Im Won-hee

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-10-11 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea [now Gangbuk-gu]

Im Won-hee

Biography

Im Won-hee (임원희) is a South Korean actor. He was born on October 11, 1970. Im was an alumnus of the legendary Daehak-ro theater troupe Mokhwa, starring in many of Jang Jin's stage plays. He made his film debut in Jang's black comedy The Happenings in 1998, and through the years has become one of the most versatile supporting actors in Korean cinema, with notable roles in Three... Extremes and Le Grand Chef. But Im is best known for his iconic role Dachimawa Lee, which began in 2000 as the titular character of a 35-minute short film that director Ryoo Seung-wan made as a parody/homage to '70s Korean genre action films. The internet short was e...

Acting

2007

Le Grand Chef

as Bong-joo

2011

Mr. Idol

as Park Sang-Sik

2002

Fun Movie

as Hwangbo

2008

Dachimawa Lee

as Dachimawa Lee

2012

I Am The King

as Hae-goo

2013

2007

Femme Fatal

as Du-chan

2011

Romantic Heaven

as Detective Kim

2001

2003

Silmido

as Won-hee

2010

Miss Staff Sergeant

as Wang Jong-pal

2011

2005

Crying Fist

as Won-tae

2013

2010

The Quiz Show Scandal

as Lee Joon-sang

2001

Guns & Talks

as Priest

2007

M

as Sung-woo

2000

Dachimawa Lee

as Dachimawa Lee

2004

Three... Extremes

as Intruder (segment "Cut")

2010

A Barefoot Dream

as Director Poong

2002

2002

No Comment

as theater exam taker / national assembly member 1

2001

Coming Out

as Tutor

2000

Die Bad

as Detective Lee

2015

2015

The Advocate: A Missing Body

as Ho-sung's Subordinate

2024

Handsome Guys

as Sung-bin's Granduncle

2009

Money Show

as Lim Kyung-eop

2015

Moonshine Girls

as Jang Do-ul

2018

Snatch Up

as President Baek

2018

Passing Summer

as Jeong-bong

2019

Forbidden Dream

as Im Hyo-don

2019

Beautiful Food

as Jung-joong

2020

Collectors

as Sabdari

2019

2004

Lovely Rivals

as Man in TV drama

2013

Happiness for Sale

as Man at city hall stealing coins

1999

The Spy

as Thief 3

2017

2020

Modern Girl

as [Viscount]

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