Lee Wan (born Kim Hyung-soo on January 3, 1984) is a South Korean
actor.Born as Kim Hyung-soo, he began his career in entertainment
after starring in a music video alongside older sister, actress Kim
Tae-hee. Using the stage name Lee Wan, he made his acting debut in
2003. He first drew notice in a supporting role in the television
drama Stairway to Heaven, followed by leading roles in romantic
comedies Snow White: Taste Sweet Love and Let's Go to the Beach. He
reunited with Stairway to Heaven costar Park Shin-hye in 2006 in the
melodrama Tree of Heaven which was a joint Korean-Japanese production.
Lee also contributed the song "Where Farewells Don't Exist" to the
drama's soundtrack.Lee's increased Korean Wave popularity led to him
being cast in as the leading man in the Japanese film Veronika Decides
to Die (based on the same-titled novel by Paulo Coelho), which
screened at the 2005 Tokyo International Film Festival. He also played
the leading role opposite Ami Suzuki in the 2007 Japanese television
drama Magnolia no Hana no Shita de ("Under the Magnolia"), which
portrayed a romance between a Korean man and a Japanese woman who meet
while studying in New York City. Afterwards, he returned to Korean
television with a supporting role in In-soon Is Pretty, as the
protagonist's younger brother.In 2008, Lee starred in the Korean War
film Once Upon a Time in Seoul. He next played a villain in the
gambling-themed series Swallow the Sun in 2009.
actor.Born as Kim Hyung-soo, he began his career in entertainment
after starring in a music video alongside older sister, actress Kim
Tae-hee. Using the stage name Lee Wan, he made his acting debut in
2003. He first drew notice in a supporting role in the television
drama Stairway to Heaven, followed by leading roles in romantic
comedies Snow White: Taste Sweet Love and Let's Go to the Beach. He
reunited with Stairway to Heaven costar Park Shin-hye in 2006 in the
melodrama Tree of Heaven which was a joint Korean-Japanese production.
Lee also contributed the song "Where Farewells Don't Exist" to the
drama's soundtrack.Lee's increased Korean Wave popularity led to him
being cast in as the leading man in the Japanese film Veronika Decides
to Die (based on the same-titled novel by Paulo Coelho), which
screened at the 2005 Tokyo International Film Festival. He also played
the leading role opposite Ami Suzuki in the 2007 Japanese television
drama Magnolia no Hana no Shita de ("Under the Magnolia"), which
portrayed a romance between a Korean man and a Japanese woman who meet
while studying in New York City. Afterwards, he returned to Korean
television with a supporting role in In-soon Is Pretty, as the
protagonist's younger brother.In 2008, Lee starred in the Korean War
film Once Upon a Time in Seoul. He next played a villain in the
gambling-themed series Swallow the Sun in 2009.
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