Im Won-hee

Im Won-hee

Known for
Acting
Born
October 11, 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea [now Gangbuk-gu]

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

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Filmography

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Gardeners poster

Gardeners

Movie

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시고르아모르

시고르아모르

TV · as Jo Deok-byeong · 1 ep

2026
The Assassin(s) poster

The Assassin(s)

Movie

2026
Reverse poster

Reverse

TV · as Sang-ho · 8 eps

2025
렛츠고 파크골프: 환장의 짝꿍 poster

렛츠고 파크골프: 환장의 짝꿍

TV · 2 eps

2025
Table Tales poster

Table Tales

TV · 1 ep

2024
Handsome Guys poster

Handsome Guys

Movie · as Sung-bin's Granduncle

2024
Im Won Hee's Gourmet Show poster

Im Won Hee's Gourmet Show

TV · 33 eps

2023
Meokjjibba: Big Survival poster

Meokjjibba: Big Survival

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2022
Crazy Love poster

Crazy Love

TV · as Park Yang-tae · 16 eps

2021
Move to Heaven poster

Move to Heaven

TV · as Oh Hyun-chang · 10 eps

2021
So Not Worth It poster

So Not Worth It

TV · as The Crane Guy · 1 ep

2021
Take Off Your Shoes poster

Take Off Your Shoes

TV · as Self · 213 eps

2021
Moonshine poster

Moonshine

TV · as Woon Shim · 16 eps

2021
Dark Hole poster

Dark Hole

TV · as Park Soon Il · 12 eps

2020
Collectors poster

Collectors

Movie · as Sabdari

2020
Modern Girl poster

Modern Girl

Movie · as [Viscount]

2019
Forbidden Dream poster

Forbidden Dream

Movie · as Im Hyo-don

2019
Beautiful Food poster

Beautiful Food

Movie · as Jung-joong

2019
Remarriage Skills poster

Remarriage Skills

Movie · as Kyung-Ho

2019
How Do You Play? poster

How Do You Play?

TV · as Self · 7 eps

2019
Chief of Staff poster

Chief of Staff

TV · as Ko Seok-Man · 20 eps

2019
Melting Me Softly poster

Melting Me Softly

TV · as Son Hyun-ki · 16 eps

2019
Laborhood on Hire poster

Laborhood on Hire

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Where Is My Home poster

Where Is My Home

TV · 1 ep

2018
Snatch Up poster

Snatch Up

Movie · as President Baek

2018
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days poster

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

Movie · as Prosecutor

2018
Passing Summer poster

Passing Summer

Movie · as Jeong-bong

2018
Wok of Love poster

Wok of Love

TV · as Wang Choon-Soo · 38 eps

2018
Room No. 9 poster

Room No. 9

TV · as Bang Sang-Soo · 16 eps

2018
Where Stars Land poster

Where Stars Land

TV · as Sales clerk · 2 eps

2018
Busted! poster

Busted!

TV · as Im Won-hee · 2 eps

2017
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds poster

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

Movie · as Prosecutor

2017
History of Walking Upright poster

History of Walking Upright

Movie · as Mi Na's Father

2017
Strong Girl Bong-soon poster

Strong Girl Bong-soon

TV · as Baek Tak · 16 eps

2017
집사가 생겼다 poster

집사가 생겼다

TV · 1 ep

2016
My Little Old Boy poster

My Little Old Boy

TV · as self, Self · 22 eps

2016
Dr. Romantic poster

Dr. Romantic

TV · as Jang Gi-tae · 32 eps

2015
Three Summer Nights poster

Three Summer Nights

Movie · as Dal-soo

2015
The Advocate: A Missing Body poster

The Advocate: A Missing Body

Movie · as Ho-sung's Subordinate

2015
Moonshine Girls poster

Moonshine Girls

Movie · as Jang Do-ul

2015
Men on a Mission poster

Men on a Mission

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
You're All Surrounded poster

You're All Surrounded

TV · as Cha Tae-ho · 20 eps

2014
I Am a Man poster

I Am a Man

TV · as Self - Host · 20 eps

2014
Chef & My Fridge poster

Chef & My Fridge

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
Rockin' on Heaven's Door poster

Rockin' on Heaven's Door

Movie · as Bong-shik

2013
Horror Stories 2 poster

Horror Stories 2

Movie · as Teacher (segment "The Escape")

2013
Happiness for Sale poster

Happiness for Sale

Movie · as Man at city hall stealing coins

2013
My Dear Girl, Jin-young poster

My Dear Girl, Jin-young

Movie

2013
Home Alone poster

Home Alone

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
I Am the King poster

I Am the King

Movie · as Hae-goo

2012
Syndrome poster

Syndrome

TV · as Oh Gwang-hee · 20 eps

2012
Salamander Guru and The Shadows poster

Salamander Guru and The Shadows

TV · as Won-sam · 10 eps

2011
Mr. Idol poster

Mr. Idol

Movie · as Park Sang-Sik

2011
Romantic Heaven poster

Romantic Heaven

Movie · as Detective Kim

2011
Officer of the Year poster

Officer of the Year

Movie · as Ph.D Ko

2011
Lethal Move poster

Lethal Move

Movie

2011
Law of the Jungle poster

Law of the Jungle

TV · 31 eps

2010
Miss Staff Sergeant poster

Miss Staff Sergeant

Movie · as Wang Jong-pal

2010
The Quiz Show Scandal poster

The Quiz Show Scandal

Movie · as Lee Joon-sang

2010
A Barefoot Dream poster

A Barefoot Dream

Movie · as Director Poong

2010
KBS Drama Special poster

KBS Drama Special

TV · 1 ep

2010
Running Man poster

Running Man

TV · 1 ep

2010
Legend of the Patriots poster

Legend of the Patriots

TV · as Kim Joon Bum · 20 eps

2009
Money Show poster

Money Show

Movie · as Lim Kyung-eop

2008
Dachimawa Lee poster

Dachimawa Lee

Movie · as Dachimawa Lee

2007
Le Grand Chef poster

Le Grand Chef

Movie · as Bong-joo

2007
Femme Fatal poster

Femme Fatal

Movie · as Du-chan

2007
M poster

M

Movie · as Sung-woo

2007
Punch Strike poster

Punch Strike

Movie

2006
Coma poster

Coma

TV · as Detective Choi · 5 eps

2005
Crying Fist poster

Crying Fist

Movie · as Won-tae

2005
Infinite Challenge poster

Infinite Challenge

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2004
Three... Extremes poster

Three... Extremes

Movie · as Stranger (segment "Cut")

2004
Lovely Rivals poster

Lovely Rivals

Movie · as Man in TV drama

2003
Silmido poster

Silmido

Movie · as Won-hee

2002
Fun Movie poster

Fun Movie

Movie · as Hwangbo

2002
No Blood No Tears poster

No Blood No Tears

Movie · as Haepari

2002
No Comment poster

No Comment

Movie · as theater exam taker / national assembly member 1

2001
This Is Law poster

This Is Law

Movie · as Bong Soo-chul

2001
Guns & Talks poster

Guns & Talks

Movie · as Priest

2001
Coming Out poster

Coming Out

Movie · as Tutor

2000
Dachimawa Lee poster

Dachimawa Lee

Movie · as Dachimawa Lee

2000
Die Bad poster

Die Bad

Movie · as Detective Lee

2000
Terror Taxi poster

Terror Taxi

Movie

1999
The Spy poster

The Spy

Movie · as Thief 3

1998
The Happenings poster

The Happenings

Movie · as Hangadak 1