In 2006, he won SBS’s Superstar Survival and was cast by JYP Entertainment. The year he turned 18, he debuted as a member of 2PM with the single “Hottest Time of the Day.”
The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 19, 2PM’s second single “Again & Again” became a hit and the group rose to stardom a year after its debut. That year 2PM was called “beast idols”.
In 2012, he did volunteer work in Ethiopia as the first participant in EBS’s Global Sharing Project. In 2013, he made his screen debut in the film Cold Eyes. In 2014, he released the solo album FEEL.
In 2015, he starred in the film Twenty alongside Kim Woo-bin and Kang Ha-neul. In 2016, he appeared in his first drama, tvN’s Memory. In 2017, he appeared in KBS2’s Good Manager, and at the end of the year he won an excellence award at the KBS Drama Awards.
In 2018, he appeared in SBS’s Wok of Love. In 2019, he enlisted as a social service worker, and the film Homme Fatale was released the same year.
In 2020, while he was serving, “Our House” climbed the charts again on YouTube. In 2021, after completing service, he appeared in MBC’s The Red Sleeve, and at the end of the year he won the top excellence award at the MBC Drama Awards. In 2022, he won best actor in TV at the Baeksang Arts Awards.
In 2023, he appeared in JTBC’s King the Land. In 2025, he left JYP Entertainment and set up O3 Collective, and appeared in tvN’s Typhoon Family and Netflix’s Cashero.
Lee Jun-ho (born Jan 25, 1990) debuted as a member of 2PM with “10 Out of 10” on Sep 4, 2008, the year he turned 18, and rose to stardom in 2009, the year he turned 19, when “Again & Again” became a hit. He later worked as an actor too, and won best actor in TV at the Baeksang Arts Awards in 2022, the year he turned 32.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.
He won the live final with 91 points. He was then scouted by JYP Entertainment.
Source 01 · Star News (Korean) · Wins SBS Superstar Survival · opens in a new tabSource 02 · Herald Business (Korean) · Introducing the 2PM debut members · opens in a new tabSource 03 · TV Daily (archive) (Korean) · The story of 2PM’s Lee Jun-ho’s debut · opens in a new tab Star News (2006) gave the number of entrants as about 4,000 and Herald Business (2008) as about 6,500.He made his debut stage on Mnet’s M Countdown and released the single. The title track is “10 Out of 10.”
Source 04 · Segye Ilbo (Korean) · 2PM debut single showcase · opens in a new tabSource 05 · Nocut News (Korean) · Passion at two in the afternoon · opens in a new tabThe title track “Again & Again” and the follow-up “I Hate You” became hits one after another. Until then 2PM had been known only as a boy group from JYP Entertainment; with this album it rose to stardom a year after its debut, and that year online users called 2PM “beast idols” (jimseungdol).
He did volunteer work in Ethiopia for eight days and seven nights. He was the first participant in the newly launched fundraising program.
Source 09 · OhmyStar (Korean) · First participant in EBS’s Global Sharing Project · opens in a new tabIn the story of a police surveillance team starring Sol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung and Han Hyo-joo, he played Squirrel. It was his first acting role.
Source 10 · Sports World (Korean) · Preview screening of Cold Eyes · opens in a new tabSource 11 · OSEN (Korean) · Cold Eyes release date moved up · opens in a new tabSource 12 · OSEN (Korean) · Interview on Junho’s first acting in Cold Eyes · opens in a new tabSource 26 · Ilgan Sports (Korean) · 58th Baeksang Arts Awards · opens in a new tabHe released in Korea the solo album he had first put out in Japan. It reached No. 1 on the Oricon daily chart on its release day in Japan, and he wrote, composed and produced every track himself.
Source 13 · Herald Business (Korean) · FEEL released in Korea · opens in a new tabHe starred alongside Kim Woo-bin and Kang Ha-neul. It passed 1 million viewers five days after its release.
Source 14 · Star News (Korean) · Twenty passes 1 million · opens in a new tabSource 35 · Sports Donga (Korean) · Memory, his first drama · opens in a new tabIn his first drama he played Jung Jin, the partner lawyer of Lee Sung-min’s character.
Source 15 · TenAsia (Korean) · Preview of the Memory premiere · opens in a new tabSource 35 · Sports Donga (Korean) · Memory, his first drama · opens in a new tabAs Seo Yul he played a villain, a kind of role he had not shown before.
Source 16 · Sports Chosun (Korean) · Good Manager premiere ratings · opens in a new tabHe received it for Good Manager. The same day he also won the best couple award with Namkoong Min.
Source 17 · OSEN (Korean) · JYP’s five trophies at the 2017 acting awards · opens in a new tabHe took on his first romantic comedy as Seo Poong, a passionate Chinese-cuisine chef.
Source 18 · News1 (Korean) · Stills from Wok of Love · opens in a new tabHe had injured his shoulder in practice during his 2PM activities and had an operation. He was classified as Grade 4 in the Military Manpower Administration’s physical exam and enlisted as a social service worker.
Source 19 · Maeil Business Newspaper (Korean) · Lee Jun-ho enlists · opens in a new tabHe played Heo-saek, who sets out to become a male gisaeng (courtesan) at a gisaeng house sinking into debt.
Source 20 · Nocut News (Korean) · Interview on Homme Fatale · opens in a new tabHe donated, at his own expense, a car worth about 30 million won to the facility for people with severe disabilities in Seocho-gu, Seoul, where he was working as a social service worker.
Source 21 · Nocut News (Korean) · Junho donates a car during military service · opens in a new tab The donation was made around the end of October and became known through a report of Nov. 30, 2019.He finished his social service about one year and 10 months after entering in May 2019. With this, every 2PM member except Nichkhun, who is a foreign national, had completed military service.
Source 23 · Sports World (Korean) · Completes service · opens in a new tabAs the young Yi San he starred opposite Lee Se-young.
Source 24 · Joynews24 (Korean) · Relationship chart for The Red Sleeve · opens in a new tabHe received it for The Red Sleeve. He also won the best couple award with Lee Se-young.
Source 25 · Newsis (Korean) · 2021 MBC Drama Awards · opens in a new tabHe received it for The Red Sleeve. He also won the TikTok Popularity Award the same day, for two awards.
Source 26 · Ilgan Sports (Korean) · 58th Baeksang Arts Awards · opens in a new tabIn the drama set around a hotel’s VVIP lounge, he played Gu Won opposite Im Yoon-ah as Cheon Sa-rang.
Source 27 · OhmyNews (Korean) · King the Land press conference · opens in a new tabSource 36 · Xportsnews (Korean) · King the Land’s Gu Won · opens in a new tabIt came 17 years after his debut in 2008.
Source 28 · SPOTV News (Korean) · Lee Jun-ho leaves JYP · opens in a new tabHe announced the name O3 Collective and began working independently.
Source 29 · Maeil Ilbo (Korean) · O3 Collective established · opens in a new tabIn the drama, set during the 1997 IMF financial crisis, he played Kang Tae-poong, a rookie trading company employee who ends up as the company’s boss.
Source 30 · Edaily (Korean) · Preview of the Typhoon Family premiere · opens in a new tabHe hosted the ceremony in Kaohsiung and received Actor of the Year, one of its daesang (grand prize) categories, along with the Best Artist, Fabulous and Popularity awards.
Source 31 · Sports Donga (Korean) · Four awards at AAA 2025 · opens in a new tabHe played Kang Sang-woong, an ordinary civil servant who overnight inherits a superpower that makes him stronger the more money he holds in his hand.
Source 32 · Korea Economic Daily (Korean) · Cashero out today · opens in a new tabHe was nominated again for Typhoon Family after four years. The award went to Hyun Bin for Made in Korea.
Source 33 · JTBC (Korean) · Judges’ comments on the 62nd Baeksang TV category · opens in a new tabSource 34 · bnt News (Korean) · Baeksang Arts Awards held today · opens in a new tabEND OF SELECTED RECORDSSelected records, 2006–2026 · not a complete list of work. “Key moment” is an editorial label, not a measure of success.
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