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Lee Hak-joo

Lee Hak-joo

Actor · Born January 9, 1989 (37) · South Korea

Lee Hak-ju (born January 9, 1989) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series The World of the Married, My Name, Newtopia, and Boyfriend on Demand.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 9, 1989 (37)
From
South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 58 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 6% in 30 days

What are Lee Hak-joo's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
31%
Bonds
18%
Survival
16%
Self
15%
Power
15%
Society
3%
Ideas
2%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 5
Ally
2 of 5
Shapeshifter
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Thrilling
4
Melancholic
5
Dread
3
Romantic
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet8
  • Ambiguous5

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 Hak-joo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lee Hak-joo'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

58 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Fifties Professionals(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · as Ma Gong-bok

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Boyfriend on Demand(2026)

    Show 5 episodes · as Min Jun-young

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Cheat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Do-young

  • The Great Flood(2025)

    as Shin Ga-won

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Beyond the Bar(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Lee Jin-woo

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Potato Lab(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Park Gi-se

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • 감자세끼 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Newtopia(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as Alex / Seong Tae-sik

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Parole Examiner Lee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · as Ji Myeong-seob

  • Flex x Cop(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · as Yu Tae-gwang

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Long Time No Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Jung-soo

  • My Dearest(2023)

    Show 21 episodes · as Nam Yeon-jun

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Shadow Detective(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Son Gyeong-chan

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Decision to Leave(2022)

    as Lee Ji-goo

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • O’PENing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Park Hyun-woo

  • Artificial City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 20 episodes · as Han Dong-min

  • Nothing Serious(2021)

    as Min-seok

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Political Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 12 episodes · as Kim Soo-jin

  • My Name(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Jung Tae-ju

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Sinkhole(2021)

    as Manager Jung

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Some Relationship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Private Lives(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · as Kim Myung-hyun

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • In a Cafe Without a Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Chul

  • Welcome to the Guesthouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Joon-geun

  • Sweet Munchies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · as Kang Tae-wan

  • The World of the Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · as Park In-gyu

  • The Girl Who Ran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as 용하

  • Melloga Chejil(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as No Seung-hyo

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Justice(2019)

    Show 32 episodes · as Ma Dong-Hyeok

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Watching(2019)

    as Jun-ho

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Hit-and-Run Squad(2019)

    as Garma

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Memories of the Alhambra(2018)

    Show 16 episodes · as Kim Sang-Beom

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • If Tomorrow Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Lim Kyung-ho

  • Dreamers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Ji Wook

  • The Negotiation(2018)

    as Park Min-woo

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Movie Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Golden Slumber(2018)

    as Detective #2

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Marionette(2017)

    as Kim Dong-jin

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Autumn Sonata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Joon

  • The Sauna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Jong-ho

  • Tong: Memories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Lee Jeong Woo

  • Tong: Memories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · as Lee Jeong Woo

  • Squad 38(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · as Ahn Chang-ho

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Insane(2016)

    as Dong-sik

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Teach Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Fake Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Oh My Ghost(2015)

    Show 16 episodes · as Shin Kyung-mo

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Shameless(2015)

    as Sung-chul

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • A Crevice of Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Chung-hee

  • Snowy Road(2015)

    as Child Soldier

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • 12th Assistant Deacon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Assistant Deacon Choi

  • Sweet Sorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • KBS Drama Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Do-sik · as Ji-Wook · as Lee Min-soo

  • Alike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Jiangshi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Portraits of Delusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Roundup 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Han Sang-gu

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles, 54 of them dated from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2018.

Biggest box office

Decision to Leave (2022)

$22M worldwide

Highest rated

My Dearest (2023)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Newtopia (2025)

Film career

20102026

Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 4 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting58 of 58: 58 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62nd

By decade

2010s27 · acting2020s27 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles

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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Lee Hak-joo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th6

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Newtopia (2025)

72nd percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

My Dearest (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 45. 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 Hak-joo's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 89 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles2–44 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 87 · severeMedian of all films: 39

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 Hak-joo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lee Hak-joo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Han Dong-hwa shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Producers