Lee Kwang-soo

I've had a soft spot for Lee Kwang-soo ever since Running Man turned him into Korea's most lovably unlucky man on television — the guy practically made bumbling into an art form, and yet you never doubted he was in on the joke. Standing well over six feet tall and blessed with rubber-limbed expressiveness, he carved out a persona that's equal parts self-deprecating clown and genuinely warm presence, which is rarer than it sounds. His dramatic work in things like It's Okay, That's Love and Live showed he had real acting chops underneath all the pratfalls, and Collective Invention proved he could anchor a film with dry, understated comedy. After more than a decade on Running Man he stepped away in 2021 to focus on acting, and honestly I respect the decision — he earned the right to be taken seriously.

Name (English)

Lee Kwang-soo

Name (Japanese)

イ・グァンス

Reading

い・ぐぁんす

Born

July 14, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

Origin

Namyangju, South Korea

Occupation

model / film actor / presenter / television actor

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.starship-ent.com/profile/artists/leekwangsoo.php
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/masijacoke850714/
• Xhttps://x.com/masijacoke85
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

Tags

• model
• film actor
• presenter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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.