Lee Byung-hun

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

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I Believe in a Thing Called Love

I Believe in a Thing Called Love

Movie

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Nambeol

Nambeol

Movie · as Im Eok

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K.O. Club

K.O. Club

Movie

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Here

Here

TV · 1 ep

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The Koreans

The Koreans

TV · 1 ep

2025
No Other Choice poster

No Other Choice

Movie · as Man-su

2025
The Match poster

The Match

Movie · as Cho Hoon-hyun

2025
Squid Game: Making Season 2 poster

Squid Game: Making Season 2

Movie · as Self

2025
KPop Demon Hunters poster

KPop Demon Hunters

Movie · as Gwi-Ma (voice)

2025
Squid Game in Conversation poster

Squid Game in Conversation

Movie · as Self

2025
Netflix Tudum 2025 poster

Netflix Tudum 2025

Movie · as Self

2025
New Old Boy : Dir. Park poster

New Old Boy : Dir. Park

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2024
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey poster

BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2024
Hot Ones Versus poster

Hot Ones Versus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Squid Game: The Official Podcast poster

Squid Game: The Official Podcast

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
Concrete Utopia poster

Concrete Utopia

Movie · as Yeong-tak

2023
Nattering with Nah poster

Nattering with Nah

TV · 1 ep

2022
Emergency Declaration poster

Emergency Declaration

Movie · as Park Jae-hyuk

2022
Our Blues poster

Our Blues

TV · as Lee Dong-seok · 20 eps

2022
Just an Excuse poster

Just an Excuse

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2021
SNL Korea poster

SNL Korea

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2021
Squid Game poster

Squid Game

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

2021
The Game Caterers poster

The Game Caterers

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
The Man Standing Next poster

The Man Standing Next

Movie · as Kim Gyu-pyeong

2019
Ashfall poster

Ashfall

Movie · as Lee Jun-pyeong

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Keys to the Heart poster

Keys to the Heart

Movie · as Kim Jo-ha

2018
Mr. Sunshine poster

Mr. Sunshine

TV · as Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin · 24 eps

2018
You Quiz on the Block poster

You Quiz on the Block

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2017
A Single Rider poster

A Single Rider

Movie · as Kang Jae-hoon

2017
The Fortress poster

The Fortress

Movie · as Choe Myeong-gil

2017
Decades Apart poster

Decades Apart

Movie · as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck

2016
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

Movie · as Billy Rocks

2016
Misconduct poster

Misconduct

Movie · as The Accountant

2016
Master poster

Master

Movie · as President Jin

2016
The Age of Shadows poster

The Age of Shadows

Movie · as Jung Chae-san

2015
Terminator Genisys poster

Terminator Genisys

Movie · as Cop / T-1000

2015
Inside Men poster

Inside Men

Movie · as Ahn Sang-goo

2015
Memories of the Sword poster

Memories of the Sword

Movie · as Yu-baek / Duk-gi

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation poster

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Movie · as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow

2013
RED 2 poster

RED 2

Movie · as Han Cho Bai

2013
최후의 권력 poster

최후의 권력

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

2013
IRIS 特务情人 DVD版 poster

IRIS 特务情人 DVD版

TV · 10 eps

2012
Masquerade poster

Masquerade

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

2012
Baeksang Arts Awards poster

Baeksang Arts Awards

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2011
Share the Vision poster

Share the Vision

Movie

2011
The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda poster

The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda

TV · as John(ジョン) · 10 eps

2010
Iris: The Movie poster

Iris: The Movie

Movie · as Kim Hyun-jun

2010
I Saw the Devil poster

I Saw the Devil

Movie · as Kim Soo-hyeon

2010
The Influence poster

The Influence

Movie · as W/White W

2009
I Come with the Rain poster

I Come with the Rain

Movie · as Su Dongpo

2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra poster

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Movie · as Storm Shadow

2009
Iris poster

Iris

TV · as Kim Hyeon-Jun · 20 eps

2009
Mnet Asian Music Awards poster

Mnet Asian Music Awards

TV · as Host · 2 eps

2008
The Good, the Bad, the Weird poster

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

Movie · as Park Chang-yi

2007
Hero poster

Hero

Movie · as Kang

2006
Once in a Summer poster

Once in a Summer

Movie · as Yun Suk-young

2005
A Bittersweet Life poster

A Bittersweet Life

Movie · as Sun-woo

2004
Everybody Has Secrets poster

Everybody Has Secrets

Movie · as Choi Soo-hyun

2004
Three... Extremes poster

Three... Extremes

Movie · as Director (segment "Cut")

2003
All In poster

All In

TV · as Kim In-ha · 24 eps

2002
Addicted poster

Addicted

Movie · as Hwang Dae-jun

2002
My Beautiful Girl, Mari poster

My Beautiful Girl, Mari

Movie · as Adult Nam-woo (voice)

2001
Bungee Jumping of Their Own poster

Bungee Jumping of Their Own

Movie · as Seo In-woo

2001
Beautiful Days poster

Beautiful Days

TV · as Lee Min-chul · 24 eps

2000
Joint Security Area poster

Joint Security Area

Movie · as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk

1999
The Harmonium in My Memory poster

The Harmonium in My Memory

Movie · as Kang Soo-ha

1999
Happy Together poster

Happy Together

TV · as Seo Tae-poong · 16 eps

1999
Love Story poster

Love Story

TV · as Tae-sung · 2 eps

1999
Se-ri is Back poster

Se-ri is Back

TV · as Café CEO · 1 ep

1998
White Nights 3.98 poster

White Nights 3.98

TV · as Min Gyeong-bin · 20 eps

1997
Lament poster

Lament

Movie · as Jong-man

1997
Beautiful My Lady poster

Beautiful My Lady

TV · as Hwang Joon-ho · 16 eps

1996
Kill the Love poster

Kill the Love

Movie · as Love

1996
Armageddon poster

Armageddon

Movie · as Haesung

1995
Run Away poster

Run Away

Movie · as Lee Dong-hee

1995
Who Drives Me Mad? poster

Who Drives Me Mad?

Movie · as Lee Jong-du

1995
Sunset on the Neon Lights poster

Sunset on the Neon Lights

Movie

1995
Asphalt Man poster

Asphalt Man

TV · as Kang Dong-joon · 16 eps

1994
사랑의 향기 poster

사랑의 향기

TV · 14 eps

1993
The Sorrow of the Survivor poster

The Sorrow of the Survivor

TV · as Lee Ja-myung · 16 eps

1992
Tomorrow Love poster

Tomorrow Love

TV · as 신범수 · 103 eps