16 Facts About Lee Dong-wook

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Lee Dong-wook is a South Korean actor, host, model and entertainer.

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Lee Dong-wook is best known for his leading roles in the television dramas My Girl, Scent of a Woman, The Fugitive of Joseon, Hotel King, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, Life, Touch Your Heart, Hell Is Other People, Tale of the Nine Tailed, and Bad and Crazy, Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 in the titular role.

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Lee Dong-wook is the host of the talk show Strong Heart, boy group survival reality show Produce X 101, and his own American-style talk show Wook Talk.

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The PD of the drama saw Lee Dong-wook, and proceeded to cast him in the teen drama School 2.

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Lee Dong-wook started to gain recognition with his performance in School 3.

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Lee Dong-wook has since starred in noir Bitter Sweet Life, courtroom dramedy Partner, melodrama Scent of a Woman, baseball rom-com Wild Romance, period thriller The Fugitive of Joseon, and revenge drama Hotel King, in which he reunited with My Girl co-star Lee Da-hae.

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Lee Dong-wook then starred in fantasy-action series Blade Man and romance drama Bubble Gum.

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Lee Dong-wook joined the reality show Roommate, which aired from 2014 to 2015.

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From 2016 to 2017, Lee Dong-wook starred alongside Gong Yoo in Kim Eun-sook's fantasy-romance drama Guardian: The Lonely and Great God playing a grim reaper.

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In 2018, Lee Dong-wook starred in the medical drama Life as a doctor who works at the ER Department.

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In 2019, Lee Dong-wook starred in the romance comedy drama Touch Your Heart alongside Guardian co-star Yoo In-na, playing a workaholic lawyer.

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Lee Dong-wook then starred as the main antagonist in the thriller drama Hell Is Other People as a dentist in the morning but a psychopath in the evening.

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Lee Dong-wook started hosting his own talk show, Wook Talk, to celebrate his 20th anniversary since debut.

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In 2020, Lee Dong-wook was cast in the fantasy drama Tale of the Nine Tailed as a nine-tailed fox who used to be a mountain god, and is working as a civil servant.

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Lee Dong-wook is confirmed to appear in the romantic comedy Single in Seoul alongside Im Soo-jung.

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Lee Dong-wook enlisted in the military in August 2009, serving under the National Defense Public Relations Service.