Lee Sang Yi - The most expensive supporting actor on Korean screen, if he plays a movie, the audience will regret it

Lee Sang Yi is a Korean actor, musical actor, and singer. He is known for his roles in Once Again, Youth of May, and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, My Demon.

Lee Sang Yi was born on November 27, 1991 in Ansan Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Lee Sang Yi first encountered acting with a role in an English musical in 6th grade in elementary school. However, in order to focus on studying and improving his artistic skills, it was not until 2014 that he officially debuted to the public and media.

Before appearing on television, Lee Sang Yi worked as a musical actor. Lee Sang Yi graduated from the Department of Acting and Drama, Korea National University of Arts. After 7 years of hard work, Lee Sang Yi has gradually been remembered by the audience and is also known as a talented star of the Korean entertainment industry.

In 2014, Lee Sang Yi officially debuted to the public with a musical called "Grease". A year later, he acted in the movie Driver and the movie Slow Video. 3 years later, he first appeared on television when appearing in the cast of the movie Manhole (Manhole - Feeling of Fairy World). Since this role, he has gradually become more known to the audience, and the actor's work has also become busier.

In the same year, he continuously appeared in new films such as Andante (Strange Face), Prison Playbook (Prison Life) and Oh, the Mysterious (Suspicious Victory). However, in these projects Lee Sang Yi mainly took on supporting roles, with little acting space, so at that time his name was still quite obscure to the audience.

Even though these were just supporting roles that made him quite obscure in the eyes of the audience, Lee Sang Yi still fully expressed the character's personality and image. Thanks to that, up to now, when reviewing the films the actor has participated in, the audience cannot help but be surprised by the diverse transformation of his characters through the films.

By 2018, the frequency of Lee Sang Yi appearing on television also increased when he participated in 5 new dramas. First is Suits (Dou Tri) and then To. Jenny (Send Jenny), Voice 2 (Voice 2), The Third Charm (Three Encounters) and finally Quiz from God: Reboot (God's Joke). The roles that the actor takes on are both supporting roles and guest roles.

It can be seen that his film journey has gone through many small roles, many of which are not even remembered. However, thanks to those roles, his strength is increasingly proven more clearly, which makes Lee Sang Yi have more confidence in what he is pursuing.

Even though he's not an A-list star, he doesn't even stand out compared to many of his contemporaries. However, it is difficult to deny that Lee Sang Yi is extremely "expensive" and works almost non-stop from day to day, as evidenced by the fact that the movies he participates in are continuously released one after another. .

In 2019, Lee Sang Yi continued to reappear with Special Labor Inspector, The Nokdu Flower. Most notable is his role as Yang Seung Yeop in When the Camellia Blooms, a hit movie in 2019 with the role of a baseball coach at a High School.

Despite appearing in many projects, it seems that 2019 is not the golden time for the name Lee Sang Yi to have many breakthroughs. It wasn't until a year later that 2020 was truly a great leap forward for the actor. Specifically, the long-running drama Once Again featuring the actor was warmly received by the audience. The movie's rating set the highest record at 37.0% and this success helped bring the name Lee Sang Yi closer to the public. Especially with this role, the actor is also known as the nation's son-in-law.

Furthermore, thanks to his natural acting and the success of the film, he won the Best New Actor award at the 2020 KBS Drama Awards. The success of this role helped Lee Sang Yi's reputation. increasingly growing and becoming a sought-after name by the public.

After becoming more famous from the Korean drama Once Again, Lee Sang Yi's popularity continues to show signs of constantly increasing. While his name is rising, Lee Sang Yi signed up to participate in MC Yoo Jae Suk's show Hangout With Yoo. This is a program where celebrities will audition to become members of the male ballad group MSG WANNABE.

He made the audience extremely surprised and excited when, despite being a TV star with good acting, he has an extremely impressive and high-quality voice.

That helped him conquer Yoo Jae Suk and officially become a member of the sub-unit MSG WANNABE (JSDK).

Debuting as a singer in the project group MSG WANNABE made Lee Sang Yi's popularity skyrocket. Along with his acting activities, Lee Sang Yi and the group released the hit song Foolish Love and Only You crowd. The debut with MSG WANNABE has indeed made Lee Sang Yi increasingly loved by many Korean audiences.

Having succeeded in becoming known to everyone, Lee Sang Yi is in no hurry to rest on his laurels. In 2021, Lee Sang Yi returned to the small screen with the 2021 youth drama Youth of May (Youth of May) with Lee Do Hyun and Go Min Si. In August 2021, Lee Sang Yi continued to take on a supporting role in Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (Sea Village Cha-Cha-Cha), appearing alongside Shin Min Ah and Kim Seon Ho. The film is currently receiving positive feedback from the audience and earning extremely positive ratings. In the movie, his role also caused many impressions as well as regret for the character in the hearts of the audience.

In addition to the two projects Youth of May and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, Lee Sang Yi also appeared in Yumi's Cells as a guest.

The year 2023 can be said to continue to be an extremely hardworking year for Lee Sang Yi as he continuously appears in many films from movies to television. Among them is Single In Seoul, a film that brings together a cast of talented actors Lee Dong Wook and Sung Hoon. Han River Police and Hounds of Justice are two works also starring Lee Sang Yi in 2023.

The latest is the currently airing movie: My Demon. The film features Kim Yoo Jung and Song Kang. Although it has just been released, the film is receiving great attention from Korean audiences to Vietnam. Although he still plays the supporting male role, Lee Sang Yi is always a talented actor who creates his own character's color for each film. Hopefully My Demon can be a better stepping stone to help Lee Sang Yi have more breakthroughs in the near future.

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