page_title: Lee Min-ho (actor)
hierarchical_section_title: Lee Min-ho (actor)
caption_attribution_description: English: Lee Min-ho at the vip premiere of the movie "Hot Young Bloods" on January 20, 2014
context_page_description: Lee Min-ho is a South Korean actor, singer, and model. Lee has significant following worldwide, including Asia and western countries, most notably the U.S, France, Australia, Canada, Spain and Italy. He gained widespread fame in Korea and some parts of Asia with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers in 2009. The role won him a Best New Actor award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. His notable lead roles in television series include comedy-drama Personal Taste, City Hunter in which he established himself as an action hero, The Heirs, Legend of the Blue Sea and The King: Eternal Monarch. The success of Lee's television series globally established him as a top Hallyu star and a global celebrity. Hollywood magazine reported that Lee has attained "Superstar" status.
  Apart from his television career, Lee featured in the first lead role in the film Gangnam Blues, followed by his first China-produced film Bounty Hunters, grossed US$31 million and the mini-romance-web-series Line Romance, grossed US$20 million. In his acting career, Lee was successful in experimenting various genres such as romance, comedy, action, fantasy and science-fiction dramas.
context_section_description: Lee Min-ho (Korean: 이민호; Hanja: 李敏鎬, born June 22, 1987) is a South Korean actor, singer, and model. Lee has significant following worldwide, including Asia and western countries, most notably the U.S, France, Australia, Canada, Spain and Italy. He gained widespread fame in Korea and some parts of Asia with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers in 2009. The role won him a Best New Actor award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. His notable lead roles in television series include comedy-drama Personal Taste (2010), City Hunter (2011) in which he established himself as an action hero, The Heirs (2013), Legend of the Blue Sea (2016) and The King: Eternal Monarch (2020). The success of Lee's television series globally established him as a top Hallyu star and a global celebrity. Hollywood magazine reported that Lee has attained "Superstar" status.
  Apart from his television career, Lee featured in the first lead role in the film Gangnam Blues (2015), followed by his first China-produced film Bounty Hunters (2016), grossed US$31 million and the mini-romance-web-series Line Romance (2014), grossed US$20 million. In his acting career, Lee was successful in experimenting various genres such as romance, comedy, action, fantasy and science-fiction dramas.
  Lee became the first Korean celebrity to have a wax figure made in his image at Madame Tussauds, with figures being unveiled in Shanghai in 2013, and Hong Kong in 2014. He is referred as the "global actor" by media and fans. International Business Times described Lee as the "heartthrob of billions".
caption: Lee at the premiere of Hot Young Bloods in January 2014.
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