Marco (마르코)

Model and actor Marco, who is popular due to his appearance on the KBS show program "The Invincible Baseball Team", is likely to obtain Korean citizenship. In a recent interview, Marco said he wants to abandon his Argentine citizenship next year.

Marco's full Argentine name is Marcos Benjamin Lee. He was born to Korean-Argentine parents and grew up there before coming to Korea in 1999. He in fact submitted an application to change his nationa...More

At first sight, the quiet and somewhat aloof Marco, 31, looks very different from his bubbly TV image.

Within minutes, however, he begins to let loose, and bursts into his signature boyish staccato laugh. Marco in real life turns out to be like Marco on television, or at least a slightly toned-down version.

Although already enjoying an modeling career and several stints in movies, Marco got his biggest break in the entertainment scene this year by acting as a pseudo-married couple with pop star Son Dam-bi on MBC's semi-reality show "Just Married".

A third-generation ethnic Korean from Argentina, Marco raised eyebrows and left people asking, "Who is that guy?" when he appeared on the hit show featuring four different celebrity couples.

His handsome looks and sculptured physique contrasted with an inarticulate Korean accent and uninhibited expression of his feelings, kept people, especially women, glued to the television.

"Yes. I think I am not that much different from how I appear on television", Marco said in an interview on Tuesday.

So can he feel the rising fame since he joined the show in September?

Marco gives the innocent reply that viewers would expect from hi...More