# Jae Hee > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jae_Hee > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jae_Hee.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jae_Hee > Source revision: 1345478051 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|South Korean actor}} {{for|the name|Jae-hee (name)}} {{family name hatnote|Lee||lang=Korean}} {{Infobox person | name = Jae Hee | image = | caption = | birth_name = Lee Hyun-kyun | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|5|25}} | birth_place = [Seoul](/source/Seoul), [South Korea](/source/South_Korea) | occupation = [Actor](/source/Actor) | education = [Dankook University](/source/Dankook_University) - Theater and Film | agent = {{plainlist| * [Polaris Entertainment](/source/Polaris_Entertainment) (Past) * Family Ent - (Present, 2018) }} | years_active = 1996-present | spouse = {{Marriage|unnamed|2010}} | children = 1 son (Lee Ra-On) | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes|headercolor=transparent | hangul = %이현균 | hanja = 李賢均 | hangulstage = %_재희 | hanjastage = 在喜 }} }} '''Jae Hee''' ({{korean|hangul=재희}}; born Lee Hyun-kyun on May 25, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the 2004 [arthouse film](/source/arthouse_film) ''[3-Iron](/source/3-Iron)'' and the 2005 television series ''[Sassy Girl Chun-hyang](/source/Sassy_Girl_Chun-hyang)''. ==Career== Jae Hee began his acting career as a [child actor](/source/child_actor) in the 1997 [drama](/source/Korean_drama) ''Mountain''. He continued to appear on television, such as in the campus drama ''School 2'' and the family sitcom ''[Wuri's Family](/source/Wuri's_Family)'', as well as the 2000 [horror film](/source/horror_film) ''[Bloody Beach](/source/Bloody_Beach)''. In 2004, he was cast as the lead actor in [Kim Ki-duk](/source/Kim_Ki-duk)'s ''[3-Iron](/source/3-Iron)'', playing a silent young man who breaks into vacant houses and while living there for a few days, he cleans the house and repairs broken gadgets during his stay. The [arthouse film](/source/arthouse_film) won critical acclaim both locally and internationally.{{cite web|last=Bertolin|first=Paolo|title=Kim's ''3-Iron'' Hailed as Moral Winner of Venice Film Festival|url=https://www.hancinema.net/kim-s-3-iron-hailed-as-moral-winner-of-venice-film-festival-1541.html|work=[The Korea Times](/source/The_Korea_Times) via [Hancinema](/source/Hancinema)|date=September 15, 2004|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233247/http://www.hancinema.net/kim-s-3-iron-hailed-as-moral-winner-of-venice-film-festival-1541.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Rachel|title=Kim Ki-duk Latest Film ''3-Iron'' Gets Rave Reviews|url=http://www.hancinema.net/kim-ki-duk-latest-film-o3-irono-gets-rave-reviews-5024.html|work=Dynamic Korea via [Hancinema](/source/Hancinema)|access-date=2013-03-16|date=21 January 2006}} For his performance Jae Hee was named Best New Actor at the [Blue Dragon Film Awards](/source/Blue_Dragon_Film_Awards). But Jae Hee's breakout role would come in 2005, when he played the playful but loyal Lee Mong-ryong in ''[Sassy Girl Chun-hyang](/source/Sassy_Girl_Chun-hyang)'', a modernized romantic comedy based on the well-known folktale ''[Chunhyangjeon](/source/Chunhyangjeon)''.{{cite web|title=Han Chae-young, Jae Hee Named Chun-hyang Festival Spokespersons|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=121|website=KBS Global|date=March 24, 2005|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-date=2014-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728054451/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=121|url-status=dead}} It became a huge hit not only in Korea, but throughout Asia, making him and co-star [Han Chae-young](/source/Han_Chae-young) into [Korean Wave](/source/Korean_Wave) stars.{{cite web|title=Han Chae-young, Jae Hee Selected 'Coolest Couple'|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view2.html?No=127|website=KBS Global|date=March 29, 2005|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204726/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view2.html?No=127|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Jae Hee Makes Inroads into Taiwan|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1075|website=KBS Global|access-date=2013-03-16|date=5 July 2005}}{{cite web|title=Han Chae-young, Jae Hee Hold Fan Meeting in Tokyo|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1507|work=KBS Global|access-date=2013-03-16|date=2 May 2006}} He followed that with action comedy film ''[The Art of Fighting](/source/Art_of_Fighting_(film))'' in 2006, in which he played a bullied high school kid who learns about martial arts and life from a wizened mentor (played by veteran actor [Baek Yoon-sik](/source/Baek_Yoon-sik)). Jae Hee returned to television, playing a chef in 2007's ''[Witch Yoo Hee](/source/Witch_Yoo_Hee)'' (in which he reunited with ''Chun-hyang'' director Jeon Ki-sang), and a surrogate father in 2008's ''[One Mom and Three Dads](/source/One_Mom_and_Three_Dads)'', but those series were less successful ratings-wise. On August 5, 2008, he enlisted for [mandatory military service](/source/conscription_in_South_Korea). He was assigned to the Defense Media Agency until his discharge on June 18, 2010.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Jessica|title=Jae-hee smiles after military discharge|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010061820020272962|website=Asiae|access-date=2013-03-16|date=18 June 2010}}{{cite web|last=Park|first=Kun-ouc|title=Lee Jun-ki "having a hard time" in military, says Jae-hee|url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010061815113107334|website=Asiae|date=June 18, 2010|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231445/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010061815113107334|url-status=live}} For his first post-army project, Jae Hee was initially cast in ''[Bravo, My Love!](/source/Bravo%2C_My_Love!)'', but had to drop out after he sustained a [back injury](/source/back_injury) during [windsurfing](/source/windsurfing) practice for the role. Instead, he starred as the [chaebol](/source/chaebol) heir of a cosmetics firm in cable romantic comedy ''Color of Woman'', which aired on [Channel A](/source/Channel_A_(TV_channel)) in 2011.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Jessica|title=Jae-hee to take on 1st small screen role in new series|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011111515265638220|website=Asiae|access-date=2013-03-16|date=15 November 2011}} Jae Hee played the [antagonist](/source/antagonist) in ''[May Queen](/source/May_Queen_(TV_series))'', a 2012 generational epic set against the backdrop of the shipbuilding industry in [Ulsan](/source/Ulsan) during Korea's modernization. He received an Excellence Award from the [MBC Drama Awards](/source/MBC_Drama_Awards). In 2013, he joined [period drama](/source/period_drama) ''[Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love](/source/Jang_Ok-jung%2C_Living_by_Love)'', a [revisionist](/source/Revisionism_(fictional)) take on the titular Jang, more infamously known as the [royal concubine](/source/Naemyeongbu) [Jang Hui-bin](/source/Jang_Hui-bin). Initially cast as Jang Ok-jung's first love,{{cite web|last=Ho|first=Stewart|title=Actor Jae Hee Joins ''Jang Ok Jung'' as Kim Tae Hee's First Love|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/27359/jae-hee-joins-sbs-drama|website=enewsWorld|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=2013-01-27|archive-date=2014-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203010604/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/27359/jae-hee-joins-sbs-drama|url-status=dead}} his screen time was drastically reduced. Later that year, his Chinese film ''[Crimes of Passion](/source/Crimes_of_Passion_(2013_film))'' received a theater release three years after Jae Hee shot it in 2010.{{cite web|last=Xie|first=Tingting|title=Recommended Movie: ''A Sentimental Story''|url=http://english.cri.cn/6666/2012/12/28/1261s740879.htm|website=[CRI](/source/China_Radio_International) English|date=January 20, 2013|access-date=2013-06-03|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219210310/http://english.cri.cn/6666/2012/12/28/1261s740879.htm|archive-date=February 19, 2013|url-status=dead}} ==Other activities== Jae Hee is currently running an online apparel shopping mall called ''Easy by Step'', which he established in May 2007. ==Personal life== After an article appeared in the South Korean magazine {{ill|Woman Sense|ko|우먼센스|lt=''Woman Sense''}} that the presumed bachelor actor was leading a secret life, Jae Hee confirmed on October 23, 2012, that he had been married to a non-celebrity since 2010, and that he and his wife have a son. He said he did not reveal his marital status not because he was ashamed or hiding his family (the marriage and his son's birth were officially registered at the borough office), but because he wanted to be "private" and "protect his loved-ones."{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Hye-ji|title=Jae Hee Uncases Secret Marriage and Child|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012102310023989340|website=Asiae|access-date=2013-03-16|date=23 October 2012}}{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Ji-yeon|title=Actor Jae Hee Reveals He is Indeed Married and Has a Son|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/18571/actor-jae-hee-reveals-he-is-indeed-married-and-has-a-son|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-03-16|date=23 October 2012|archive-date=2014-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530122126/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/18571/actor-jae-hee-reveals-he-is-indeed-married-and-has-a-son|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Sunwoo|first=Carla|title=Jae Hee admits marriage, child|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2961206|website=[Korea JoongAng Daily](/source/Korea_JoongAng_Daily)|date=October 23, 2012|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-date=2014-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107062259/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2961206|url-status=live}} ==Filmography== ===Television series=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:600px" |- ! width=10|Year ! Title ! Role ! Network |- | 1997 | ''Mountain'' | | [MBC](/source/Munhwa_Broadcasting_Corporation) |- | rowspan=4|1998 | ''I Love You! I Love You!'' | Lee Joo-beom | [SBS](/source/Seoul_Broadcasting_System) |- | ''Steal My Heart'' | Choi Kwan-woo | SBS |- | ''New Generation Report: Adults Don't Know'' | | [KBS1](/source/KBS1) |- | ''Soonpoong Clinic'' | Pizza delivery man
(episodes 184, 367) | SBS |- | 1999 | ''[School 2](/source/School_(South_Korean_TV_series))'' | Lee Sung-je | [KBS2](/source/KBS2) |- | rowspan=2|2000 | ''Golbangi'' | | SBS |- | ''Medical Center'' | [AIDS](/source/HIV-AIDS) patient
([guest](/source/guest_appearance), episode 5) | SBS |- | 2001 | ''[Wuri's Family](/source/Wuri's_Family)'' | Gyeo-re | MBC |- | 2002 | ''To Be with You'' | Lee Sang-won | KBS1 |- | 2005 | ''[Sassy Girl Chun-hyang](/source/Sassy_Girl_Chun-hyang)'' | Lee Mong-ryong | KBS2 |- | 2006 | ''[My Girl](/source/My_Girl_(2005_TV_series))'' | Lee Mong-ryong
([cameo](/source/Cameo_appearance), episode 16) | SBS |- | 2007 | ''[Witch Yoo Hee](/source/Witch_Yoo_Hee)'' | Chae Moo-ryong | SBS |- | rowspan=3|2008 | ''[One Mom and Three Dads](/source/One_Mom_and_Three_Dads)'' | Choi Kwang-hee | KBS2 |- | ''Oh Goo the Exorcism'' | Yoon Ki-joo | KBS2 |- | ''Chase! X-boyfriend'' | | [Mnet](/source/Mnet_(TV_channel)) |- | 2011 | ''Color of Woman'' | Yoon Joon-soo | [Channel A](/source/Channel_A_(TV_channel)) |- | 2012 | ''[May Queen](/source/May_Queen_(TV_series))'' | Park Chang-hee | MBC |- | rowspan=2|2013 | ''[Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love](/source/Jang_Ok-jung%2C_Living_by_Love)'' | Hyun Chi-soo | SBS |- | ''[The Eldest](/source/The_Eldest)'' | Park Soon-taek | [JTBC](/source/JTBC) |- | 2015 | ''[Save the Family](/source/Save_the_Family)'' | Jung Woo-jin | KBS1 |- | rowspan=2|2016 | ''[The Vampire Detective](/source/The_Vampire_Detective)'' | Han Gyu-min | [OCN](/source/Orion_Cinema_Network) |- | ''Goddess of Immortality'' | Movie Director | [Naver](/source/Naver) |- | 2017 | ''[You Are Too Much](/source/You_Are_Too_Much)'' | Jo Sung-taek | MBC |- | 2018 | ''[Voice](/source/Voice_(TV_series))''{{cite web|url=http://program.tving.com/ocn/voice2/15/Board/View?b_seq=30|title=박은수에게 데이트를 폭로 한 손호민 (재희)!|language=ko|access-date=September 3, 2018|archive-date=July 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727181207/http://program.tving.com/ocn/voice2/15/Board/View?b_seq=30|url-status=dead}} | Son Ho-min (guest, season 2, episode 8–9) | OCN |- | 2019 | ''[Blessing of the Sea](/source/Blessing_of_the_Sea)'' | Ma Poong-do | MBC |- | 2021 | ''A Good Supper'' | Kyung-soo | MBC |} ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:600px" |- ! width=10|Year ! Title ! Role |- | 1999 | ''[Ghost in Love](/source/Ghost_in_Love)'' | Jin Chae-byul's younger brother |- | 2000 | ''[Bloody Beach](/source/Bloody_Beach)'' | Won-il |- | 2004 | ''[3-Iron](/source/3-Iron)'' | Tae-suk |- | 2006 | ''[The Art of Fighting](/source/Art_of_Fighting_(film))'' | Song Byeong-tae |- | 2007 | ''[The Evil Twin](/source/Evil_Twin_(film))'' | Hyun-sik |- | | ''Zig Zag Love'' | Sung-hyun |- | 2008 | ''Mandate'' | Choi Kang |- | 2013 | ''[Crimes of Passion](/source/Crimes_of_Passion_(2013_film))'' | Jeong-hee |- | 2018 | ''Folktale'' | Heung-boo |- | 2018 | ''Memento Mori'' | Min-soo |- | 2020 | ''Two Big Men'' | Resort Development Investment Entrepreneur |- |} === Television shows === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row" | 2022 | ''Empathy Documentary Shelter'' | Main Cast | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000588135|author=Yoo Jung-min|title=재희, '공감다큐 쉼터' 출연 확정..."떠나고 싶었다|trans-title=Jaehee confirmed to appear in 'Empathy Documentary Shelter'..."I wanted to leave|publisher=Ten Asia|via=[Naver](/source/Naver)|date=December 29, 2022|access-date=December 29, 2022|language=ko}} |- |} ==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |- | 2004 | 25th [Blue Dragon Film Awards](/source/Blue_Dragon_Film_Awards) | Best New Actor | ''[3-Iron](/source/3-Iron)'' | {{won}} |- | rowspan=2|2005 | rowspan=2|[KBS Drama Awards](/source/KBS_Drama_Awards) | Best New Actor | rowspan=3|''[Sassy Girl Chun-hyang](/source/Sassy_Girl_Chun-hyang)'' | {{won}} |- | Best Couple Award with [Han Chae-young](/source/Han_Chae-young) | {{won}} |- | rowspan=2|2006 | rowspan=2|[41st](/source/41st_Paeksang_Arts_Awards) [Baeksang Arts Awards](/source/Baeksang_Arts_Awards) | Best New Actor (TV) | {{nom}} |- | Best New Actor (Film) | ''[3-Iron](/source/3-Iron)'' | {{nom}} |- | 2009 | The Army Chief of Staff Award | {{NA}} | {{NA}} | {{won}} |- | 2012 | [MBC Drama Awards](/source/2012_MBC_Drama_Awards) | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | ''[May Queen](/source/May_Queen_(TV_series))'' | {{won}} |- | rowspan=2|2015 | [4th](/source/4th_APAN_Star_Awards) [APAN Star Awards](/source/APAN_Star_Awards) | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | rowspan=2|''[Save the Family](/source/Save_the_Family)'' | {{nom}} |- | [KBS Drama Awards](/source/2015_KBS_Drama_Awards) | Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama | {{nom}} |- | 2016 | 2nd KWebFest | Best Actor | ''Goddess of Immortality'' | {{nom}} |- | 2018 | [http://www.seoulwebfest.com/2018-award-winners.html 4th] SeoulWebFest | Best Actor | ''Memento Mori'' | {{won}} |- | 2019 | [MBC Drama Awards](/source/2019_MBC_Drama_Awards) | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama | ''[Blessing of the Sea](/source/Blessing_of_the_Sea)'' | {{nom}} |- | 2021 | [2021 MBC Drama Awards](/source/2021_MBC_Drama_Awards){{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003566086|author=Lee Seung-rok|title=두번째 남편' 차서원·엄현경, 일일극 최우수상 [MBC연기대상]|trans-title='Second Husband' Cha Seo-won and Eom Hyun-kyung, Best Daily Drama [MBC Acting Awards]|publisher=My Daily|via=[Naver](/source/Naver)|date=December 30, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|language=ko|archive-date=December 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230181234/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003566086|url-status=live}} | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama | ''[A Good Supper](/source/A_Good_Supper)'' | {{nom}} |} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * {{HanCinema person}} * [http://cafe.daum.net/hyunkyun Jae Hee] at Daum {{in lang|ko}} * [https://www.familyent.net/copy-of-2 Jae Hee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014641/https://www.familyent.net/copy-of-2 |date=2018-08-04 }} at Family Entertainment {{in lang|ko}} * {{Twitter}} {{in lang|ko}} * {{kmdb person|00013954|Jae Hee}} * {{IMDb name|1030819|Jae Hee}} {{Blue Dragon Film Award Best New Actor}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jae Hee}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century South Korean male actors Category:South Korean male television actors Category:South Korean male film actors Category:South Korean male child actors Category:Dankook University alumni Category:21st-century South Korean male actors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jae Hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jae_Hee) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jae_Hee?action=history)). 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