
Lee Byung-hun
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).
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Acting History
2025
New Old Boy : Dir. Park as Self
2025No Other Choice as Yoo Man-soo
2025Squid Game in Conversation as Self
2025KPop Demon Hunters as Gwi-Ma (voice)
2025Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
2025The Match as Cho Hoon-hyun
2025Squid Game: Making Season 2 as Self
2024BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey as Narrator (voice)
2024Hot Ones Versus as Self
2023Concrete Utopia as Yeong-tak
2023Nattering with Nah
2022Just an Excuse as Self
2022Emergency Declaration as Park Jae-hyuk
2022Our Blues as Lee Dong-seok
2021Squid Game as Front Man / Hwang In-ho
2021SNL Korea as Self - Host
2021The Game Caterers as Self
2020The Man Standing Next as Kim Gyu-pyeong
2019Ashfall as Lee Jun-pyeong
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018You Quiz on the Block as Self
2018Mr. Sunshine as Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
2018Keys to the Heart as Kim Jo-ha
2017The Fortress as Choe Myeong-gil
2017Decades Apart as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
2017A Single Rider as Kang Jae-hoon
2016Master as President Jin
2016The Magnificent Seven as Billy Rocks
2016The Age of Shadows as Jung Chae-san
2016Misconduct as The Accountant
2015Inside Men as Ahn Sang-goo
2015Memories of the Sword as Yu-baek / Duk-gi
2015Terminator Genisys as Cop / T-1000
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013최후의 권력 as Narrator (voice)
2013RED 2 as Han Cho Bai
2013G.I. Joe: Retaliation as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
2012Masquerade as King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
2012Baeksang Arts Awards as Self
2011Share the Vision
2011The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda as John(ジョン)
2010I Saw the Devil as Kim Soo-hyeon
2010Iris: The Movie as Kim Hyun-jun
2010The Influence as W/White W
2009Mnet Asian Music Awards as Host
2009Iris as Kim Hyeon-Jun
2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as Storm Shadow
2009I Come with the Rain as Su Dongpo
2008The Good, the Bad, the Weird as Park Chang-yi
2007Hero as Kang
2006Once in a Summer as Yun Suk-young
2005A Bittersweet Life as Sun-woo
2004Three... Extremes as Director (segment "Cut")
2004Everybody Has Secrets as Choi Soo-hyun
2003All In as Kim In-ha
2002Addicted as Hwang Dae-jun
2002My Beautiful Girl, Mari as Adult Nam-woo (voice)
2001Beautiful Days as Lee Min-chul
2001Bungee Jumping of Their Own as Seo In-woo
2000Joint Security Area as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
1999Love Story as Tae-sung
1999Se-ri is Back as Café CEO
1999Happy Together as Seo Tae-poong
1999The Harmonium in My Memory as Kang Soo-ha
1998White Nights 3.98 as Min Gyeong-bin
1997Beautiful My Lady as Hwang Joon-ho
1997Lament as Jong-man
1996Kill the Love as Love
1996Armageddon as Haesung
1995Run Away as Lee Dong-hee
1995Who Drives Me Mad? as Lee Jong-du
1995Asphalt Man as Kang Dong-joon
1995Sunset on the Neon Lights
1994사랑의 향기
1993The Sorrow of the Survivor as Lee Ja-myung
1992Tomorrow Love as 신범수
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