Lee Sang-woo

Lee Sang-woo (; born February 13, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He rose to fame in the 2007 television drama First Wives' Club, and has since played leading roles on The Road Home, Don't Hesitate (2009), Life Is Beautiful (2010), and Feast of the Gods (2012).

Career Lee Sang-woo launched his acting career in 2005, starring in a Drama City episode and a minor role in the television drama 18 vs. 29. This was followed by more supporting roles on television, including his big screen debut in Almost Love, a romantic comedy film headlined by Kwon Sang-woo and Kim Ha-neul. During this time, he also starred as one of the three leading actors of the independent film Don't Look Back (2006), which was the closing film of that year's Jeonju International Film Festival, and won a critic's prize at the Locarno International Film Festival.

Lee began his rise to fame with a supporting role in First Wives' Club, a popular drama which aired from 2007 to 2008 with a peak viewership rating of 41.3%. For his performance, he received a New Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards.

It was not until 2009 that Lee was cast in his first mainstream leading role, in The Road Home, followed soon after by another daily drama Don't Hesitate. In the same year, he also appeared as one of the leading actors in Searching for the Elephant, an erotic-psychological thriller about three thirty-something men struggling with schizophrenia, sex addiction and infidelity.

In 2010, Lee starred with Song Chang-eui in Life Is Beautiful as a gay couple. The drama is one of the few Korean dramas about an openly gay couple in Korean society, which have conservative views on sexuality. Despite the controversy, the show was successful in the ratings, and Lee would later work again with renowned screenwriter Kim Soo-hyun on A Thousand Days' Promise (2011) and Childless Comfort (2012).

After a supporting role in Believe in Love (also known as My Love, My Family, 2011), Lee was once again cast in the leading role in Feast of the Gods (2012). He later won the Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama at the MBC Drama Awards for Feast of the Gods and his supporting role in the period drama The King's Doctor.

In 2013, Lee joined the ensemble cast of Goddess of Marriage, followed by the adultery drama One Warm Word. Unlike his previous calm and quiet roles, in 2014 he was cast as the leading man in Glorious Day, a peculiar character which Lee said he looked forward to playing since it most resembles his real-life personality.

Lee then starred in two weekend dramas, All About My Mom and Happy Home. He returned to prime-time television, starring in romantic comedy drama 20th Century Boy and Girl.

In 2018, Lee was cast in the KBS2 weekend drama Marry Me Now as a doctor and was partnered with Han Ji-hye.

In 2019, Lee starred in the legal romantic comedy drama Touch Your Heart as an elite prosecutor. In the same year, Lee made a special appearance in the KBS drama Mother of Mine. Lee later appeared in the MBC drama The Golden Garden.

In 2020, Lee made a special appearance in the drama. Lovestruck in the City Their romantic relationship started in 2016. The pair met on the set of MBC's weekend drama Happy Home.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Almost Love Moon Young-hoon Don't Look Back Geun-woo 2008 Black Heart (Beyond All Magic) Jun 2009 Searching for the Elephant Jin-hyuk The HotelMr. Yoon

Television series

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2020 Lovestruck in the City Bin Cameo (Episode 1,3–4,12)

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2017It's Dangerous Beyond the BlanketsMain cast 2021 King of Golf Season 1 2022 Special trainee Season 3; Episode Dubai Special

Music video YearSong titleArtist 2004 "Nitpicking" Kim Gun-mo2007 "Loving One Person" Oh Hyun-ran "My Angel" Fly to the Sky "Pretty Today Too" Fly to the Sky

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 Andre Kim Best Star Awards 2008 Male Star Award First Wives' Club APAN Star Awards 2015 Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama All About My Mom 2018 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Marry Me Now 2021 The Golden Garden Baeksang Arts Awards 2009 Best New Actor – TelevisionFirst Wives' Club KBS Drama Awards 2009 Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama The Road Home 2015 Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama All About My Mom Netizen Award, Actor Best Couple Award Lee Sang-woo (with Eugene) All About My Mom 2018 Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Marry Me Now Netizen Award, Actor Best Couple Award Lee Sang-woo (with Han Ji-hye)Marry Me Now Korea Drama Awards 2018 Top Excellence Award, ActorMarry Me Now MBC Drama Awards 2012 Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Feast of the Gods, The King's Doctor 2016 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaHappy Home Best Couple Award Lee Sang-woo (with Kim So-yeon)Happy Home 2017 Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Children of the 20th Century 2019 Grand Prize (Daesang)The Golden Garden Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama SBS Drama Awards 2008 New Star AwardFirst Wives' Club 2011 Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama A Thousand Days' Promise 2013 Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama Goddess of Marriage 2014 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Glorious Day