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Lee Seung-gi
Lee in 2021
Born (1987-01-13) January 13, 1987 (age 37)
Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actor
  • host
  • entertainer
  • model
  • CEO
  • producer
Years active2004–present
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
  • Hook Entertainment
  • Human Made
Websiteleeseunggi.com
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Seung-gi
McCune–ReischauerRi Sŭnggi

Lee Seung-gi (Korean: 이승기; Hanja: 李昇基; born January 13, 1987) is a South Korean singer, actor, host, and entertainer.[1]

He has numerous hit songs as a singer such as "Because You're My Woman", "Will You Marry Me", "Return" and "The Ordinary Man". He has garnered further recognition as an actor and rose to popularity in parts of Asia with leading roles in popular dramas such as Brilliant Legacy (2009), My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (2010), The King 2 Hearts (2012), Gu Family Book (2013), You're All Surrounded (2014), A Korean Odyssey (2017–2018), Vagabond (2019), and Mouse (2021). He was a member of the first season of weekend variety show 1 Night 2 Days from November 2007 to February 2012, and the host of talk show Strong Heart from October 2009 to April 2012.[2]

Lee Seung Gi's success as a singer, actor and host earned him the title "Triple Threat" entertainer.[3][4] He was first included in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list in 2010 placing seventh,[5] subsequently ranking fourth in 2011[6] and sixth in 2012, 2015 and 2022.[7][8][9] The success of his television dramas in parts of Asia established him as a top Hallyu star.[10] He is also listed as one of the highest paid Korean celebrities of 2021.[11]

In 2021, Lee has been selected as one of the 200 actors (100 males and 100 females) to feature in the Korean actors 200 campaign, run by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). This methodical project's aim is to select actors that best represent the present and future of Korean film and introducing them to film people overseas.[12][13]

On June 1, 2021, he has reportedly left Hook Entertainment and established his own one-man agency Human Made.[14] On June 10, 2021, Hook Entertainment officially announces that they have signed a new management contract with Lee Seung Gi, and they will support him pursuing independent and creative activities through his own one-man agency Human Made.[15]

Early life and education

Lee Seung-gi was born on January 13, 1987, in Banghak-dong, Dobong District, South Korea. His family consists of his parents and younger sister. During his elementary and middle school days, Lee was considered a good student, he was an all rounder and performed equally well in sports, academics and arts and was the elected president of the student council throughout his school years. In school, he became well-versed in English, Japanese and Korean. Lee was also part of a band in his local high school, where he was the lead vocalist. Their band name was initially called Brain Hemorrhage to give a strong impression, but it was later changed to Natural. During his band’s last activity, he was scouted by singer Lee Sun-hee when she saw him perform in a small theater. Although Lee initially rejected the offer to concentrate on his studies, he later accepted it after his mother’s persuasion as Lee Sun-hee was her favorite singer. He trained for 2 years before making his singing debut at the age of 17.[16]

While busy in his career, Lee graduated from Dongguk University obtaining his degree in International Trade and Commerce on February 20, 2009, and received a special achievement award during graduation. He then continued his studies obtaining two master's degrees, Marketing, Trade Theory as well as Finance and Cultural Contents at Dongguk Graduate School.[17] He successfully received Child Psychiatry Counselling Certificate while he was doing Little Forest variety show.[18]

Career

2004–present: As singer

Scouted by singer Lee Sun-hee, Lee Seung Gi trained for two years before debuting on June 5, 2004, at the age of 17. "Because You're My Girl", his debut song from his first album The Dream of a Moth, became a popular ballad which created a 'liking older women' syndrome in South Korea.[19][20] With this song, he won the Best Newcomer award in various music awards ceremonies in 2004, such as the M.net KM Music Festival and Seoul Music Awards. In 2007, he also won the Best Male Solo Artist award at the M.net KM Music Festival with his song White Lie from his third album Story of Separation.[21]

At Yeosu Expo Pop Festival, 2012

He released a digital single titled Will You Marry Me in 2009,[22] which became a hit in South Korea. With this single, he received the Digital Single Bonsang award in the 24th Golden Disc Awards.[23] The same year, he released his fourth album Shadow, which was a success and received 40,000 pre-order copies before its release.[24][25]

In 2010, he recorded a duet version of his 2007 song Smile Boy with South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna, which became the official 2010 FIFA World Cup commercial song in South Korea.[26] He also received the Digital Single Bonsang award for the second consecutive time at the 25th Golden Disc Awards with his song Love Taught Me To Drink.[27] This was followed by the release of his fifth album, Tonight in 2011, a departure from his usual traditional ballads and encompasses more of a rock band-style sound and melodies.[28] The title song Aren't We Friends instantly topped online music charts upon release.[29] His other single, Era of Love also earned the No. 1 spot on that week's Billboard K-Pop Hot 100.[30]

On March 6, 2012, Seung Gi made his debut in Japan with the release of his first Japanese album Time for Love (also translated as Alone in Love) and a single of the same title.[31] Both the album and single ranked number one on the Oricon Daily Chart.[32][33] To celebrate his success, Lee held a fanmeeting at Tokyo Dome City Hall.[34] He held a concert at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, on June 1, 2012, three months after his debut.[35][36]

Back in South Korea the same year, he released an EP titled Forest.[37] The title song Return set a record for being number one for six consecutive weeks on Billboard's Korea K-Pop Hot 100.[38][39]

On June 10, 2015, he made his music comeback with his sixth album And... after a hiatus of two years and seven months.[40][41]

On January 21, 2016, his agency, Hook Entertainment, announced that he would be enlisting for his mandatory military service on February 1. As a gift to fans, he also released a new track on January 21 at noon, titled I Am Going to the Military.[42] On March 3, 2016, his song Meet Someone Like Me was released. The single is the last song he recorded before joining the army, and was produced by Psy.[43]

On November 15, 2020, he released a pre-released track titled The Ordinary Man (뻔한 남자), ahead of his anticipated seventh album The Project, which was released on December 10, 2020.[44]

On June 21, 2022, his agency announced that Lee will be partnering with guitarist Lee Byung-ho from Captain Planet's songwriting team to release the project's theme song on July 1.[45]

2004–present: As actor with pan-Asian fame

In 2004, Lee Seung-gi starred in MBC's sitcom Nonstop 5.[46] He then officially debuted as an actor in KBS's 2006 weekend drama The Infamous Chil Sisters.[47]

He was then cast as the male lead in SBS's weekend drama Brilliant Legacy in 2009, co-starring Han Hyo-joo.[48] The drama maintained its top spot in viewer ratings throughout its run, with its final episode attaining a viewer rating of 47.1%.[49] The huge success boosted Lee's popularity as an actor and led to increased advertising offers for the actor.[50] For his performance in the drama, he received the "Excellence in Acting" award, the "Top 10 Stars" award and the "Best Couple" award with Han Hyo-joo at the 2009 SBS Drama Awards.[51]

This was followed by SBS's fantasy drama My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox in 2010, playing a university student who (despite strong discouragement from his grandfather) wants to drop out in order to pursue his dream of becoming an action movie star.[52][53] His performance earned him his second "Excellence in Acting" award at the 2010 SBS Drama Awards.[54]

He then starred in MBC's action drama The King 2 Hearts (2012) with Ha Ji-won,[55][56] fantasy-historical drama Gu Family Book (2013) with Bae Suzy,[57][58] and SBS's police drama You're All Surrounded (2014).[59][60]

In 2015, Lee Seung Gi made his film debut with romantic comedy Love Forecast which co-stars Moon Chae-won.[61][62]

In July 2015, Lee was cast in the period comedy film The Princess and the Matchmaker with Shim Eun-kyung, directed by The Face Reader director Han Jae-rim.[63] The film was released in 2018.[64]

In 2017, he was the lead actor in the fantasy drama A Korean Odyssey, written by the Hong sisters. This marked his first project after enlistment.[65][66]

In 2019, he and Bae Suzy starred in the spy action drama Vagabond as their second drama together.[67][68] With this drama, he received the Top Excellence Award in a Miniseries and the "Best Couple" award with Bae Suzy at the 2019 SBS Drama Awards.

In 2021, Lee starred alongside Lee Hee-joon in the crime thriller Mouse, playing the role of Jeong Ba-reum, which earned him the Grand Award (Daesang) for best actor in TV category at the 6th Asia Artist Awards.[69][70]

On April 7 2022, Lee was confirmed to appear in a KBS drama alongside Lee Se-young titled The Law Cafe, it is a healing romance drama about a former prosecutor now landlord and a former Miss Korea now lawyer, based on a popular web novel.[71]

2007–present: As host and entertainer

Lee was a permanent cast member of the first season of 1 Night 2 Days, a segment of KBS's weekend variety show Happy Sunday, from November 2007 to February 2012. Known by his nickname heodang, his appearance on the show shot him to fame in Korea and made him a household name.[72][73]

In 2008, he received the Best Popularity award in the KBS Entertainment Awards due to his popularity with audience in 1 Night 2 Days. He also earned the Top Excellence Host award in the 2010 KBS Entertainment Awards and the Daesang award with the other cast members of the first season at the 2011 KBS Entertainment Awards.[74]

At KCON, 2014

In October 2009, Lee took on a hosting role in SBS's Tuesday night talk show Strong Heart with Kang Ho-dong.[75] It was recognized as the Best Program at the 2009 SBS Entertainment Awards and he was awarded the Netizens' Popularity award.[76] He was again recognized for his role in the talk show and received the Top Excellence Host award for two consecutive years at the 2010 and 2011 SBS Entertainment Awards.[74][77] In March 2012, Lee announced his departure from Strong Heart in order to focus on his singing career. He recorded his last episode on March 15, which was broadcast on April 3.[78]

Lee reunited with 1 Night 2 Days cast members and PD Na Young-seok in the travel-reality show New Journey to the West in 2015.[79][80]

In 2017, he joined the cast of SBS variety show Master in the House.[81]

In 2018, he was chosen to be the MC of Mnet's reality/survival program, Produce 48.[82] The same year, it was announced that he will join the second season of Netflix's variety show Busted!.[83] At 2018 SBS Entertainment Awards, he won the Grand Prize (Daesang) for Master in the House, becoming the youngest entertainer to receive the award.[84]

In 2019, he joined the cast of Little Forest – a healing variety program designed as a home kids garden development project for children.[85] The same year, he featured in the Netflix travel show Twogether alongside Taiwanese actor Jasper Liu.

In 2020, he hosted Friday Joy Package, Hometown Flex and a singing reality show Sing Again.[86]

In 2021, he rejoined the cast of Netflix's variety show Busted! for a third season and also joined the SBS golf entertainment show Golf Battle: Birdie Buddies. On July 24, Lee joined the reality program Loud as an MC and Special Agent, a unique position whose task is to provide the remaining contestants with warmth, guidance, and support as they prepare for the finale.[87][88] On November 20, Lee featured in a Netflix game variety show, New World.[89] On December 6, he rejoined the hit reality TV show, Sing Again, for a second season as its MC and Host.[90] In the same year, he won the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Male Variety Performer for his work in Busted!, Twogether, Hometown Flex, Sing Again ,and Master in the House.[91]

In 2022, Lee hosted SBS new year special program Circle House – a 10-episode healing talk show that candidly shares the real concerns of the MZ generation in Korea and seeks solutions with applicants.[92]

2021–present: As CEO and producer

On June 1, 2021, Lee Seung Gi established his own production company called Human Made. For one of its program, the company has prepared a performance exclusively for Moment House Japan which features a hybrid of documentary and live performance content. Lee took part in the production of the show as its executive producer starring Korean-American Rapper Jessi.[93] In March 2022, Lee released a Human Made original mini documentary series about food and music titled Human Table on the global platform YouTube under the channel name HUMANMADE.[94][95]

In the media

In South Korea, Lee Seung-gi has earned multiple nicknames such as Nation's Umchina (your mother's friend's brilliant son), Nation's Little Brother, Nation's Son-in-Law and Nation's Heodang (adorable klutz), an image he had earned from his appearance in the show, 1 Night 2 Days.[96][97]

Lee's success as a singer, actor and host also earned him the titles "Triple Threat" entertainer, Emperor, and Prince of Ballad.[98][99][100]Other nicknames given to him by the media include Human amulet and Weather fairy.[101]

In 2011 and 2012, he was one of the most in-demand and popular commercial models and celebrity endorsers.[102][103] Throughout his career, he has endorsed a wide variety of products and services and had ranked high in the monthly endorser survey of the Korea Advertisers Association.[104][105]

On June 23, 2012, Lee was one of the torchbearers in the 2012 London Summer Olympics Torch Relay chosen by Samsung.[106][107] On October 30, 2012, he was appointed as the Honorary Online Ambassador of the nation's campaign by the National Election Commission of South Korea for a fair and clean presidential election.[108]

In 2021, he was dubbed by the media as the MC with “Sincerity and Empathy”, a name he earned from the JTBC's talent show, Sing Again.[109]

In March 2022, Lee was awarded the Presidential Citation as an exemplary taxpayer on the 56th Taxpayers' Day and was appointed public relations ambassador of 2022 for the National Tax Service.[110]

Personal life

Mandatory Military service

At Military concert, 2017

On February 1, 2016, Lee Seung Gi began his 21-month mandatory military service as an active duty soldier, entering Nonsan Army Recruit Training Center in Chungcheongnam-do.[111] After training there for five weeks and received the highest score in his training company, he was dispatched to his assigned role following the completion ceremony, where he was awarded the Honors citation. The citation is reportedly given to a total of four people by four companies, one each.[112][113] He was formally discharged on October 31, 2017, from the military at Jeungpyeong County in North Chungcheong Province where he was a member of the 13th Special Forces Brigade Black Panther, Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command serving as a military intelligence specialist.[114][115][116]

It's reported that Lee Seung Gi had volunteered and completed trainings not required for enlisted soldiers and administrative soldiers, this includes parachute training, wherein he succeeded in a parachute descent drill conducted 730 meters above the ground, other trainings include Krav Maga level 1 and long distance march of 10 kilometers (about 6.21 miles), where he was in the top 10% of the 1000 marathoners,[117]as part of the 'Black Panther' Brigade which was re-designated as the decapitation unit named 13th Special Mission Brigade on December 1, 2017, with the mission of assassinating North Korean leaders following tension with North Korea in the event a war broke out within the two nations.[118][119][120]

In October 2016, Lee hosted the military event, 14th Ground Forces Festival, as the goodwill ambassador. The event was co-hosted by Gyeryong City and the army, where visitors can experience and watch the Korean military culture.[121]

Other activities

Philanthropy

Lee Seung Gi has involved himself with various philanthropic activities. Since 2009, he had donated 1 million won weekly to families who appeared on KBS's “Field Report Companion,” for total of 100 million won. In addition to the donations, Lee Seung Gi also volunteered to personally seek out the families and help them.[122]

He had also participated in a charity fan signing event for world hunger relief. The event was held at Seoul Hongdae branch of Pizza Hut on October 28, 2012.[123]

In 2013, Lee donated 5.88 Tons of Rice to Nowon-gu, Seoul. According to Nowon-gu, the 5.88 tons of rice donated by Lee Seung Gi is enough to feed 50,000 children. Nowon-gu plans to distribute the rice to underprivileged groups in the area, including people receiving national basic livelihood security, lower-income families, and single-parent families.[124]

In 2014, Lee collaborated with CJ E&M to provide assistance to an education contents donation event for low-income female students in the US.[125][126]

Lee was awarded the 2018 Korea Sharing Volunteer Award for the 100 M won donation to DongHaeng, volunteer work repairing House of Love, and talent donation to Severance Hospital.[127]

In 2019, Lee Seung Gi donated 100 million won to Severance hospital for rehab hospital patients’ medical expenses. The donation was used to support wheelchairs, prosthetic legs, prosthetic limbs, and posture aids to 23 children and adolescents with spinal cord injuries. He also participated in the ‘10,000-Won Happiness’ mobile donation.[122]

In 2020, to help with COVID-19 prevention and aid underprivileged children in Korea, Lee Seung Gi has donated 100 million won to Good Neighbors, an international humanitarian and development NGO.[128]

In 2021, Lee Seung Gi, along with the cast of Golf Battle: Birdie Buddies, has been donating scholarship money for every birdie scored on the show.[129]

For his 35th birthday on January 13, 2022, Lee became the first charity fairy under the entertainment category on the celebrity ranking service, Best idol Celeb. Countless fans, including his fandom AIREN, joined forces and collected 61,105,486 votes, passed the charity fairy cut line of 55,555,555 votes, making Lee Seung Gi a charity fairy. A total of 500 thousand won is donated to the Miral Welfare Foundation under Lee Seung Gi's name, it will be used as a fund for the disabled isolated under COVID-19.[130]

According to his agency on January 27, 2022, Lee had donated 100 million won to support the children and adolescents who are being treated at the Severance Rehabilitation Hospital. A cumulative of 200 million won sponsorship to the hospital as of Jan 2022. It is also reported that Lee's fan club AIREN also joined the sponsorship move and donated 10 million won to Severance Hospital to celebrate Lee's birthday in 2020. According to the reports, Lee stated:

I was really grateful to receive letters from my young friends, who received help from the last donation, after their treatment and felt that I received much more than I gave. I was also sincerely grateful my fans shared the same mindset as me and joined me. I hope this donation will be of at least a little bit of help so that children can live healthier and happier lives and achieve their dreams.[131]

Ambassadorship

Year Title Ref.
2009 Honorary ambassador for the breakfast campaign
Goodwill ambassador for the joint download service (ConTing) of three terrestrial broadcasters [132]
2010 Public relations ambassador of the Strategy and Finance Ministry Lottery Commission [133]
The head of the 3rd Happiness Empathy Volunteer Group [134]
Public relations ambassador of the Human Network Council of the Ministry of Health and Welfare [135]
2011 Public relations ambassador of the Strategy and Finance Ministry Lottery Commission [136]
Head of the 4th Happiness Empathy Volunteer Group [137]
2012 National Election Committee's online public relations ambassador for the 18th presidential election [138]
2013 Han Woo-Kim's PR ambassador [139]
2016 2016 Ground Forces Festival Honorary Ambassador [140]
2021 Breitling Ambassador [141]
2022 Public relations ambassador of the National Tax Service [110]

Discography

Main article: Lee Seung-gi discography
  • The Dream of a Moth (2004)
  • Crazy For U (2006)
  • Story of Separation (2007)
  • Shadow (2009)
  • Tonight (2011)
  • And... (2015)
  • The Project (2020)

Filmography

Main article: Lee Seung-gi filmography

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Lee Seung-gi

Since his debut in 2004, Lee has won various awards, including two Baeksang Arts Awards, three Golden Disc Awards, four Asia Artist Awards, four Mnet Asian Music Awards, five Seoul Music Awards, eight SBS Drama Awards, and twelve SBS Entertainment Awards.

Lee has also won five Bonsang Awards (Main Prize), including two from Golden Disc Awards, one from SBS Music Awards and two from Seoul Music Awards.[142] Lee has received eight Daesang Awards (Grand Prize) nominations, winning three Daesangs, including one from Asia Artist Awards, one from KBS Entertainment Awards, and one from SBS Entertainment Awards. [143] Additionally, Lee was honored at the 2014 Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, held by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, for contributing to Korean culture and spreading Korean Wave, or hallyu. Lee was also selected as the male multi-entertainer of the year at the 2020 Brand of the Year Daesang Award.[144][145]

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