Born in 1991, LEE Ga-sub used to dream of becoming a pro player of the game of Go, but decided on an impulse to start acting while he was about to graduate from high school. He explained his sudden interest in a completely different activity by the fact that, while he considers both as arts relying on internal expression, the game of Go asked him to keep his face as straight as he could to prevent the opponent from guessing his next move, whereas acting allows for a wide rang...More

Born in 1991, LEE Ga-sub used to dream of becoming a pro player of the game of Go, but decided on an impulse to start acting while he was about to graduate from high school. He explained his sudden interest in a completely different activity by the fact that, while he considers both as arts relying on internal expression, the game of Go asked him to keep his face as straight as he could to prevent the opponent from guessing his next move, whereas acting allows for a wide range of expression. His aim is to be able to express subtle differences in emotions just with the eyes. He admitted that his parents were extremely angry at his decision of giving up playing Go after more than a decade of practice, but they reluctantly let him go to an acting school, believing that this was but a phase. As he was accepted to Sejong University Film College, in Seoul, he left his hometown of Busan. He debuted in KIM Tae-yong’s short film <Negligence of Service> (2011). His next role, in <The Boys Who Cried Wolf> (2015), may have only enjoyed 2 minutes of screen time, but it was enough to make an impression on director LIM Tae-gue, who decided to give LEE top billing in his next film. <The Seeds of Violence> (2017), which sparked discussion on the systemic aggressions among young Korean men drafted into military service, received wide critical acclaim, not the least for LEE’s performance. He was later recognized for it with a Grand Bell Award for Best New Actor. Just one year later, he frightened many a viewer with his role as a stalker in <Door Lock> (2018), even though he would later assert that he didn’t deliberately try to be scary. He was then cast in the family drama <You and Me Both> (2018). Less