Lee Wan

Lee Wan is the sort of actor I quietly root for. Born in Ulsan in 1984 and educated at Kookmin University, he moves between film and television without ever seeming desperate to dominate a scene. My read is that he's a blend-into-the-role type rather than a spotlight chaser, and there's a grounded, understated steadiness I associate with people raised in Korea's southern coastal cities. The fact that he maintains his own official site suggests a craftsman who takes his work seriously. I tend to trust performers who build careers on consistency rather than scandal, and Lee Wan feels like exactly that kind of dependable presence.

Name (English)

Lee Wan

Name (Japanese)

イ・ワン

Reading

い・わん

Born

January 3, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

University

Kookmin University

• Official sitehttps://www.lee-wan.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Wan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490905

Tags

• South Gyeongsang
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-23

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.