Kim Myung-soo, (hangul: 김명수; hanja: 金明洙; born March 13, 1992) commonly known by his stage name L, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the boy band Infinite under Woollim Entertainment. He is also the main vocal of Infinite F.
Kim Myungsoo was born on March 13, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea. He attended Duk-soo High School and graduated from Daekyung University on February 15, 2013, along with members Sungkyu, Dongwoo, Hoya, and Sungyeol majoring in practical music. He has a younger brother named Moonsoo.
L was first introduced as vocalist and visual of boy band Infinite. He made his first appearance as a group member of Infinite with “Come Back Again” for mini album “First Invasion” in 2010.
Infinite F was officially announced at the One Great Step Returns encore concert, which consists of members Sungyeol, L, and Sungjong. There, they performed the song “My Heart is Beating”. The unit would have their first official release on Infinite’s 2nd album “Season 2” with titled song “Going Crazy”. In November 19, 2014, they make their official debut in Japan with single album, “Koi No Sign” and debut in Korea with released single album, “Azure” on December 2, 2014.
On May 15, 2013, L released his photo essay book titled “L’s Bravo Viewtiful”, showing photos taken by him on a 93-day journey. The book was released in two versions – one Korean and one Japanese. The best-seller reached #1 in pre-orders on online bookstores such as YES24 and Kyobo, and was quickly sold out upon release.
Woollim Entertainment released L’s Bravo Viewtiful Part 2 on September 25, 2013 in Korea and September 28th, 2013 in Japan. Like its predecessor, the book also made it on the Best-Seller’s list.
L made his debut as an actor in 2011 with the Japanese drama “Jiu” which aired on TV Asahi.
In 2012, he acted as guitarist Lee Hyunsoo in the tvN drama Shut Up Flower Boy Band and was part of the cast of the MBC sitcom “What’s The Deal, Mom?”.
In 2013, he took part in the SBS romantic horror drama Master’s Sun as the younger version of So Jisub’s character, Joo Joongwon.
In 2014, he played the role of Secretary Gil in the drama Cunning Single Lady, co-starring with Joo Sangwook and Lee Minjung. L also acted alongside Rain and f(x)’s Krystal in the SBS drama My Lovely Girl. He portrayed the second male lead, Siwoo, who was the visual of popular K-Pop group Infinite Power that became a solo artist. The drama aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays from September 17 to November 6.
In 2015, L had a three-episode cameo in the drama The Time We Were Not in Love as Ha Ji-won’s intern Ki Sungjae.
In 2016, L has been cast as in his first leading role for an upcoming joint drama between Korea, China, and Japan, titled The Blue of My Heart. L will be portraying a travel agency CEO named Kang Jaeho, who falls in love with the Philippines after vacationing there. Filming will start in April and continue until June.
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