Lee Sung-yeol

Lee Sung-yeol
이성열
Lee Sung-yeol leaving the airport on December 16, 2017.jpg
Lee, December 16, 2017
Born
Lee Sung-yeol

(1991-08-27) August 27, 1991 (age 28)
Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Alma materDaekyung University
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actor
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2010–present
LabelsWoollim Entertainment
Associated acts
Lee Sung-yeol
Hangul
Hanja
李成烈
Revised RomanizationI Seong-yeol
McCune–ReischauerI Sŏngyŏl

Lee Sung-yeol, (Korean이성열; Hanja李成烈; born August 27, 1991), known mononymously as Sungyeol, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Infinite[1] and its sub-group Infinite F.

Biography

Lee Sung-yeol was born and raised in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do on August 27, 1991.[2] He has a younger brother named Lee Dae-yeol, who is also signed with Woollim Entertainment and is a member and leader of the boy group Golden Child which debuted in August 2017.[3]

On February 15, Lee graduated from Daekyeung University, majoring in Applied Music with fellow Infinite members Sung-kyu, L, Dong-woo and Hoya.[4]

Career

Pre-debut

Prior to debut, Lee appeared in the television series as an extra such as Boys Over Flowers, Good Job, Good Job, and Everybody Cha-cha-cha. He originally planned to debut as an actor, and was once an actor trainee under SM Academy.[5]

2010–2013: Career beginnings

Lee was the last member to join Infinite. On June 9, 2010, Lee made his debut as a vocalist of Infinite with their first EP, First Invasion.[6]

Lee made his acting debut in 2011 with the drama While You Were Sleeping.[7]

On October 21, 2013, Lee was cast as a main character in the web drama Love for Ten: Generation of Youth with 4Minute's Son Ji-hyun.[8]

2014–2016: Infinite F and acting roles

In 2014, Lee and bandmate Woo-hyun were cast in the KBS2 drama Hi! School-Love On with rising child actress Kim Sae-ron. The drama was broadcast from July 11 to December 19, 2014.[9][10][11]

Lee and bandmates L and Sungjong formed a subgroup called Infinite F and were announced during the "One Great Step Returns" encore concert. They also performed their song "Heartthrob" from the Hi! School: Love On soundtrack.[12] Their first officially released song, "Crazy", was included on Infinite's second album, Season 2. They made their debut in Japan with their first single album, Koi No Sign, on November 19, 2014, following in Korea with their first single album, Azure, on December 2, 2014.[13]

On May 22, 2015, Lee was confirmed to be in the cast of JTBC's D-Day.[14]

2017–2019: Transition to lead roles

In 2017, Lee was cast as the male lead in a one-act drama called Temporary Cold Case Task Force, with rookie actress Lee Ye Hyun.[15] Lee starred in the KBS1 daily drama Love Returns.[16]

In 2018, Lee starred in the horror film 0.0MHz alongside Apink’s Eun-ji, based on the webtoon with the same name.[17]

Lee enlisted as part of his mandatory military service as an active duty soldier on March 26.[18]

Discography

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 INFINITE Concert Second Invasion Evolution The Movie 3D Himself Concert film [19]
2014 Grow: Infinite's Real Youth Life Documentary film [20]
2019 0.0MHz Sang Yeob Debut film

Television series

Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.
2009 Boys Over Flowers KBS2 Student Cameo
Good Job, Good Job MBC Student
Everybody Cha-cha-cha KBS1 Student
2011 While You Were Sleeping SBS Yoon So-joon Supporting role [7]
Wara Store Tooniverse Himself (voice) Guest role [21]
2013 Adolescence Medley KBS2 Student Council President Cameo; special drama
Love for Ten: Generation of Youth Naver TV Cast Jeong Gi-yeok Main role; web drama
2014 Hi! School: Love On KBS2 Hwang Sung-yeol Main role [22][23]
2015 D-Day JTBC Ahn Dae-gil Supporting role
2017–2018 Love Returns KBS1 Hong Seok-pyo Lead role
TBA Temporary Cold Case Task Force Oh Gyun-shik Lead role; special drama

Television shows

Year Title Network Notes
2010 Sesame Player Mnet Cast member
2012 Ranking King
2013 Law of the Jungle in Belize SBS
2016 Law of the Jungle in Panama[24]
2017 Law of the Jungle in Kota Manado
2017 Woollim Pick Mnet MC

References

  1. ^ "Infinite profile". Woollim Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Mark Russell (29 April 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
  3. ^ "Brother of Infinite's Sungyeol to debut". Kpop Herald.
  4. ^ "5 Infinite Members to Graduate from University Together". enewsWorld. 15 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Yoo Yoo-sun's nephew, Singer debut as new member Infinite member". Asiae.co.kr.
  6. ^ 포토엔,인피니트,긴장되는 첫 무대~. Newsen.
  7. ^ a b "[단독]인피니트 성열, SBS일일극 캐스팅 '엄친아 역'". TV Report.
  8. ^ "러브포텐 순정의 시대, 남지현과 성열 주연의 모바일 드라마…"과연 첫 시청률은?"". Chosun.
  9. ^ Lee, Min-ji (May 2, 2014). "Infinite's Woo Hyun and Sung Yeol to Become Rivals in High School". enewsWorld.
  10. ^ "KBS '하이스쿨' 우현·성열·남지현 출연 확정…女주인공 누가?". Naver. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  11. ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (June 2, 2014). "High School Unveils Poster Stills for Kim Sae Ron, Infinite's Woo Hyun and Sung Yeol". enewsWorld.
  12. ^ "[Video] Infinite F Debuts with ′Heartthrobs′ in New MV". Mnet.
  13. ^ "[Video] Infinite F Debuts with ′Heartthrobs′ in New MV". Mwave.
  14. ^ "[단독] 인피니트 성열, '디데이' 합류…연기돌 입지 다진다". Naver.
  15. ^ "Infinite Sungyeol and rookie actress to pair up". Kpop Herald.
  16. ^ "이성열·표예진, KBS 일일극 확정..인피니트x쌈마이 파워[종합]". Naver.
  17. ^ "에이핑크 정은지X인피니티 이성열, 공포영화 '0.0MHz' 캐스팅 확정". Naver.
  18. ^ Dong, Sun-hwa (March 22, 2019). "INFINITE's Sungyeol to enlist on March 26". The Korea Times. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  19. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (September 10, 2012). "Infinite 3-D film shown in Japan". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  20. ^ "GROW: Infinite's Real Youth Life (Korean Movie – 2014) – GROW: 인피니트의 리얼 청춘 라이프". HanCinema.
  21. ^ Lee, Nancy. "Infinite Members Become Voice Actors for 'Wara! Store' Cartoon". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  22. ^ Lee, Na-rae (May 15, 2014). "Infinite's Woo Hyun, Sung Yeol and More Attend First Script Reading for High School". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  23. ^ "Nam Woohyun, Lee Sung-yeol and Son Ji-hyun in "High School"". Hancinema.
  24. ^ "Gong Myung, Sungyeol, Jin, Kim Min-seok cast in 'Laws of Jungle'". Kpop Herald.

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