Lee Do Hyun - From "the prince of supporting roles" who worked hard to get out of poverty into the best male lead

Lee Do Hyun is currently one of the most potential young actors in the Korean entertainment industry, his name is more widely known thanks to his success through the role of Go Woo Young in the youth blockbuster "Back to School". 18 years old again.

Lee Do Hyun not only conquers the audience's hearts with his handsome appearance and warm smile, but also thanks to his versatile and diverse acting ability, even though he has only started his career for four years.

Difficult childhood and passion for acting

Lee Do Hyun's real name is Lim Dong Hyun, born in 1995 in Seoul, but spent most of his childhood in Ilsan City.

Although he belongs to the middle class, his family is not very well off, because of witnessing the difficulties and sacrifices of his parents, his thinking has become more mature than that of his peers since he was born. childhood. When he was a student, Lee Do Hyun knew how to earn money to help his parents.

In a previous interview, he also revealed that he has a younger brother who suffers from mental retardation. Since childhood, Do Hyun had intended to become a basketball player like his father, but because he did not want his son to follow in his footsteps, he did not support him even though he was an excellent basketball player in the club. Department representing Goyang city.

In 11th grade, after watching Kim Rae-won's Sunflowers, he felt extremely excited and rekindled the desire to become a famous actor like his senior.

Lee Do Hyun's career full of ups and downs with supporting roles

After two years of professional training at Yuehua Entertainment, Lee Do Hyun has learned a lot about his acting skills, but he still has not had the opportunity to appear on the screen.

With a burning desire to appear in front of the camera, he auditioned for the drama Prison Life and was lucky to be selected.

Lee Do Hyun had his first role in his career, playing the young character of actor Jung Kyung Ho. Although he was only in the supporting character line, he still devoted himself to each scene, even if it was just the scene of eating ramen noodles in front of the camera.

The meticulousness and dedication in acting gave Lee Do Hyun another chance to shine, he returned to the screen as a rower with a gentle and silly personality in Still 17 years old.

This role earned Lee Do Hyun his first nomination in the category of Person of the Year at the SBS Drama Awards alongside Ahn Hyo-seop and Jo Hyun-sik in 2018.

He continued to make an impression on the audience with the movie "Cleaning Fairy" released at the end of 2018, playing the female lead's younger brother Kim Yoo-Jung and a promising future Taekwondo player.

The drama has impressed with its fresh storyline and talented young actors, especially the shining young actor Lee Do Hyun. Although he is not the main role, he once again affirmed his bravery on the screen and received more attention from the audience.

Success after success, Lee Do Hyun continued to shine when participating in the fantasy mystery TV blockbuster Hotel Del Luna, starring with Yeo Jin Goo and national younger sister IU.

In the film, Go Chung Myung (played by Lee Do Hyun) is a court guard who has been silently protecting Jang Man Wol (played by IU) and is also the person she has both loved and hated for more than 1000 years. His role left a lot of emotions and drained viewers' tears.

Along with the success of the movie Hotel del Luna, his name rose as fast as "a kite meets the wind" and this also gives the actor more quality scripts as well as more potential development opportunities.

The journey to becoming a sought-after male god

Thanks to the charm of Hotel Del Luna, he caught the eye of many famous directors and received his first lead role as a passionate and promising baseball player in a special KBS drama. in 2019 is the Reconnaissance Report.

This role brought him the Best Actor award at the 2019 KBS Drama Awards. Lee Do Hyun's career continued to flourish when he was "chosen in gold" by famous director Ha Byung-hoon. The lead role for his latest film is Back to the Age of 18.

Return to the age of 18 has content revolving around the life of Hong Dae Young (played by Yoon Sang Hyun), an unemployed man at the age of 37, preparing for divorce and being shunned by his children.

But thanks to a strange miracle, the uncle was "reformed completely", becoming an 18-year-old young man with a handsome appearance named Go Woo Young (played by Lee Do Hyun).

With a character with an 18-year-old body but a 37-year-old soul, Lee Do Hyun has to both portray the deep thoughts of a father and successfully portray the innocent and mischievous image of a high school boy. .

In a previous interview, he also revealed that when he played the lead role in Return to the Age of 18, he had difficulty expressing the mood of a father and a husband.

In order to be able to complete the role in the best way, Lee Do Hyun spent time interacting and talking with his crewmates, especially the actor who plays his son and wife in the movie.

Not only contributing to raising the actor's name, Returning to the age of 18 also helped Lee Do Hyun touch two prestigious trophies as Best Newcomer of the Year in the 7th APAN Star Awards and the 7th APAN Star Awards. The 19th Korea First Brand Awards.

The most recent work that the young actor participated in was Sweet home, a horror horror TV blockbuster with an investment of nearly 60 billion VND for an episode.

As soon as the first episode was released in mid-December 2020, Sweet home quickly entered the list of three most popular movies on Netflix, the movie was released in 190 countries and created a global fever.

The character Lee Eun Hyuk that the actor plays is completely different from the gentle male image in previous works, which has made a great impression on the audience and fans.

No longer the loveliness of Go Chung Myung and the warmth of Go Woo Young in Sweet home, Lee Do Hyun transformed into a talented leader of the apartment complex with the identifying feature of a cold face and glasses. old man, who cleverly calculated his steps to protect the people.

His acting is considered to be completely transformed, getting rid of the shadow of previous gentle roles, bringing viewers to immerse themselves in each thoughtful scene to other suspenseful details in "Sweet Home".

The charm and boom of "Sweet home" has helped young actor Lee Do Hyun's name not only spread throughout Korea but also spread to many other countries.

In 2021, Lee Do Hyun will return to the screen through the main role in the drama "Youth of May", co-starring Go Min Si and the person who worked with him in "Sweet home". He will play the role of a medical student with a mischievous and naughty appearance, but with a strong will and constantly moving forward.

Shining good personality in real life

Not only is Lee Do Hyun's impressive acting ability, but Lee Do Hyun's warm, delicate and caring personality also makes him "score" in the eyes of colleagues and fans.

During the filming of Youth of May, when he received the food truck that fans sent to the set to support him and the crew, Lee Do Hyun sincerely thanked him for the love he received and even stayed for a long time chatting, asking about the dishes that were sent.

When filming the movie Hotel Del Luna, the actor stayed until two in the morning to thank and sign each fan after completing his scenes.

From an unknown supporting actor, with his great talent and personality, Lee Do Hyun has achieved a lot of success when he has only been active in the arts for about four years and deserves to be one of the young actors. today's best.

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