Lee Su Geun
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Lee Su Geun is a South Korean comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

 who has worked on a number of comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 shows on South Korean television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

. He began his comedian career on KBS Gag Concert
Gag Concert
Gag Concert is a Korean sketch-comedy TV show shown on the KBS2 network competing with SBS's People looking for a laugh and MBC's Ha ttang sa .-History:*Season 1...

and appeared in Finding Laughter. He currently lives in Mapo-gu
Mapo-gu
Mapo-gu is a gu, or district, within Seoul, South Korea. It lies northwest of the Han River. Several universities and government buildings are located here. Mapo is especially well-known for the Hongdae club district around Hongik University. Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 1, Line 5, and Line 6...

, a district in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

. He is currently under Castle J Entertainment, which Kim byeong man is also under.

Before entering the entertainment industry, Lee Su Geun had entered a singing contest on MBC
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC (Hangul : 문화방송주식회사, Munhwa Bangsong Jushikoesa) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. Munhwa is the Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television...

 River Music Festival (강변가요제). He was also an aerobics
Aerobics
Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness...

's instructor. In October 2006, he began his own online Internet shopping mall selling clothes. In May 2008, he became an ambassador
Ambassador
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 for the Pork Management Committee (양돈 자조금 관리위원회 홍보대사)

Lee Su Geun has appeared on many reality
Reality
In philosophy, reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible...

-variety
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...

 shows. His career made a breakthrough after appearing on KBS Happy Sunday
Happy Sunday
Happy Sunday is a Korean reality-variety show shown on the KBS2 network, which competes directly against MBC's Sunday Sunday Night and SBS's Good Sunday line-up. Although it has been broadcast since 2003, its line-up of shows has frequently changed, with a complete revamp occurring in Spring of 2007...

: 1 Night 2 Days
1 Night 2 Days
1 Night 2 Days , first aired on August 5, 2007, is a South Korean reality-variety show shown on the KBS2. 1 Night 2 Days is one of the two segments for Happy Sunday. The show's members consists of Lee Su Geun, Eun Ji Won, Lee Seung Gi, Kim Jong Min, Uhm Tae-woong and their mascot, Sang Geun...

. He was seen as the most hardworking member of the cast and is in charge of driving on the show. After appearing on the show, he has earned more recognition and received roles from other shows as MC — such as Sang Sang Plus Season 2, his first role as a MC. His marriage was broadcasted on national television on 1 Night 2 Days.

Awards

  • 2007: 6th KBS Entertainment Awards
    KBS Entertainment Awards
    The KBS Entertainment Awards is an event held yearly and is sponsored by KBS. The awards ceremony is approximately 140 minutes long and is shown in two parts on KBS2. The ceremony features performances by k-pop artists and music parodies from Gag Concert members...

     - Best Entertainer's Award (Men Division)
  • 2008: 7th KBS Entertainment Awards - New Male MC Award (Variety Show Division)
  • 2008: 15th South Korea Entertainment Awards - Comedian Award
  • 2009: 8th KBS Entertainment Awards - Male MC Award (Variety Show Division)

Television

  • 2000–present: KBS2 Gag Concert
    Gag Concert
    Gag Concert is a Korean sketch-comedy TV show shown on the KBS2 network competing with SBS's People looking for a laugh and MBC's Ha ttang sa .-History:*Season 1...

    (개그콘서트)
  • 2007: KBS2 Are You Ready (준비됐어요)
  • 2007–2012: KBS2 Happy Sunday's
    Happy Sunday
    Happy Sunday is a Korean reality-variety show shown on the KBS2 network, which competes directly against MBC's Sunday Sunday Night and SBS's Good Sunday line-up. Although it has been broadcast since 2003, its line-up of shows has frequently changed, with a complete revamp occurring in Spring of 2007...

    1 Night 2 Days
    1 Night 2 Days
    1 Night 2 Days , first aired on August 5, 2007, is a South Korean reality-variety show shown on the KBS2. 1 Night 2 Days is one of the two segments for Happy Sunday. The show's members consists of Lee Su Geun, Eun Ji Won, Lee Seung Gi, Kim Jong Min, Uhm Tae-woong and their mascot, Sang Geun...

    (1박 2일)
  • 2008-2009: KBS2 Shin Dong Yup and Shin Bong Sun's Champagne (신동엽 신봉선의 샴페인)
  • 2008–2010: KBS2 Sang Sang Plus Season 2
  • 2008-2009: KBS2 No. 1 (위기탈출 넘버원)
  • 2008-2009: MBC
    Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
    Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC (Hangul : 문화방송주식회사, Munhwa Bangsong Jushikoesa) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. Munhwa is the Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television...

     every1 God of Cookery Expedition (식신원정대)
  • 2009: KBS2 Wellcome (코미디쇼 희희낙락)
  • 2009: MBC every1 Monarch of the Rings (반지의 제왕)
  • 2010: MBC every1 Hakuna matata
  • 2010: EBS Avatar
  • 2010: KBS N Sports Par★Star (Par★스타)
  • 2010–present: TrendE Lee Seung Yeon & Lee Su Geun's Kitchen Road (이승연, 이수근의 키친로드)
  • 2010: KBS2 Happy Birthday (해피버스데이)
  • 2010: SBS Delicious (맛있는 초대)
  • 2010: SBS 스토리쇼부탁해요
  • 2010: SBS Sweet Potato (고구마)
  • 2010-2011: KBS2 On Your Command Sir!
  • 2011-present: KBS2 Win Win (승승장구)

Film

  • 2001: Last Present (선물)
  • 2004: 마법경찰 갈갈이와 옥동자
  • 2005: 바리바리 짱
  • 2010: Shrek Forever After
    Shrek Forever After
    Shrek Forever After, taglined as The Final Chapter, is a 2010 animated fantasy-comedy film, and the fourth and final installment in the Shrek film series, produced by DreamWorks Animation. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in cinemas on May 20, 2010 in Russia, and on May 21 in the United...

    (Dubbed for Rumpelstiltskin in Korean
    Korean language
    Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

     version)
  • 2010: Chopsticks (젓가락)

Musical career

  • 2006: "고음불가"
  • 2009: "Let's Keep Going Until the End" (갈때까지 가보자) ft. Eun Ji Won
    Eun Ji Won
    Eun Ji Won is a Korean rapper, Host, dancer, composer and former leader of Korean Hip hop group Sechs Kies . Sechs Kies was divided into The Black Kies, which were the three rappers and The White Kies which were the vocalists...

  • 2009: "Happy Song" (해피송)
  • 2009: "160", which was featured in Eun Ji Won's fifth album, Platonic
  • 2010: "HUK" ft. Eun Ji Won

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