Lee Hyun-woo (entertainer)

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Hyun-woo
Lee Hyun-Woo (singer).jpg
Born Lee Sang-won
(1966-03-06) March 6, 1966 (age 58)
Seoul, South Korea
Other names Jessie Lee
Education Parsons The New School for Design - Industrial Design
Kyungwon University Graduate School - Fine Arts
Occupation Singer, actor
Years active 1990-present
Agent H.W. Entertainment
Spouse(s) Lee Je-ni (m. 2009)
Website http://www.leehyunwoo.com/
Korean name
Hangul 이현우
Revised Romanization I Hyeon-u
McCune–Reischauer I Hyŏn-u
Birth name
Hangul 이상원
Revised Romanization I Sang-won
McCune–Reischauer I Sang-wŏn

Lee Hyun-woo (born Lee Sang-won on March 6, 1966), also known by his English name Jessie Lee, is a Korean-American singer and actor.[1]

Career

Lee Hyun-woo made his entertainment debut in 1991 with the album Black Rainbow and rose to fame with hit songs such as "Dream" and "Day After the Break-up."[2] He later transitioned into acting, appearing in television dramas such as Rooftop Room Cat (2003), Wedding (2005), Dal-ja's Spring (2007) and Oh! My Lady (2010), as well as the films S Diary (2004), Before the Summer Passes Away (2007), and The Forgotten Bag (2011).[3][4][5]

Personal life

Lee married freelance curator Lee Je-ni on February 21, 2009. Their first son Lee Dong-ha was born in September 2009, and their second son Lee Ju-ha was born in April 2011; both appeared with him in the reality show The Return of Superman.[6]

On January 13, 1993, Lee was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession; he was released on bail on February 1. In March 1993, he was banned from appearing on the TV networks KBS and SBS, so he went on hiatus and lived in the United States until his return to the Korean entertainment scene in November of that year. He was also fined for an incident involving a DUI and driving without a license on February 18, 2007.[7]

Discography

Album

  • Black Rainbow (1991)
  • Blue Vanity (1993)
  • Let's Go Fishing (1996)
  • Freewill Of My Heart (1997)
  • Both Sides of the Story (1998)
  • Virus (2000)
  • Free Your Mind & Bady (2001)
  • Da Painkiller (2003)[8]
  • Sinful Seduction (2004)
  • Heart Blossom (2007)
  • Till Dawn (2011)[9]

Soundtrack contributions

Filmography

Television series

Film

  • Saturday, 2 p.m. (1998)
  • The Beauty in Dream (2002)
  • S Diary (2004)
  • My Boyfriend Is Type B (2005)
  • Ssunday Seoul (2006)
  • Before the Summer Passes Away (2007)
  • The Forgotten Bag (2011)

Variety show

Musical theatre

Radio program

Cookbook author

  • Lee Hyun-woo's Easy Cooking for Singles (2002)
  • Happy Recipes of Happy Dad Lee Hyun-woo (2010)[6]

References

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External links

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