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Lee Byung-hun

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Lee Byung-hun

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 12, 1970 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Biography

Lee Byung-hun (이병헌; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He has received acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably Joint Security Area (2000); A Bittersweet Life (2005); The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008); I Saw the Devil (2010); Masquerade (2012); Inside Men (2015); The Man Standing Next (2020); and the television series All In (2003), Iris (2009), Mr. Sunshine (2018), and Our Blues (2022). He has received multiple awards and nominations throughout his career. In the United States, he is known for portraying Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and its sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013). His other notable Hollywood films include Red 2 (2013), Terminator Genisys (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). He also appeared as the Front Man in Netflix hit survival series Squid Game (2021–2025).

Known For

Acting
2025No Other ChoiceYoo Man-su
2025The MatchCho Hoon-hyun
2025Squid Game: Making Season 2Self
2025KPop Demon HuntersGwi-Ma (voice)
2025Squid Game in ConversationSelf
2025Netflix Tudum 2025Self
2025New Old Boy : Dir. ParkSelf
2024BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The JourneyNarrator (voice)
2024Hot Ones VersusSelf
2023Concrete UtopiaYeong-tak
2023Nattering with Nah
2022Emergency DeclarationPark Jae-hyuk
2022Our BluesLee Dong-seok
2022Just an ExcuseSelf
2021SNL KoreaSelf - Host
2021Squid GameFront Man / Hwang In-ho
2021The Game CaterersSelf
2020The Man Standing NextKim Gyu-pyeong
2019AshfallLee Jun-pyeong
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2018Keys to the HeartKim Jo-ha
2018Mr. SunshineEugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
2018You Quiz on the BlockSelf
2017A Single RiderKang Jae-hoon
2017The FortressChoe Myeong-gil
2017Decades ApartSgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
2016The Magnificent SevenBilly Rocks
2016MisconductThe Accountant
2016MasterPresident Jin
2016The Age of ShadowsJung Chae-san
2015Terminator GenisysCop / T-1000
2015Inside MenAhn Sang-goo
2015Memories of the SwordYu-baek / Duk-gi
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2013G.I. Joe: RetaliationTommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
2013RED 2Han Cho Bai
2013최후의 권력Narrator (voice)
2013IRIS 特务情人 DVD版
2012MasqueradeKing Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
2012Baeksang Arts AwardsSelf
2011Share the Vision
2011The Diplomat Kosaku KurodaJohn(ジョン)
2010Iris: The MovieKim Hyun-jun
2010I Saw the DevilKim Soo-hyeon
2010The InfluenceW/White W
2009I Come with the RainSu Dongpo
2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraStorm Shadow
2009IrisKim Hyeon-Jun
2009Mnet Asian Music AwardsHost
2008The Good, the Bad, the WeirdPark Chang-yi
2007HeroKang
2006Once in a SummerYun Suk-young
2005A Bittersweet LifeSun-woo
2004Everybody Has SecretsChoi Soo-hyun
2004Three... ExtremesDirector (segment "Cut")
2003All InKim In-ha
2002AddictedHwang Dae-jun
2002My Beautiful Girl, MariAdult Nam-woo (voice)
2001Bungee Jumping of Their OwnSeo In-woo
2001Beautiful DaysLee Min-chul
2000Joint Security AreaSgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
1999The Harmonium in My MemoryKang Soo-ha
1999Happy TogetherSeo Tae-poong
1999Love StoryTae-sung
1999Se-ri is BackCafé CEO
1998White Nights 3.98Min Gyeong-bin
1997LamentJong-man
1997Beautiful My LadyHwang Joon-ho
1996Kill the LoveLove
1996ArmageddonHaesung
1995Run AwayLee Dong-hee
1995Who Drives Me Mad?Lee Jong-du
1995Sunset on the Neon Lights
1995Asphalt ManKang Dong-joon
1994사랑의 향기
1993The Sorrow of the SurvivorLee Ja-myung
1992Tomorrow Love신범수
-I Believe in a Thing Called Love
-Here
-The Koreans
Production
-I Believe in a Thing Called LoveProducer