Im Won-hee (born October 11, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Im was an
alumnus of the legendary Daehak-ro theater troupe Mokhwa (Korean:
목í™"), starring in many of Jang Jin's stage plays. He made his film
debut in Jang's black comedy The Happenings in 1998, and through the
years has become one of the most versatile supporting actors in Korean
cinema, with notable roles in Three... Extremes and Le Grand Chef. But
Im is best known for his iconic role Dachimawa Lee, which began in
2000 as the title character of a 35-minute short film that director
Ryoo Seung-wan made as a parody/homage to '70s Korean genre action
films. The internet short was enormously popular and received more
than a million page views, and in 2008, Ryoo again cast Im in an
action-comedy feature film based on the same character, Dachimawa Lee.
alumnus of the legendary Daehak-ro theater troupe Mokhwa (Korean:
목í™"), starring in many of Jang Jin's stage plays. He made his film
debut in Jang's black comedy The Happenings in 1998, and through the
years has become one of the most versatile supporting actors in Korean
cinema, with notable roles in Three... Extremes and Le Grand Chef. But
Im is best known for his iconic role Dachimawa Lee, which began in
2000 as the title character of a 35-minute short film that director
Ryoo Seung-wan made as a parody/homage to '70s Korean genre action
films. The internet short was enormously popular and received more
than a million page views, and in 2008, Ryoo again cast Im in an
action-comedy feature film based on the same character, Dachimawa Lee.
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