1. Lee Jong-suk debuted in 2005 as a runway model, becoming the youngest male model ever to participate in Seoul Fashion Week.
33 Facts About Lee Jong-suk
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Lee Jong-suk majored in Professional Motion Pictures and Art at Konkuk University and graduated from the university in 2016.
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At 15, Lee Jong-suk began his modelling career at the Seoul Collection walkway in 2005, making him the youngest male model to debut in the Seoul Collection program at Seoul Fashion Week.
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Lee Jong-suk trained as an idol group member for three months, and had signed on with an agency to debut.
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Lee Jong-suk took part in a selection for actors at SBS TV station when he was in middle school.
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In 2010, Lee Jong-suk made his official acting debut in the South Korean TV series Prosecutor Princess.
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Lee Jong-suk made his big-screen debut in the horror movie Ghost.
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Lee Jong-suk started to gain recognition following his supporting role in the hit drama Secret Garden where he played a talented young composer with a surly attitude and a forbidden crush on the second male lead.
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Lee Jong-suk co-starred in the film R2B: Return to Base in 2012, a loose remake of the critically acclaimed 1986 film Top Gun.
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Lee Jong-suk received his first acting award for the role at the 2012 KBS Drama Awards under the category Best New Actor.
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Lee Jong-suk ranked fifth according to a survey entitled 'Actors Who Lit Up 2013' by Gallup Korea.
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Lee Jong-suk played Park Soo-ha, an intelligent young man who can read minds.
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Lee Jong-suk received the Excellence Award in the male category at the Korea Drama Awards for his performance.
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Lee Jong-suk then starred in the sports film No Breathing and had a supporting role in the box office hit The Face Reader.
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Lee Jong-suk then starred in hit medical drama Doctor Stranger, playing a North Korean defector who works as a doctor in South Korea.
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Lee Jong-suk next starred in Pinocchio opposite actress Park Shin-hye, and played the protagonist Choi Dal-po, a first year reporter at a broadcasting company who struggles with the idea of justice and truth in a world where everyone wants to hide the facts.
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Lee Jong-suk became the youngest actor to win the Best Actor award at the 27th Grimae Awards, chosen by television cinematographers.
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Lee Jong-suk was cast in his first Chinese drama entitled Jade Lovers alongside actress Zheng Shuang.
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In December 2015, Lee Jong-suk left his previous agency Wellmade Yedang and signed an exclusive contract with YG Entertainment on 10 May 2016.
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In July 2016, Lee Jong-suk returned to the Korean small screen with MBC's fantasy thriller W alongside Han Hyo-joo.
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The drama topped popularity charts in Korea and Lee Jong-suk won the Daesang at the year-end MBC Drama Awards.
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In 2017, Lee Jong-suk starred in the crime film VIP, marking his first lead role as a villain.
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In 2018, Lee Jong-suk was cast in the three-episode drama The Hymn of Death, a remake of the 1991 film Death Song.
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Lee Jong-suk signed with new management agency YNK Entertainment once his contract with YG Entertainment ended on 31 March 2018, but terminated his contract five months later.
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Lee Jong-suk later confirmed for the official film Decibel alongside Kim Rae-won, Lee Jong-suk Sang-hee, and Cha Eun-woo.
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Later in September 2021, Lee Jong-suk confirmed the MBC drama Big Mouth with Im Yoon-ah, coming back three years after his discharge from the military.
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In 2022, Lee Jong-suk held a fan meeting 'RE, JONG SUK' at the Blue Square Mastercard Hall in Seoul on 12 September.
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Lee Jong-suk is best friends with fellow model-actor and School 2013 co-star Kim Woo-bin, whom he has known since their modeling days.
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Lee Jong-suk was the owner of the dining cafe, 89Mansion.
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On 31 December 2022, Lee Jong-suk's agency confirmed his relationship with singer-actress IU.
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Lee Jong-suk began his mandatory military service on 8 March 2019.
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Lee Jong-suk was deemed unfit to enlist as an active duty soldier as a result of suffering a car accident when he was 16 and tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.
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On 7 March 2022, Lee Jong-suk donated 100 million won to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to help the victims of the massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk and spread to Samcheok, Gangwon.