Article: Top 10 K- Dramas Featuring Lee Jong-Suk

Lee Jong-suk is a well-known model and actor from South Korea. Recent news of dating rumors between IU and Lee Jong-suk stirred a lot of drama among the fans. And if you don’t know about Lee Jong-suk, you are at the right place. He started his career as a model in 2005, debuting as the youngest model to walk Seoul Fashion Week. He joined the acting industry and appeared in various dramas, but it was his role in School 2013 in 2012 that brought him widespread recognition. Here are his top 10 dramas.

1. Pinocchio

Pinocchio is a drama about journalists and how distributing wrong information can lead to several consequences. Lee Jong-suk plays the role of Choi Dal-po; his family suffered a great tragedy when he was just a child, so he had to assume the identity of Choi Dal-po to save himself. He meets Choi In-ha, who has Pinocchio syndrome, that is, she hiccups when she lies. Both of them form a friendly bond over time and aspire to be journalists.

2. Hot Young Bloods

Joong-gil, played by Lee Jong-suk, is the school's playboy. The drama was set in 1982 at Hongseong Agricultural High School. Joong-gil flirts with everyone except Young-sook. Young-sook, played by Park Bo-young is a challenging and feared leader of her female gang. She appears to be cold, but she secretly crushes on Joong-gil. When a new female student So-hee arrives, things become twisted between the three.

3. While You Were Sleeping

Jung Jae-chan, played by Lee Jong-suk, is a 29-year-old newbie prosecutor. And Nam Hong-joo played by Bae Suzy is a reporter with a mysterious power to see the future. Both of their fathers were murdered by the same man, and they met at the joint funerals of their fathers. When Hong- joo saves Jae-chan from drowning, she inadvertently gives him the same powers. The two gradually fall in love while trying to prevent the deaths of people around them.

4. Secret Garden

Secret Garden stars Hyun-bin and Ha Ji-won. It is the typical Cinderella love story. Lee Jong-suk plays the supporting character, Han Tae-sun, who is a genius musician. It is later discovered that he is gay. Oska, a famous celebrity who is losing his popularity, discovers Tae-sun. The drama has an interesting storyline blending romance, comedy, and fantasy.

5. W

Kang Cheol played by Lee Jong-suk. The drama fuses two worlds, there’s a real world and an alternate universe of webtoon ‘W’. Kang Cheol is a CEO in the webtoon world and Oh Yeon-joo is a surgeon in real life. Oh Yeon-joo’s father is the author of the web-comic W. He decides to kill the main character, Kang-cheol but everything gets complicated when Yeon-joo stumbles into the comic world. It’s a fantasy story with lots of twists and turns.

6. Romance Is A Bonus Book

Lee Jong-suk plays Cha Eun-ho, a successful author and chief editor. Cha Eun-ho and Kang Dan-I are childhood best friends. When Dan-I's marriage fails, and she’s left penniless with a kid, Eun-ho helps her through her hard times. Due to her financial state, she works as a housekeeper for Eun-ho without his knowledge. Truth reveals itself, and soon the two get closer while trying to help each other. It’s a light-hearted, fun Rom-com.

7. Big Mouth

Lee Jong-suk represents Park Chang-ho, a lawyer with a meager success rate. He is nicknamed Big Mouth by his co-workers because he just talks big and doesn’t deliver. He gets falsely accused of being Big Mouse, a famous criminal in the area. Chang-ho tries to survive jail by cleverly taking up the role of Big Mouse in order to survive.

8. Doctor Stranger

Lee Jong-suk portrayed Park Hoon who is a skillful surgeon. Park Hoon’s father was an excellent heart surgeon. He was called to North Korea for a tricky surgery, he took Park hoon with him. But he was tricked and forced back to stay in the North. Many years later, Park hoon and Jae-hee, his girlfriend, try to escape to South Korea, but get separated. The drama follows Park Hoon’s life in South Korea as a surgeon at Myungwoo University Hospital as he tries to find Jae-hee.

9. School 2013

This is the drama that popularised Lee Jong-suk. Lee Jong-suk plays the role of Go Nam-soon, a student noted for being disobedient and uninterested in his schoolwork. Oh Jung-ho is bullying him. When two new teachers are assigned the most challenging class of Victory High School, they try to help the students overcome bullying and class politics. The drama highlights the themes of violence, suicides, bullying, and teacher-student relations.

10. I Can Hear Your Voice

Park Soo-ha is played by Lee Jong-suk. He possesses the ability to read people's minds. As a young boy, he lost his father. He was murdered but his case was dismissed as a car accident, until Hye-sung's testimony. Ever since then, Jong-suk has been looking for her, he eventually finds her, but she is nothing like the girl he imagined. She is now a cold-hearted public defender.