Lee Won-keun

Lee Won-geun
Lee Won-geun
	Lee Won-geun in 2017
Born	June 27, 1991 (age 33); South Korea
Education	Konkuk University – Film Studies
Occupations	Actor; model;
Years active	2012–present
Agent	YooBorn Company
Korean name
Hangul	이원근
Hanja	李源根
Revised Romanization	I Won-geun
McCune–Reischauer	I Wŏnkŭn

Lee Won-geun (born June 27, 1991) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in the 2012 popular historical television drama Moon Embracing the Sun (2012) and is best known for starring in the high school drama Cheer Up! (2015) and One the Woman (2021), as well as the film Misbehavior (2017).^[1]^[2]

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Lee mandatory military service on June 13, 2019, in the National Police Agency Compulsory Police Sugyeong Military Service and was discharged from the conscripted police on January 7, 2021.^[3]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Adonis
2016	The Net	Oh Jin-woo		^[4]
2016	Broken	Ji-hoon	Mini Cinema	^[5]
2017	Misbehavior	Jae-ha		^[2]
2018	In Between Seasons	Yong-joon		^[6]
	Wretches	Jae-young		^[7]
	Feng Shui	King Heonjong		^[8]
2019	Rosebud	Myung-hwan (young)		^[9]
2019	Bring Me Home	Seung-hyun		^[10]

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Television series

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Moon Embracing the Sun	Kim Jae-woon (young)		^[11]
2012	Phantom	Kwon Do-young		^[12]
2013	Pure Love	Choi Joon-young		^[13]
2013	Passionate Love	Kang Moo-yeol (young)		^[14]
2014	12 Years Promise	Yoo Joon-soo (young)		^[15]
	Drama Festival – "The Diary of Heong Yeong-dang"	Kim Hong-yeon	One-act drama	^[16]
	Secret Door	Kim Moon		^[17]
2015	Hyde Jekyll, Me	Lee Eun-chang		^[18]
2015	Cheer Up!	Kim Yeol		^[19]
2016	The Good Wife	Lee Joon-ho		^[20]
2017	Queen of Mystery	Hong Joon-oh		^[21]
	JTBC Drama Festa – "A Person You Could Know"	Kim Jin-Young		^[22]
	Jugglers	Hwangbo Yul		^[23]
2018	KBS Drama Special – "Too Bright for Romance"	Hamburger place employee	One act-drama	^[24]
2021	One the Woman	Ahn Yoo-jun		^[25]
2022	A Superior Day	Kwon Si-woo		^[26]

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Web series

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Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2014	Longing for Spring	Seo Geun-tae	^[27]
2016	Thumping Spike 2	Dong Hae-sung	^[28]

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Television shows

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Celebrity Bromance	Cast Member	Season 7 with N	^[29]

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Music video

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Year	Song Title	Artist	Ref.
2012	"None Other Than You"	Jang Jae-in	^{[citation needed]}

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Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2016	Best New Actor	The Net	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}
Buil Film Awards	2017	Best New Actor	Misbehavior	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}
Chunsa Film Awards	2017	Best New Actor	Misbehavior	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}
KBS Drama Awards	2015	Best New Actor	Cheer Up!	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}
		Popularity Award, Actor	Cheer Up!	Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Lee Won-keun (with Jeong Eun-ji) Cheer Up!	Nominated
Oporto International Film Festival	2017	Directors Week Best Actor Award	The Net	Won	^[30]
SBS Drama Awards	2021	Excellence Award for an Actor in a Mini-Series Romance/Comedy Drama	One the Woman	Nominated	^[31]
The Seoul Awards	2017	Best New Actor	Misbehavior	Nominated	^{[citation needed]}

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[1]
Oh, Ara (March 24, 2015). "BNT Interview: Lee Won Geun, "How Are My Eyes?"". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
[2]
"Rookie actor finds fitting debut role : Lee Won-keun found that vulnerability was a strength in 'Misbehavior'". Korea JoongAng Daily. January 31, 2017.
[3]
Kim, Yu-rim (January 7, 2021). "이원근 전역… "의무경찰, 뜻 깊었다" [Lee Won-geun's entire... "Compulsory police, it was meaningful] (in Korean). Money S. Retrieved September 9, 2022 – via Naver.
[4]
"Lee Won-geun to star in Kim Ki-duk's "The Net" with Ryoo Seung-bum". HanCinema. JoyNews. February 25, 2016.
[5]
"차진영감독 단편영화 <기억의 단편>". NAVER TV - Mini Cinema (in Korean). 8 October 2016.
[6]
"[SE★인터뷰] '환절기' 이원근, "배종옥·지윤호와 호흡하면서 찍은 영화...신기한 경험"". SE Daily (in Korean). February 27, 2018.
[7]
"Lee Won-keun goes back to school : The actor will soon appear in 'Wretches' as a victim of school bullying". Korea JoongAng Daily. February 27, 2018.
[8]
"Moon Chae-won, Lee Won-geun and Kim Min-jae join film". Korea JoongAng Daily. July 14, 2017.
[9]
"YOO Ho-jeong, PARK Sung-woong Lead YOUR NAME IS ROSE". Korean Film Biz Zone. January 26, 2016.
[10]
"[공식]'나를 찾아줘' 이영애, 13년만의 복귀..유재명· 이원근· 박해준 합세". Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). May 16, 2018.
[11]
이원근 1분 효과, 해품달 미친존재감 관심폭주 '저 미남 누구야?'. Newsen (in Korean). January 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
[12]
"이원근, '유령' 단 10초로 미친존재감 과시 '눈빛연기 장난 아냐'". TV Report (in Korean). July 13, 2012.
[13]
"'해품달' 이원근 KBS '일말의순정' 주인공 출연 '첫 시트콤'". Newsen (in Korean). December 27, 2012.
[14]
"Girls' Generation Seohyun and Lee Won-geun". HanCinema. Star MK. September 12, 2013.
[15]
"윤소희·이원근, JTBC 새주말극 캐스팅..'19세 커플'로 호흡". edaily (in Korean). January 29, 2014.
[16]
"임주환·이원근, MBC '형영당일기'서 호흡…퀴어 사극 도전". My Daily (in Korean). September 15, 2014.
[17]
"'비밀의문' 이원근 등장에 시청자 환호 '꽃미남 누구?'". TV Report (in Korean). November 14, 2018.
[18]
"'하이드 지킬,나' 혜리·이원근, 상큼 발랄 '비타민 커플' 포착!". Herald POP (in Korean). March 26, 2015.
[19]
"Jung Eun-ji and Lee Won-geun cast for upcoming KBS drama "Cheeky Go Go"". HanCinema. Star MBN. September 9, 2015.
[20]
"[단독] 이원근, '굿와이프' 합류..전도연 라이벌役". Osen (in Korean). April 12, 2016.
[21]
"'Mystery' Lee Wongeun is too cute to be a chief constable!". KBS World. April 7, 2017.
[22]
"[단독] 이원근, 소시 수영과 웹드 '알 수도 있는 사람' 호흡". Osen (in Korean). April 18, 2017.
[23]
"Choi Daniel, Baek Jin Hee, Kang Hye Jeong, Lee Won Keun cast in new drama 'Jugglers.'". KBS World. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
[24]
"유영은 PD, 처음이지만 노련하다 [M+안윤지의 PICK터뷰]". Maeil Broadcasting Network (in Korean). November 19, 2018.
[25]
Jeong Hee-yeon (June 18, 2021). "SBS '원 더 우먼' 이하늬X이상윤X진서연X이원근 확정 [공식]" [SBS 'One The Woman' Honey Lee X Lee Sang-yoon X Jin Seo-yeon X Lee Won-geun Confirmed [Official]] (in Korean). sports.donga. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Naver.
[26]
Shin Young-eun (November 12, 2021). "우월한 하루' 진구·하도권·이원근, 캐스팅 확정 [공식]" ['Superior Day' Jin Goo, Ha Do-kwon, and Lee Won-geun Confirm Casting [Official]] (in Korean). Maeil Business News. Retrieved November 16, 2021 – via Naver.
[27]
"이원근, '그리다 봄' 주인공으로 발탁…송지은과 호흡 맞춘다". Sports Khan (in Korean). October 26, 2014.
[28]
"'Thumping Spike 2' will continue its touching story passed down from the prequel". HanCinema. Kookje. July 22, 2016.
[29]
"[V Report] VIXX's N, Lee Won-geun show off 'bromance'". Kpop Herald. June 8, 2016.
[30]
"'The Net' honored at Portuguese film festival". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 23, 2017.
[31]
Lee Seung-gil (December 31, 2021). "김주헌·진서연·안효섭·이솜, 우수연기상 수상 [2021 SBS 연기대상]" [Kim Joo-heon, Jin Seo-yeon, Ahn Hyo-seop, Esom, Excellence in Acting Award [2021 SBS Drama Awards]] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

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[1] [1]
Oh, Ara (March 24, 2015). "BNT Interview: Lee Won Geun, "How Are My Eyes?"". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-05-05.

[mis-2] [2]
"Rookie actor finds fitting debut role : Lee Won-keun found that vulnerability was a strength in 'Misbehavior'". Korea JoongAng Daily. January 31, 2017.

[3] [3]
Kim, Yu-rim (January 7, 2021). "이원근 전역… "의무경찰, 뜻 깊었다" [Lee Won-geun's entire... "Compulsory police, it was meaningful] (in Korean). Money S. Retrieved September 9, 2022 – via Naver.

[4] [4]
"Lee Won-geun to star in Kim Ki-duk's "The Net" with Ryoo Seung-bum". HanCinema. JoyNews. February 25, 2016.

[5] [5]
"차진영감독 단편영화 <기억의 단편>". NAVER TV - Mini Cinema (in Korean). 8 October 2016.

[6] [6]
"[SE★인터뷰] '환절기' 이원근, "배종옥·지윤호와 호흡하면서 찍은 영화...신기한 경험"". SE Daily (in Korean). February 27, 2018.

[7] [7]
"Lee Won-keun goes back to school : The actor will soon appear in 'Wretches' as a victim of school bullying". Korea JoongAng Daily. February 27, 2018.

[8] [8]
"Moon Chae-won, Lee Won-geun and Kim Min-jae join film". Korea JoongAng Daily. July 14, 2017.

[9] [9]
"YOO Ho-jeong, PARK Sung-woong Lead YOUR NAME IS ROSE". Korean Film Biz Zone. January 26, 2016.

[10] [10]
"[공식]'나를 찾아줘' 이영애, 13년만의 복귀..유재명· 이원근· 박해준 합세". Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). May 16, 2018.

[11] [11]
이원근 1분 효과, 해품달 미친존재감 관심폭주 '저 미남 누구야?'. Newsen (in Korean). January 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

[12] [12]
"이원근, '유령' 단 10초로 미친존재감 과시 '눈빛연기 장난 아냐'". TV Report (in Korean). July 13, 2012.

[13] [13]
"'해품달' 이원근 KBS '일말의순정' 주인공 출연 '첫 시트콤'". Newsen (in Korean). December 27, 2012.

[14] [14]
"Girls' Generation Seohyun and Lee Won-geun". HanCinema. Star MK. September 12, 2013.

[15] [15]
"윤소희·이원근, JTBC 새주말극 캐스팅..'19세 커플'로 호흡". edaily (in Korean). January 29, 2014.

[16] [16]
"임주환·이원근, MBC '형영당일기'서 호흡…퀴어 사극 도전". My Daily (in Korean). September 15, 2014.

[17] [17]
"'비밀의문' 이원근 등장에 시청자 환호 '꽃미남 누구?'". TV Report (in Korean). November 14, 2018.

[18] [18]
"'하이드 지킬,나' 혜리·이원근, 상큼 발랄 '비타민 커플' 포착!". Herald POP (in Korean). March 26, 2015.

[19] [19]
"Jung Eun-ji and Lee Won-geun cast for upcoming KBS drama "Cheeky Go Go"". HanCinema. Star MBN. September 9, 2015.

[20] [20]
"[단독] 이원근, '굿와이프' 합류..전도연 라이벌役". Osen (in Korean). April 12, 2016.

[21] [21]
"'Mystery' Lee Wongeun is too cute to be a chief constable!". KBS World. April 7, 2017.

[22] [22]
"[단독] 이원근, 소시 수영과 웹드 '알 수도 있는 사람' 호흡". Osen (in Korean). April 18, 2017.

[23] [23]
"Choi Daniel, Baek Jin Hee, Kang Hye Jeong, Lee Won Keun cast in new drama 'Jugglers.'". KBS World. Retrieved November 22, 2017.

[24] [24]
"유영은 PD, 처음이지만 노련하다 [M+안윤지의 PICK터뷰]". Maeil Broadcasting Network (in Korean). November 19, 2018.

[25] [25]
Jeong Hee-yeon (June 18, 2021). "SBS '원 더 우먼' 이하늬X이상윤X진서연X이원근 확정 [공식]" [SBS 'One The Woman' Honey Lee X Lee Sang-yoon X Jin Seo-yeon X Lee Won-geun Confirmed [Official]] (in Korean). sports.donga. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Naver.

[26] [26]
Shin Young-eun (November 12, 2021). "우월한 하루' 진구·하도권·이원근, 캐스팅 확정 [공식]" ['Superior Day' Jin Goo, Ha Do-kwon, and Lee Won-geun Confirm Casting [Official]] (in Korean). Maeil Business News. Retrieved November 16, 2021 – via Naver.

[27] [27]
"이원근, '그리다 봄' 주인공으로 발탁…송지은과 호흡 맞춘다". Sports Khan (in Korean). October 26, 2014.

[28] [28]
"'Thumping Spike 2' will continue its touching story passed down from the prequel". HanCinema. Kookje. July 22, 2016.

[29] [29]
"[V Report] VIXX's N, Lee Won-geun show off 'bromance'". Kpop Herald. June 8, 2016.

[30] [30]
"'The Net' honored at Portuguese film festival". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 23, 2017.

[31] [31]
Lee Seung-gil (December 31, 2021). "김주헌·진서연·안효섭·이솜, 우수연기상 수상 [2021 SBS 연기대상]" [Kim Joo-heon, Jin Seo-yeon, Ahn Hyo-seop, Esom, Excellence in Acting Award [2021 SBS Drama Awards]] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

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Lee Won-geun
Lee Won-geun in 2017
Born	(1991-06-27) June 27, 1991 (age 33) South Korea
Education	Konkuk University – Film Studies
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2012–present
Agent	YooBorn Company

Korean name
Hangul	이원근
Hanja	李源根
Revised Romanization	I Won-geun
McCune–Reischauer	I Wŏnkŭn