Im Won-hee
Actor
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.
Filmography
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
as Prosecutor 2018
Three... Extremes
as Stranger (segment "Cut") 2004
Silmido
as Won-hee 2003
Crying Fist
as Won-tae 2005
Guns & Talks
as Priest 2001
The Advocate: A Missing Body
as Ho-sung's Subordinate 2015
Handsome Guys
as Sung-bin's Granduncle 2024
Collectors
as Sabdari 2020
Officer of the Year
as Ph.D Ko 2011
No Blood No Tears
as Haepari 2002
Horror Stories 2
as Teacher (segment "The Escape") 2013
Le Grand Chef
as Bong-joo 2007
M
as Sung-woo 2007
Forbidden Dream
as Im Hyo-don 2019
Dachimawa Lee
as Dachimawa Lee 2008
Die Bad
as Detective Lee 2000