South Korean actor Hyun Bin debuted in 2003. Here are just some of his past roles leading up to the massive 2019 hit 'Crash Landing on You.'
Hyun Bin made his acting debut on the TV drama 'Bodyguard' in 2003 where he played a minor role as a stalker.
In the same year, Hyun Bin became part of the popular MBC drama 'Nonstop 4.'
As Hyun Bin sees a resurgence in his popularity after starring as the handsome Captain Ri in 'Crash Landing on You,' many have expressed an interest in seeing his past work.
He starred in 2004 series Ireland where he played Kang Gook, a bodyguard who falls in love with a porn actress.
After doing supporting roles on television, Hyun Bin made his film debut in the 2004 taekwondo movie 'Spin Kick,' where he starred alongside Shinhwa's Kim Dong Wan. Hyun Bin played Min Gyu, the only remaining member of Manseh High School's taekwondo team.
His popularity skyrocketed in 2005 as he starred in the hit romantic comedy 'My Name is Kim Sam Soon.' He played Hyun Jin Heon, the wealthy owner of Bon Appetite restaurant where Kim Sam Soon works.
In 2006, he played a boxer and math genius Han Tae Woong in the series 'The Snow Queen' opposite Fin.K.L member Sung Yu Ri.
Hyun Bin's first film as a leading man is the 2006 romance film 'A Millionaire's First Love,' where he played Jae Kyung, rich and spoiled student who is suddenly cut off from his inheritance and sent to live in the countryside.
Hyun Bin starred opposite 'Descendants of the Sun' actress Song Hye Kyo in 2008 series 'Worlds Within.' He played Jung Ji Oh, a television director who came from a poor rural family.
In 2008, Hyun Bin bagged the lead role for the film 'I Am Happy,' which premiered as part of the 2008 Busan International Film Festival.
In 2009, he starred in the series 'Friend, Our Legend,' which is the television adaptation of hit 2001 gangster movie 'Friend.' Hyun Bin played the sociopathic Han Dong Soo, earning him critical acclaim.
Hyun Bin once again flexed his star power as the leading man of 2010 romantic fantasy drama 'Secret Garden.' He played Kim Joo Won, CEO of a high-end department store, who switches bodies with a female stunt woman.
As testament to Hyun Bin's popularity, his character's sparkly blue track suit jacket was a hit among fashionable Korean men at that time of the drama's airing.
Hyun Bin starred alongside Chinese actress Tang Wei in the 2010 English-language film 'Late Autumn,' which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. He played Hoon, a gigolo on the run from a powerful man.
Hyun Bin was also the lead actor in the 2011 experimental film 'Come Rain, Come Shine,' which premiered and competed at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. He played the unnamed husband who behaves as a perfect gentleman, even after his wife of five years is set to leave him.
2014's 'The Fatal Encounter' marked Hyun Bin's film comeback after returning from his mandatory military service. It is also his first period film where he played King Jeong Jo who faced many assassination attempts during his reign.
He played a wealthy but cold theme park owner Gu Seo Jin who transforms into the kind-hearted Robin due to his dissociative identity disorder in the 2015 romantic comedy series 'Hyde Jekyll, Me.'
Hyun Bin played a North Korean detective Im Cheol Ryung in 2017 action film 'Confidential Assignment.'
He played fraudster Hwang Ji Sung in 2017 crime action film 'The Swindlers.'
Hyun Bin played a villain for the first time in 2018 thriller movie 'The Negotiation.' He played hostage-taker Min Tae Gu who goes against crisis negotiator Ha Chae Yoon, played by his 'Crash Landing on You' leading lady Son Ye Jin.
Hyun Bin also starred in a zombie period film called 'Rampant' in 2018. He played exiled prince Lee Chung who attempts to bring his sister-in-law and her unborn child to a safe place amidst a zombie outbreak.
He returned to television in the 2018 fantasy suspense drama 'Memories of the Alhambra' alongside Pinocchio actress Park Shin Hye. He played Yoo Jin Woo, who travels to Spain to invest in an augmented reality game and gets entangled in mysterious incidents.