Lee Soon-jae to be awarded a prize at film awards, not to mention the unexpected pleasure of winning at a foreign film festival. I have received the best entertainer award and achievement award before, but receiving this makes me happier and more thrilled." It was his first best actor award for a film in 34 years since the 1977 Baeksang Arts Awards. Lee returned to the stage in 2012 in "Father", a Korean adaptation of Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman". This was his third time to play the character Willy Loman. Lee said, "When I first played this role in
Jamai Loman the producers of the show claiming he had auditioned, but was never promised the role. In 2008 Loman played the role of Marius in the Dutch revival version of "Les Misérables", for which he received a John Kraaijkamp Musical Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ in a large musical production. In 2009 Loman is set to play the part of Bobby Strong in the M-Lab production of "Urinetown". Since 2016 he is one of the jury members of Idols 2016. The other jury members are Eva Simons, Martijn Krabbe and Jeroen Nieuwenhuis. Top 30: Always On My Mind by Willie Nelson