Lee Min-ki

Lee Min-ki is one of those actors who sneaks up on you — you catch him in something like Dal-ja's Spring or Because This Is My First Life, think "okay, he's charming," and then suddenly realize you've watched everything he's ever done. Born in 1985 and educated at Konkuk University, he's carved out a niche playing emotionally layered characters who manage to be both relatable and a little mysterious. His work in My Liberation Notes (2022) showed real restraint and maturity — not the flashy kind of acting that wins awards, but the kind that stays with you. He's also dabbled in music and modeling, which fits, because honestly the guy has an effortlessly cool quality that doesn't feel manufactured. A quietly consistent career worth paying attention to.

This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.

Name (English)

Lee Min-ki

Name (Japanese)

イ・ミンギ

Reading

い・みんぎ

Born

January 16, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Gimhae, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / model / singer / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

University

Konkuk University

• Official sitehttp://www.leeminki.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/m.m.minki/
• Xhttps://x.com/leeminkiii
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Min-ki
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AE
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153737

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• model

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.