Lee Soon-jae

Lee Soon-jae

Known for
Acting
Born
October 10, 1935
Died
November 25, 2025 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Hoeryong, North Hamgyong, Korea
IMDb

Biography

Lee Soon-jae (이순재) was a South Korean actor.  He was born in Japanese-occupied Korea in what is now North Korea, but moved to Seoul at age 4.

Known For

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Filmography

2024
About Family poster

About Family

Movie · as Elder Monk

2024
KOREAN DREAM : the Nama-jinheung Mixtape poster

KOREAN DREAM : the Nama-jinheung Mixtape

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Dog Knows Everything poster

Dog Knows Everything

TV · as Lee Soon-jae · 12 eps

2023
Family: The Unbreakable Bond poster

Family: The Unbreakable Bond

TV · as Kwon Ung-su · 12 eps

2022
Good Morning poster

Good Morning

Movie · as Senior Park

2022
O’PENing poster

O’PENing

TV · as Cha Sun-jae · 1 ep

2022
Again My Life poster

Again My Life

TV · as Woo Yeong-Soo · 16 eps

2022
Behind Every Star poster

Behind Every Star

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Grand Par poster

Grand Par

TV · as 출연 · 13 eps

2021
Godfather poster

Godfather

TV · 1 ep

2021
The Red Sleeve poster

The Red Sleeve

TV · as An elderly man · 17 eps

2020
Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP poster

Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP

Movie · as Hamster (voice)

2020
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol poster

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

TV · as Kim Man-Bok · 16 eps

2019
Romang poster

Romang

Movie · as Nam-bong

2019
Legal High poster

Legal High

TV · as Gu Se-jung · 16 eps

2019
Pegasus Market poster

Pegasus Market

TV · as Kim Dae-ma · 12 eps

2018
Stand by Me poster

Stand by Me

Movie · as Grandfather

2018
Intimate Strangers poster

Intimate Strangers

Movie · as Young-bae's Father (voice)

2018
Live poster

Live

TV · as Yang-chon's Father · 18 eps

2018
You Quiz on the Block poster

You Quiz on the Block

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
The Artist: Reborn poster

The Artist: Reborn

Movie · as Park Joong-sik

2017
Idol School poster

Idol School

TV · as Self - Principal · 11 eps

2017
Money Flower poster

Money Flower

TV · as Jang Gook-hwan · 24 eps

2017
Master In The House poster

Master In The House

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
My Little Old Boy poster

My Little Old Boy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Yeah, That's How It Is poster

Yeah, That's How It Is

TV · as Yoo Jong-Chul · 54 eps

2015
Make a Woman Cry poster

Make a Woman Cry

TV · as Kang Tae-Hwan · 40 eps

2015
Unkind Women poster

Unkind Women

TV · as Kim Chul-Hee · 24 eps

2015
The Scholar Who Walks the Night poster

The Scholar Who Walks the Night

TV · as King Seonjo · 20 eps

2014
Flower Grandpa Investigative Team poster

Flower Grandpa Investigative Team

TV · as Lee Jun-hyeok · 12 eps

2014
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village poster

Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Ugly Alert poster

Ugly Alert

TV · as Na Sang-jin · 133 eps

2013
Potato Star 2013QR3 poster

Potato Star 2013QR3

TV · as Noh Song · 120 eps

2013
Grandpas Over Flowers poster

Grandpas Over Flowers

TV · as Self · 48 eps

2013
Home Alone poster

Home Alone

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The King 2 Hearts poster

The King 2 Hearts

TV · as Eun Kyu-tae · 20 eps

2012
The King's Doctor poster

The King's Doctor

TV · as Ko Joo-man · 50 eps

2012
Late Blossom poster

Late Blossom

TV · as Kim Man Seok · 16 eps

2012
My Kids Give Me a Headache poster

My Kids Give Me a Headache

TV · as Ho Shik · 40 eps

2011
Late Blossom poster

Late Blossom

Movie · as Kim Man-seok

2011
Romantic Heaven poster

Romantic Heaven

Movie · as God

2011
The Princess's Man poster

The Princess's Man

TV · as Kim Jong Seo · 24 eps

2011
My Princess poster

My Princess

TV · as Park Dong-jae · 16 eps

2011
A Thousand Kisses poster

A Thousand Kisses

TV · as Jang Byung-doo · 50 eps

2010
Flames of Desire poster

Flames of Desire

TV · as Kim Tae-jin · 50 eps

2010
Stars Falling From the Sky poster

Stars Falling From the Sky

TV · as Jung Gook · 20 eps

2009
Good Morning President poster

Good Morning President

Movie · as Kim Jung-ho

2009
High Kick Through The Roof poster

High Kick Through The Roof

TV · as Lee Soon-jae · 126 eps

2008
I Love You, Don't Cry poster

I Love You, Don't Cry

TV · as Han Gyu-Il · 132 eps

2008
Beethoven Virus poster

Beethoven Virus

TV · as Kim Gab Yong · 19 eps

2008
Mom's Dead Upset poster

Mom's Dead Upset

TV · as Na Chung-bok · 66 eps

2007
Lee San, Wind in the Palace poster

Lee San, Wind in the Palace

TV · as King Yeongjo · 77 eps

2007
When Spring Comes poster

When Spring Comes

TV · 16 eps

2007
Radio Star poster

Radio Star

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Family Matters poster

Family Matters

Movie · as Won-jo

2006
Forbidden Quest poster

Forbidden Quest

Movie · as Yun-seo's father

2006
High Kick poster

High Kick

TV · as 李顺才, 이순재 · 167 eps

2005
My Girl and I poster

My Girl and I

Movie · as Kim Man-geum

2005
어여쁜 당신 poster

어여쁜 당신

TV · as Jang Yoon-Jae · 159 eps

2005
Hanoi Bride poster

Hanoi Bride

TV · as Il Ran's dad · 2 eps

2004
Age of Heroes poster

Age of Heroes

TV · 70 eps

2003
Pearl Necklace poster

Pearl Necklace

TV · as Hwang Man-Gap · 52 eps

2003
A Problem at My Younger Brother's House

A Problem at My Younger Brother's House

TV · as Park Man-bo · 118 eps

2002
Who's My Love? poster

Who's My Love?

TV · as Father · 84 eps

2001
Merchant poster

Merchant

TV · 50 eps

2001
Guardian Angel poster

Guardian Angel

TV · as Kang Doo-shik · 16 eps

2001
Still Love poster

Still Love

TV · as Chairman Park · 1 ep

2000
Housewife's Rebellion poster

Housewife's Rebellion

TV · as 장기백 · 2 eps

1999
Hur Jun poster

Hur Jun

TV · as 유의태 · 64 eps

1999
Last War poster

Last War

TV · as 지수 아버지 · 18 eps

1998
The Solid Man poster

The Solid Man

TV · as So Yun's grandfather · 8 eps

1998
See and See Again poster

See and See Again

TV · as Park Bong Hak · 273 eps

1995
목욕탕집 남자들 poster

목욕탕집 남자들

TV · as Kim Bok-dong · 87 eps

1994
Ambition

Ambition

TV · as Interpreter Woo · 80 eps

1991
What is Love? poster

What is Love?

TV · as Lee Byeong-ho · 66 eps

1990
배반의 장미 poster

배반의 장미

TV · as 김원일 · 2 eps

1990
Dance of Breaking Sky poster

Dance of Breaking Sky

TV · as Kim Jong Seo · 50 eps

1989
Honeymoon poster

Honeymoon

Movie

1989
The 2nd Republic poster

The 2nd Republic

TV · as Yun Po-sun · 41 eps

1984
Even the Sun is Sobbing poster

Even the Sun is Sobbing

Movie

1984
The Foolish Woman

The Foolish Woman

Movie

1984
독립문 poster

독립문

TV · as Song Jin-sa · 44 eps

1982
The Blues of Jong-ro

The Blues of Jong-ro

Movie

1982
Wind and Cloud poster

Wind and Cloud

TV · as Prince Heungseon Lee Ha Eung · 52 eps

1981
Love Me Once Again '80 Part 2 poster

Love Me Once Again '80 Part 2

Movie

1980
I've Sacrificed Everything

I've Sacrificed Everything

Movie

1980
Love Me Once Again '80 poster

Love Me Once Again '80

Movie

1980
Son of a Man poster

Son of a Man

Movie

1980
Admiration of Nights poster

Admiration of Nights

Movie

1980
Eternal Inheritance

Eternal Inheritance

Movie

1980
The Man to be Forgotten

The Man to be Forgotten

Movie

1980
Mu Hyoup Gum Pung

Mu Hyoup Gum Pung

Movie

1980
Magnificent Experience

Magnificent Experience

Movie · as Kim

1979
Pyro-Sonata poster

Pyro-Sonata

Movie

1979
Eulhwa poster

Eulhwa

Movie

1979
A Letter from Heaven poster

A Letter from Heaven

Movie

1979
Miss O's Apartment 2

Miss O's Apartment 2

Movie

1978
Miss O's Apartment poster

Miss O's Apartment

Movie

1977
Little Namgung Dong-ja poster

Little Namgung Dong-ja

Movie

1977
Towards The High Place

Towards The High Place

Movie

1976
Tomorrow is Ours poster

Tomorrow is Ours

Movie

1975
Yeonhwa poster

Yeonhwa

Movie · as Min Tae-ho

1975
Yeonhwa 2 poster

Yeonhwa 2

Movie · as Min Tae-ho

1975
You Become a Star, Too poster

You Become a Star, Too

Movie · as Dr. Han

1975
Lee Jung-Seob, a Painter poster

Lee Jung-Seob, a Painter

Movie

1975
Yeong-ja's Heydays poster

Yeong-ja's Heydays

Movie

1975
Wasteland poster

Wasteland

Movie

1975
Chang-Su's Heydays poster

Chang-Su's Heydays

Movie

1974
The Testimony poster

The Testimony

Movie · as Kang

1974
A Horrible Breath

A Horrible Breath

Movie

1974
The Earth poster

The Earth

Movie

1974
Special Investigation Unit: The Life of Miss Kim Su-im poster

Special Investigation Unit: The Life of Miss Kim Su-im

Movie

1972
Girls' High School Days poster

Girls' High School Days

Movie · as Teacher Park

1971
Bun-rye's Story poster

Bun-rye's Story

Movie

1970
Great King Sejo poster

Great King Sejo

Movie

1970
Eight Daughters-in-law poster

Eight Daughters-in-law

Movie

1969
Cruel Revenge poster

Cruel Revenge

Movie · as Choi Chang-ik

1969
Escaping Shanghai poster

Escaping Shanghai

Movie · as Jin Han-pa

1969
Regret

Regret

Movie

1969
Lady Hong

Lady Hong

Movie

1969
Saint and Witch poster

Saint and Witch

Movie

1969
Starting Point poster

Starting Point

Movie

1969
The Snow Falling Night poster

The Snow Falling Night

Movie

1968
Rising in the World poster

Rising in the World

Movie

1968
Lady in Dream poster

Lady in Dream

Movie · as Lee Seong-u

1968
Ghost Story poster

Ghost Story

Movie

1968
Love poster

Love

Movie

1968
Past Loves poster

Past Loves

Movie

1968
Salt Pond poster

Salt Pond

Movie

1968
Trees Stand on Slope poster

Trees Stand on Slope

Movie · as Hyun-tae

1967
Nostalgia poster

Nostalgia

Movie · as Crown Prince

1967
Traces poster

Traces

Movie

1967
A Regret poster

A Regret

Movie

1967
A Misty Grassland

A Misty Grassland

Movie

1967
Yongary, Monster from the Deep poster

Yongary, Monster from the Deep

Movie · as Yoo Kwang-nam

1967
When the Buckwheat Blooms poster

When the Buckwheat Blooms

Movie

1967
The White Crow poster

The White Crow

Movie

1967
Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train poster

Guests Who Arrived by the Last Train

Movie

1967
The Freezing Point poster

The Freezing Point

Movie · as Jung

1966
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

Movie

1962
Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul poster

Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul

Movie