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Im Won-hee Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1970-10-11

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

Credits:
83 Total Roles

Im Won-hee

Acting

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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 enormously popular and received more than a million page views, and in 2008, Ryoo again cast Im in an action-comedy feature film based on the same character, Dachimawa Lee.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 렛츠고 파크골프: 환장의 짝꿍 TV Self
2024 Im Won Hee's Gourmet Show TV Self
2024 Handsome Guys MOVIE Sung-bin's Granduncle
2023 Meokjjibba: Big Survival TV Self
2022 Crazy Love TV Park Yang-tae
2021 Moonshine TV Woon Shim
2021 Take Off Your Shoes TV Self
2021 So Not Worth It TV The Crane Guy
2021 Move to Heaven TV Oh Hyun-chang
2021 Dark Hole TV Park Soon Il

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