Im Won-hee

Biography

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

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

as Prosecutor

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

as Prosecutor

Three... Extremes

as Intruder (segment "Cut")

Move to Heaven

as Oh Hyun-chang

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

as Baek Tak

Running Man

Silmido

as Won-hee

Dr. Romantic

as Jang Gi-tae

So Not Worth It

as The Crane Guy

Crying Fist

as Won-tae