min-Ho
- Bounty Hunters (2016) as Lee San
- Gangnam Blues (2015) as Kim Jong-dae
- Summer Love (2015) as Min Ho
- Line Romance (2014) as Min Ho
- The Heirs (2013) as Kim Tan
- The Great Doctor (2012) as Choi Young
- City Hunter (2011) as Lee Yun Seong
- The One & Only (2011) as Lee Joon / Lee Kwon
- Personal Taste (2010) as Jeon Jin-ho
- Boys Over Flowers (2009) as Gu Jun-pyo
- Public Enemy Returns (2008) as Jung Ha-yeon
- Our School's E.T. (2008) as Oh Sang-hoon
- I am Your Teacher (2007) as Heo Mo-Se
- Mackerel Run (2007) as Cha Gong-chan
- Secret Campus (2006) as Park Doo-hyun
- Recipe of Love (2005) as Waiter
- Romance (2002) as Troubled student
- Virtual Love as Cha Wook-hyun
- The Assassin(s)