My Take
Lee Ji-hoon is one of those quietly consistent South Korean entertainers who's been doing his thing since the late 1990s without ever chasing the headline-grabbing spotlight. Born in Seoul in 1979 and trained at Dongguk University, he carved out a career that straddles singing and acting — a combination that was pretty common in the Korean entertainment scene of his generation but that he's managed to sustain across decades. He doesn't dominate the conversation the way the idol groups do, but there's something genuinely respectable about an artist who keeps working across both music and drama without a major agency machine propping him up. For fans who like their Korean stars with a bit more understated grit, he's worth a closer look.
Overview
Lee Ji-hoon (Korean: 이지훈; Hanja: 李志勳; born March 27, 1979) is a South Korean singer and actor.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lee Ji-hoon
- Name (Japanese)
- イ・ジフン
- Reading
- い・じふん
- Born
- March 27, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Goat
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / film actor / actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Dongguk University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.