Lee Tae-sun (born July 16, 1993) is a South Korean actor.

Lee Tae-sun
Born (1993-07-16) July 16, 1993 (age 31)
EducationKyung Hee University – Theater and Film
OccupationActor
Years active2016–present
AgentNamoo Actors
Korean name
Hangul
이태선
Revised RomanizationI Tae-seon
McCune–ReischauerI T'ae-sŏn

Career

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Lee Tae-sun made his television debut in the 2016 romantic comedy Entertainer where he portrayed a single dad and bassist of a band.[1] The following year, he was cast in Queen of the Ring, which is the third installment of the Three Color Fantasy trilogy, and in the black comedy Prison Playbook, in which he played the younger version of Park Hae-soo's character.[2][3]

In 2018, Lee joined the cast of OCN's fantasy romantic comedy My First Love.[4] He also took on the role of an elite lawyer in Suits, adapted from the American television series of the same name, and a bar owner as well as the male lead's childhood friend in Gangnam Beauty.[5][6]

In 2019, Lee appeared in Hotel del Luna, playing IU's character's best friend Yeon-woo in his past life and police officer Park Young-soo in his current life, for which he gained recognition.[7] He was also cast in Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life and starred in the third drama of KBS Drama Special's tenth season, Wreck Car.[8][9]

In 2020, Lee appeared on tvN's travel show RUN alongside Ji Sung, Kang Ki-young and Hwang Hee, and on SBS's basketball reality show program Handsome Tigers.[10][11]

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Entertainer Na Yeon-soo [1]
2017 Queen of the Ring Byeon Tae-hyeon [2]
2017–18 Prison Playbook Kim Je-hyeok (young) [3]
2018 My First Love Shin Joo-hwan [4]
Suits Seo Gi-woong [5]
Gangnam Beauty Seo Yoo-jin [6]
2019 Hotel del Luna Yeon-woo / Park Young-soo [7]
KBS Drama Special Jeong Tae-goo Episode: "Wreck Car" [9]
2019–20 Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life Kang Shi-wol [8]
2021 Next Door Witch J Lee Woo-bin Web Series [12][13]
2023 Our Blooming Youth Kim Myung-jin [14]

Variety show

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Year Title Role Ref.
2020 RUN Cast member [10]
Handsome Tigers [11]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2019 33rd KBS Drama Awards Best Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Drama Special ("Wreck Car") Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b Lee, Mi-hyun (May 10, 2016). "'딴따라' 이태선, 싱글 대디라고 해도 믿겠네". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Digital Issue Team (March 11, 2017). "'반지의 여왕' 이태선, '츤데레' 매력으로 '남사친' 정석 선보여". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Kim, Hye-young (November 30, 2017). "<슬기로운 감빵생활> 이태선, 짧은 등장→긴 여운! 제대로 '여심 저격'". iMBC News (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Kang, Sun-ae (February 7, 2018). "'애간장' 이태선 "많이 배우고 느낀 소중한 작품" 종영 소감". SBS News (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Lee, Mi-hyun (April 12, 2018). "이태선, '슈츠' 합류…장동건X박형식과 호흡[공식]". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Kim, Da-un (August 5, 2018). "'내 아이디는 강남미인' 이태선, '훈남의 정석' 비하인드 스틸 공개". Sedaily (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Kim, Kyung-mi (July 14, 2019). "'호텔 델루나' 신예 이태선, 아이유와 선보일 케미 기대". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Moon, Ji-yeon (November 8, 2019). "[단독] '호텔 델루나' 신예 이태선, 지성과 마라톤 예능 합류". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  9. ^ a b Sung, Min-joo (September 5, 2019). "'렉카 몰고 돌아온 연우'...'델루나' 이태선, 단막극 '렉카' 주연 확정". TV Report (in Korean). Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  10. ^ a b Park, Jung-sun (December 6, 2019). "지성→이태선 달리기 예능 'RUN', 1월 2일 첫 방송 확정". Is Plus (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  11. ^ a b Jo, Soo-jung (January 9, 2020). "이태선 '핸섬 타이거즈 히든카드'". Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  12. ^ "T-ara's Jiyeon, Lee Tae Sun, Jang Eui Soo, And Go Sung Min Cast In New Web Drama". 7 October 2020.
  13. ^ Park Jae-hwan (June 1, 2021). "K뷰티 숏폼 로맨스" 박지연 주연 '옆집 마녀 제이" [K-Beauty Short-Form Romance" starring Ji-Yeon Park in 'The Witch Next Door, Jay] (in Korean). KBS. Retrieved June 1, 2021 – via Naver.
  14. ^ Kim Na-yeon (August 27, 2021). "[단독] 이태선, '청춘이여 월담하라' 캐스팅…박형식·전소니 만난다" [[Exclusive] Tae-sun Lee, cast for 'Youth, Talk to the Moon'... Meet Park Hyung-sik and Jeon So-ni]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2021 – via Naver.
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