Lee Min - Ho - Actor born 1987

Lee Min-ho (actor born 1987) Lee Min-ho is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He is best known for his leading roles in Boys Over Flowers as Gu Jun-pyo, the leader of a group of students known as F4, action drama City Hunter & romantic comedy drama The Heirs . Career As a young child, Lee hoped to become a professional football (soccer) player, but an injury in the 5th grade of elementary school put an end to his dream. Lee, however, still keeps up with football and has stated that Cristiano Ronaldo is his favorite player. In his second year of high school, Lee turned to modeling and acting. After going through training, Lee started auditioning and landed small roles in several television dramas. His first role was in an EBS series, Secret Campus. Early in his career he used the stage name Lee Min because his agency thought his birth name was too ordinary. Finally he changed it back to his original name due to the Korean word imin (pronounced and written in Hangul in the same way) means "immigration" and thus internet search results for his stage name were poor. In 2006, his acting career was put on hold for a year following a serious car accident in which he was severely injured. In 2008 he appeared in various roles on television (dramas Get Up and I Am Sam) and two movies, Public Enemy Returns and Our School E.T.. During the shooting of the latter he became good friends with Kim Soo-ro, who later praised him on a variety show: "I recognize a star when I see one. When I was doing 'Our School E.T', I knew that Lee Min-ho would become one of the top actors in the country". His breakthrough came in 2009 with the lead role of Goo Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers (KBS2), the Korean adaptation of the popular Japanese television drama Hana Yori Dango, which was based on the popular Shōjo manga, Boys Over Flowers (花より男子 Hana Yori Dango). Audition for the role was so fierce Lee only got to know from a newspaper that he was cast. In 2010 Lee followed up the success of Boys Over Flowers by starring in the MBC TV drama Personal Taste in which he played an ambitious perfectionist young architect who poses as a gay man to become roommates with a young woman leading to romantic complications. When asked about why he chose the role during an interview he responded "I think I would do a better job playing heavy and more defined roles when I am older. I think "Personal Taste" was perfect because it is bright, cheerful but you can also laugh and cry over it as well." In 2011, he starred in the hit action drama City Hunter. The drama's popularity throughout Asia has also contributed to Lee's growing popularity in Asia, most notably in Japan, Philippines and China. On April 6, 2012, Lee announced on his Facebook page that he would appear in a new drama called Faith (Hangul: 신의, Rom.: Shinui), which aired from August to October 2012. On March 29, 2013, Lee revealed that he will be returning to the small screen with a new drama titled The Heirs (also known as The Inheritors). This show began airing in Korea on SBS on October 9, 2013. His new project gained attention, because he worked with the writer of Secret Garden. He also released his first album and went on a 10-city fan meeting tour in Asia. In April 2013 his wax figure was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds in Shanghai. Personal life Lee was born in Heukseok-***, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea on June 22, 1987 and has an older sister. He is majoring in Film & Art at Konkuk University. Filmography DVD Endorsement In July 2012, Lee was chosen as the most attractive male celebrity in TV commercials for cosmetics brands. The community portal site DC Inside carried out a survey on “The most attractive male celebrities in TV commercials for cosmetics brands, who make women open their wallets” from June 26 to July 3. As a result, Lee ranked first. On July 4, DC Inside reported Lee had received 17,532 (38.9%) out of 45,049 votes. Since Lee was selected as a model for Innisfree in February 2012, he has been active as a cosmetics brand model in and out of Korea. Before Innisfree launched the brand in China, Lee had shot a social movie called “Cho Ryun”, whose concept was “Anyone can be Lee Min Ho’s first love.” As soon as the movie was released, the hosting server went down several times because of the high number of people, that visited the site to watch it. Discography Soundtrack contributions 2009: "My Everything" --- Boys Over Flowers OST (F4 Special Edition) 2013: "Painful Love" --- The Heirs OST Promotional songs 2009: "Extreme" (with Jessica Gomes) --- Cass 2X Beer Sandara Park" - "Kiss" (2009) Songs performed at fan meetings "Be My Last Love" "Say Yes" Bibliography September 30, 2009: 旅 Travel with MINHO --- photobook Awards and nominations Social contributions Honorary Ambassador for UNICEF's Love Net campaign to fight malaria (2009-2010) PR Ambassador for Konkuk University (2010) Honorary Prosecutor or basically a PR ambassador for Korean Prosecutor (2012). PR ambassador for the Chilean campaign "Reforestemos Patagonia" organized by Minoz Chile (2013)