Leeteuk

At 40 years old, Leeteuk has this physical status:

Park Jeong-su (born July 1, 1983), also known as Leeteuk, is a South Korean singer, composer, host, and actor.

He was discovered by SM Entertainment and became a student at SM Entertainment's Starlight Academy at the age of 16.

He made his debut in November 2005 as a member of the Super Junior Club in November 2005, and since then, he has been active in the agency's Super Junior-T and Super Junior-H projects.

Early life

Leeteuk was born on July 1, 1983, as the second child of Park Yong-in and Yoo Suk-yeong. Park In-young, his elder brother, is a singer and an actor. In 1998, his parents separated. On several variety shows, he has talked openly about his parents' friendship. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Chungwoon University. He is also alumnus of Gachon University.

Personal life

Leeteuk was critically wounded in a car crash with Shindong, Eunhyuk, Kyuhyun, and two bosses on April 19, 2007, nearly two months after Super Junior-T's debut of their first single "Rokkugo." They were on the highway when the driver was switching lanes when they heard a recording of Super Junior Kiss the Radio. On the driver's side, the van slid into the guard rail and skidded for about 30 meters. The van started flipping on its right side at some point.

Although Shindong and Eunhyuk suffered minor injuries, Leeteuk and Kyuhyun sustained more serious injuries, which required both to be hospitalized. Leeteuk had glass shards embedded in his back and eye, requiring over 170 stitches. On April 30, 2007, he was released from the hospital. Leeteuk made only a small appearance in Super Junior's debut big-screen film, Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, in 2007. At the end of the film, he was credited as the panda mascot, but it was later revealed that it had been Ryeowook who portrayed it throughout the majority of the film.

On January 6, 2014, although Leeteuk was in the military, it emerged that his father, Park Yong-in, and grandparents were discovered dead in their house. SM's initial statement said that the trio died in a car crash. It was later discovered that it had been a murder-suicide, with Park strangling his parents and then hanging himself. "I will take my parents with me," a note left near the bodies. Park Yong-in had been suffering from depression for a long time, according to the news. On top of being forced to take care of both his parents who were suffering from dementia, he was also struggling with money issues. Park had intended to admit his parents to a nursing home the next day but had to cancel, according to the police. Park is most likely because he is unable to continue taking care of his children, according to the experts. The Super Junior members were in attendance at the funeral on January 8 in Asbury, South Africa. On January 11, 2014, Leeteuk, who was on humanitarian leave, resumed his compulsory military service and was released on July 29, 2014.

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Career

When Leeteuk returned to Apjeong, early 2000, a talent scout approached him and suggested that he audition for SM Entertainment's Starlight Casting System. After numerous practice recordings and appearances, he joined SM Entertainment and became a trainee. He appeared as an extra in the film All About Eve, which aired on MBC television, and briefly modelled for Pepsi in 2002. He was joined by his future bandmate Donghae in 2003, which was aimed at rivaling the group TVXQ. The initiative was shelved, and ten other boys were thrown into the rotational company Super Junior. Leeteuk became the group's leader after being older than the other trainees.

Leeteuk has revealed that he uses a stage name in order to avoid ambiguity between veteran actor Park Jung-soo and himself. Leeteuk, the actor's stage name, means "extraordinary." He has previously rejected two of the stage names provided for him by his organization. Lee Soo-man, the agency's second-chairman, dubbed him "a special child" and said that Leeteuk suited him better.

Leeteuk officially debuted on November 6, 2005, as part of the 12-member Super Junior 05 (SBS) music group Popular Songs, performing their first single, "Twins (Knock Out)" on Seoul Broadcasting System's (SBS) music collection Popular Songs, on Seoul Broadcasting System's (SBS) music program Popular Songs, on November 6, 2005. SuperJunior05 (Twins), the artist's debut on December 5, 2005, debuted on the monthly MIAK K-pop charts, ranked number one on the monthly MIAK K-pop charts.

The band was supposed to have rotational line-ups, much like the Japanese girl group Morning Musume, but the plan to create new generations of Super Junior was scrapped after fans revolted. Following the addition of Kyuhyun as the group's thirteenth member, the group renamed the suffix "05" and officially became Super Junior. The re-polished group's first CD single "U" was released on June 7, 2006, the group's first CD single until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009. Leeteuk was placed in the Super Junior-T Trot-sing subunit of the trot-singing unit in February 2007. The subunit debuted with the single "Rokkugo," which quickly debuted on the weekly music charts and stayed at number one for two weeks in a row. Leeteuk joined Super Junior-H, a subunit devoted to bright and cheery music, which is in contrast to the main group's repertoire. He has appeared on Super Junior-centric television shows including Mystery 6 and Full House, in addition to music. In Attack on the Pin-Up Boys, he made his first film appearance with Super Junior members, playing the role of the school's panda mascot.

In addition to Super Junior's duties, he has hosted several television shows. M! is the host of a weekly music show in 2005. Countdown, his first gig as a host, with bandmates Shindong and Kangin. He was eventually landed his first solo hosting appearance on the reality show Love Fighters, which aired on Mnet's cable television channel Mnet in 2008. On his last appearance on the program, he was lauded for his service as a newcomer and received a plaque of appreciation from the show's crew members.

In August 2006, Leeteuk joined Eunhyuk as a radio DJ for KBS Super Junior's Kiss The Radio (Sukira) with Eunhyuk. While he was away doing promotional duties for Eunhyuk's third EP Perfection, from March to June 2011, bandmate Yesung briefly replaced him. Leeteuk left the program in November 2011 due to a combination of work schedules.

He hosted several television shows from 2008 to 2009, including three variety shows that aired on KBS2; Road Show Quiz Expedition, Challenge!

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Golden Ladder, co-hosting with many senior television presenters, including Jee Seok-jin, Lee Hyuk-jae, Boom, and Kim Shin-young. Leeteuk, Eunhyuk, and Shindong appeared on SBS' Strong Heart, where they hosted a special segment called Boom Academy, which was led by Boom. Leeteuk took over his position as a result of mandatory military service in October 2009, and the academy's name was temporarily changed to Teukigayo, or Teuk's Academy. Following the change in MCs and the departure of Shindong from Strong Heart, the show was re-vamped with Leeteuk and Eunhyuk as two of the'six-fixed guests' as of the April 10, 2012 broadcast.

He appeared as one of many hosts of Waving the Taeks in 2010, a special service to help the South Korea national football team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He became the new host of MBC's Enjoy Today in the same year, replacing Big Bang's Seungri, who left the show to concentrate on his band's new album. Through the show, he performed "Grumbling," a duet with f(x)'s Krystal. Leeteuk served as the MC for MBC's Love Chaser and SBS' Oh! Brothers, who is now firmly established as the country's terrestrial television broadcasters, are adding to his growing popularity as a host.

Since 2009, he has been a regular guest on Star King, as well as other Super Junior members. Following Kang Ho-dong's departure from the entertainment industry, Leeteuk and Boom took over as co-hosts of Star King in 2011. Leeteuk appeared as a father in Hello Baby season 4, a reality-variety show in which the cast had to take care of a baby, with girl group Sistar becoming the baby's parents. Leeteuk also appeared on MBC Reality Show We Got Married, the half of a new on-screen couple, with actor Kang So-ra becoming his on-screen wife. He and Mir were hired as additional hosts to lift the show's ratings in June 2012, but the show's ratings fell after four episodes.

He appeared in four television dramas between 2011 and 2012, including comeo appearances as a radio DJ in Dream High, a television presenter in Salamander Guru and The Shadows, and as an extra in My Bittersweet Life to support Kang So-ra, who starred in the leading role. He also appeared as the host of the 2011 Melon Music Awards show, his first year-end awards hosting gig.

By being involved in the documentary film I Am, Leeteuk returned to the silver screen. Choi Jin-sung, a member of SM Town, is the collective name for artists signed under SM Entertainment. On June 21, 2012, the film, which chronicled the singers' journey and experience during the SM Town Live '10 World Tour concert at Madison Square Garden in New York, was theatrically released. Leeteuk and his Super Junior bandmates reunited in July for their sixth studio album, Sexy, Free & Single, which was released on July 4, 2012, just over a month after the band's first world tour Super Show 4 ended. Leeteuk composed "Only U" and co-wrote the lyrics with Donghae on the repackaged edition of the album, re-titled Spy. He participated in the SM Town Live World Tour III, which began in May 2012 but did not appear at his ostensible last appearance on the tour during its Indonesia leg on September 22. He apologised on Twitter the following day, apologies for his lack of appearances with his brand mates due to exhaustion and enteritis.

Leeteuk said in September 2011 that he wanted to enlist for his mandatory military service in 2012. On October 25, 2012, he made his last appearance before enlistment at the Style Icon Awards. He was photographed on the front of the December 2012 issue of the male fashion magazine Geek capturing the shaving of his hair for the male fashion magazine Geek before his enlistment. He went to the 306 Reserve Battalion training camp in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, for five weeks of basic training followed by active service for 21 months on October 30, 2012. Following a car accident in 2007 and an aggravated herniated disk, he was initially ineligible for active service, but after receiving medical attention, he was able to enlist for active service. Strong Heart produced "Goodbye Leeteuk" on November 13 for his departure from the series.

Leeteuk co-starred in The Promise in January 2013. To commemorate the signing of the Korean War armistice, the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense and the Korea Musical Theatre Association co-produced it. It ran from January 9 to 20, with co-starring actors Ji Hyun-woo, Kim Mu-yeol, Jung Tae-woo, and singers Yoon Hak of Supernova and Lee Hyun of 8Eight. During the Korean War, a band of soldiers kept a promise made to each other. At the 7th Daewoo International Musical Festival for his role as Miss Kim in the musical, he received the Newcomer Award. He was selected to be the MC for the 2013 Military Service Award Ceremony, an annual military event in June 2013.

On July 29, 2014, Leeteuk finished his military service and was discharged as a sergeant. After being refused at the South Korean leg of the SM Town Live World Tour IV concert tour on August 15, 2014, he made his first stage appearance on August 15, 2014, performing "Sorry, Sorry" and "Mr. Super Junior is a basic. He also reformed the band's lineup for the August show on Music Bank, marking the first time he, Heechul and Kangin had appeared together in the line-up since they had each completed their military service. He returned as the special MC in episode 783 of Inkigayo with Heechul and Lee Yu-bi, appearing for Baekhyun, Suho, and Kwanghee who were juggling work schedules.

In January 2015, he hosted three awards ceremonies, including Jun Hyun-moo and Tiffany Young, the 4th Golden Disc Awards with Hyeri, and the 24th Seoul Music Awards, as well as Jun Hyun-moo and Soyou. He was praised for his witty remarks at the receptions. He was then chosen to host the 30th Golden Disc Awards with Jun Hyun-moo and Krystal Jung, as well as several others, including the 9th edition with Solar, the 6th with Solar, and the 10th with Lia, as well as Lia.

In February 2015, he began judging the Idol Star Athletics Basketball Futsal Archery Championships with Kim Sung-joo, Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jung-geun, and Kwanghee, as well as new co-hosts Jun Jin and Kim Young-chul. He had competed in the 2010 and 2011 editions of Super Junior, when he infamously disqualified himself in the 110 meters hurdles competitions. In the 2012 Swimming Championships, he served as a field reporter. Since hosting the two editions in 2015, Leeteuk and senior host Jun Hyun-moo appeared on the program seven times, twice in 2016, and once in 2020, along with the special edition Idol Star Championships: In lieu of the traditional competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He appeared as the host on Mnet's new mystery music game show, I Can See Your Voice, alongside Yoo Se-yoon and Kim Bum-soo, a week after hosting his first Idol Star Athletics Championships in 2015. Kim left the program after three seasons to concentrate on his music, and musician and entertainer Kim Jong-kook was hired. Leeteuk has appeared in all eight seasons of the series as of 2021. When asked about the series's longevity, he said that although it "has a mild look" compared to other entertainment shows, it is "full of charm." In a separate interview, he said that the show's solid structure has allowed it to air for a long time. The program has developed into a worldwide success, with spawning shows in various nations and languages, including the UK and the US versions.

In 2015, he appeared as host of several other projects, including Match Made in Heaven with Lee Hwi-jae, a revival of 2002's Match Made in Heaven, The Mickey Mouse Club with SM Rookies as the Mouseketeers, and episode 782 of Music Bank, filling in for Park Seo-joon. He returned to Star King's set in February 2015, first as a special host for episode 400 before being barred from duty in August 2016. In episode 5 of television drama Persevere, Goo Hae-ra, which aired in March 2015, he made a cameo appearance as a music show host. He appeared on his first travel series One Fine Day with bandmates Eunhyuk and Donghae, followed by The Friends in Switzerland with Ryeowook, both of which were shot in Switzerland. In July, his band released a compilation album Devil, which was followed by a repackaged version of Magic in September. Leeteuk wrote the song "Sarang" on Magic and performed it as a duet with Heechul. Since the bulk of the band members were performing their mandatory military service, it was the band's last public appearance before going on hiatus. Leeteuk returned to hosting.

In 2016, he co-hosted the entertainment shows Hidden Camera Shot Battle with Lee Kyung-kyu and Noh Hong-chul, The Birth of a Song with Jung Jae-hyung and San E, and Lee Hwang-chul's Revolution Show with Lee Hwang and San E. In April 2016, he returned to Sukira as the country's radio DJ, swapping Ryeowook, who had been enlisted in the military. In August, he marked the tenth anniversary of the radio show before resuming the program in October 2016. In Papua New Guinea, he appeared on the reality-documentary film Law of the Jungle, filming for Law of The Jungle. Despite it being his first participation in an outdoor entertainment program, Park Joong-won praised his effort, remarking that he had worked long during the filming process, and adapts well for a urban person. He appeared on Star Show 360, season 2 of Please Take Care of My Vanity, and Idol Party, as well as competing in the variety show Lucky Race. In late 2016, he had intended to co-host Star Coming, a South Korea-China joint venture, but it was later suspended due to rising tensions between the two countries. His work in the industry earned him the top three positions on the Idol MC of the Year list, which was released by My Daily news portal. Lee Seung-gil, the writer in charge of the list, lauded him for his unique ability to make his guests or his co-hosts stand out, and praised him as a "professional MC."

He stepped out of his studio job by becoming the MC of 7 First Kisses' press conference and a preview screening of the documentary film See-Saw. On top of that, Lee Jae-jin became a public speaker by SM Entertainment's cultural lecture series, "Healing the wounded 2016 and Enjoying the Year 2017": collaborating with psychologist Lee Won-il for "Healing Counseling for Young People" in May; and "Leeteuk's Unique Day with Webtoon Writer Lee Jong-beom" in December; and "Healing Counseling for Young People" in February 2016: In June 2016, he collaborated with Suho, Kassy, and songwriter Cho Young-soo in "My Hero," part of SM Entertainment's music collection "SM Station," as a salute to South Korean Olympians past and present in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Leeteuk embarked on his first solo Asia fanmeeting tour, Star;Teuk, making stops in Shanghai, China, in September, and Taipei, Taiwan, December 2016.

In January 2017, Leeteuk became the host of The Best Cooking Secrets, South Korea's longest running cooking competition, after enlisting in the military. On January 30, 2017, his first episode as host was broadcast on the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS). As the host of episode 10 of Singderella and episode 6 of Produce 101 Season 2, respectively, he filled in for Lee Soo-geun and BoA. Throughout the year, he appeared in a multitude of shows, including Hard Workers, as a courier in We Have Delivery, and as a celebrity mentor in Fearless Guys. In episode 7 of the television drama Borg Mom, which aired on October 27, 2017, he made an appearance as an actor as a radio DJ.

In November 2017, he became one of the special hosts for other members of the television home shopping series Super Market, becoming the first celebrity to do so. He appeared at six concerts in Pyeongchang in 2017, a concert event held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and the Embassy of South Korea in Vietnam to celebrate Pyeongchang's 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries; the 2017 Dream Concert in Incheon, a joint concert held jointly by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Vietnam; and the 2017 Dream Concert in Pyeongchang in November; and the 2017 Dream Concert in Pyeongchang;

Leeteuk joined Super Junior as part of Super TV's main cast from January 28 to April 13, 2018. The show was immediately revived, and a new season appeared from June 7 to August 23, 2018. After being announced on March 23, 2018, he wrote the single "Super Duper" for Super Junior, and it became the 50th single of the project SM Station Season 2's 50th anniversary. The song was later included in Replay, the Super Junior repackage compilation. For the second time while on air, he and his band returned to Super Market for the second time and sold out facemasks. After appearing on the show, he was cast in Sell to Return, a joint venture between Thai and Malaysian home shopping channels.

In June 2018, he appeared as a supporting actor in the commercial web drama Secret Queen Makers. The branded entertainment was well-received and has been watched more than a hundred million times since its debut. In August 2018, he joined the cast and hosted the second season of Real Life Men and Women, a program that delves into celebrity life and compares the gender gap between males and women. He hosted the 2018 Asia Song Festival alongside Sam Okyere in September, produced the 2018 Asia Song Festival (KPMA) with Jin Se-yeon in December 2018.

On the twelfth episode of the reality show Under Nineteen in January 2019, he appeared as a special host, swapping between the regular host Kim So-hyun and the regular host, Under Nineteen. Kim also hosted the show's final episode, which was broadcast live on February 9, 2019. For the next few months, he appeared in a few programs that were filmed in another country. He appeared in a Japanese travel show, Leteuk's Solo Travel, which chronicled his trip to Kyushu's Kagoshima Prefecture in May. Beauty No. 1 ran in Thailand from May to July 2019. The ninth edition, which concentrated on Korean beauty products, was focused on Korean beauty products. The locals and journalists were extremely appreciative of his hosting act. In September 2019, he appeared in an Analog Trip with fellow band members Eunhyuk, Donghae, and Shindong, as well as TVXQ's Yunho and Changmin. In Jogjakarta, Indonesia, the band members' close friendships were captured on film. "Come a Little Closer" is one of the show's soundtrack's composers.

In October, he was named as a host for JTBC's Melody Bookstore. He produced the soundtrack for the song "This Is Me," which is sung by Sunwoo Jung-a and Suran. He became the host of the music talk show Hidden Track in October 2019, which focuses on the debut of artists' less well-known songs. The show was co-produced by JTBC and KT. Beginning on October 2, 2019, it aired on Olleh TV for eight weeks, beginning on October 2, 2019. In March 2020, the show was revived for a second season and a third in April 2021. In both seasons, Leeteuk reprised his role. On November 26, 2019, he attended the 4th Asia Artist Awards, which were held at M'nh National Stadium in Vietnam.

Leeteuk would debut a cookbook aimed at single-person households in August 2019. He was the first celebrity to do so. It was published on January 20, 2020. He appeared as a talent manager in Favorite Entertainment, a reality show aimed at creating a trot idol group, and began hosting the Japanese variety show Idol vs. Idol is a jumbled battle. After being its host for more than three years, he left The Best Cooking Secrets in the same month. Following his retirement, he appeared in several food related television shows, including in Home Cooking Live in August as a host of Neighbourhood Two-Top and as a cooking disciple in Soo-mi's Side Dishes from December 2020 to February 2021. In the reality competition People of Trot, he served as a mentor for North Korean and overseas athletes.

In October, he hosted the 2020 Miss Korea beauty pageant, which aired online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Many functions were streamed online rather than being held in public due to the ban of public gatherings being banned during the pandemic. The K-Pop Global Donation Fund, the Munhwondo Performance in Seoul, and World Vision Korea's COVID-19 pandemic relief fund, the 26th Dream Concert, the 2020 Taekwondo Performance in Seoul, and the DMZ Concert, a part of the 2020 Live in DMZ festival, was held in Imjingak near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). He returned to radio hosting Party B, which aired on internet radio Naver NOW, from September to December 2020.

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