Lee Sang Yeob was an ordinary college student studying business administration. He found and applied to an actor audition on a talent agencyŌĆÖs website that he went on for an assignment and took up acting as his career. Starting off with KBSŌĆÖ A Happy Woman (2007), he played supporting roles in popular TV series such as SBSŌĆÖ Midas (2011) and MBCŌĆÖs Miss Ripley (2011). Then, he made a special appearance as a serial killer Kim Jin Woo in tvNŌĆÖs Signal (2016), a work that put him on the map. In 2016, he showed a great performance in JTBCŌĆÖs Listen to Love which combined the two subjects of ŌĆśadulteryŌĆÖ and ŌĆśinteractions on social media.ŌĆÖ The role he played, Ahn Joon Young is a producer of a broadcasting station who feels pity for his colleague who his wife cheated on. However, ironically, he is a free-spirited divorced man who enjoys his single life. In this work, he drew attention by showing a sweet, squabbling romance with a divorced screenwriter, Boa. Furthermore, in KBS Once Again (2020), he played a character in a slightly more complicated situation dangling between divorce and getting back together. He received many favorable reviews for his chemistry with Lee Min Jung, who played his counterpart, and his acting ranging from romance to comedy. Lee uses his gaze to show the beginning and end of a relationship. In an interview marking the end of Once Again, he shared, ŌĆ£I tend to get emotions across with my eyes rather than facial expressions.ŌĆØ In the same year, Choi Kang Hee, who he worked with in SBS Good Casting (2020), once said there is real strength in his calf eyes. In the action-comedy, he played the caring CEO, Yoon Seok Ho, who reunited with his dear first love. Currently, he is playing the youngest development team leader at an electronics company, Han Se Kwon, in MBCŌĆÖs On the Verge of Insanity. Han is the one who wrote the ŌĆ£history of selling 1 million dishwashers,ŌĆØ but he is a rather mean individual who flatters those in power while diminishing others. Still, he is not all evil in the show; the more you watch him, the more you will like him. Likewise, in this piece, his eyes and tears give full play to his abilities. Lee Sang Yeob has been working as an actor for 15 years now. His deepened gaze enriches the texture of the work. ┬Ā Editor Seo Hayne: I like actors as they faithfully lead through their long running-time. I also like idols who accomplish everything on stage within 3 minutes. Translator Cho EK: IŌĆÖm a big fan of Korean dramas and movies.
