Lee Hyun-wook became interested in acting when he was in middle school.
16 Facts About Lee Hyun-wook
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Lee Hyun-wook's parents were against it but his grandmother helped him enroll in an acting academy.
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Lee Hyun-wook started his acting career playing in short films: Repatriation, The Camel, Thorn Hearted and The Out Boxer.
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In 2013, Lee Hyun-wook was appointed special jury member of the 11th Asiana International Short Film Festival alongside Lee Hyun-wook Jung-jae.
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In 2014, Lee Hyun-wook made his television debut in the action-thriller series Three Days as the right-hand man of Choi Won-young's character.
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In 2015, Lee Hyun-wook made his theater debut in True West, playing the main character Austin.
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Lee Hyun-wook reprised his role the following year before playing Stephen in Old Wicked Songs.
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Lee Hyun-wook's performance earned him the New Actor Award at the 2016 Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards.
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In May 2018, Lee Hyun-wook signed an exclusive contract with Management Air.
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Lee Hyun-wook was cast as a resident of Eden Dormitory in the psychological thriller Hell Is Other People, making it his first small screen role since his military discharge and for which he was nominated in the Capability Award category at the 1st OCN Awards.
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Lee Hyun-wook then played a missionary in the first three episodes of The Good Detective.
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Lee Hyun-wook was cast in his first main role in a television series, playing a lieutenant in the military thriller Search.
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In 2021, Lee Hyun-wook starred in the romantic-comedy She Would Never Know alongside Won Jin-ah and Rowoon.
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Lee Hyun-wook starred in the highly anticipated tvN drama Mine as the husband of actress Lee Bo-young's character.
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Lee Hyun-wook appeared in the TVING Original movie Shark: The Beginning as Hyun Woo-yong and will reprise his role in the follow-up web series, Shark: The Storm.
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At the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards, Lee Hyun-wook was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Korean drama for his role as Han Ji-yong in Mine.