Lee Hyun-wook

Lee Hyun-wook (; born June 17, 1985) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Hell Is Other People, Mine (2021), and Remarriage & Desires (2022).

Early life and education Lee became interested in acting when he was in middle school. His parents were against it but his grandmother helped him enroll in an acting academy. He graduated from Anyang Arts High School and Korea National University of Arts.

Career Lee Hyun-wook started his acting career playing in short films: Repatriation (2000), The Camel (2008), Thorn Hearted (2010) and The Out Boxer (2011). In 2014, Lee made his television debut in the action-thriller series Three Days as the right-hand man of Choi Won-young's character. The same year, he was chosen among 400 candidates to play Choi Yoo-bin in the daily drama Only Love.

In 2015, Lee made his theater debut in True West, playing the main character Austin. In October 2018, he started playing Bob in Toc Toc, a role which he reprised in September 2019 for a two-day performance in Gunpo. He also appeared in the TVING Original movie Shark: The Beginning as Hyun Woo-yong and will reprise his role in the follow-up web series, Shark: The Storm. In 2022, Lee starred in the Netflix original series Remarriage & Desires as one of the main characters. Queen Wongyeong's husband and the third king of Joseon.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Repatriation Short film 2008 The Camel Kang-seok 2016 No Tomorrow Seok-hoon 2020 Secret Zoo Min Chul-hyun Cameo #Alive Lee Sang-chul 2021 Shark: The Beginning Hyun Woo-yong Cameo 2022 The Policeman's Lineage Kim Jeong-gyun 2024 The Plot Wol-cheon An Gyeong

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2014 Three Days Kim Do-jin's right-hand man Only Love Choi Yoo-bin 2016 Mrs. Cop 2 Detective 2019 Hell Is Other People Yoo Gi-hyuk Pegasus Market DM Group psychiatrist Guest (Episode 10) Search Lee Joon-sung 2021 She Would Never Know Lee Jae-shin Mine Han Ji-yong 2022 Remarriage & Desires Lee Hyeong-joo 2023 Song of the Bandits Lee Kwang-il 2025 The Queen Who Crowns Taejong Yi Bang-won Shark: The Storm Hyun Woo-yong Follow-up drama to the movie Shark: The Beginning 2026 Boyfriend on Demand a prosecutor Cameo Gold LandLee Do-kyung Kim Beom-min

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2017 Fake Kim Geun-ho / Kim Geun-bae

Stage + Theater play performances of Lee Year Title Role Venue Date English Korean 2015 True West 트루웨스트 Austin Shinyeon Art Hall August 13 – November 1, 2015 2016 True West Returns 트루웨스트 리턴즈 Austin Yegreen Theater June 24 – August 28, 2016 2016 Old Wicked Songs 올드위키드송 Stephen Dongsung Art Center September 21 – October 23, 2016 2016-2017 Daehak-ro Dream Art Centre 1 November 8 - January 22 2017 Judo Boy 유도소년 Min-wook Suhyeon Theater March 4 – May 14, 2017 2019 Toc Toc 톡톡 Bob Daehangno TOM Theater October 27, 2018 – February 10, 2019 2019 The Pride 프라이드 Oliver Seoul Art One Theater May 25 – August 25, 2019 2019 Toc Toc 톡톡 Bob Gunpo Culture and Arts Center Azalea Hall September 27–28, 2019

Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Asiana International Short Film Festival 2012 Face in Shorts Award The Out Boxer OCN Awards 2019 The Capability Award Hell Is Other People Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards 2016 New Actor Award Old Wicked Songs, True West Returns