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Lee Tae-vin

South Korean singer and actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ104665815
Source-derived summary

Lee Se-woong (Korean: 이세웅; born January 22, 1996), also known by his stage name Lee Tae-vin (Korean: 이태빈), is a South Korean actor, singer, rapper and dancer. He was a member of the boy group Myteen debuted in 2017, he is known for his best acting in The Penthouse: War in Life, 365: Repeat the Year, and Love for Loves Sake.

Early life and education

Lee Tae-vin was born on January 22, 1996, in Busan, South Korea.

Career

2017–2018: Myteen activities

Lee debuted as a member of the boy group Myteen, Music Works first boy group, which on July 26, 2017, debuted with the release of their first mini album Myteen Go!. Before debut, Lee appeared in Myteen's debut reality show 'Trainee Escape Project - Myteen Go! which aired on MBC Music TV broadcast and was the first member to shoot an advertisement. In 2018, Lee made a surprise appearance in the MBN drama Rich Man in episode 11 as Lee Jae-young. On December 31, 2018, Music Works announced the news of Lee's departure from Myteen via the official fancafe.

2019–present: Acting debut

On May 21, 2019, Lee was cast in the theater Another Country as Menzies. On November 12, Lee signed an exclusive contract with Crebig Entertainment to pursue his acting career.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lee Tae-vin” is south Korean singer and actor. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Tae-vin, South and Korean, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996, 2017, 2018, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1996-01-22. For this dossier, Tae-vin, South and Korean is the immediate research focus.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q104665815. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1996, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from Lee Tae-vin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.