Lee Kye-in

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Lee Kye-in
Born (1952-05-16) May 16, 1952 (age 71)
Alma materIncheon City College
OccupationActor
Years active1972-present
Korean name
Hangul
이계인
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Gye-in
McCune–ReischauerI Kye-in

Lee Kye-in (born May 16, 1952) is a South Korean actor. Among his notable television series are Chief Inspector (1972-1989), Country Diaries (1980-2002), Emperor Wang Gun (2000-2002), and Jumong (2006-2007).[1]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role
1978 Butterfly Maiden
The Woman I Betrayed
The Arch of Triumph
1979 The Rose That Swallowed Thorns
The Third Han-gang Bridge
1981 An Embrace in the Dark Night
Is There a Girl Like Her?
1982 Wild Horse
1983 A Forbidden Love
1984 The Tiger That Doesn't Cry
1985 Half-eaten Cherry Apple
The Miss and the Cadet
1986 Osaka Godfather
Woman's Wail
1987 Tango in Seoul
Hunting Night
1988 Sunshine at Present Young man 1
Love's Scribble Joon-tae
1994 The Man Who Cannot Kiss Jong-gil
2007 Scout (cameo)
2008 Black Heart (aka Beyond All Magic) Mr. Jung
2009 White Tuft, the Little Beaver (voice, Korean dubbed)
2015 I'm Sorry, I Love You, Thank You
2017 My Little Baby, Jaya

Television series[edit]

Year Title Role
1972 Chief Inspector
1979 Ottoki Squad
Mom Likes Dad
1980 Daughter
Country Diaries Gwi-dong
1983 Cheers
1987 Love and Ambition Oh Sung-kyun
1988 500 Years of Joseon:
Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong
Moon Sung-gook
1989 Great Challenge
1990 500 Years of Joseon: Daewongun Jang Soon-gyu
1991 The Dictionary of the Language
for Happiness
1993 MBC Best Theater
"Love on a Cloudy Day"
1995 Korea Gate Heo Sam-su
Kim Gu Watanabe's son
1996 Hometown of Legends
1997 Ambition Yong-pal
Medical Brothers
Myth of a Hero Captain Do
Revenge and Passion Weasel
1998 Three Kim Generation Choi Hyung-woo
Legendary Ambition Yong-jae
Hong Gil-dong Il-won 2
1999 Did We Really Love? Seo Dal-kwon
You Don't Know My Mind
Hur Jun
2000 Cummi, the Fairy Battalion commander Beo-geu
Emperor Wang Gun Ae-sul
Mr. Duke Department head Jo
2001 Sangdo Bae Soon-tak
2002 Remember Section chief
Inspector Park Mun-su Kkae-chil-yi
2003 Fairy and Swindler
Age of Warriors
Drama City
"Crazy Man, Kang Sung-man"
2004 The Age of Heroes Chun Tae-sool
2006 Yeon Gaesomun Qibi Heli
Jumong Mo Pal-mo
2007 Medical Gibang Cinema Husband Jo
2008 Aster Young-jong
I Am Happy Lee Chul-gon
2009 The Return of Iljimae Jeol-chi
Strike Love Oh Hye-sung's father
2010 Dong Yi[2] Oh Tae-poong
2011 Warrior Baek Dong-soo[3] Yeo Cho-sang
2013 Hur Jun, the Original Story Dol-swe
Shining Romance[4] Mr. Oh (cameo)

Television show[edit]

Year Title Notes
2004 Comedy File
Show! Lucky Train
2006 Laughter Station
Sunday Sunday Night
2007 7 Octave
Jiwhaza
Cool Times, Game Song Cast member
2008 Bokbulbok - Season 1
2010 셔틀탈출기 내가 용자라니 Cast member
Global Family Lee's In Laws[5]
2011 Poker Face - Season 2
2012-2013 Reckless Family - Season 2 Cast member
2013 MasterChef Korea Celebrity Contestant
2014 Taste of Hand
2015 Again
2022 The President's People Cast Member[6]

Music video[edit]

Year Song title Artist
2007 "Hiya" Coolapica

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1986 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor Won
2006 Special Acting Award, Veteran Actor Jumong Won
Popularity Award Nominated
2008 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Serial Drama I Am Happy Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ghim, Sora (17 December 2014). "Lee Kye In Used To Drink How Many Bottles Of Soju?!". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  2. ^ "Dong Yi hopes to brighten up your 2010". Hancinema. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  3. ^ "Warrior Baek Dong-soo Park Geon-tae murderous look+sorrow tears, talented actor". Hancinema. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  4. ^ "Lee Kye-in stars in Shining Romance". Hancinema. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  5. ^ "This is no ordinary Chuseok". Korea Joongang Daily. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  6. ^ Hwang, Hye-jin (September 16, 2022). "김용건·김수미·이계인 '회장님네 사람들' 출연, 10월 10일 첫방" [Kim Yong-gun, Kim Su-mi, and Lee Gye-in appeared in 'President's People', first aired on October 10] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Naver.

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