Lee Min-ho (Hangul: 이민호; hanja: 李敏鎬, born June 22, 1987) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. Lee Min ho first gained widespread fame with Boys Over Flowers as Gu Jun-pyo in 2009. The role won him several awards, including the Best New Actor award in the category of television at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards. He cemented his status as the leading-man with the success of future television shows: City Hunter (2011) — in which he was nominated for Most Popular Actor in the category of television at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards as well as Outstanding Korean Actor at the 7th Seoul International Drama Awards — and The Heirs (2013), which garnered him another nomination for Most Popular Actor at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards. The box office hit Gangnam Blues featured Lee in his first leading role in a film. Despite the release of two albums, My Everything (2013) and Song For You (2014), Lee has stated that his music are for his fans only and that he does not wish to pursue a singing career. During their respective releases, he embarked on a tour throughout Asia to meet his fans.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 22, 1987 (39)
- Seoul, South Korea
- Actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Lee Min-ho's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 4 of 8 analyzed roles.
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- Shapeshifteras Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers (2009)
- Heroas Choi Yeong in The Great Doctor (2012)
- Heroas Jong-dae in Gangnam 1970 (2015)
- Heroas Lee Gon in The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)
- Shadowas Koh Han-soo in Pachinko (2022)
- Allyas Yoo Joonghyuk in Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy (2025)
- Heroas Gong Ryong in When the Stars Gossip (2025)
- Allyas Han Young-il in The Assassin(s) (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lee Min-ho's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Lee Min-ho's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
28 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Assassin(s)(2026)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
When the Stars Gossip(2025)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Pachinko(2022)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Who Am I? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Lee Min Ho Vs Lee Seung Gi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
DMZ, The Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Seven First Kisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Legend of the Blue Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Bounty Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Summer Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Gangnam 1970(2015)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Line Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Heirs(2013)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Great Doctor(2012)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
The One & Only (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
City Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Personal Taste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Boys Over Flowers(2009)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Our School's E.T. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Public Enemy Returns(2008)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
I Am Your Teacher(2007)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Mackerel Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Secret Campus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Recipe of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Virtual Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 28 titles, 27 of them dated from 2002 to 2026; peak year 2015.
Film career
Peak 2015 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2008Screen debut· Public Enemy Returns
- 2015First top-billed film· Gangnam Blues
- 2022Independent Spirit Award win· Pachinko
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Won an Independent Spirit Award in 2023, Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Lee Min-ho's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Lee Min-ho's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 3 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Lee Min-ho work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lee Min-ho's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kim Eun-sook shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Kim Eun-sookShared titles: The King: Eternal Monarch (2020), Heirs (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Eun-sook
Actors
- Yoo Hai JinShared titles: The Assassin(s) (2026), Public Enemy Returns (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Yoo Hai Jin
- Jung Eun-chaeShared titles: Pachinko (2022), The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jung Eun-chae
Composers
- Cho Young-wukShared titles: Gangnam 1970 (2015), Public Enemy Returns (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Cho Young-wuk
