
Lee Byung-hun
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 12, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Movie
Nambeol
Movie · as Im Eok
K.O. Club
Movie
Here
TV · 1 ep
The Koreans
TV · 1 ep

No Other Choice
Movie · as Man-su

The Match
Movie · as Cho Hoon-hyun

Squid Game: Making Season 2
Movie · as Self

KPop Demon Hunters
Movie · as Gwi-Ma (voice)

Squid Game in Conversation
Movie · as Self

Netflix Tudum 2025
Movie · as Self

New Old Boy : Dir. Park
TV · as Self · 2 eps

BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Hot Ones Versus
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Squid Game: The Official Podcast
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Concrete Utopia
Movie · as Yeong-tak

Nattering with Nah
TV · 1 ep

Emergency Declaration
Movie · as Park Jae-hyuk

Our Blues
TV · as Lee Dong-seok · 20 eps

Just an Excuse
TV · as Self · 2 eps

SNL Korea
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

Squid Game
TV · as Front Man / Hwang In-ho · 15 eps

The Game Caterers
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Man Standing Next
Movie · as Kim Gyu-pyeong

Ashfall
Movie · as Lee Jun-pyeong

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Keys to the Heart
Movie · as Kim Jo-ha

Mr. Sunshine
TV · as Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin · 24 eps

You Quiz on the Block
TV · as Self · 2 eps

A Single Rider
Movie · as Kang Jae-hoon

The Fortress
Movie · as Choe Myeong-gil

Decades Apart
Movie · as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck

The Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Billy Rocks

Misconduct
Movie · as The Accountant

Master
Movie · as President Jin

The Age of Shadows
Movie · as Jung Chae-san

Terminator Genisys
Movie · as Cop / T-1000

Inside Men
Movie · as Ahn Sang-goo

Memories of the Sword
Movie · as Yu-baek / Duk-gi

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Movie · as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow

RED 2
Movie · as Han Cho Bai

최후의 권력
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

IRIS 特务情人 DVD版
TV · 10 eps

Masquerade
Movie · as King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun

Baeksang Arts Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Share the Vision
Movie

The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
TV · as John(ジョン) · 10 eps

Iris: The Movie
Movie · as Kim Hyun-jun

I Saw the Devil
Movie · as Kim Soo-hyeon

The Influence
Movie · as W/White W

I Come with the Rain
Movie · as Su Dongpo

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Movie · as Storm Shadow

Iris
TV · as Kim Hyeon-Jun · 20 eps

Mnet Asian Music Awards
TV · as Host · 2 eps

The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Movie · as Park Chang-yi

Hero
Movie · as Kang

Once in a Summer
Movie · as Yun Suk-young

A Bittersweet Life
Movie · as Sun-woo

Everybody Has Secrets
Movie · as Choi Soo-hyun

Three... Extremes
Movie · as Director (segment "Cut")

All In
TV · as Kim In-ha · 24 eps

Addicted
Movie · as Hwang Dae-jun

My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Movie · as Adult Nam-woo (voice)

Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Movie · as Seo In-woo

Beautiful Days
TV · as Lee Min-chul · 24 eps

Joint Security Area
Movie · as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk

The Harmonium in My Memory
Movie · as Kang Soo-ha

Happy Together
TV · as Seo Tae-poong · 16 eps

Love Story
TV · as Tae-sung · 2 eps

Se-ri is Back
TV · as Café CEO · 1 ep

White Nights 3.98
TV · as Min Gyeong-bin · 20 eps

Lament
Movie · as Jong-man

Beautiful My Lady
TV · as Hwang Joon-ho · 16 eps

Kill the Love
Movie · as Love

Armageddon
Movie · as Haesung

Run Away
Movie · as Lee Dong-hee

Who Drives Me Mad?
Movie · as Lee Jong-du

Sunset on the Neon Lights
Movie

Asphalt Man
TV · as Kang Dong-joon · 16 eps

사랑의 향기
TV · 14 eps

The Sorrow of the Survivor
TV · as Lee Ja-myung · 16 eps

Tomorrow Love
TV · as 신범수 · 103 eps







