Acting After honing his acting in one-act dramas, Lee Min-ki first gained popularity on television in romantic comedies
Love Truly (2006) and ''
Dal-ja's Spring (2007). He then starred in the quirky low-rated cult series Evasive Inquiry Agency
(2007) and alternated mainstream films with indies such as Oishii Man
(2009). He gained favorable notices for his supporting roles in the thriller A Million as a hot-tempered Marine-turned-janitor who finds himself involved in a survival reality show, and the disaster film Tidal Wave'', in which he plays a lifeguard who makes a heartbreaking sacrifice when a
tsunami hits the Korean beach town of
Haeundae. Lee then solidified his bona fide movie star status with his leading roles in the action film
Quick and romantic comedy
Spellbound. Lee starred alongside
Kim Min-hee in the relationship drama
Very Ordinary Couple (2013), a critically-acclaimed a box-office hit. He followed with leading roles in thriller
Monster (2014), and drama film
Shoot Me in the Heart (2015), based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Jeong Yu-jeong. In 2017, Lee starred in the romantic-comedy drama
Because This Is My First Life opposite
Jung So-min, which had been his first television leading role in 10 years. This was followed with the fantasy melodrama
The Beauty Inside (2018), based on the 2015
romantic comedy film of the same name. He played a man who suffers from
prosopagnosia. In 2019, Lee returned to the small screen opposite
Lee Yoo-young in the
crime detective drama
The Lies Within as detective Jo Tae-sik. On January 13, 2020, it was announced that Lee would star in the occult thriller film
Three Days alongside
Park Shin-yang and
Lee Re. In 2021, Lee starred alongside
Nana in the MBC romantic comedy
Oh My Ladylord. After the contract with his former agency expired in September 2021, Lee signed a contract with Yeongsang ENT. The same year, he joined the
JTBC television series
My Liberation Notes which premiered in April 2022. He played the role of Yeom Chang-hee, the second of three siblings with no proper goal in life.
Singing After performing a stylized version of "
My Way" at the 2008
Mnet KM Music Festival, Lee lent his vocals to a track with Korean electronica/pop singer Sheean in a collaboration with Japanese
electronica/
Shibuya-kei artist FreeTEMPO. The song, titled "Power of Love," was released as a digital single, and Lee also appeared in the music video. On August 11, 2009, he unveiled his musical debut
No Kidding, a six track
EP with a very indie-electro rock sound. The album's title song "Eternal Summer" was the first and only single released. In 2013, he released two singles titled "Those Days I Had with You" and "Everything" in collaboration with Gold Coast. ==Personal life==