Lee Hyun-woo (entertainer)

Lee Hyun-woo (born Lee Sang-won on March 6, 1966), also known by his English name Jessie Lee, is a Korean-American singer and actor.

Lee Hyun-woo made his entertainment debut in 1991 with the album Black Rainbow and rose to fame with hit songs such as "Dream" and "Day After the Break-up." He later transitioned into acting, appearing in television dramas such as Rooftop Room Cat (2003), Wedding (2005), Dal-ja's Spring (2007) and Oh! My Lady (2010), as well as the films S Diary (2004), Before the Summer Passes Away (2007), and The Forgotten Bag (2011).

Lee married freelance curator Lee Je-ni on February 21, 2009. Their first son Lee Dong-ha was born in September 2009, and their second son Lee Ju-ha was born in April 2011; both appeared with him in the reality show The Return of Superman.

On January 13, 1993, Lee was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession; he was released on bail on February 1. In March 1993, he was banned from appearing on the TV networks KBS and SBS, so he went on hiatus and lived in the United States until his return to the Korean entertainment scene in November of that year. He was also fined for an incident involving a DUI and driving without a license on February 18, 2007.

Album

• Black Rainbow (1991)
• Blue Vanity (1993)
• Let's Go Fishing (1996)
• Freewill Of My Heart (1997)
• Both Sides of the Story (1998)
• Virus (2000)
• Free Your Mind & Bady (2001)
• Da Painkiller (2003)
• Sinful Seduction (2004)
• Heart Blossom (2007)
• Till Dawn (2011)

Soundtrack contributions

• "I Wish I Had a Wife" (track from I Wish I Had a Wife OST, 2001)
• "지금 내게 필요한 건..." (track from Man in Crisis OST, 2002)
• "Join in Love" (track from Exhibition of Fireworks OST, 2006)
• "Can't Stop Loving You" (track from The Invisible Man, Choi Jang-soo OST, 2006)
• "Love Night" (track from Loving You a Thousand Times OST, 2009)
• "Hero" (feat. Lee Ha-neul and Sohyang) (track from Hero, 2012)

• "Lee Hyun-woo's Painkiller". KBS World. 25 January 2003. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
• "Lee Hyun-woo To Release First Album In 4 Years". KBS World. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 

Television series

• Rooftop Room Cat (MBC, 2003)
• The Woman Who Wants to Marry (MBC, 2004)
• Sad Love Story (MBC, 2005)
• Wedding (KBS2, 2005)
• Love Can't Wait (MBC, 2006)
• Singles Game (SBS, 2006)
• Dal-ja's Spring (KBS2, 2007)
• Oh! My Lady (SBS, 2010)
• Salamander Guru and The Shadows (SBS, 2012) (cameo, episode 5)
• A Hundred Year Legacy (MBC, 2013)
• Ruby Ring (KBS2, 2013)
• Entertainer (SBS, 2016)

Film

• Saturday, 2 p.m. (1998)
• The Beauty in Dream (2002)
• S Diary (2004)
• My Boyfriend Is Type B (2005)
• Ssunday Seoul (2006)
• Before the Summer Passes Away (2007)
• The Forgotten Bag (2011)

Variety show

• Wednesday Art Stage (MBC, 1997-2004)
• Showdown! Star Chef (SBS, 2009)
• I Am a Singer (MBC, 2012)
• The Return of Superman (KBS2, 2013)
• King of Mask Singer (MBC, 2016)

• Jung, Hyun-mok (13 June 2007). "Shadows of emotion, hidden deep inside". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
• Oh, Jean (6 September 2009). "Celebrities face off in the kitchen". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
• "Singer Lee Hyun-woo To Join I'm A Singer". KBS World. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
• Sunwoo, Carla (25 January 2012). "Lee Hyun-woo joins I Am a Singer". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 

• Singles (2007)
• Mamma Mia! (2011; 2016)

• Cho, Chung-un (18 June 2007). "Hit movies revisit audiences as musicals". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 

• Lee Hyun-woo's Music Live (SBS Power FM)
• Lee Hyun-woo's Music Album (KBS 2FM)

• Lee Hyun-woo's Easy Cooking for Singles (2002)
• Happy Recipes of Happy Dad Lee Hyun-woo (2010)