Korean dramas are becoming increasingly popular and loved, along with brand recognition for some prominent actors in the entertainment world. Lee Dong Wookknown as the ageless handsome man, is one of those actors, not only notable for starring in some of the most popular television dramas of the past decade but also hosting many talk shows and appearing on reality and variety television shows in South Korea.
Lee Dong Wook debuted in 1999, at the age of 18, and has continued to appear on television shows and movies since then. This actor’s first big breakthrough was when he participated in the TV series My Girl. His success did not stop there, Lee Dong Wook’s reputation continued to increase when he played the role of Death in the blockbuster TV series Goblin.
If you love this handsome actor, let’s explore it TOP best movies and TV series by Lee Dong Wookcontributing to bringing the actor’s name closer to the audience.
TOP best movies of Lee Dong Wook
Single in Seoul (2023)
Single in Seoul is a romantic comedy movie that tells the story that takes place between Yeong-ho (Lee Dong Wook), who likes to be alone, and Hyeon-jin (Lim So Jung). , a capable publisher who doesn’t accept being alone, makes a book about single life. They met through an essay about single life, only to rekindle old memories, opening up past wounds.
A Shop for Killers (2024)
A Shop For Killers is an action movie about a niece who lost her parents and grew up with her uncle who runs a shopping mall, must face new truths after the her uncle’s sudden death. In the movie, Lee Dong Wook plays Jeong Jin Man, Jeong Hi An’s uncle, who suddenly passed away. After that, the niece began to find out everything and learned the true identity of the store that Jeong Jin Man managed.
Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020)
Tale of the Nine Tailed is a fantasy drama, starring Lee Dong Wook alongside Kim Bum and Jo Bo-ah to bring to life legends in Korean history. Quoc.
Lee Dong Wook as Lee Yeon, a thousand-year-old nine-tailed fox, also known as the nine-tailed fox, who helps protect the mortal world from vengeful spirits and creatures. One day, he happened to meet a girl who accidentally learned his secret and he couldn’t erase her memory of what she had seen. The two embark on a dangerous journey, and when he discovers she is the reincarnation of his first love, more dangerous characters begin to emerge from the shadows.
Touch Your Heart (2019)
Lee Dong Wook and Yoo In Na, the beloved couple who starred together in the hit movie Goblin, reunited in the lead roles of Touch Your Heart.
Yoo In Na plays a struggling actress who, after a major scandal, finds her career in turmoil. Unable to find any new jobs, she decided the only way to get out of the hole she had dug for herself was to find a job at a law firm. She becomes a secretary to a lawyer (Lee Dong Wook), and although he is not interested in her at first, the two become close and have a romantic relationship.
Bad and Crazy (2021)
Lee Dong Wook and Wi Ha Joon of the hit Squid Game have teamed up in Bad and Crazy, a police-themed movie with quite a few humorous details. Lee Dong Wook plays Su-yeol, a police officer who gets the job done even if it means bending rules and ethics to achieve his mission.
However, when he begins to meet a mysterious individual named K, who is righteous in his approach to justice, he begins to question his previous tactics and fight for what is right. When tragedy suddenly increases, there are many questions within himself and others.
Stranger from Hell (2019)
Stranger from Hell is about a young man (Im Si Wan) who moves to Seoul to seek greater opportunities for his career. He received an internship, and while looking for a place to live, he decided to choose a cheap dormitory called Eden with many shortcomings and inconveniences. However, after a conflict with his next-door neighbor (Lee Dong Wook) and several incidents, the true nature of this house begins to reveal itself to him.
Hotel King (2014)
After starring together in My Girl, Lee Da Hae and Lee Dong Wook reunited nearly a decade later in the drama Hotel King. Lee Dong Wook is the manager of a luxury hotel, with a lot of mental trauma and burdens from his past. After meeting a rich heiress (Lee Da Hae) who now owns a hotel, he decides to help her because she doesn’t know what she needs to do. Full of drama and romance, Hotel King is one of the outstanding Korean dramas released in the 2010s.
Goblin (2016)
Goblin is one of the most iconic Korean dramas of the 2010s, if not of all time. In the main story, Gong Yoo plays an immortal goblin who meets his lost bride (Kim Go Eun) and must protect her while grappling with the fact that she is mortal. In the side story, Lee Dong Wook is a grim reaper in love with a chicken shop owner (Yoo In Na), but both romances will not go smoothly when new problems arise due to causes from both of their past lives. two.
