Lee enrolled in the Department of Theater at
Chung-ang University in
Seoul in 1988. He made his acting debut in the 1990 film
Kurae, Kakkumun Hanulul Boja (
Yes, Let’s Look Up At the Sky Now and Again). Following his debut, he appeared in films including
The Ginkgo Bed,
City of the Rising Sun,
The Anarchists,
Jungle Juice and
Wet Dreams, but it was the 2003 film
Singles that made him rise to stardom. ==Personal life==