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Lee Seo Jin is considered an actor with a glorious family and a huge fortune of Korean showbiz. At the same time, he once attracted attention with his unsuccessful love affair with the beauty "Paris Love Story".
Lee Seo-jin is an actor and host several Korean television shows. He is best known for the reality shows Three Meals a Day and Grandpa Over Flowers. He became famous for starring in the films Damo (2003), Yi San (2007), Gyebaek (2011), and Marriage Contract (2016).
Lee Seo Jin was born in 1973 in South Korea. Lee Seo Jin majored in economics at New York University. However, when he was young, he always dreamed of becoming an actor. It was only in 1999 that the actor officially entered the entertainment industry. Currently, the guy is a famous actor with real power. At the same time, it is also highly appreciated by the audience in the land of Kim Chi.
When Lee Seo Jin first stepped into the art path, he faced a lot of opposition from his family. However, the actor has overcome all to be able to fulfill his dreams. In 1999, the actor began to have his first role in the drama House Inside the Waves, but this was only a supporting role, so Lee Seo Jin's name was not noticed by many viewers.
It was only in 2003 that the actor of the land of Kim Chi became famous when he took on the main role in a hit movie at that time called Damo. From here he began to have successes in his acting career. In 2004, Lee Seo Jin reprised his lead role in the film Phoenix.
In 2005, this was a year that left a mark on Lee Seo Jin's heart when the actor was given the lead role on the big screen for the first time in an action blockbuster Shadowless Sword. Lee Seo Jin also started trying out new roles to diversify his roles. From a vampire in the series Freeze (2006), gangster in Lovers (2006) to a criminal con man in Soul (2009).
With the roles in these movies, he always tries to show as well as portray the image and psychology of the character. He has always been well received by the audience and fans as well as appreciated by everyone.
Besides his shining career, Lee Seo Jin's family is not medium. Because Lee Seo Jin comes from a famous family related to finance and banking. It is known that the actor's paternal great-grandfather is Lee Sang Ryung. He was a leader of the independence movement and held the highest position in the government of the Provisional State of Korea - the predecessor of today's Republic of Korea (a position equivalent to the current President of Korea). His grandfather was the first governor of the State Bank of Korea.
Moreover, as for Lee Seo Jin's father, Lee Jae Eung used to be the head of Anheung Mutual Credit Bank in Seoul. After resigning, Lee Seo-jin's father founded a private financial group. She is the lady of the second largest economic conglomerate in Korea. And yet, Lee Seo Jin's uncle-in-law is the daughter of LG Group. Thanks to the relationship, the actor has become the face of LG for life.
Lee Seo-jin's family once donated a row of ancient houses in Andong (Gyeongsang Province), which is considered the cradle of Korean culture, to the government. This row of houses was chosen as the setting for the once famous movie "Glory of the Family".
Not only is there a huge and influential family, but the actor himself is also extremely excellent. He graduated in Business Administration from New York University, USA. After graduation, the actor was offered to stay in New York to work, but he refused and immediately returned to Korea.
Currently, the actor is holding the position of CEO - CEO for the famous financial and real estate management company Ask Veritas Assets Management. The actor also owns a huge fortune. According to many sources, Lee Seo Jin owns a fortune of over 60 billion Won (about 1,200 billion VND).
In 2015, Lee Seo Jin took the world by storm with a moment of sharing a frame with former world celebrity David Beckham when he went to London, England to attend a product launch event. Although standing next to the sexiest player in the world, Lee Seo Jin's appearance is also considered to be no less.
Owning a huge family and fame, but now when he turns 51, Lee Seo Jin is still single, it seems that the actor has no intention of getting married.
In his entire career, Lee Seo Jin has only publicly dated Paris Love Story beauty Kim Jung Eun. However, it was this love affair that made Lee Seo Jin's beautiful image deteriorate in the public eye. The reason comes from the story of the bad breakup between the couple.
Lee Seo-jin and Kim Jung Eun fell in love after starring together in the 2006 drama "Lovers ." At that time, Lee Seo Jin made Kim Jung Eun shake by acting caring and caring during filming.
Right after filming wrapped, Lee Seo Jin called Kim Jung Eun and said, "Can we go on a date?" The actor even went to the talk show studio to sing to his girlfriend the soundtrack song Lovers.
As for Kim Jung Eun, she also cooks for her boyfriend to bring food to work. It was thought that this love story would have an ending, but everything completely changed after 2 years.
In November 2008, Kim Jung Eun surprised everyone by announcing that she and Lee Seo Jin had broken up. The Paris Love Story beauty broke down in tears on television and said: " He texted me and talked about the breakup. Before that, we didn't even have an argument."
The actress said everything that happened suddenly caused her pain.
Before his girlfriend's statement, Lee Seo Jin didn't even speak up and quickly flew to Hong Kong. Many people believe that the actor wants to hide from public opinion to leave his girlfriend alone to face the media.
Lee Seo Jin's "kicking" his girlfriend with text messages and evading public opinion has caused the public to completely collapse his image. Later, Korean media shared information about the question, Lee Seo Jin said goodbye to Kim Jung Eun due to pressure from the clan.
It was revealed that Lee Seo Jin's mother did not like Kim Jung Eun, claiming that the two were not on the same "level". In addition, during dating, the fact that Lee Seo Jin's reputation is said to be inferior to Kim Jung Eun also made the actor's mother unhappy.
As for Lee Seo Jin, after his ex-girlfriend had a happy marriage with her Korean-American husband, the actor still lives alone. Even though he is 51 years old, Lee Seo Jin has not publicly dated or intends to enter into married life.
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