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Lee Dong-Wook is a famous South Korean actor, model, host and entertainer. Lee Dong-Wook is currently famous for his roles in the fantasy dramas “Goblin” and “Tale of the Nine-Tailed.” Apart from this, the veteran actor has worked in around 40 television series and 5 films in total from 1999 to 2020.
Early life and childhood
Lee Dong-Wook was born on November 6, 1981and is currently 41 years. He comes from Seoul, South Korea. Likewise, his name is written in Korean as 이동욱 and in Hanja as 李棟旭.
Talking about his educational background, he enrolled in Joongbu University in 2005 and majored in broadcasting media and arts.
Awards
The talented actor received the V-NESS Screen Award early in his career in 1999. This was supported by the SBS Drama, New Star Award for his role in ‘Land of Wine’.
He even became Asia’s Most Attractive Actor and the Grand Prize (Cultural Diplomacy) at the 8th Cosmo Beauty Awards and 18th Han II Cultural Awards ceremonies, respectively.
Likewise, her performance in the series ‘Scent of a Woman’ earned her the Top Excellence Award and Top 10 Stars at the SBS Drama Awards ceremony in 2011.
He received the award for Best New Actor (MC) and Best Couple (with Shin Dong-yup) at the SBS Entertainment Awards in 2012 for his role as MC in ‘Strong Heart’.
Additionally, she received the Fashionista Award in recognition of her overall performance at the 9th Asia Model Festival awards ceremony in 2014.
In 2017, he won Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Annual Drama Fever Awards Ceremony for his role in ‘Guardian: The Lonely and Great God’.
Personal life
Lee Dong-Wook enlisted in the military in August 2009. He was 27 years old at the time of enlistment. In addition, the actor worked in the National Defense Public Relations Service. Later, in June 2011, the actor was discharged from military service.
Talking about the actor’s relationship status, he is most likely single currently.
There have been no confirmed romantic relationships linked to the actor and he has also not shared any photos indicating or confirming his romantic adventures on the internet. He might also be busy with his acting and modeling schedules to focus on dating.
Professional life
Professionally, Lee Dong-Wook is a popular South Korean actor, model, entertainer, and host.
He is most popular for his leading roles in television dramas such as My Girl, Scent of a Woman, The Fugitive from Joseon, King Hotel, Guardian: The Great and Lonely God, Life, Touch Your Heart, Hell is Other People and Tale of the Nine Tails.
In recent years, he gained immense fame for his role as the grim reaper in the drama. Elf (also called Guardian: The Great and Solitary God).
Likewise, he also hosted the talk show Strong Heart from 2012 to 2013, the boy group survival reality show. Produce X 101 in 2019, and also his American-style talk show. Talk Wook in 2019.
Goblin – Net worth 2023
Moving on, he has an estimated net worth of approximately $10 million.
Subtitle: Lee Dong-Wook on K-drama poster Life. Source: Instagram
The beginning
Lee Dong-wook made his acting debut in the 1999 KBS2 drama. Sunday Best “Coaching” and MBC dramas Best Theater “There is a world off the road” playing the role of Lee Sung-Joon.
The latter is a single episode drama. She landed the role after winning the grand prize at the V-NESS modeling contest the same year.
The PD proceeded to cast him in the teen drama. school 2 which aired between 1999 and 2000 on KBS1. In this drama, he played the role of Lee Kang-san. She then began to gain fame and recognition with her acting in school 3.
Furthermore, he rose to stardom with My girlfriend. It is a 2005 romantic comedy that became a hit during its run both domestically and throughout Asia. This ultimately made him a star of the Korean Wave.
More TV shows and movies
Since then, he has appeared in a total of 40 television series and 5 films.
The five films he starred in are Arang in 2006 as Lee Hyun Ki; The perfect couple in 2007 as Kang Jae-hyuk; Angst Library in 2008 as Kim Joon-oh; The recipe in 2010 as Kim Hyun-soo; and The inner beauty in 2015 as Kim Woo-jin.
Furthermore, he also appeared in film noir. bitter and sweet life, comedy drama in court Couple, melodrama Women perfume, baseball romantic comedy Wild romance, period thriller The Joseon Fugitive, and revenge drama King Hotel.
In king hotel, reunited with her My Girl co-star Lee Da-Hae. Furthermore, the noted actor also appeared in the action-fantasy series. sword man and romantic drama Gum.
He also worked together with comedian Shin Dong-yup as a talk show host. Strong heart from April 2012 to January 2013. Later he also joined the reality show Roommate which aired from 2014 to 2015.
From 2016 to 2017, he rose to global fame again with the drama. Elf alias Guardian: The great and lonely God. It is Kim Eun-sook’s fantasy romantic drama.
Additionally, Dong-Wook worked alongside Gong Yoo and played the role of a grim reaper. She also played the dual role of the characters Wang Yeo, from the past, and Kim Woo Bin from the present.
Caption: Lee Dong-Wook photographed with the other male leads of the K-drama Elf. Source: Pinterest
More details
Then in 2018, Lee Dong-wook starred in the medical drama. Life. His role in this drama is that of a doctor who works in the emergency department.
Later in 2019, she starred in the romantic comedy-drama. touch your heart with his co-star Elf Yoo In-na. For this drama, he played the role of a workaholic lawyer.
The same year, he became the host of Produce X101. It is the fourth season of the popular survival audition show. Produce 101.
After this, he starred in the suspense drama. Hell is other people as a dentist and also hosted his talk show called Wook speaks. He hosted his talk show to celebrate his 20th anniversary since his acting debut.
At the time of writing this biography (November 2020), he plays the role of Lee Yeon in the fantasy drama. Tale of the Nine Tails. Lee Yeon is a nine-tailed fox, an ancient mountain spirit and guardian of Baekdudaegan.
This interesting drama also stars popular actors such as Kim Bum, Jo Bo-Ah, Kim Jung-nan, Lee Tae-Ri, Hwang Hee, and Kim Yong-Ji, among many others.
Subtitle: Lee Dong-Wook on the K-drama Tale of the Nine-Tailed poster. Source: allkpop
Lee Dong-Wook – Body Measurements
Lee Dong-Wook has a height of 184 cm or 6 feet. Likewise, his weight is around 72 kg. Apart from this, there is no information about his chest-waist-hip measurements, biceps, dress size, shoe size, etc. Additionally, he has dark brown hair and eyes of the same color.
Lee Dong Wook – Social Networks
Speaking of his visibility on social media, Lee Dong-wook is available on the photo-sharing app Instagram with the username @leedongwook_official.
At the time of writing this biography (November 2020), the actor has shared 722 posts and has gained more than 8.3 million followers. Likewise, he also has a Facebook page with more than 325,000 followers currently. It is also available on Weibo.
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