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Lee Seo-jin
Lee in August 2019
Born	(1971-01-30) January 30, 1971 (age 53) Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Lee Suh-jin
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Agent	Antenna
Korean name
Hangul	이서진
Revised Romanization	I Seo-jin
McCune–Reischauer	I Sŏchin
Website	www.seojinlee.com/xe/index.php?mid=main

Lee Seo-jin (born January 30, 1971) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the reality shows Three Meals a Day and Grandpa Over Flowers. As an actor, he came to prominence with his leading roles in television series Damo (2003), Phoenix (2004), Lovers (2006), Yi San (2007) and Marriage Contract (2016).

Career

Lee Seo-jin made his acting debut in 1999 in the television series House Above the Waves. After several supporting roles on TV, he rose to fame in the 2003 hit period drama Damo, followed by the also popular contemporary drama Phoenix in 2004. Lee then landed his first big screen leading role in the 2005 action blockbuster Shadowless Sword.

Lee played a vampire in the cable series Freeze (2006), a gangster in Lovers (2006), and a criminal profiler in Soul (2009). However, he became well known for his portrayals of Korean historical characters King Jeongjo of Joseon in Yi San (2007), and General Gyebaek of Baekje in Gyebaek (2011).

Other activities

Lee comes from a family with strong ties in the financial sector, and believed to be involved in the banking, transportation and tourism industries, among others. He has a Business Management degree from the New York University Stern School of Business. In 2011, Lee joined the company Ask Veritas Assets Management, which specializes in intellectual property and real estate investment. He was appointed as managing director for the firm's second global contents division.

A regular volunteer of Habitat for Humanity since 2006, he was appointed its Goodwill Ambassador for Korea in 2008. Together with the Nippon Foundation and South Korean food franchise Genesis, Lee established the "Let's Tree Fund" in 2010 to conduct reforestation activities. In 2011, Lee joined relief efforts for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Like many celebrities, Lee also publicly protested the forced repatriation of North Korean defectors.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Television show

Music video

Stage

Musical

Awards and nominations

State honors

Listicles

Notes

1. Honors are given at the Taxpayers' Day ceremony.

References

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50. Choi, Eun-kyung; Lim, Chae-yeon (February 23, 2015). 2015 KOREA POWER CELEBRITY 40 - 엑소, 한국 최고의 파워 셀러브리티 [2015 KOREA POWER CELEBRITY 40 - EXO, Korea's best power celebrity]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2021 – via Joins.

External links

Media related to Lee Seo-jin at Wikimedia Commons

• Lee Seo-jin official Korean website (in Korean)
• Lee Seo-jin official Japanese website (in Japanese)
• Lee Seo-jin at HanCinema
• Lee Seo-jin at the Korean Movie Database
• Lee Seo-jin at IMDb

• Best New Actor for MBC Drama Awards winners
• 1971 births
• Living people
• Male actors from Seoul
• People from Jung District, Seoul
• 20th-century South Korean male actors
• 21st-century South Korean male actors
• South Korean male film actors
• South Korean male television actors
• New York University alumni
• Goseong Lee clan