Lee Sang-yoon is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his starring roles in Life Is Beautiful, The Duo, My Daughter Seo-young, Goddess of Fire, Angel Eyes, Liar Game, On the Way to the Airport and Whisper.
Career
Lee Sang-yoon was picked out of a crowd on the streets of Yeouido by his former agency director at the age of 24. Making his entertainment debut in 2005 in a Hite Beer commercial, he went on to star in several television series. He won Best New Actor at the 2010 MBC Drama Awards for Home Sweet Home. Lee earned recognition with his role in the family weekend drama My Daughter Seo-young, which recorded a peak viewership rating of 47.6%, making it the highest rated Korean drama of 2013. Lee returned to the screen with period dramaGoddess of Fire, playing Prince Gwanghae. Lee starred in his first big screen leading role in the 2014 romance filmSanta Barbara. The same year, he also played lead roles in the medical dramaAngel Eyes and mystery thriller series Liar Game. In 2015, Lee starred in romantic comedy seriesSecond 20s. In 2016, Lee starred in romance melodrama On the Way to the Airport. He had his second big screen leading role in the thriller filmInsane. In 2017, Lee starred in SBS' legal drama Whisper, playing an elite judge. In December, Lee confirmed to appear in the variety showMaster in the House as a fixed cast member. In 2018, Lee starred in the fantasy melodrama About Time alongside Lee Sung-kyung. Lee will make his silver screen comeback in 2019 with the action comedyOkay Madam. He is set to play a charismatic North Korean spy who hijacks a family.. The same year he will return to small screen with the office mystery drama VIP starring together with Jang Na-ra.
Personal life
In 2013, Lee graduated from the prestigious Seoul National University with a degree in Physics. He had entered as a freshman in 2000, but his acting career and mandatory military service had caused him to take several years of leave from SNU, resulting in his delayed graduation.
