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Lee Je-hoon: who is he, what is he known for, and what is he doing now?

His age and agency, key works from Bleak Night to the Taxi Driver series, awards, his lineup as of October 2026, and official places to watch — drawn from 16 press reports.

Actor Lee Je-hoon was born in 1984. He broke through in 2011, winning several best new actor awards for the independent film Bleak Night and the war film The Front Line, and since 2021 he has played Kim Do-gi, the lead of SBS's Taxi Driver series. In 2021 he also founded his own management agency, Company On.

As of October 2026, his activity centers on upcoming series and a fan meeting tour. The SBS legal drama Seungsan Isseumnida is aiming to air in 2027, while Signal 2, which reunites him with Kim Hye-soo, was left off tvN's second-half lineup announced on September 16 and has no announced air date. His 20th-anniversary fan meeting tour has a Manila date coming up on November 7. Each question is answered below, with a source number on every claim.

WorkYear / formatRole and reported results
Bleak Night · The Front Line2011 / filmMydaily reported that the two films earned him five best new actor awards in 2011, including at the Grand Bell, Buil and Blue Dragon film awards.1
Architecture 1012012 / filmHe played a 20-year-old college student in his first love. With 4.11 million admissions, it became the highest-grossing Korean romance film at the time.1,2,4
Signal2016 / tvN seriesWritten by Kim Eun-hee. He played Park Hae-young, a profiler who graduated from the police university.3
Taxi Driver2021 / SBS seriesHe played Kim Do-gi, a driver for a taxi company that takes revenge on behalf of victims. The show ended with a peak rating of 16 percent.4
Move to Heaven2021 / Netflix seriesHe played Cho Sang-gu, an ex-convict who cleans out the belongings of the deceased.4
Taxi Driver 22023 / SBS seriesPeak rating of 21.0 percent (Nielsen Korea, nationwide pay-TV households). It earned him the 2023 SBS Drama Awards grand prize, shared with Kim Tae-ri.5,6
Chief Detective 1958 · Escape2024 / MBC series · filmHe played Detective Park Young-han in Chief Detective 1958 and a North Korean soldier attempting to escape in the film Escape.6,7
Taxi Driver 3Nov 2025–Jan 2026 / SBS seriesPremiered November 21, 2025; the finale peaked at 16.6 percent. It brought him his second SBS Drama Awards grand prize, in 2025.8,9,10
Seungsan IsseumnidaAiming for 2027 / SBS seriesHe plays Kwon Baek, a former star lawyer now working as a law office manager.12,13
Signal 2No air date / tvNThe sequel to the 2016 Signal reunites him with Kim Hye-soo and Jo Jin-woong. As of September 2026, no air date had been announced.14,16

Who he is: age, education, debut

Lee Je-hoon was born in 1984. He enrolled in biotechnology at Korea University but went on to study acting at the Korea National University of Arts, then built his career in theater and independent film. A 2012 Mydaily profile dated his debut to the 2007 short film The Night Is Only Theirs. His agency, Company On, marked 2026 as his 20th anniversary since debut with a fan meeting at COEX Artium in Seoul on February 28. The reports checked for this page do not explain why the two dates differ.

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His agency: Company On, which he founded

Lee founded the management agency Company On in 2021. According to Segye Ilbo, it has since signed actors including Lee Dong-hwi and Kim Sung-kyu, and he also runs the film production company Hard Cut. In a 2024 Sports Kyunghyang interview, he also talked about Lee Dong-hwi joining the agency he founded.

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What he is known for: key works by year

  • Films, 2011–2012. Bleak Night and The Front Line won him five best new actor awards in 2011, and the next year he played a 20-year-old student in Architecture 101. That film drew 4.11 million admissions, then the most for a Korean romance film.1,2
  • Signal (2016). In Kim Eun-hee's drama, made as a tvN 10th-anniversary special, he played the profiler Park Hae-young. The crime drama links detectives in the past and present through a walkie-talkie.3
  • Taxi Driver and Move to Heaven (2021). That year he played ex-special forces driver Kim Do-gi in SBS's Taxi Driver and ex-convict Cho Sang-gu in Netflix's Move to Heaven. Taxi Driver ended with a peak rating of 16 percent.4
  • Taxi Driver seasons 2 and 3 (2023–2026). Season 2 peaked at 21.0 percent (Nielsen Korea, nationwide pay-TV households). Season 3 premiered on November 21, 2025, and its finale peaked at 16.6 percent with a 13.7 percent average in the Seoul metropolitan area. Money Today reported that season 3 ranked first in markets including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore.6,8,9
  • Chief Detective 1958 and Escape (2024). He played Detective Park Young-han in the MBC drama Chief Detective 1958 and a North Korean soldier trying to escape in the film Escape.6,7
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Awards: from rookie prizes to two SBS grand prizes

In 2011 he won five best new actor awards for Bleak Night and The Front Line, including at the Grand Bell, Buil and Blue Dragon film awards. At the 2023 SBS Drama Awards on December 29, 2023, he shared the grand prize (daesang, the top award) with Kim Tae-ri for Taxi Driver 2. At the 2025 SBS Drama Awards he won his second grand prize, for Taxi Driver 3.

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As of October 2026: new projects and schedule

  • Seungsan Isseumnida (SBS). A comic legal-detective drama about a ragtag law office, led by a former lawyer turned office manager, that turns unwinnable cases around; Lee plays Kwon Baek, a one-time star lawyer now running the office. SBS said it aims to air the show in 2027.13
  • Signal 2 (tvN). The sequel to the 2016 Signal, ten years on, reunites Kim Hye-soo, Jo Jin-woong and Lee Je-hoon. Its schedule has not been set, and on June 30, 2026 tvN said no air date had been confirmed. The show was not on tvN's second-half lineup announced on September 16.14,16
  • Fan meeting tour. His 20th-anniversary fan meeting, Our 20th Moment, was held in Seoul on February 28, and a Manila date is set for November 7 at the World Trade Center Tent in Pasay City.12,15
  • Another Taxi Driver season. Asked about a new season in a January 2026 wrap interview, he said it would be a difficult challenge but one he wanted to take on confidently. No official announcement of a fourth season appears in the reports checked for this page.10
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Where to watch

Taxi Driver 3 was reported to be available on the streaming platform Viu in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Move to Heaven is a Netflix series. Availability of his other works differs by country, so check the official streaming services and broadcasters where you live. This page does not point to unauthorized copies.

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How to read this page

Ratings are Nielsen Korea figures as cited in each article, and air dates are as of each article's date. This page will be updated when broadcasters officially schedule Seungsan Isseumnida and Signal 2. His full career is in the Hallyu Wiki article on Lee Je-hoon.

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Sources

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  2. press 이투데이, [1990년대 복고 열풍] 건축학개론·나의 독재자…향수에 젖은 스크린, 2015-03-20
  3. press 데일리안, 이제훈 '시그널' 옳았다…장르 넘나드는 연기 감탄, 2016-01-23
  4. press The Korea Times, Actor Lee Jae-hoon's journey to deliver meaningful messages through acting, 2021-06-03
  5. press 텐아시아, [종합]"故 이선균에게 상 바친다, 편안하게 쉬길"…이제훈·김태리 공동 대상 수상[SBS 연기대상], 2023-12-30
  6. press 더팩트, '대상 배우' 이제훈, '청룡'처럼 비상할 2024년[TF초점], 2024-01-12
  7. press 스포츠경향, [인터뷰] 이제훈 “구교환과 연기, 저 성덕됐어요”, 2024-06-24
  8. press 헤럴드경제 미주판, “짜릿·통쾌” 사이다 히어로물의 귀환…‘모범택시 3’ 11월 첫 방송, 2025-10-12
  9. press 머니투데이, '모범택시3', 완벽한 피날레 만든 성공 요인! 최고 시청률 16.6% [종합], 2026-01-11
  10. press Sports Kyunghyang, ‘Two-time Grand Prize’ Lee Je-hoon “Taxi Driver 4? A tough challenge, I will take it on confidently”, 2026-01-19
  11. press 세계일보, 이제훈·손석구, 출연료는 거들 뿐…경영 수익만 ‘수십억’ [스타's 머니], 2026-01-31
  12. press Sports Kyunghyang, Lee Je-hoon Wraps Up Fan Meeting Successfully “A Gathering to Mark the 20th Anniversary of Debut, Even More Precious”, 2026-03-02
  13. press 더팩트, SBS, 소지섭 '김부장'→이제훈 '승산 있습니다'로 흥행 굳히기 도전(종합), 2026-06-01
  14. press 스포츠경향, [공식] tvN 측 “‘시그널2’ 11월30일 첫방? 확정된 바 없다”, 2026-06-30
  15. press GMA Network, Lee Je-hoon is coming back to Manila for 'Our 20th Moment' fanmeeting tour, 2026-09-07
  16. press 텐아시아, '시그널' 언급은 일절 없었다…김유정→김우빈, tvN 20주년 하반기 대작 라인업 장식 [종합], 2026-09-16
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