Lee Hwi-jae (이휘재) | |
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Born | Lee Young-jae December 29, 1972 Mungyeong County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea |
Alma mater | Seoul Institute of the Arts |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1992–present |
Agent | Cube Entertainment [1] [2] |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 이휘재 |
Hanja | 李輝宰 |
RR | I Hwijae |
MR | I Hwijae |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 이영재 |
Hanja | 李永宰 |
RR | I Yeongjae |
MR | I Yŏngjae |
Lee Hwi-jae (born Lee Young-jae on December 29,1972) is a South Korean TV presenter,comedian,actor,and singer. [3] Lee studied theater at the Seoul Institute of the Arts,then made his TV debut in 1992 as a comedian after working as a floor director for MBC's entertainment program Sunday,Sunday Night . He shot to stardom in the program Life Theater. Since then,he has expanded his career to hosting variety shows such as Sang Sang Plus, Sponge and Quiz to Change the World . [4] He was the third highest-paid entertainer at MBC in 2008,earning ₩574.5 million. [5]
Hwi-jae married florist Moon Jeong-won at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on December 5,2010. [6] [7] [8] [9] Their twin sons,Lee Seo-eon and Lee Seo-jun,were born on March 15,2013. [10] [11] He and his twins appeared in the variety show The Return of Superman from November 3,2013 to April 14,2018.
Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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1994 | Guy Kim | MBC | ||
1995 | Three Color Friendship: "It’s Suffering for Seniors" | SBS | ||
To Make a Man | KBS2 | |||
1996 | Reporting for Duty | |||
Lee Hwi-jae's: Macho Commando | SBS | |||
1998 | Three Guys and Three Girls | MBC | ||
1999 | My Love Han Ji-soon | SBS | ||
2000 | Cool Guys | KBS2 | 2000–2001 | |
2003 | Go Mom Go! | 2003–2004 | ||
2004 | Old Miss Diary | |||
2005 | Banjun Drama | SBS | ||
Lawyers | MBC | |||
Hello Franceska 3 | cameo | |||
Look Back With a Smile | KBS2 | |||
2011 | The Greatest Love | MBC | ||
2013 | Royal Villa | jTBC | ||
2016 | Listen to Love | jTBC | ||
2017 | Go Back [12] | KBS2 | ||
Year | Title | Film Production | Notes | Ref. |
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1992 | Bloody Fight for Revenge | |||
1993 | 빛나리랑영자랑휘재랑 | |||
1995 | 멀고먼해후 | |||
1996 | Albatross | |||
1997 | Hallelujah | |||
2000 | The Picture Diary | |||
2003 | Singles | cameo | ||
2006 | Old Miss Diary –Movie | |||
2011 | 초대받지못한손님 | |||
Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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1993 | Life Theater | MBC | 1993–1994,1997 | |
Baby Face Club | ||||
1994 | 오늘은좋은날–큰집사람들 | |||
1999 | Nam Hee-seok and Lee Hwi-jae's Wonderful Encounter | SBS | 1999–2000 | |
Nam Hee-seok and Lee Hwi-jae's 한국이보인다 | KBS2 | |||
2000 | 한국이보인다 | 2000–2001 | ||
Bank | 2000–2002 | |||
2001 | Beautiful Sunday | SBS | ||
Lee and Yoo's Night | KBS2 | 2001–2002 | ||
Super TV Sunday Fun | ||||
2003 | Sponge | 2003–2012 | ||
2004 | Healthy Men and Women | SBS | ||
Star Olympiad | ||||
Medical Non-Fiction! Last Warning | ||||
M Countdown | Mnet | 2004–2005 | ||
Sang Sang Plus | KBS2 | 2004–2008 | ||
2008 | We Got Married –Season 1 | MBC | 2008–2009 | |
Quiz to Change the World | [4] [13] | |||
1000 Songs Challenge | SBS | [14] | ||
2009 | Hunters | MBC | 2009–2010 | |
I Have an Uncle | KBS2 | |||
Determine Women's Ranks | QTV | 2009–2011 | ||
2010 | Heroes | SBS | 2010–2011 | |
Eco House | MBC | |||
2011 | Secret | KBS2 | ||
Birth of a Family | 2011–2012 | |||
2012 | Diamond Girl | QTV | [15] | |
We Are Detectives | jTBC | 2012–2013 | ||
2013 | Extreme 7 | MBC Every1 | ||
Super Match | SBS | |||
Diet Master | StoryOn | [16] | ||
Vitamin | KBS2 | 2013–2017 | [17] | |
Super Dog | ||||
The Return of Superman | 2013–2018 | [18] [19] [20] | ||
The Victory with Doctors | jTBC | |||
Happy Together | Guest,with Tablo, Seong-hoon &Hyun-sung | [21] | ||
2014 | Beauty Shop | Channel A | ||
2015 | Match Made in Heaven Returns | MBC Every1 | MC,with Leeteuk | [22] |
2016 | Battle Trip | KBS | MC,2016–2019 | [23] [24] |
Vocal War:God's Voice | SBS | Co-host with Sung Si-kyung | [25] | |
2021 | Blindly Commerce | Channel A | Host | [26] |
2021 | The Man Who Writes a Wife Card | TV Chosun | Host | [27] |
2021 | Tomorrow's Baseball King | Channel A | Host | [28] |
2021 | Battle in the Box | MBN | Host | [29] |
Year | Event | Hosts | Notes | Ref. |
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2005 | 11th Korea Musical Awards | |||
4th KBS Entertainment Awards | ||||
2006 | 5th KBS Entertainment Awards | |||
2007 | 43rd Paeksang Arts Awards | |||
Baseball Golden Glove Awards | ||||
SBS Gayo Daejeon | ||||
2008 | SBS Entertainment Awards | |||
2009 | 1st 대한민국희극인의날 | |||
MBC Drama Awards | ||||
2010 | 46th Paeksang Arts Awards | with Kim Ah-joong | ||
2011 | 2011 KBS Music Festival | |||
2012 | 48th Paeksang Arts Awards | with Kim Ah-joong | [30] | |
MBC Gayo Daejejeon | ||||
2013 | 25th Korea PD Awards | |||
2nd APAN Star Awards | with Park So-yeon | [31] | ||
2013 KBS Music Festival | with Bae Suzy and Yoon Shi-yoon | [32] | ||
2013 SBS Drama Awards | with Lee Bo-young and Kim Woo-bin | |||
2014 | 2014 SBS Drama Awards | with Park Shin-hye and Park Seo-joon | [33] | |
2014 KBS Music Festival | with Ok Taec-yeon and Im Yoon-ah | [34] | ||
2016 | 2016 SBS Drama Awards | with Bang Min-ah and Jang Geun-suk | ||
2016 KBS Entertainment Awards | with Lee Hye-ri and Yoo Hee-yeol |
Year | Album | Details | Certification | Ref. |
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1995 | An Experience | — | — | |
1997 | Rebirth | — | — | |
Year | Track | Album | Artist | Notes | Ref. |
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2000 | "Smile" | Live in Concert | Yurisangja | ||
"축복해요" | Imagine | Song Eun-i | |||
2003 | "2 Man Show" | Smile | Lena Park | ||
Year | Award | Category | Nominated works | Result | Ref. |
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2009 | MBC Entertainment Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | — | Nominated | [35] |
2010 | Best MC Award (with Park Mi-sun &Kim Gura) | Quiz to Change the World | Won | [36] | |
2011 | SBS Entertainment Awards | Netizen Popularity Award | 1000 Song Challenge | Nominated | [37] |
2013 | KBS Entertainment Awards | Producer's Special Award | The Return of Superman | Won | [38] |
2014 | Popularity Award ( Hwi-jae's Twins with Sarang &Haru) | Won | [39] | ||
Producer's Special Award (with Song Il-gook) | Won | ||||
2015 | Grand Prize (Daesang) | The Return of Superman ,Vitamin | Won | [40] | |
2016 | Nominated | [41] |