Lee Byung-hun
Biography
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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Squid Game
You Quiz on the Block
KPop Demon Hunters
SNL Korea
Mr. Sunshine
All Movies (50)
- No Other Choice2025 · as Man-su
- Squid Game in Conversation2025 · as Self
- KPop Demon Hunters2025 · as Gwi-Ma (voice)
- Netflix Tudum 20252025 · as Self
- The Match2025 · as Cho Hoon-hyun
- Squid Game: Making Season 22025 · as Self
- BSK 25th Anniversary Concert Film : The Journey2024 · as Narrator (voice)
- Concrete Utopia2023 · as Yeong-tak
- Emergency Declaration2022 · as Park Jae-hyuk
- The Man Standing Next2020 · as Kim Gyu-pyeong
- Ashfall2019 · as Lee Jun-pyeong
- Keys to the Heart2018 · as Kim Jo-ha
- The Fortress2017 · as Choe Myeong-gil
- Decades Apart2017 · as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeck
- A Single Rider2017 · as Kang Jae-hoon
- Master2016 · as President Jin
- The Magnificent Seven2016 · as Billy Rocks
- The Age of Shadows2016 · as Jung Chae-san
- Misconduct2016 · as The Accountant
- Inside Men2015 · as Ahn Sang-goo
- Memories of the Sword2015 · as Yu-baek / Duk-gi
- Terminator Genisys2015 · as Cop / T-1000
- RED 22013 · as Han Cho Bai
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation2013 · as Tommy Arashikage / Storm Shadow
- Masquerade2012 · as King Gwang-hae / Clown Ha-sun
- Share the Vision2011
- I Saw the Devil2010 · as Kim Soo-hyeon
- Iris: The Movie2010 · as Kim Hyun-jun
- The Influence2010 · as W/White W
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra2009 · as Storm Shadow
- I Come with the Rain2009 · as Su Dongpo
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird2008 · as Park Chang-yi
- Hero2007 · as Kang
- Once in a Summer2006 · as Yun Suk-young
- A Bittersweet Life2005 · as Sun-woo
- Three... Extremes2004 · as Director (segment "Cut")
- Everybody Has Secrets2004 · as Choi Soo-hyun
- Addicted2002 · as Hwang Dae-jun
- My Beautiful Girl, Mari2002 · as Adult Nam-woo (voice)
- Bungee Jumping of Their Own2001 · as Seo In-woo
- Joint Security Area2000 · as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
- The Harmonium in My Memory1999 · as Kang Soo-ha
- Lament1997 · as Jong-man
- Kill the Love1996 · as Love
- Armageddon1996 · as Haesung
- Run Away1995 · as Lee Dong-hee
- Who Drives Me Mad?1995 · as Lee Jong-du
- Sunset on the Neon Lights1995
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love—
- Nambeol— · as Im Eok
All TV Shows (33)
- New Old Boy : Dir. Park2025 · as Self
- Squid Game: The Official Podcast2024 · as Self - Guest
- Hot Ones Versus2024 · as Self
- Nattering with Nah2023
- Just an Excuse2022 · as Self
- Our Blues2022 · as Lee Dong-seok
- Squid Game2021 · as Front Man / Hwang In-ho
- SNL Korea2021 · as Self - Host
- The Game Caterers2021 · as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- You Quiz on the Block2018 · as Self
- Mr. Sunshine2018 · as Eugene Choi / Choi Yu-jin
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
- 최후의 권력2013 · as Narrator (voice)
- IRIS 特务情人 DVD版2013
- Baeksang Arts Awards2012 · as Self
- The Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda2011 · as John（ジョン）
- Mnet Asian Music Awards2009 · as Host
- Iris2009 · as Kim Hyeon-Jun
- All In2003 · as Kim In-ha
- Beautiful Days2001 · as Lee Min-chul
- Love Story1999 · as Tae-sung
- Se-ri is Back1999 · as Café CEO
- Happy Together1999 · as Seo Tae-poong
- White Nights 3.981998 · as Min Gyeong-bin
- Beautiful My Lady1997 · as Hwang Joon-ho
- Asphalt Man1995 · as Kang Dong-joon
- 사랑의 향기1994
- The Sorrow of the Survivor1993 · as Lee Ja-myung
- Tomorrow Love1992 · as 신범수
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