My Take
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. Add in the mandatory South Korean military service he completed in 2019 without the usual celebrity drama, and returned even more grounded. 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.
Overview
Lee Min-ho (Korean: 이민호, born June 22, 1987) is a South Korean actor and singer. He gained widespread fame with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in the television series Boys Over Flowers (2009), which also earned him the Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actor.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lee Min-ho
- Name (Japanese)
- イ・ミンホ
- Reading
- い・みんほ
- Born
- June 22, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- model / film actor / singer / actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Danggok High School
- University
- Konkuk University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.leeminho.kr/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/actorleeminho/
- Xhttps://x.com/ActorLeeMinHo
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B
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.