Native name 이홍빈 Instruments Vocals
Guitar Height 1.83 m Genres K-pop
Dance Role Singer | Name Lee Hong-bin Full Name Lee Hong-bin Years active 2012–present Music group VIXX (Since 2012) | |
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Born September 29, 1993 (age 30) ( 1993-09-29 ) Seoul, South Korea Education Dong-ah Broadcasting College - Musical Similar People Hyuk, Leo, N, Ravi, Ken Profiles | ||
Occupation Singer
Actor
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Lee Hong-bin (Hangul: 이홍빈, born September 29, 1993), is a South Korean singer and actor signed under Jellyfish Entertainment. Hongbin debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group VIXX in May 2012, and began his acting career in 2014 in SBS's romantic drama Glorious Day as Yoo Ji-ho. He has since had a leading role in KBS2's fantasy action-romance Moorim School (2016) as Wang Chi-ang.
Contents
- Early life
- 2012 2014 Debut with VIXX and acting debut
- 2015present MC ing and acting career continues
- References
Early life
Hongbin was born and raised in Jayang-dong, Seoul, South Korea. His family consists of himself, his parents and two older sisters. Hongbin studied Musical major at Dong-ah Broadcasting College. He stayed at a Buddhist temple with his grandmother as kid before returning to his parents in Jayang-dong.
2012-2014: Debut with VIXX and acting debut
Hongbin was one of ten trainees who were contestants in Mnet's survival reality show MyDOL and was chosen to be a part of the final line-up and the 6-member boy group finally debuted with "Super Hero" on May 24, 2012 on M! Countdown. During MyDOL; Hongbin was featured in Brian Joo's "Let This Die" and Seo In-guk's "Tease Me" music video. The "Tease Me" music video was shot alongside actress Son Eun-seo.
In 2013, Hongbin appeared in episode 4 of SBS's television drama The Heirs alongside his group members.
In 2014, Hongbin was cast in his first television drama in a supporting role as Yoo Ji-ho alongside Rainbow's Go Woo-ri in SBS's Glorious Day. in the same year Hongbin and N appeared as cameo in K.Will, Mamamoo and Wheesung's "Peppermint Chocolate" music video.
2015–present: MC-ing and acting career continues
On March 3, 2015, Hongbin joined T-ara's Jiyeon and Super Junior-M's Zhou Mi as MC on SBS MTV's The Show from March 3, 2015 to October 13, 2015. In September 2015, Hongbin was cast in his first lead role as Wang Chi-ang in KBS2's action-romance drama Moorim School.
Moorim School began airing on KBS2 from January 11, 2016. In the drama, Hongbin plays the troublemaker Wang Chi-ang alongside actor Lee Hyun-woo. On January 18, 2016 VIXX released their first original soundtrack recording for the fantasy action-romance drama Moorim School with the song "Alive" the drama's main theme song, released in Moorim School OST Part. 1. Viewers of the drama have shown positive responses to the refreshingly edgy theme song. It was revealed that VIXX hoped to express their support for Hongbin's first drama lead role as the troublemaker Wang Chi-ang by contributing to the soundtrack. On February 1, 2016, Moorim School OST Part. 2 was released with the title song "The King" by VIXX.
In September, 2016, Hongbin was cast alongside fellow VIXX member N and AOA's Chanmi in the web drama What's Up With These Kids? which will air on Naver TV Cast on November 16.
On March 2017, Hongbin was cast as Yoon Jae-won in a rom-com mini drama Wednesday 3:30 PM on SBS Plus.