Lee Kwang-soo is a South Korean actor, entertainer, and model. He made his acting debut in the sitcomHere He Comes and received further recognition for his roles in medical melodrama It's Okay, That's Love , neo-noir film Confession, black comedy filmCollective Invention, sitcom The Sound of Your Heart, drama 'Live' and human comedy film . Besides acting, Lee is known as one of the regular cast members of the South Korean variety showRunning Man since 2010.
Career
Lee began his entertainment career as a model in 2007. He made his acting debut in the 2008 sitcom Here He Comes, which was followed by High Kick Through the Roof. Lee's popularity increased after joining SBS' Good Sunday variety show Running Man, gaining the nickname "Prince of Asia" due to his large number of overseas fans. In 2010 and 2011, Lee won back-to-back awards at the SBS Entertainment Awards for "New Star Award" and "Best Newcomer in Variety", respectively. In 2012, Lee played supporting roles in the romantic comedies Wonderful Radio and All About My Wife, and thrillerThe Scent. Later in the year, he reunited onscreen with his former Running Man co-star and real-life best friend Song Joong-ki in the TV melodrama The Innocent Man. In 2013, after another supporting role in A Wonderful Moment, Lee voiced the lead character Marco in the animated movie Maritime Police Marco, opposite fellow Running Man regular Song Ji-hyo, who voiced for Lulu. Lee had publicly stated that he wanted to play an antagonist in TV or film. He was then cast as Prince Imhae in the 2013 period dramaGoddess of Fire. While filming Goddess of Fire, he participated in an energy conservation campaign alongside child actress Kim Yoo-bin. On 17 August 2013, Lee held his first solo fan meeting of his career in Singapore. Attended by 2,000 fans, it was considered a success. He held another one in Malaysia on 4 January 2014, attended by almost 3,000 fans. In 2014, Lee played his first major role on the big screen in Confession. The neo-noir film is about three friends whose friendship gets destroyed after getting involved in a murder case. He then returned to television with the medical melodrama It's Okay, That's Love, playing a patient suffering from Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics. Lee and Hwang Chansung then starred in the film A Dynamite Family, about five bickering brothers living in the village of Deoksu. In 2015, Lee played the protagonist in Collective Invention, whose condition is caused by side effects from a newly introduced drug. Collective Invention was screened in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, marking Lee's first red carpet appearance at an international film festival. He also starred in the two-episode drama Puck!, where he played a loan shark who joins a college ice hockey club. The one-act play was aired on 1 January 2016. The same year, he was appointed ambassador of the “2015 Korea Brand & Entertainment Expo” and received commendation from the trade minister for boosting the Korean Wave industry. In 2016, Lee starred in tvN's Entourage, a South Korean remake of the American series. He was then cast in the KBS sitcom The Sound of Your Heart, based on the webtoonof the same name. The web drama was a success in both South Korea and China, gaining 100 million on Sohu TV and ranked No. 1 among Korean dramas on the site. In September 2017, it was confirmed that Lee would be a fixed cast member in Netflix's variety show Busted!. In 2018, Lee starred in crime comedy ', a sequel to the 2015 film, and Noh Hee-kyung's drama Live. The same year, he was cast in human comedy Inseparable Bros and gambling film '. In 2019, Lee was cast in disaster comedy film Sinkhole. On February 15, 2020, Lee was involved in a car accident which put all of his activities on pause until his recovery from his ankle injury.
Personal life
Lee has been dating actress Lee Sun-bin since July 2018.
