Lee Byung-hun
Known for: Acting
Born: July 12, 1970
Place of birth: Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
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).
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Filmography
51 movies · 33 TV shows, newest first
8.0
New Old Boy : Dir. Park
2025
7.5
No Other Choice
2025
8.3
Squid Game in Conversation
2025
8.0
KPop Demon Hunters
2025
5.5
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
7.3
The Match
2025
8.3
Squid Game: Making Season 2
2025
NR
Squid Game: The Official Podcast
2024
NR
BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey
2024
8.8
Hot Ones Versus
2024
6.9
Concrete Utopia
2023
10.0
Nattering with Nah
2023
9.7
Just an Excuse
2022
7.4
Emergency Declaration
2022
8.4
Our Blues
2022
7.9
Squid Game
2021
7.0
SNL Korea
2021
8.7
The Game Caterers
2021
7.1
The Man Standing Next
2020
6.8
Ashfall
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
8.3
You Quiz on the Block
2018
8.4
Mr. Sunshine
2018
8.0
Keys to the Heart
2018
6.8
The Fortress
2017
NR
Decades Apart
2017
7.3
A Single Rider
2017
6.9
Master
2016
6.5
The Magnificent Seven
2016
7.2
The Age of Shadows
2016
5.6
Misconduct
2016
7.0
Inside Men
2015
6.6
Memories of the Sword
2015
6.0
Terminator Genisys
2015
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
NR
최후의 권력
2013
6.5
RED 2
2013
5.7
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013
NR
IRIS 特务情人 DVD版
2013
7.7
Masquerade
2012
NR
Baeksang Arts Awards
2012
NR
Share the Vision
2011
6.5
The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda
2011
7.8
I Saw the Devil
2010
6.4
Iris: The Movie
2010
4.7
The Influence
2010
9.5
Mnet Asian Music Awards
2009
7.4
Iris
2009
5.8
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009
5.6
I Come with the Rain
2009
7.2
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008
6.5
Hero
2007
6.8
Once in a Summer
2006
7.4
A Bittersweet Life
2005
6.8
Three... Extremes
2004
6.3
Everybody Has Secrets
2004
6.3
All In
2003
6.1
Addicted
2002
6.0
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
2002
7.2
Beautiful Days
2001
6.5
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
2001
7.8
Joint Security Area
2000
6.0
Love Story
1999
NR
Se-ri is Back
1999
8.5
Happy Together
1999
6.5
The Harmonium in My Memory
1999
10.0
White Nights 3.98
1998
6.0
Beautiful My Lady
1997
7.0
Lament
1997
6.5
Kill the Love
1996
3.6
Armageddon
1996
6.0
Run Away
1995
7.0
Who Drives Me Mad?
1995
9.5
Asphalt Man
1995
10.0
Sunset on the Neon Lights
1995
NR
사랑의 향기
1994
NR
The Sorrow of the Survivor
1993
6.0
Tomorrow Love
1992NR
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
—NR
Nambeol
—NR
K.O. Club
—NR
Here
—NR
The Koreans
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