Im Won-hee
Born Oct 11, 1970 · Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea [now Gangbuk-gu]
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
Reverse
2026
Handsome Guys
2024
Crazy Love
2022
Move to Heaven
2021
Dark Hole
2021
Moonshine
2021
So Not Worth It
2021
Collectors
2020
Where Is My Home
2019
Melting Me Softly
2019
Chief of Staff
2019
Forbidden Dream
2019
Busted!
2018
Where Stars Land
2018
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018
Wok of Love
2018
Room No. 9
2018
Snatch Up
2018
Passing Summer
2018
Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon
2017
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017
History of Walking Upright
2017
My Little Old Boy
2016
Dr. Romantic
2016
Three Summer Nights
2015
Moonshine Girls
2015
The Advocate: A Missing Body
2015
You're All Surrounded
2014
Happiness for Sale
2013
Horror Stories 2
2013
Rockin' on Heaven's Door
2013
My Dear Girl, Jin-young
2013
Syndrome
2012
Salamander Guru and The Shadows
2012
I Am the King
2012
Law of the Jungle
2011
Mr. Idol
2011
Officer of the Year
2011
Romantic Heaven
2011
Running Man
2010
KBS Drama Special
2010
Legend of the Patriots
2010
Miss Staff Sergeant
2010
A Barefoot Dream
2010
The Quiz Show Scandal
2010
Money Show
2009
Dachimawa Lee
2008
Le Grand Chef
2007
Femme Fatal
2007
M
2007
Coma
2006
Crying Fist
2005
Three... Extremes
2004
Lovely Rivals
2004
Silmido
2003
No Blood No Tears
2002
Fun Movie
2002
No Comment
2002
Coming Out
2001
Guns & Talks
2001
This Is Law
2001
Die Bad
2000
Terror Taxi
2000
Dachimawa Lee
2000
The Spy
1999
The Happenings
1998