Biography (lee kwang soo)

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Stage name: lee kwang soo

birth name: lee kwang soo

born in: Namyangju, Gyeonggi province, South Korea

born on: 14 July 1985

occupation: actor, entertainer

entertainment: king kong entertainment

notable works:
Running Man (2010-present)
The Innocent Man (2012)
Wonderful Radio (2012)
Goddess of Fire (2013)
Confession (2014)
It's Okay, That's Love (2014)

Height: 1.91m

weight : 78kg

STAGE NAME/ REAL NAME
in hangul: 이광수
in hanja:李光洙
in english: lee gwang su

Lee Kwang-soo began his entertainment career as a model in 2007. He made his acting debut in the 2008 sitcom 'Here He Comes', followed by 'High Kick Through the Roof'.

Kwang Soo's popularity increased after joining SBS's Good Sunday variety show 'Running Man'. His nicknames on the show include "framing master," "betrayer," and "giraffe." He is known as "Kwangvatar" (a mix of his real name Kwang-soo and Avatar) and he is now more commonly known as "Prince of Asia" due to his being mobbed by numerous fans whenever Running Man episodes are filmed in other Asian countries such as Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Macau, Indonesia and Vietnam. The song "St. Agnes and the Burning Train" by Sting is his theme music in the variety show, which is played as a running gag whenever Lee is picked on, ousted, and made fun of. In 2010 and 2011, Lee won back-to-back awards at the SBS Entertainment Awards for New Star Award and Best Newcomer in Variety, respectively.

In 2012, Kwang Soo played supporting roles in the romantic comedies 'Wonderful Radio' and 'All About My Wife', and thriller 'The Scent'. Later in the year, he reunited onscreen with his former Running Man co-star and real-life best friend 'Song Joong-ki' in the TV melodrama 'The Innocent Man'.

In 2013, after another supporting role in 'A Wonderful Moment' (also known as My Little Hero), Lee voiced the lead character Marco in the animated movie Maritime Police Marco, opposite fellow Running Man regular Song Ji-hyo as the voice of Lulu.

Lee had publicly stated that he wanted to play an antagonist in TV or film, and he got his wish when he was cast as Prince Imhae (villainous brother to King Gwanghae) in the period drama Goddess of Fire. In an interview with the main cast on MBC's Section TV, Goddess of Fire lead actress Moon Geun-young chose Kwang Soo as her "ideal type" among her co-stars Lee Sang-yoon, Kim Bum, and Park Gun-hyung, causing kwang soo to blush in embarrassment. She explained that among the reasons she picked him was that he is the tallest of the group, and that he's attentive and considerate towards others.

kwang soo was chosen as one of the leading men on the miniseries 'Secret Love' starring members of the girl group KARA. He was paired with Nicole Jung, and Secret Love is slated to air during the Chuseok festival.

On 17 August 2013, Lee held the first ever solo fan meeting of his career in Singapore. Attended by 2,000 fans, it was considered a success. He held another one in Malaysia on 4 January 2014, attended by almost 3,000 fans.

In 2014, Lee played his first major role on the big screen in Confession (also known as Good Friends). The neo-noir film is about three friends (played by Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon and kwang soo) whose friendship gets destroyed after getting involved in a murder case. Rookie director Lee Do-yoon said he wanted to portray the cold-hearted reality of getting caught up in and not being able to escape a vicious cycle.

He then returned to television with the romantic comedy 'It's Okay, That's Love', appearing in a supporting role as a patient with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics.

Kwang Soo and Hwang Chansung (of boyband 2PM) then starred in the film A Dynamite Family, about five bickering brothers living in the village of Deoksu.Kwang Soo will also play the protagonist in Mutant, a condition caused by side effects from a newly introduced drug

NICKNAMES ON RUNNING MAN
Framer Kwang-soo (모함광수)
Giraffe (기린)
Icon of Betrayal (배신의 아이콘)
Prince of Asia (아시아 프린스)
Kwang-ja (광자) (female alter ego)
Kwangvatar (광바타)