Portrait of Lee Dong-wook

Acting

Lee Dong-wook

Career

Active from 2000 to 2025, busiest in 2025 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
34
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Shop for Killers
A Shop for Killers
GoodWatch score92/100

Characters

21

The characters Lee Dong-wook played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lee Dong-wook Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Nostalgia
    2.8, average 3.8
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Emotional Journey 6
  • Korean Drama 5
  • Character-Driven Narrative 3
  • Family Secrets 3
  • Engaging Dialogue 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Love Triangle 2
  • Emotional Depth 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Overcoming Adversity 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Love Affair
Love Affair

TV show · as Kim Ji-hoon

2020s

12 titles · average score 74
The Divorce Insurance
The Divorce Insurance (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as No Ki-jun

The Nice Guy
The Nice Guy (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Park Seok-cheol

The Divorce Insurance
The Divorce Insurance (2025)

TV show

Ggangchon-cance
Ggangchon-cance (2025)

TV show

A Shop for Killers
A Shop for Killers (2024)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Jeong Jin-man

Harbin
Harbin (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lee Chang-sup

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938
Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 (2023)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Lee Yeon

Single in Seoul
Single in Seoul (2023)
GoodWatch score 61

as Park Young-ho

A Year-End Medley: Extended Version
A Year-End Medley: Extended Version (2022)

TV show · as Yong-jin

Bad and Crazy
Bad and Crazy (2021)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Ryu Soo-yeol

A Year-End Medley
A Year-End Medley (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

as Yong-jin

Tale of the Nine Tailed
Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Lee Yeon

2010s

18 titles · average score 74
Strangers from Hell
Strangers from Hell (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Seo Moon-jo

Touch Your Heart
Touch Your Heart (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Kwon Jung-rok

Produce X 101
Produce X 101 (2019)

TV show · as MC

Life
Life (2018)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Ye Jin-Woo

Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Grim Reaper / Wang Yeo

Bubblegum
Bubblegum (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Park Ri-hwan

Hotel King
Hotel King (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Cha Jae-Wan / Hyun Woo

Blade Man
Blade Man (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Joo Hong Bin

The Story of Kang Gu
The Story of Kang Gu (2014)

TV show · as Kim Kyung Tae

The Fugitive of Joseon
The Fugitive of Joseon (2013)

TV show · as Choi Won

Wild Romance
Wild Romance (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Park Mu-yeol

Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman (2011)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Kang Ji-wook

2000s

19 titles · average score 62
Partner
Partner (2009)

TV show · as Lee Tae-Jo

La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita (2008)

TV show · as Lee Joon-soo

Heartbreak Library
Heartbreak Library (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Kim Joon Oh

The Perfect Couple
The Perfect Couple (2007)
GoodWatch score 56

as Kang Jae-hyuk

Arang
Arang (2006)
GoodWatch score 55

as Hyun-ki

My Girl
My Girl (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Seol Gong Chan

Hanoi Bride
Hanoi Bride (2005)

TV show · as Park Eun Woo

Precious Family
Precious Family (2004)

TV show · as Ahn Jung-hwan

Land of Wine
Land of Wine (2003)

TV show · as 송도일 역

똑바로 살아라
똑바로 살아라 (2002)

TV show

Loving You
Loving You (2002)

TV show · as Lee Min

Secret
Secret (2000)

TV show · as Kang Hyeon-soo

1990s

2 titles · average score 73
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

Property Graphic Designer

School 2
School 2 (1999)

TV show · as Lee Kang-san