Lee Min Ho is an actor, singer and model. In this article, we will be telling you 10 Interesting facts about Korean Star, Lee Min Ho.

The actor was born in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. He has an elder sister, Lee Yong-Jung, who is the CEO of his current agency MYM Entertainment. Lee is represented by two other companies, one from China and the other from Japan.

Lee Min is good friends with Korean actor Jung Il Woo because they have known each other since they were very young.

Ten interesting facts about Lee Min Ho

1. Childhood Dreams cut short

His childhood aspiration was to become a professional football player. So how did he end up becoming an actor? an injury during his 5th grade of elementary school put an end to his hopes of becoming a footballer.

2. Career

He is an actor and a singer. However, Lee Min revealed that he recorded the tracks for his fans and that he had no ambition to pursue a singing career.

3. Near-Death Experience

In 2006, Lee’s acting career was put on hold for one year after a serious car accident, while riding with fellow actor Jung Il-woo and two other friends.

The group of friends was driving to Gangwon Province when a car coming from the opposite lane hit them head-on, destroying the hood and engine of their car. According to reports, the driver hit them while fleeing from a previous hit-and-run.

Both Lee and Jung who were seated in the back of the car survived the accident in a critical state. But their friends, both sitting in the front of the car, died on the spot.

Lee sustained severe injuries and was in a coma for a month, after which he spent several months bedridden. He suffered another car accident in 2011 while filming City Hunter.

Talking about his second near-death experience, Lee Min Ho told Allkpop, “The witnesses said it was a miracle I am still alive. I feel fine now, except that my back still hurts.”

The injuries he sustained included broken ribs, thigh, and ankle, along with a tear in his knee cartilage. As part of his treatment, the doctors inserted a 46-centimeter metal pin in his thigh, leaving one of his legs shorter than the other.

4. Rise to fame

The drama, ‘Boys Over Flower’ launched him into fame. The competition for the lead role was very intense and Lee only got to know he was cast from the newspapers. 

5. Why he took up a teen role as a man

When asked why he agreed to take on the role of a teenage student in the teens’ drama, ‘The Heirs’, he answered:
“Before I grew past my 20s, I wanted to play a more upbeat character, one that would allow me to return to that feeling of simple, uncomplicated innocence that I had when I was younger.

6. Media Influence

He is currently the Korean actor with the highest media influence. As of October 2020, Lee has over 3 million followers on Twitter. He is the first Korean celebrity to garner 20 million followers on Facebook and Instagram. With a combined total of 65 million followers, he is referred to as the “king of social media” in Korea.

In 2014 and 2015, Lee topped an online poll organized by a Chinese entertainment magazine to be crowned as the “Asian Male God”.

In 2017, fans of the Korean Wave in the United States chose Lee as the “Most Favored Korean Actor”.

Furthermore, Hollywood magazine reported that Lee has reached “Superstar” status. The media and fans refer to him as the “global actor”.

International Business Times described Lee as the “heartthrob of billions”.

7. Who is Lee Min Ho’s girlfriend?

In the past, there have been confirmed reports that he dated Park Min Young; both of them featured in ‘I am Sam’ and ‘City Hunter’ together.

The agencies of both stars confirmed that they were dating. But 8 months later, they ended the relationship stating that it was ended because of their busy schedule.

He also dated Bae Suzy of the movie ‘Gu Family’. Again, both agencies confirmed this. But three years later, they ended things.

As of the time of this article, there is no confirmed report on who is dating. But we promise to keep you posted when the time comes.

8. Lee Min Ho’s fans

Lee Min Ho’s fans go by the name Minoz, and the actor has fans around the world.

9. Charity works

In 2014, Lee set up the PROMIZ website, a fund-raising platform to raise awareness and encourage donations for social and humanitarian causes.

Proceeds from the sale of PROMIZ merchandise are given to the selected partners to execute the charity projects. The site has since raised US$50,000 from him and his fans to help create wells in Malawi through the non-profit organization Charity: Water.

It has also raised funds and contributed donations to several causes; such as World Water Day, the “Transparent Umbrella Project” and the “Making Warm Winter for Both Bodies and Hearts” campaign.

In 2016, PROMIZ won the Korea Good Brand Awards.

In 2015, Lee donated 100 million won to UNICEF to help victims of a devastating earthquake that occurred in Nepal.

To mark the 10th anniversary of his debut, Lee’s fans participated in several charitable causes such as:

• Lee Min Ho’s Chinese fans planted 510 trees in Inner Mongolia.
• His Mexican fans donated to children stricken with cancer with proceeds gotten from selling plastic bottle caps to recycling companies.
• Taiwanese and Hong Kong fans also made donations to profit organizations World Vision and UNICEF.
• In the previous years, his Chile fan club donated to the humanitarian organization Patagonia Compassion.

10. Not a professional singer

the last on our list of ten interesting facts about Lee Min Ho is his singing career.

He disclosed that he doesn’t see singing as a career and that all the songs he sang are for his fans.

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