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Lee Dong-wook

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Lee Dong-wook is an actor signed to KINGKONG by STARSHIP. His credits run through tvN's 구미호뎐 and 배드 앤 크레이지 and JTBC's 착한 사나이, and in 2024 he played Jeong Jin-man in Disney+'s A Shop for Killers, returning to the role for the second season in 2026.

Agency
KINGKONG by STARSHIP
Born
6 November 1981
Known for
A Shop for Killers Season 2

Who is Lee Dong-wook?

Lee Dong-wook is an actor signed to KINGKONG by STARSHIP. The filmography on his official site lists OCN’s 타인은 지옥이다 and tvN’s 진심이 닿다 in 2019, tvN’s 구미호뎐 in 2020, tvN’s 배드 앤 크레이지 in 2021, tvN’s 구미호뎐1938 in 2023, and tvN’s 이혼보험 and JTBC’s 착한 사나이 in 2025. The same list includes two shows he hosted in 2019, SBS’s 이동욱은 토크가 하고 싶어서 and Mnet’s 프로듀스 X 101.

In 2024 he played Jeong Jin-man in Disney+’s A Shop for Killers, the uncle who disappears leaving his niece a dangerous inheritance.

2026

He returned to the role in A Shop for Killers Season 2, released on 22 July 2026. Etoday describes the story: Jeong Jin-man, believed dead, stands with his niece Ji-an, now the head of the storefront Murthehelp, against the global mercenary network Babylon. The eight episodes arrived two a week on Wednesdays and finished on 12 August.

Ilgan Sports reported on 25 July, citing the Walt Disney Company Korea, that the season was, by views on its opening day, the most-watched Korean original series on Disney+ worldwide.

Timeline

  1. Milestone

    A Shop for Killers Season 2 first for buzz at home for a second week

    Good Data Corporation's FUNdex for the second week of August, alongside a four-country Disney+ top 10 on FlixPatrol.

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  2. Release

    A Shop for Killers Season 2 opens on Disney+

    Eight episodes began with two on 22 July and ran two a week on Wednesdays to the finale on 12 August.

    Explainer · Read the story

Known for

Stories

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What A Shop for Killers Season 2 Did in Four Weeks

Disney+'s A Shop for Killers Season 2 opened with two episodes on 22 July 2026 and added two every Wednesday for four weeks. On its first day it was the most-watched Korean original on Disney+ worldwide, and a day before it ended it held first place for buzz at home for a second week.