Seoul Institute of Arts graduate LEE Dong-hwi, born in 1985, has risen to the ranks of Korean stardom through his unconventional approach to supporting characters and unique sense of humor. In 2013, KIM made his feature film debut, with a small part in YIM Soon-rye’s drama <Southbound>. Throughout the rest of the year he also appeared in small parts in the surveillance thriller <Cold Eyes> and romantic comedy <Queen of the Night>, before landing a bigger ...More

Seoul Institute of Arts graduate LEE Dong-hwi, born in 1985, has risen to the ranks of Korean stardom through his unconventional approach to supporting characters and unique sense of humor. In 2013, KIM made his feature film debut, with a small part in YIM Soon-rye’s drama <Southbound>. Throughout the rest of the year he also appeared in small parts in the surveillance thriller <Cold Eyes> and romantic comedy <Queen of the Night>, before landing a bigger supporting role in the JEON Do-yeon led drama <Way Back Home>. In 2014, he appeared in the gambling sequel <Tazza-The Hidden Card> and the runway romcom <Fashion King> and also took part in his first TV show, the period drama-thriller <Gunman in Joseon>. The next year brought with it a small part in the hit cop thriller <Veteran> and also gave him his breakout roles, as the best friend in the high-concept drama <The Beauty Inside> and the smash TV series <Reply 1988>. Later in the year he also had a comic supporting turn in musical period drama <The Sound of a Flower>. 2016 saw him appear in the North Korea-themed investigation thriller <Cooperation> and the thriller <One Line>. On the small screen he took on the role of Turtle in the main cast of <Entourage>, the Korean remake of the hit tinseltown-set HBO series of the same name.Less