Lee Deok-hwa

Lee Deok-hwa is the kind of actor I deeply admire: a man who has stayed at the center of Korean entertainment for over half a century. Born in Seoul in 1952 and trained at Dongguk University, he moved fluidly between film, television, and the stage, and even chaired the Korean Film Actors Association. What impresses me most is endurance. Careers in acting flare and fade quickly, yet he simply kept showing up, accumulating gravitas. That he keeps an active Instagram tells me he never stopped being curious. Longevity plus playfulness is a rare and enviable combination.

Name (English)

Lee Deok-hwa

Name (Japanese)

イ・ドックァ

Reading

い・どっくぁ

Born

May 8, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / stage actor

University

Dongguk University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dukhwa.lee/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Deok-hwa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485170

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.