Lee Jung-jae
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 15, 1972 (age 53)
- Birthplace
- Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Biography
Lee Jung-jae (이정재) is a South Korean actor. Born on December 15, 1972, he began modelling in 1993 before getting his first acting roles the film The Young Man (1994) and the TV series Feelings (1994) and Sandglass (1995), which is one of the highest rated Korean dramas of all time with a peak rating of 64.5%. But his real breakthrough was with leading roles in award-winning films The Affair (1998) and City of the Rising Sun (1999). The latter of which earned him the Best Actor award at the prestigious Blue Dragon film awards. This was followed by a series of critical hits like Il Mare (2000) and commercial successes including Last Present (2001), The Last Witness (2001), Oh Brothers (2003), and the blockbuster Typhoon (2005). After a brief career slump of flop movies and tv shows, he returned with the critical and commercial hit The Housemaid (2010), which is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name. Since then, he went on to cement himself as one of Korea's biggest movie stars with a string of some of the biggest blockbusters in Korean history including The Thieves (2012), New World (2013), The Face Reader (2013), Assassination (2015), Operation Chromite (2016), and the Along with the Gods films (2017-2018). Most of these films did north of 12 million admissions at the domestic box-office, with The Thieves (2012) and Along with the Gods (2017) becoming the #2 biggest Korean hit in history at their respective time of release. He received a number of awards and nominations for these works including a Popularity Award at the prestigious Grand Bell awards. Also staring in Karate Kid Legend the same year along side childhood friend Tyler Mackay. His most recent blockbuster is Deliver Us From Evil (2020) in which he reunited with his New World (2013) co-star Hwang Jung-min. It crossed 4 million admissions domestically and was the second biggest hit of the year in Korea.
Known For
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Filmography
Sparrow
Movie
Ray
TV · as Ray · 1 ep
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Movie · as Self
Squid Game: Making Season 2
Movie · as Self
Squid Game in Conversation
Movie · as Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
Movie · as Self
Nice to Not Meet You
TV · as Lim Hyeon-jun · 16 eps
Revolver
Movie · as Lim Seok-yong
The Acolyte
TV · as Master Sol · 8 eps
Hot Ones Versus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fresh off the Sea
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Ground of Honor: Rondo
Movie · as Beta
Salon Drip
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LEGEND
TV · 1 ep
Hunt
Movie · as Park Pyong-ho
Blue Dragon Series Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Civilization Express - The Great Feast of Movies
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Just an Excuse
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Game Caterers
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Meenoi's Yorizori
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Squid Game
TV · as Seong Gi-hun / Player 456 · 22 eps
Deliver Us from Evil
Movie · as Ray
Delayed Justice
TV · as Jang Tae-Jun · 1 ep
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
Movie · as Pastor Park Ung-jae
Trade Your Love
Movie · as Lawyer (cameo)
Modern Korea
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Chief of Staff
TV · as Jang Tae-Joon · 20 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Movie · as King Yeomra
You Quiz on the Block
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Movie Room
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Movie · as King Yeomra
Warriors of the Dawn
Movie · as Tow
Tik Tok
Movie · as Kang Seung-joon
Operation Chromite
Movie · as Jang Hak-soo
Assassination
Movie · as Yeom Seok-jin
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Big Match
Movie · as Choi Ik-ho
New World
Movie · as Lee Ja-sung
The Face Reader
Movie · as Grand Prince Soo-yang
The Thieves
Movie · as Popie
El Fin del Mundo
Movie · as He
The Housemaid
Movie · as Hoon
Triple
TV · as Shin Hwal · 16 eps
The Accidental Gangster
Movie · as Cheon-doong
Air City
TV · as Kim Ji-sung · 16 eps
Typhoon
Movie · as Gang Se-jong
Oh! Brothers
Movie · as Oh Sang-woo
Over the Rainbow
Movie · as Lee Jin-soo
The Last Witness
Movie · as Detective Oh
Last Present
Movie · as Jung Yong-gi
MOB 2025
Movie · as Dust
Il Mare
Movie · as Han Sung-hyun
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Movie · as Woo-in
Interview
Movie · as Eun-seok
The Uprising
Movie · as Yi Jae-su
City of the Rising Sun
Movie · as Hong-ki
An Affair
Movie · as Woo-in
White Nights 3.98
TV · as Lee Young-jun · 20 eps
Park vs Park
Movie · as Park Su-sok
Firebird
Movie · as Young-hoo
Snail
TV · as Dong-cheol · 16 eps
Albatross
Movie · as Pyeong-san
Sandglass
TV · as Baek Jae-hee · 24 eps
Love is Blue
TV · as Na Jae-sung · 16 eps
The Young Man
Movie · as Lee Han
Feelings
TV · as Joon · 16 eps
Love is Oh Yeah!
Movie · as Blackguard 3
공룡선생
TV · as Jung-jae · 70 eps