Lee Hwi-jae

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Hwi-jae (born Lee Young-jae on December 29, 1972) is a South Korean TV presenter, comedian, actor, and singer.^[3] Lee studied theater at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, then made his TV debut in 1992 as a comedian after working as a floor director for MBC's entertainment program Sunday, Sunday Night. He shot to stardom in the program Life Theater. Since then, he has expanded his career to hosting variety shows such as Sang Sang Plus, Sponge and Quiz to Change the World.^[4] He was the third highest-paid entertainer at MBC in 2008, earning ₩574.5 million.^[5]

Lee Hwi-jae (이휘재)
Born	Lee Young-jae (1972-12-29) December 29, 1972 (age 51) Mungyeong County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Alma mater	Seoul Institute of the Arts
Occupations	Actor Host Singer Comedian
Years active	1992–present
Agent	Cube Entertainment[1][2]
Korean name
Hangul	이휘재
Hanja	李輝宰
Revised Romanization	I Hwi-jae
McCune–Reischauer	I Hwichae
Birth name
Hangul	이영재
Hanja	李永宰
Revised Romanization	I Yeong-jae
McCune–Reischauer	I Yŏngchae

Personal life

Hwi-jae married florist Moon Jeong-won at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on December 5, 2010.^[6][7][8][9] Their twin sons, Lee Seo-eon and Lee Seo-jun, were born on March 15, 2013.^[10][11] He and his twins appeared in the variety show The Return of Superman from November 3, 2013 – April 14, 2018.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
1994	Guy Kim	MBC
1995	Three Color Friendship: "It’s Suffering for Seniors"	SBS
	To Make a Man	KBS2
1996	Reporting for Duty
	Lee Hwi-jae's: Macho Commando	SBS
1998	Three Guys and Three Girls	MBC
1999	My Love Han Ji-soon	SBS
2000	Cool Guys	KBS2	2000–2001
2003	Go Mom Go!		2003–2004
2004	Old Miss Diary
2005	Banjun Drama	SBS
	Lawyers	MBC
	Hello Franceska 3		cameo
	Look Back With a Smile	KBS2
2011	The Greatest Love	MBC
2013	Royal Villa	jTBC
2016	Listen to Love	jTBC
2017	Go Back[12]	KBS2

Film

Year	Title	Film Production	Notes	Ref.
1992	Bloody Fight for Revenge
1993	빛나리랑 영자랑 휘재랑
1995	멀고 먼 해후
1996	Albatross
1997	Hallelujah
2000	The Picture Diary
2003	Singles		cameo
2006	Old Miss Diary – Movie
2011	초대받지 못한 손님

Variety Show

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
1993	Life Theater	MBC	1993–1994, 1997
	Baby Face Club
1994	오늘은 좋은 날 – 큰 집 사람들
1999	Nam Hee-seok and Lee Hwi-jae's Wonderful Encounter	SBS	1999–2000
	Nam Hee-seok and Lee Hwi-jae's 한국이 보인다	KBS2
2000	한국이 보인다		2000–2001
	Bank		2000–2002
2001	Beautiful Sunday	SBS
	Lee and Yoo's Night	KBS2	2001–2002
	Super TV Sunday Fun
2003	Sponge		2003–2012
2004	Healthy Men and Women	SBS
	Star Olympiad
	Medical Non-Fiction! Last Warning
	M Countdown	Mnet	2004–2005
	Sang Sang Plus	KBS2	2004–2008
2008	We Got Married – Season 1	MBC	2008–2009
	Quiz to Change the World			[4][13]
	1000 Songs Challenge	SBS		[14]
2009	Hunters	MBC	2009–2010
	I Have an Uncle	KBS2
	Determine Women's Ranks	QTV	2009–2011
2010	Heroes	SBS	2010–2011
	Eco House	MBC
2011	Secret	KBS2
	Birth of a Family		2011–2012
2012	Diamond Girl	QTV		[15]
	We Are Detectives	jTBC	2012–2013
2013	Extreme 7	MBC Every1
	Super Match	SBS
	Diet Master	StoryOn		[16]
	Vitamin	KBS2	2013–2017	[17]
	Super Dog
	The Return of Superman		2013–2018	[18][19][20]
	The Victory with Doctors	jTBC
	Happy Together		Guest, with Tablo, Seong-hoon & Hyun-sung	[21]
2014	Beauty Shop	Channel A
2015	Match Made in Heaven Returns	MBC Every1	MC, with Leeteuk	[22]
2016	Battle Trip	KBS	MC, 2016–2019	[23][24]
	Vocal War: God's Voice	SBS	Co-host with Sung Si-kyung	[25]
2021	Blindly Commerce	Channel A	Host	[26]
2021	The Man Who Writes a Wife Card	TV Chosun	Host	[27]
2021	Tomorrow's Baseball King	Channel A	Host	[28]
2021	Battle in the Box	MBN	Host	[29]

Hosting Events

Year	Event	Hosts	Notes	Ref.
2005	11th Korea Musical Awards
	4th KBS Entertainment Awards
2006	5th KBS Entertainment Awards
2007	43rd Paeksang Arts Awards
	Baseball Golden Glove Awards
	SBS Gayo Daejeon
2008	SBS Entertainment Awards
2009	1st 대한민국 희극인의 날
	MBC Drama Awards
2010	46th Paeksang Arts Awards	with Kim Ah-joong
2011	2011 KBS Music Festival
2012	48th Paeksang Arts Awards	with Kim Ah-joong		[30]
	MBC Gayo Daejejeon
2013	25th Korea PD Awards
	2nd APAN Star Awards	with Park So-yeon		[31]
	2013 KBS Music Festival	with Bae Suzy and Yoon Shi-yoon		[32]
	2013 SBS Drama Awards	with Lee Bo-young and Kim Woo-bin
2014	2014 SBS Drama Awards	with Park Shin-hye and Park Seo-joon		[33]
	2014 KBS Music Festival	with Ok Taec-yeon and Im Yoon-ah		[34]
2016	2016 SBS Drama Awards	with Bang Min-ah and Jang Geun-suk
	2016 KBS Entertainment Awards	with Lee Hye-ri and Yoo Hee-yeol

Discography

Album

Year	Album	Details	Certification	Ref.
1995	An Experience	—	—
1997	Rebirth	—	—

Song Contribution

Year	Track	Album	Artist	Notes	Ref.
2000	"Smile"	Live in Concert	Yurisangja
	"축복해요"	Imagine	Song Eun-i
2003	"2 Man Show"	Smile	Lena Park

Musical Theatre

• March! Waikiki Brothers (2006)

Book

• 별난 사람들의 별나지 않은 그 집 이야기 (2010)

Awards and nominations

Year presented, name of the award ceremony, award category, nominated works and the result of the nomination

Year	Award	Category	Nominated works	Result	Ref.
2009	MBC Entertainment Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	—	Nominated	[35]
2010		Best MC Award (with Park Mi-sun & Kim Gura)	Quiz to Change the World	Won	[36]
2011	SBS Entertainment Awards	Netizen Popularity Award	1000 Song Challenge	Nominated	[37]
2013	KBS Entertainment Awards	Producer's Special Award	The Return of Superman	Won	[38]
2014		Popularity Award ( Hwi-jae's Twins with Sarang & Haru)		Won	[39]
		Producer's Special Award (with Song Il-gook)		Won
2015		Grand Prize (Daesang)	The Return of Superman, Vitamin	Won	[40]
2016				Nominated	[41]

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External links

• Lee Hwi-jae Fan Cafe at Daum (in Korean)
• Lee Hwi-jae at HanCinema