Lee Hwi-jae

Lee Hwi-jae (born Lee Young-jae on December 29, 1972) is a South Korean TV presenter, comedian, actor, and singer. Lee studied theater at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, then made his TV debut in 1992 as a comedian after working as a floor director for MBC's entertainment program Sunday, Sunday Night. He shot to stardom in the program Life Theater. Since then, he has expanded his career to hosting variety shows such as Sang Sang Plus, Sponge and Quiz to Change the World. He was the third highest-paid entertainer at MBC in 2008, earning .

Personal life Hwi-jae married florist Moon Jeong-won at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on December 5, 2010. Their twin sons, Lee Seo-eon and Lee Seo-jun, were born on March 15, 2013. He and his twins appeared in the variety show The Return of Superman from November 3, 2013 to April 14, 2018.

Filmography

Television series Year Title Network Notes Ref. 1994 Guy Kim MBC 1995 Three Color Friendship: "It’s Suffering for Seniors" SBS To Make a Man KBS2 1996 Reporting for Duty Lee Hwi-jae's: Macho Commando SBS 1998 Three Guys and Three Girls MBC 1999 My Love Han Ji-soon SBS 2000 Cool Guys KBS2 2000–2001 2003 Go Mom Go! 2003–2004 2004 Old Miss Diary 2005 Banjun Drama SBS Lawyers MBC Hello Franceska 3 cameo Look Back With a Smile KBS2 2011 The Greatest Love MBC 2013 Royal Villa jTBC 2016 Listen to Love jTBC 2017Go Back KBS2

Film Year Title Film Production Notes Ref. 1992 Bloody Fight for Revenge 1993 빛나리랑 영자랑 휘재랑 1995 멀고 먼 해후 1996 Albatross 1997 Hallelujah 2000 The Picture Diary 2003 Singles cameo2006 Old Miss Diary – Movie 2011 초대받지 못한 손님

Variety Show

Hosting Events Year Event Hosts Notes Ref. 2005 11th Korea Musical Awards 4th KBS Entertainment Awards 2006 5th KBS Entertainment Awards 2007 43rd Paeksang Arts Awards Baseball Golden Glove Awards SBS Gayo Daejeon 2008 SBS Entertainment Awards 2009 1st 대한민국 희극인의 날 MBC Drama Awards 2010 46th Paeksang Arts Awards with Kim Ah-joong 2011 2011 KBS Music Festival 2012 48th Paeksang Arts Awards with Kim Ah-joong MBC Gayo Daejejeon 2013 25th Korea PD Awards 2nd APAN Star Awards with Park So-yeon 2013 KBS Music Festival with Bae Suzy and Yoon Shi-yoon 2013 SBS Drama Awards with Lee Bo-young and Kim Woo-bin 2014 2014 SBS Drama Awards with Park Shin-hye and Park Seo-joon 2014 KBS Music Festival with Ok Taec-yeon and Im Yoon-ah 2016 2016 SBS Drama Awards with Bang Min-ah and Jang Geun-suk 2016 KBS Entertainment Awards with Lee Hye-ri and Yoo Hee-yeol

Discography

Album Year Album Details Certification Ref. 1995 An Experience 1997 Rebirth

Song Contribution Year Track Album Artist Notes Ref.2000 "Smile" Live in Concert Yurisangja "축복해요" Imagine Song Eun-i 2003 "2 Man Show" Smile Lena Park

Musical Theatre March! Waikiki Brothers (2006)

Book 별난 사람들의 별나지 않은 그 집 이야기 (2010)

Awards and nominations + Year presented, name of the award ceremony, award category, nominated works and the result of the nomination Year Award Category Nominated works Result Ref. 2009 MBC Entertainment Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) 2010 Best MC Award (with Park Mi-sun & Kim Gura) Quiz to Change the World 2011 SBS Entertainment Awards Netizen Popularity Award 1000 Song Challenge 2013 KBS Entertainment Awards Producer's Special Award The Return of Superman 2014 Popularity Award ( Hwi-jae's Twins with Sarang & Haru) Producer's Special Award (with Song Il-gook) 2015 Grand Prize (Daesang) The Return of Superman, Vitamin 2016