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Lee Joon-gi (born 17 April 1982) is a South Korean actor, singer, dancer, and model.

In the film The King and the Clown (2005), he came to fame for his first leading role as a clown.

Since then, he has appeared in television series My Girl (2005), Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007), Iljimae (2008), Arang and the Magistrate (2012), Scholar Who Walks (2017), Moon Lovers, Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016), and Lawless Lawyer (2018).

Early life

Lee Joon-gi was born in Busan but spent his schooling years in nearby Changwon. After attending a Hamlet performance, he first became interested in the performing arts as a high school student. After high school, he went against his parents' wishes for him to enroll in college and migrated to Seoul to work in the entertainment industry. Lee spent several years as an apprentice, casting for positions, and even debuting as a print and commercial model in 2001. He was accepted onto a scholarship and graduated in 2007 from Seoul Arts College.

Personal life

In his spare time, Lee enjoys learning and practicing various forms of martial arts. His father had signed him up for martial arts lessons as a child to keep him safe, and he continued exercising into adulthood, mainly to prepare for specific careers. He rarely uses a stunt double for fight scenes, owing to his success in taekwondo and several other martial arts, and has been named as one of the country's best action actors.

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Career

Lee played his first major actor in The King and the Clown, in which he played the historical figure Gong-gil, an effeminate clown in the Joseon Dynasty, in which he appeared in a variety of dramas and films. The film, which attracted both critical and commercial success, propelled the then-unknown actor into Asia-wide fame. Lee also received the Best Actor Award at the Max Movie Awards, winning numerous Best Newcomer awards at the Korean Film Festival, Grand Bell Awards, and Baeksang Art Awards.

Lee Joon-gi told the tale how he selected Lee for The King and the Clown, despite being an unidentified and relatively new actor, "just because of handstands, Lee Joon-gi became the person he is today." Lee became "an icon" of South Korea's "pretty boy" style after the film. Lee has since attempted to play down the fact that this kkonminam photo, saying that his character Gong-gil in the film felt like a foot chain for him and wanted to get rid of it: "I was at the forefront of the 'pretty boy' trend, whether or not that was my intention." People were interested in me, and all this praise and criticism were mixed at the same time. It was just so overwhelming. "I felt as if I was floating on air."

Lee condemned the lowering of screen quotas in South Korea, which allows foreign films to be seen in theaters on certain days, while domestic films are delayed another few days. He said that without the screen quotas, the King and the Clown would not have been as popular in fighting against foreign films.

Lee Da-hae and Lee Dong-wook were then cast in SBS' My Girl. The romance comedy series became a hit both nationally and in Asia, boosting Lee to Korean Wave fame.

He was estimated to spend 100 million for his sequel to Fly, Daddy, Fly, produced by Dyne Film-Guardtec, despite his increasing success following King and the Clown. This is because the movie was signed in early December well before Lee was known as an unknown actor. The film attracted a lot of attention and media coverage among Chinese viewers.

In 2007, Lee shot Virgin Snow, a joint Korea-Japan film starring Japanese actor Aoi Miyazaki, in which he plays a Korean exchange student. Virgin Snow was profitable, placing 9th at the box office chart and establishing a new ticket admissions record for a Korean film released in Japan. At the 27th Hawaii International Film Festival, Lee was given the Rising Star Award. He appeared in the film May 18, which is based on the 1980 Gwangju Massacre. May 18th produced good box office results and was named the year's Best Feature Film by the Gold Orchid Foundation. However, there was concern that both of these films, as well as Fly, Daddy, Fly, and Fly, had "either fallen short of expectations at the box office or cast Lee in minor roles."

In Time Between Dog and Wolf, Lee's first drama leading role in MBC action drama Time Between Dog and Wolf, in which he played a vengeful NIS agent with a violent streak. He received the Excellence Award at the 2007 MBC Drama Awards for his efforts. Kim Jin-min opined that it was a turning point for Lee as the role allowed him to shed his "pretty boy" image and also highlight his martial arts background.

Lee played a pivotal role in SBS's Iljimae, a period-action drama based on Chinese folklore about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon period, from April to July 2008. The final episode attracted a 31 percent viewership, and Lee later received the Top Excellence Award at the 2008 SBS Drama Awards. On the channel TV Tokyo, the drama was also broadcast in Japan.

Lee was appointed Ambassador for the 2008 Seoul Hallyu Festival on July 29, 2008. He was also named the first Honorary Legal System Officer since the government Legislation Agency's establishment in honor of the 60th anniversary.

Lee was involved in a labor dispute with his company Mentor Entertainment, which he had been loyal to since March 2004 under a five-year deal. Lee was being sued for 900 million in breach of employment and for reportedly concealing 1 billion in an attempt to "establish his own company in collaboration with his manager." Lee denied that "underwent significant financial harm" because the company was "inept in dealing with tax issues and profit dispersal," and he is said to have notified them of the termination in February.

Lee was named as the Korea Tourism Organization's ambassador on August 5th. He appeared in the comedic-action drama Hero in the same year as a reporter.

Lee's employment with Mentor Entertainment came to an end in February 2010, when he joined JG Company, a newly formed independent company.

Lee enlisted in the Republic of Korea Army on May 3rd to provide his mandatory military service. He began basic training at the Nonsan military training camp, receiving top marks in marksmanship, and was later promoted to active service. He was assigned to the Ministry of National Defense's public relations branch and had requested a postponement of shooting Grand Prix with actor Kim Tae-hee, and was selected to star in television drama Faith. He was also selected to represent Korea as a goodwill ambassador at the 2010 Shanghai Expo. However, the Military Manpower Administration delayed and gave a final notice of enlistment, causing him to pull out of both programs.

In August, Lee co-starred in a military drama, Voyage of Life, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. The National Theater of Korea also co-produced the performance by the Ministry of National Defense and Korea Musical Theatre Association, and it was on display in the National Theatre of Korea from 21 to 29 August. Lee was dismissed from the Defense Media Agency in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, after 21 months of active service. Lee held "Reunion JG" at Sangmyung Art Center, Seoul, on the day he was dismissed. This was followed by a fan event in Nagoya, Yokohama, and Osaka, which ran from 16 to 19 March.

Lee co-starred with Shin Min-a in MBC's period horror-romance Arang and the Magistrate, his first project after being disbanded. The series was a success and became MBC's most expensive drama to be exported to Japan. Lee was later honoured at the Seoul International Drama Awards for his outstanding Korean Drama Actor award.

Lee Joon Gi's JG Style was on Mnet Japan on September 27, 2012, capturing Lee's return to the entertainment industry. At the Skapa Award 2012 in Japan, the series was later named Grand Prize in the Korean wave category.

Lee appeared in Two Weeks, playing a father who is trying to save his daughter from leukemia while fighting a murder lawsuit. At the second APAN Star Awards, he received the top Excellence Award in the male category.

Lee has joined Namoo Actors, a new management firm. He appeared in Joseon's period drama Gunman (2014) and received acclaim for his acting and shooting scenes, winning the Outstanding Korean Drama Actor for the second time at the Seoul International Drama Awards. The drama dominated the charts for its time slot, while overseas, particularly in China, where it surpassed 200 million views in a month on Tencent QQ's video-viewing page. Scholar Who Walks the Night, a vampire romance film that won Lee a "Top Ten Stars" award at the MBC Drama Awards in 2015. Never Said Goodbye, his first Chinese film, was released the same year.

Lee appeared in the lead role of Wang So in Moon Lovers: A Korean adaptation of the Chinese television series Scarlet Heart, which was released in January 2016. On September 29, 2016, the 20-episode drama, which was budgeted at US$13 million, premiered. During its simulcast on the Chinese video hosting site Youku, the production was not well received nationally, but it did reach 100 million cumulative viewers per episode, contributing to a surge in Lee's popularity in China. Lee hosted "My Love Lee Joon-gi" on Saturday, where fans were able to watch the last episode of Moon Lovers with him in attendance.

Lee became a new model for Lotte Duty Free Shop in October 2016. He appeared in 7 First Kisses, a company's promotional web drama. Lee made his Hollywood debut in the sixth and final installment of the Resident Evil story Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, which was published worldwide in January 2017.

Lee appeared in Criminal Minds, a crime procedural drama based on the American series of the same name, on televisionN in 2017. Critics and viewers applauded his convincing acting work as a criminal profiler.

Lee returned to television in 2018 and was cast in Lawless Lawyer, his first court drama and the first time he had portrayed a lawyer. Kim Jin-min, a director who previously worked with him in Time Between Dogs and Wolf, has reunited him.

Lee appeared in The Flower of Evil, a tvN thriller that brought him together with Criminal Minds co-star Moon Chae-won. He was praised for his chemistry with Moon, who was portraying a married couple. Based on statistics collected by Good Data Corporation, Lee's name was the most searched keyword on domestic search engines for three weeks in a row. At 57th Baeksang Arts Awards, Lee was named Best Actor – Television for his performance.

Lee made a comeback to the small screen in 2022 with SBS drama Again My Life, his first return to terrestrial television in six years since 2016.

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