Lee Beom-soo

This article is about the actor. For the footballer, see Lee Bum-soo.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Beom-soo (born October 16, 1969) is a South Korean actor. He is well known for his role in Singles (2003), Giant (2010), On Air (2008), Surgeon Bong Dal-hee (2007), as well as in History of a Salaryman (2012).

Lee Beom-soo
Born	(1969-10-16) October 16, 1969 (age 55) Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Alma mater	Chung-ang University
Years active	1990–present
Agent	Y1 Entertainment[1]
Spouse	Lee Yoon-jin ​ ​ (m. 2010; sep. 2024)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	이범수
Hanja	李凡秀
Revised Romanization	I Beom-su
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Pŏmsu

Career

Lee enrolled in the Department of Theater at Chung-ang University in Seoul in 1988.^[2] He made his acting debut in the 1990 film Kurae, Kakkumun Hanulul Boja (Yes, Let’s Look Up At the Sky Now and Again).^[3] Following his debut, he appeared in films including The Ginkgo Bed, City of the Rising Sun, The Anarchists, Jungle Juice and Wet Dreams, but it was the 2003 film Singles that made him rise to stardom.^[3] The Korean press has dubbed him "The Little Giant of Chungmuro" (Korean equivalent of Hollywood). He received a 2011 Seoul Art & Culture Award for best TV drama actor for his role in Giant.^[4]

Personal life

Relationships

In 2003, Lee married a college classmate, but got divorced after 5 months of marriage. It was reported that the reason for divorce was familial conflict, financial disputes, and differences in personality. However, it is said that the two did not register their marriage, so there were no issues to their family register.^[5]

In May 2010, he married a former news anchor and English interpreter, Lee Yoon-jin, 14 years his junior.^[3] Shortly after the May wedding ceremony, they announced that they were expecting their first child. Their daughter, Lee So-eul, was born on March 1, 2011.^[6][7] On February 21, 2014, their son, Lee Da-eul was born.^[8]

On March 16, 2024, after 14 years of marriage, Lee's agency Y1 Entertainment confirmed reports of him and his wife's separation and that the couple were in the process of negotiating their divorce.^[9] They are currently involved in a divorce dispute, with his wife taking to social media to accuse the actor of being unfaithful and uncooperative with divorce proceedings. She also alleged that he is preventing her from seeing their son. Their son currently resides with Lee in Seoul, while their daughter resides with his wife in Bali. Through a statement released by his agency, Lee denied his estranged wife's claims.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes /Ref(s).
2024	The Roundup: Punishment	Jang Tae-soo	[14]
2023	The Roundup: No Way Out	Jang Tae-soo	[15]
2022	20th Century Girl	School teacher	Special appearance; Netflix film[16]
Come Back Home	Kang Don	[17][18]
2019	Race to Freedom	Hwang Jae-ho
2018	Unfinished	Oh Young-min
2016	Foolish Plans	Cha Byung-Hyun
	Operation Chromite	Lim Gye-Jin
	Unforgettable	Yong-chul (cameo)
2015	The Beauty Inside	Woo-jin
2014	The Divine Move	Sal-soo
2013	Iris 2	Yoo Jung-won
	Three Mirrors	Director
2012	Over My Dead Body	Baek Hyun-chul
2009	The Descendants of Hong Gil-dong	Hong Moo-hyuk
	The Weird Missing Case of Mr.J	Jung Seung-pil
	More Than Blue	Cha Ju-hwan
	Lifting King Kong	Lee Ji-bong
2008	Death Bell	Hwang Chang-ok
2007	Project Makeover	Oh Tae-hoon (cameo)
2006	My Wife is a Gangster 3	Ki-chul
	200 Pounds Beauty	hit taxi driver (cameo)
	Mission Sex Control	Byeon Suk-gu
	The City of Violence	Pil-ho
	Forbidden Quest	Gwang-heon
2005	Lee Dae-ro Can't Die	Lee Dae-ro
	She's on Duty	detective (cameo)
2004	Superstar Mr. Gam	Gam Sa-yong
	Au Revoir, UFO	Sang-hyun
2003	Please Teach Me English	subway passenger (cameo)
	Oh! Brothers	Oh Bong-goo
	Singles	Jeong-jun
2002	The Romantic President	bum in subway station (cameo)
	Make It Big	Ji-hyeong
	Wet Dreams	Byung-chul
	Jungle Juice	Cheol-su
2001	Very good	Photographer
	One Fine Spring Day
	Bungee Jumping of Their Own	Lee Dae-geun
2000	Just Do It!	Won Kwang-tae
	Anarchists	Dol-seok
1999	Love
	A Growing Business
	City of the Rising Sun	Byeong-guk
1998	If the Sun Rises in the West
	Scent of a Man
	The Soul Guardians
1997	The Contact
	Lam ent
1996	Ghost Mamma
	The Gingko Bed
1995	A Hot Roof
1991	Teenage Coup
1990	Well, Sometimes Let's Look at the Sky

Television series

Lee Beom-soo at the Iris II: New Generation shooting in Hungary, 2012 November

Year	Title	Role
2021	Dramaworld 2	Vampire Head (Cameo)
2020	Private Lives	Choi Yong Jin (ep16)
2016	Moorim School: Saga of the Brave	Wang Hao (cameo)
2015	Last	Kwak Heung-sam
2014	Triangle	Jang Dong-soo
2013	Prime Minister & I	Prime Minister Kwon Yool
	Iris II: New Generation	Yoo Joong-won
2012	Dr. Jin	Lee Ha-weung
	History of a Salaryman	Yoo Bang
2010	Giant	Lee Kang-Mo
2008	On Air (SBS, 2008)[19]	Jang Ki-joon
2007	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee	Ahn Joong-geun
	If in Love... Like Them
1999	Love Story Ep 2 "Message"

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2023	Villains	Cha Ki-tae	[20]
TBA	Mercy For None	Shim Seong-won	[21]

Variety show

Year	Title	Role	Episode
2016	The Return of Superman	Himself, with his children	117-182
2020	Sea Police 2	Main cast	1-6

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title
2006	SG Wannabe	"Precious History"
2007	SG Wannabe	"Arirang"
	Brown Eyes	"Already One Year"
	Kim Jong-wook	"Bad Guy"
2011	WE	"The Rain"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work
2006	5th Korea Film Awards	the best supporting actor award	The City of Violence
	14th Chunsa Film Festival	the best supporting actor award
2007	44th Grand Bell Awards[22]	Popularity Award	The City of Violence
	43rd Baeksang Arts Awards[22]	Popularity Award	Surgeon Bong Dal-hee
	SBS Drama Awards[22]	Best Couple Award with Lee Yo-won
		Top Ten Star Award
		Producers' Choice Award
	1st Korea Movie Star Awards	special actor award	200 Pounds Beauty
2008	Mnet 20's Choice Awards	Hot Male Drama Star	On Air
2009	29th The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	the best actor award	Lifting King Kong
	32nd KOREA Gold Awards Festival	the Best Male Actor Popularity Award
2010	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellent Award, Special Planning Drama-Actor	Giant
		Top Ten Star Award
	18th KOREA culture & entertainment Awards	Talent section acting award
2011	Seoul Art & Culture Awards	Drama section best acting award
2013	KBS Drama Awards	Best Couple Award with Im Yoona	Prime Minister & I
2016	KBS Entertainment Awards	Top Excellent Award, variety show Actor	The Return of Superman
	53rd DAEJONG FILM AWARD	Hana financial Group Popularity Award	Operation Chromite
2018	26th Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards[23]	Best Actor	Unfinished

Notes

References

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External links

• Lee Beom-soo at IMDb
• Lee Beom-soo at HanCinema
• Lee Beom-soo at the Korean Movie Database