Lee Min-ki is a South Korean actor, singer and model. Lee played his first TV leading role in the 2005 sports drama Taereung National Village, followed by the romantic comediesLove Truly in 2006, Dal-ja's Spring in 2007, Because This Is My First Life in 2017 and The Beauty Inside in 2018. The actor has also starred in feature films, most notably in the box office hits Tidal Wave, Quick and Very Ordinary Couple.
Career
Acting
After honing his acting in one-act dramas, Lee Min-ki first gained popularity on television in romantic comedies Love Truly and Dal-ja's Spring. He then starred in the quirky low-rated cult series Evasive Inquiry Agency and alternated mainstream films with indies such as Oishii Man. He gained favorable notices for his supporting roles in the thriller A Million as a hot-tempered Marine-turned-janitor who finds himself involved in a survival reality show; and the disaster filmTidal Wave, in which he plays a lifeguard who makes a heartbreaking sacrifice when a fictional tsunami hits the Korean beach town of Haeundae. Lee then solidified his bona fide movie star status with his leading roles in the action filmQuick and romantic comedySpellbound. Lee starred alongside Kim Min-hee in the relationship drama Very Ordinary Couple, which was a hit at the box office and received rave reviews. He followed with leading roles in thriller Monster, action noir For the Emperor and drama film Shoot Me in the Heart, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Jeong Yu-jeong. In 2017, Lee was cast in the romantic-comedy drama Because This Is My First Life opposite Jung So-min; this is Lee's first television leading role in 10 years. This was followed with the fantasy melodrama The Beauty Inside, based on the 2015 romantic comedy film of the same name. He plays a man who suffers from Prosopagnosia. In 2019, Lee is set to return to small screen with the crime detective drama Everyone’s Lies playing a role of a detective.
Singing
After performing a stylized version of "My Way" at the 2008 Mnet KM Music Festival, Lee lent his vocals to a track with Korean electronica/pop singer Sheean in a collaboration with Japanese electronica/Shibuya-kei artist FreeTEMPO. The song, titled "Power of Love," was released as a digital single, and Lee also appeared in the music video. On August 11, 2009, he unveiled his musical debut No Kidding, a six track EP with a very indie-electro rock sound. The album's title song "Eternal Summer" was the first and only single released. In 2013, he released two singles titled "Those Days I Had with You" and "Everything" in collaboration with Gold Coast.
