About

Known credits:
66
Birthday:
1970-07-12
Place of birth:
Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Website:
N/A

Lee Byung-hun

Overview

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

Acting

2025 No Other Choice Actor Yoo Man-soo N/A
N/A
2025 Squid Game in Conversation Actor Self 58
Average
2025 KPop Demon Hunters Actor Gwi-Ma (voice) 76
Good
2025 Netflix Tudum 2025 Actor Self 58
Average
2025 The Match Actor Cho Hoon-hyun 59
Average
2025 Squid Game: Making Season 2 Actor Self 70
Good
2024 BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
2023 Concrete Utopia Actor Yeong-tak 62
Fair
2022 Emergency Declaration Actor Park Jae-hyuk 65
Fair
2022 Our Blues Actor Lee Dong-seok 77
Good
2021 Squid Game Actor Front Man / Hwang In-ho 78
Good
2020 The Man Standing Next Actor Kim Gyu-pyeong 61
Fair
2019 Ashfall Actor Lee Jun-pyeong 63
Fair
2018 Mr. Sunshine Actor Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin 80
Very good
2018 Keys to the Heart Actor Kim Jo-ha 60
Fair
2017 The Fortress Actor Choe Myeong-gil 60
Fair
2017 Decades Apart Actor Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck N/A
N/A
2017 A Single Rider Actor Kang Jae-hoon 59
Average
2016 Master Actor President Jin 60
Fair
2016 The Magnificent Seven Actor Billy Rocks 64
Fair
2016 The Age of Shadows Actor Jung Chae-san 64
Fair
2016 Misconduct Actor The Accountant 57
Average
2015 Inside Men Actor Ahn Sang-goo 60
Fair
2015 Memories of the Sword Actor Yu-baek / Duk-gi 59
Average
2015 Terminator Genisys Actor Cop / T-1000 59
Average
2013 RED 2 Actor Han Cho Bai 64
Fair
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Actor Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow 56
Average
2012 Masquerade Actor King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun 62
Fair
2011 Share the Vision Actor N/A
N/A
2011 The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda Actor John(ジョン) 68
Fair
2010 I Saw the Devil Actor Kim Soo-hyeon 75
Good
2010 Iris: The Movie Actor Kim Hyun-jun 59
Average
2010 The Influence Actor W/White W 59
Average
2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Actor Storm Shadow 57
Average
2009 I Come with the Rain Actor Su Dongpo 58
Average
2008 The Good, the Bad, the Weird Actor Park Chang-yi 66
Fair
2007 Hero Actor Kang 59
Average
2006 Once in a Summer Actor Yun Suk-young 59
Average
2005 A Bittersweet Life Actor Sun-woo 68
Fair
2004 Three... Extremes Actor Director (segment "Cut") 62
Fair
2004 Cut Actor The Director 60
Fair
2004 Everybody Has Secrets Actor Soo-hyun 58
Average
2003 All In Actor Kim In-ha 68
Fair
2002 Addicted Actor Hwang Dae-jun 58
Average
2002 My Beautiful Girl, Mari Actor Nam-woo (adult) 58
Average
2001 Beautiful Days Actor Lee Min-chul 69
Fair
2001 Bungee Jumping of Their Own Actor Seo In-woo 59
Average
2000 Joint Security Area Actor Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk 70
Good
1999 Se-ri is Back Actor Café CEO N/A
N/A
1999 Happy Together Actor Seo Tae-poong 70
Good
1999 The Harmonium in My Memory Actor Kang Soo-ha 59
Average
1998 White Nights 3.98 Actor Min Gyeong-bin 69
Fair
1997 Beautiful My Lady Actor Hwang Joon-ho 69
Fair
1997 Lament Actor Jong-man 59
Average
1996 Kill the Love Actor Love 58
Average
1996 Armageddon Actor Haesung 58
Average
1995 Run Away Actor Lee Dong-hee 58
Average
1995 Who Drives Me Mad? Actor Lee Jong-du N/A
N/A
1995 Asphalt Man Actor Kang Dong-joon 71
Good
1995 Sunset on the Neon Lights Actor N/A
N/A
1994 사랑의 향기 Actor N/A
N/A
1993 The Sorrow of the Survivor Actor Lee Ja-myung N/A
N/A
1992 Tomorrow Love Actor 신범수 69
Fair
I Believe In A Thing Called Love Actor N/A
N/A
Here Actor N/A
N/A

Production

I Believe In A Thing Called Love Production Producer N/A
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