Lee Jin-uk

Lee Jin-uk interests me because he came up through modeling, a path that often traps handsome actors in decorative roles, yet he kept proving he could actually act. Breaking through with Glass Castle and the time-travel romance Nine, he carved out a place built on performance rather than looks alone. There is something steady and unhurried about his trajectory: a hometown kid from Cheongju who studied locally and climbed without a flashy backstory. I respect performers who quietly insist on being taken seriously, and his career reads as exactly that kind of patient, earned legitimacy. The substance underneath the leading-man image is what wins me over.

Name (English)

Lee Jin-uk

Name (Japanese)

イ・ジヌク

Reading

い・じぬく

Born

September 16, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor / model / television actor

High school

Sangdang High School

University

Cheongju University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jinuk0916/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Jin-wook
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8C%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484021

Tags

• North Chungcheong
• film actor
• actor
• model

Last updated

2026-06-17

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