Lee Byung-hun

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1970-07-12

Place of Birth

Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea

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