Lee Chae-min (이채민; 李彩玟) is a South Korean actor and TV host born on September 15, 2000, in Goyang. A drama student at the Korea National University of Arts, he signed his first professional contract in 2020 and made his screen debut in High Class in 2021.
After Love All Play, he made a name for himself as a sensitive high school student in Crash Course in Romance (2023), before appearing in See You in My 19th Life. His career took off with Hierarchy (2024), in which he plays Kang Ha, a student determined to challenge the ruthless hierarchy of an elite high school. From 2022 to 2024, he also hosted the music show Music Bank.
In 2025, three dramas broadened his range: the college romance Crushology 101, the superhero series Cashero and above all Bon Appétit, Your Majesty. Opposite YoonA, he plays Yi Heon, a tyrannical king whose heart melts at the sight of the cooking of a female chef from the future—the role that elevates him from a rising prince to a true king of K-dramas.
In 2026, he made his debut as a leading man in a teen romance movie Every Day We Are, playing the role of Oh Ho-soo. His announced projects also include the school thriller I Believe You.
The year 2027 promises a new chapter: it is expected to begin in My Reason to Die, in which he will play Cha Gyeol, as well as in the fantasy adaptation The Miracles of the Namiya General Store.
With his melancholic gaze, his elegance, and a rise to fame worthy of a royal saga, Lee Chae-min has established himself as one of the most popular actors of his generation.
