
About
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
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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 |
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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 |
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1994 | 사랑의 향기 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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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 |
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Here | Actor | N/A N/A |
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |