Lee Hyun-woo

I've had a soft spot for Lee Hyun-woo ever since Secretly, Greatly — a 2013 film where he plays a North Korean spy embedded in a quiet Seoul neighborhood, and honestly the sheer emotional range he pulled off at just twenty years old was kind of alarming in the best way. He started as a child actor, which you can feel in how naturally he inhabits characters; there's no visible effort, just presence. The Con Artists showed he could do slick and cool, and then Money Heist: Korea brought him to a whole new global audience. What I find genuinely impressive is that he never ditched singing either — rare for a Korean actor to keep both lanes active without one feeling like a side hustle. He's quiet in the press, not a tabloid fixture, which somehow makes me trust his craft more.

Name (English)

Lee Hyun-woo

Name (Japanese)

イ・ヒョヌ

Reading

い・ひょぬ

Born

March 23, 1993 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

Origin

Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor / singer / television actor / stage actor

High school

Pyeongchon High School

University

Dongguk University

• Official sitehttp://www.awesomeent.co.kr/portfolio-items/%ec%9d%b4%ed%98%84%ec%9a%b0/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hihyunwoo/
• Xhttps://x.com/hiHyunwoo
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Hyun-woo%20(actor%2C%20born%201993)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8C
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488838

Tags

• Gyeonggi Province
• film actor
• actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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