Lee Min-ho

I remember watching Boys Over Flowers back in 2009 and thinking, okay, this Gu Jun-pyo guy is insufferable — arrogant, hot-tempered, wildly overdressed — and yet I couldn't stop watching, which is entirely Lee Min-ho's fault. He has that rare thing where the camera just locks onto him, and his range grew considerably from that breakout role through The Heirs, Legend of the Blue Sea, and The King: Eternal Monarch. He's also one of the first Korean actors whose fandom genuinely went global before Hallyu was a household word in the West, racking up tens of millions of social media followers across Asia and beyond. He also completed his mandatory military service, much of it as a public service worker, and was discharged in 2019. He's not reinventing cinema, but as a consistent, charismatic leading man who helped put Korean dramas on the world map, the impact is real and the charm is undeniable.

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Name (English)

Lee Min-ho

Name (Japanese)

イ・ミンホ

Reading

い・みんほ

Born

June 22, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

model / film actor / singer / actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

High school

Danggok High School

University

Konkuk University

• Official sitehttps://www.leeminho.kr/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/actorleeminho/
• Xhttps://x.com/ActorLeeMinHo
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Min-ho
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80758

Tags

• model
• film actor
• singer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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