Lee Tae-Hwan

Actor · Born February 21, 1995 (31) · Seoul, South Korea

Lee Tae-hwab is a South Korean actor and singer. Born on February 21, 1995, he launched his career as one of the five members of 5urprise, a unique acting group consisting of five actors who began their careers as actors and then branched into singing. In 2013 at the age of 18, Lee Tae-hwan made his acting debut along with the other members of 5urprise in the mobile drama series “After School: Lucky or Not.” He has since appeared in a number of popular television dramas, including “Splendid Politics” (2015), “Please Come Back, Mister” (2016), “W” (2016), “Father, I’ll Take Care of You” (2016-2017) and “My Golden Life” (2017-2018). More recently, he has also made a name for himself in the world of variety and reality TV, featuring in “Living Together in Empty Room” (2017) and “Urban Cops” (2019).

What are Lee Tae-Hwan's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

43%

Self

33%

Morality

9%

Power

8%

Ideas

7%

Romantic love4 Coming of age2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Shapeshifteras Lee Sung Yeon in What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Romantic

5

Joyful

2

Melancholic

2

Hopeful

2

Warm

2

Other

4

How their films linger

Feel-good3 Hopeful3 Thought-provoking2 Bittersweet2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy3
Bittersweet3

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 Tae-Hwan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

KOCOWA2 titles, show their 2 titles on KOCOWA
CJ ENM Selects1 title, show their title on CJ ENM Selects

Subscription and free streaming for Lee Tae-Hwan'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

27 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Dr. Teddy Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Show 52 episodes · as Baek Sung-ki
Teach You a Lesson(2026)
Show 1 episode · as Jang Kwon-hyuk
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
One Night With the Virgin CEO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Show 2 episodes · as Lee Hyun-woo
DNA Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 16 episodes · as Seo Kang-hoon
Mount Chiak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Issac
Thirty Nine(2022)
Show 12 episodes · as Park Hyun-joon
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
All That Pingpong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Show 16 episodes · Actor
Royal Secret Agent(2020)
Show 16 episodes · as Sung Yi-beom
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Graceful Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 17 episodes · as Joo Kang-san
Touch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 16 episodes · as Kang Do-jin
Farming Academy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 4 episodes · as Ha Joo-Seok
Urban Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 11 episodes · as Lee Tae-hwan
Coast Guard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 6 episodes · Actor
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim(2018)
Show 16 episodes · as Lee Sung-yeon
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Busted!(2018)
Show 1 episode · as Tae-Hwan Lee
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
My Golden Life(2017)
Show 52 episodes · as Sun Woo-Hyuk
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Father, I'll Take Care of You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 50 episodes · as Han Seong Joon
W(2016)
Show 16 episodes · as Seo Do-yoon
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Su Saek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Won-sun
Come Back Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 16 episodes · as Choi Sung Jae
Thumping Spike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Show 20 episodes · as Baek Woo-jin
Hwajung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 50 episodes · as teenage Gwanghae
Pride and Prejudice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 21 episodes · as Kang Soo
High School King of Savvy(2014)
Show 17 episodes · as Oh Tae-seok
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
시월의 어느 멋진 날에 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Show 2 episodes · as Young Lee Shin-Jae
After School: Lucky or Not (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 24 episodes · Actor
Running Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 2 episodes · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 90^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles from 2010 to 2026.

Highest rated

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018)

Midcredits 92^nd

Film career

2016Screen debut· Come Back Alive

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting27 of 27 · 85^th

By decade

2010s17 · acting2020s10 · acting

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.

Who does Lee Tae-Hwan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lee Tae-Hwan's MovieCove titles; Kang Ki-young shares the most, 3.

Kang Ki-young3 titles See all 3 shared titles with Kang Ki-young